Thursday, February 13, 2014

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Volume 95, Issue 10

SRC to address equipment issues

Alumnus has life fit for a prince

Students complain of faulty lockers

Matt Prince shares his journey of finding success and love

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ASHLEY RUIZ For the Daily Titan

Once Matt Prince found his passion for public relations during his sophomore year at Cal State Fullerton, his life changed.

Prince first had dreams of becoming a high school English teacher, but after sitting in on a few public relations classes, he soon had a change of heart.

“I think it was what made up the profession: a combo of media, communications–which I love-and relationship. I had a lot of interest in those three things and (public relations) mixed them. I felt I would be happy in that career,” Prince said.

He graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations.

While attending CSUF, he interned with the city of Anaheim where he did everything from speech writing to planning events, including the city’s 150-year anniversary.

Prince spoke highly of his time there and the “different hats” the job allowed him to try on.

“One of the most important things about an internship is finding out what you like, don’t like and what interests you. It’s good to do when you’re younger, to try things out,” Prince said.

Since then, the 29-yearold’s work life has been constant.

Two months after graduation, Prince was offered his first job at the OC Business Council where he began as the communications and events specialist.

Later he became the director of communications.

He worked on graphic design, media design and speech writing.

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ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan Sen. Lou Correa presents CSUF officers Steve Nelson, left, and Karlton Bridgewaters, right, with one of multiple awards in recognition of their efforts against drunk driving Wednesday.

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CSUF policemen awarded for DUI arrests KAYLI CRAIG Daily Titan

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shley Nelson, a Cal State Fullerton business student and Alpha Chi Omega member, was killed in November 2007 in a drunk driving accident.

Her memory still lives on today through her parents and the Cal State Fullerton University Police, who honored two officers with the Ashley Nelson award for the first time Wednesday.

Two University Police officers were recognized for their efforts against driving under the influence.

The two officers, Karlton Bridgewaters and Steve Nelson, were honored with the award for having the most DUI arrests in 2012 and 2013.

Capt. John Brockie of University Police said there are three goals associated with the Ashley Nelson award.

“First was to honor all the members of the Titan family killed due to an impaired driver,” Brockie said. “Second, educate and remind the community

of impaired driving, and third, recognize the passion and resolve of the Cal State Fullerton Police Department to remove impaired drivers from the roadway.”

Bridgewaters received the Ashley Nelson award for making 37 DUI arrests in 2012. Steve Nelson was honored for the 38 DUI arrests he made in 2013.

“My main goal is to keep the people in the community safe,” Bridgewaters said.

The officers received a blue and red pin with the initials A.N. in gold in memory of Ashley Nelson. Blue represents the University Police and the color red commemorates Ashley Nelson.

“It’s so difficult to tell you about the fire that was in her heart,” said John Nelson, who shared memories of his daughter. “The joy that she brought to every gathering, her personality that was much bigger than this room.”

John Nelson, showed his family’s gratitude toward the officers. “You guys are the last ones there to take that drunk driver off the road,” he said.

HONOREES Officer Steve Nelson -37 DUI arrests in 2012 Officer Karlton Bridgewaters -38 DUI arrests in 2013 “It’s a life saved in every arrest,” said Vicky Macia, a victim’s advocate with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

Macia presented MADD’s Deuce Award to Steve Nelson. The Deuce Award is presented to those who have arrested at least 25 or more individuals who were driving under the influence and for every 25 increments up to 100 after.

With 15 years of experience in his field, Brockie said there has been a societal change, especially in Orange County, people no longer consider drunk driving acceptable.

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Broken lockers, cardio machines or TVs at the Student Recreation Center have made visits to the facility a frustrating exercise for some students, but Cal State Fullerton is taking steps to work out these issues.

The SRC has contracted a new preventative maintenance company that offers “great” turnaround times on repairs, said Kenneth Maxey, the Titan Recreation facility and equipment coordinator.

“They are very knowledgeable on the equipment needs and what can be done to help extend the lives of the machines,” Maxey said.

Progress has been made this semester, and it seems the problem with the cardio machines has been resolved.

However, a greater issue students found at the SRC is with the day-use lockers that use temporary codes typed into a keypad to lock and unlock.

Ryan Birmingham, a 27-year-old health science major, said the lockers don’t always work or they may not read the code entered. She

also has trouble finding a locker or equipment during peak hours, generally from noon to 4 p.m.

The SRC has improved the practice of reporting lockers on a weekly basis, which allows technicians to visit once a week to make repairs, Maxey said.

The facility is also researching a mechanical lock system to replace the current electronic system and has requested $31,100 to build more lockers.

Julian Talens, a 22-year-old kinesiology major, doesn’t think the SRC is to blame, but rather the poor handling of equipment by the students.

Talens, who goes to the SRC daily, said he feels the Titan Student Centers (TSC) governing board should be a little more strict with rules on how patrons use the lockers, but said he has had less trouble this semester finding a locker to use.

Titan Student Centers, which maintains the Titan Student Union, SRC and Irvine Campus Fitness Center, is run mostly by students who establish policies including the operating hours of these facilities and the services provided by them.

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WILLIAM CAMARGO / For the Daily Titan The Student Recreation Center is five years old, but students have had issues with some equipment, such as lockers.

Taukeiaho and Crawford keep Titans perfect The duo each blasted a home run to push the Titans to 6-0 MICHAEL HUNTLEY Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton softball team continued its winning ways Wednesday night with a 4-2 victory over the University of San Diego at Anderson Field.

The Titans (6-0) had an impressive showing at the Easton Tournament last weekend, winning all five games. They were led by University of Washington transfer Missy Taukeiaho, who hit .615 with a pair of home runs and eight runs batted in.

Taukeiaho wasted no time continuing her hot streak. The sophomore third baseman led off the bottom of the first inning

AMANDA SHARP / Daily Titan Sophomore pitcher Jasmine Antunez fires a pitch against the Toreros. Third baseman Missy Taukeiaho prepares to make a play.

with a solo home run to center field off USD pitcher Jenny Lahitte.

Lahitte was the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week last week. She had 20 strikeouts in 18.2 innings in the Sportco Kick Off Classic in Las Vegas.

Sophomore Jasmine Antunez started for the Titans in the circle. Antunez started three games in the Easton Tournament picking up the win in two of those games and striking out 12 batters in 10 innings.

She labored through the

first inning giving up two hits and hitting a batter to load the bases. But she battled her way out of the jam by striking out sophomore Mary Grabowski and forcing freshman Olivia Sandusky into a fielders choice to keep it scoreless.

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Antunez only logged two innings on Wednesday.

Head Coach Kelly Ford made frequent pitching changes in the game to keep the arms fresh for this weekend’s Campbell/ Cartier Classic at San Diego State University.

“We got to prepare for the long haul so I don’t want to wear anybody out,” Ford said. “Tomorrow night we have a single game, Friday two games, Saturday two games. So we’re really trying to keep everybody’s arm fresh.”

In the third inning, Ford called upon junior Desiree Ybarra to pitch. She threw a perfect inning, striking out two hitters.

In the bottom of the third, Taukeiaho led off with a line-drive single to left field. With two outs, senior shortstop Gabby Aragon hit a double off the wall in right-center field driving in Taukeiaho from first to give the Titans a 2-0 lead.

USD finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth with a home run from Grabowski.

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Club offers Valentine’s photo shoot Students hope to raise money for trip to New Orleans MATTHEW MEDINA Daily Titan

Students seeking a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift were greeted with opportunity Wednesday on Titan Walk, a photo opportunity.

The Cal State Fullerton branch of the American Marketing Association (AMA) offered a personalized Polaroid photograph package in a Valentine’s Day-themed envelope, $3 for one photo or $5 for two.

CSUF AMA held the event for the first time as a new way to raise funds to send members to AMA’s national marketing

conference, which will take place this April in New Orleans.

Students used costumes and props like feather boas and masks to add some Valentine love into their snapshots.

“We always want to be original and come up with new ideas to fundraise,” said Cameron Tokumoto, a 20-year-old business marketing major who is the director of career opportunities for CSUF AMA. Nancy Wang, a 24-yearold business marketing major and vice president of finance for CSUF AMA, was one of the photographers serving student customers.

Wang is in charge of a committee within the club to create fundraising ideas and to organize events. The committee thought this would be a good way to

get interest from students and give a memorable gift come Valentine’s Day. “It’s really personal,” she said. “Sometimes you spend a lot of money and then your valentine’s probably not going to remember it.”

Wang said the event also allows club members to practice marketing themselves and get as many people as possible interested in their events.

“It takes a lot of practice,” she said. “We try to advertise on Facebook and other social media to help get students’ attention ... we also need to think what (props and costumes) students may be interested to take pictures with.”

Tokumoto said fundraising helps his organization give back to its members.

“It’s a large amount of money to fly to New

Orleans, stay there for a few days, (pay for) all the food and stuff,” he said. “So we try to really help out our members and cut the costs down by fundraising, so ... we can help reimburse our members for the money and that way it’s a more enjoyable experience.”

The club has held pie throwing events and taken professional headshot photographs for students in the past, Tokumoto said.

CSUF AMA also participates in a program sponsored by the College of Business and Economics where students can pay for tailgate packages and game tickets for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Wang said if the student turnout on Wednesday was strong, the club would likely repeat the event next year.

SRC to consider retooling lockers SRC Continued from PAGE 1

The students running the TSC make up the governing board, and through them, repairs and maintenance for student services are implemented.

Because the TSC facilities are funded by student fees, the TSC governing board’s mission statement commits the governing board to maintaining and repairing all equipment provided by their services.

The SRC receives $1,229,816 of the campus/ student union fees, which is less than it spends on expenses such as repairs, maintenance, supplies,

personnel services, travel and insurance.

About 12 percent of the ASI fee is put into the SRC, meaning that it spends more on services and repairs than it receives from the TSC. The budget for TSC expenses for the fiscal year 2013-2014 totalled nearly $8 million, and the SRC has been allocated $1.7 million of that. About $82,000 of the TSC budget goes to repairs and maintenance for the TSC facilities. Of that, the SRC is allocated just $7,375, according to the Titan Student Centers Budget Narrative.

The campus union fee is $60 in the summer, and $134 for fall and spring, which has brought in

MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Gym patrons have had problems with lockers using electronic keypads at the Student Recreation Center.

$9,959,310 this year.

“Just take care of the school because we’re paying for it,” Talens said.

The TSC governing

board meetings take place every other Wednesday from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the TSU Legislative Chambers.

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DTBRIEFS Senator sues president for NSA activity Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over government surveillance Wednesday, according to CNN. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington. It was prompted by Edward Snowden’s disclosure in June that the National Security Agency (NSA) has gathered information from telephone calls since 2006.

Paul has requested that 10 million people join the class action suit through his website.

This is not the first lawsuit filed over NSA surveillance.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit six months ago and called on its supporters to make 266,000 phone calls and emails to members of Congress Tuesday.

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Storms stifle travelers in southeast US Forceful ice storms have caused power outages for over 400,000 people across the southeastern United States, according to NBC News.

In the most affected parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, layers of ice as thick as one inch coated the ground outdoors.

Hundreds of car crashes were reported on roads and freeways around Charlotte, N.C. Over 3,350 flights were canceled and 3,000 were delayed throughout U.S. airports, mainly flights that go through Atlanta or Charlotte.

The storms are not expected to die down until Thursday.

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Police seek suspect for bank robbery Police are still looking for a man in connection with a robbery Wednesday morning at a Wells Fargo bank in Orange, according to the Orange County Register.

The robbery occurred at around 10:30 a.m. at the Wells Fargo branch on 170 S. Main St. The amount of money taken has not yet been disclosed.

The man was described as being 5 feet 8 inches, in his mid 20s to late 30s, wearing a dark blue hoodie, jeans, a blue baseball cap, grey sneakers and goldrimmed aviator sunglasses.

He was last seen heading westbound on West Almond Avenue.

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CSUF pays tribute to DUI victim NELSON Continued from PAGE 1

Brockie attributed the high amount of DUI arrests in California to the fact that officers are doing their job.

“It’s a telling number that the police are out there working but it’s unfortunate that it’s that high,” he said. “Where we do start to decline because there are less impaired drivers?”

Sen. Lou Correa told the audience they have an individual responsibility to stand up against driving under the influence by taking away keys from others who have had too much to drink.

“This is one of those events that reminds us of the great challenges that we have in society,” Correa said.

Cpl. Patrick Launi and Lt. Scot Willey also received rewards for their hard work in establishing the Ashley Nelson award, designing the pin and plaque, as well as helping to organize the event.

Launi received University Police’s

ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan Officers Steve Nelson and Karlton Bridgewaters accept awards during a ceremony Wednesday in the Titan Student Union.

Distinguished Service Award and Willey received the Exceptional Performance award.

“It’s the police department as a whole,” Brockie said. “It goes to show you that being a leader has

nothing to do with rank.”

Closing with a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, John Nelson reflected on

the future his daughter might have had. “Officers protect our might-havebeens,” John Nelson said.

Supplemental instruction recognized Two professors will accept awards at national conference JAMES SMITH Daily Titan

It is 1:15 on a Thursday afternoon. A group of organic chemistry students fill seats in University Hall 208 and wait for class to start.

However, no professor will show up and no class will be taught.

Instead, another student will lead a supplemental instruction review session.

These students give up their free time to attend non-mandatory, student-led review sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, due to significant improvements they have caused in tough natural science and mathematics classes.

This has brought honors to Mark Filowitz, associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Martin Bonsangue, a professor of mathematics. They are being recognized by the International Center for Supplemental Instruction and University of MissouriKansas City.

The awards will be presented to Filowitz and Bonsangue on May 24 at the International Conference on Supplemental Instruction (SI) in Chicago.

Filowitz will be presented with the Outstanding SI Support by a Campus Administrator award, and Bonsangue, along with his SI team, will receive the Outstanding SI Research and/or Publication award.

“What we found is that we improve the passing rates dramatically in these classes and we also increase the GPAs dramatically in these classes for students who participate,” Filowitz said.

Some of the most noted developments have come from underrepresented minority students.

In two of STEM’s traditionally toughest courses, students who regularly attended SI showed a 0.75-point improvement in their GPAs compared to those who did not attend.

Passing rates also increased 33 percent for students who attend SI sessions.

Underrepresented

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MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Martin Bonsangue, a professor of mathematics, speaks during one of his class sessions. Bonsangue will receive an award in May for his work with supplemental instruction courses at Cal State Fullerton.

minority students showed an even greater increase, showing an 83 percent improvement among students who use SI. The success of CSUF’s SI program has caught the eye of the California State University chancellor’s office, which has now allocated money into CSUF’s budget for the program. It previously relied on grants to operate.

Now supported by a steady source of funding, Filowitz plans to expand the program to other departments and reach more students.

The SI program at CSUF was introduced in 2007, with the intention to improve the passing rate and grades in traditionally tough biology and math courses.

“It’s not tutoring. It’s not something that targets students that are having problems,” Filowitz said.

“It targets courses that students are having a problem with.”

Each review session is taught by a student who had previously taken the class and done well in it.

The other criterion for becoming a SI leader is

personality.

One of the program’s main goals is for its peer leaders to be outgoing and approachable. That way, students are more inclined to participate and ask questions.

Student and SI leader Peter Nguyen said having an all-student environment is one of the key factors that makes students in SI

sessions more comfortable asking questions.

“SI is the perfect place to make mistakes, because if you make them in SI you probably won’t make them later on the exam,” Nguyen said. “In class most students are afraid to approach professors. While us SI leaders, they approach pretty easily because we’re their peers.”

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Current water use is wasteful MATTHEW HADDIX For the Daily Titan

The agriculture industry needs to be more water efficient California is officially in a statewide drought emergency and Gov. Jerry Brown has called on all Californians to curtail

water usage to maintain the longevity of the state.

Unlike snow storms that cause immediate damage to the states that befall them, the drought California faces will wear away at the state gradually but definitively.

Across the state, reservoirs and river basins have become increasingly parched, with the California Water Resources department quoting a “zero-allocation” year for 2014 in these areas.

A stark piece of evidence is the Sierra Nevada snow pack, which stands are a mere 12 percent of average this time of year, the lowest its been in more than half a century.

It has gotten so bad that within the next few months, 17 communities

in the state may run completely dry.

These small, rural communities are merely the first victims of a serious water problem that will make its way to urban areas if conservation efforts are not enacted.

Southern California is particularly threatened by this drought.

It requires extensive technological innovation to bring water to the area in times of normal weather.

Two massive aqueducts redirect the Owens and Colorado rivers toward Southern California counties, providing the majority of the water we use.

What Californians do with this water varies from city to city, but the average household water use is nearly 200 gallons a day.

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Over half of this water is used outdoors on the landscaping around California residencies, but this can be relieved by constructing yards with arid-climate flora and minimizing lawn space.

Californians can also conserve water by halving the time taken during showers, consolidating clothes to wash and turning off water while in the process of shaving or brushing teeth.

Just as the residents of California must conserve water, action must be taken in California’s agricultural centers to preserve water as well.

According to Time magazine, pproximately 80 percent of California’s water goes to the multi-billion dollar agriculture industry that fuels the prosperity of the state and provides Californians with literal tons of locally grown food.

Many of the farms that grow the state’s produce use wasteful irrigation techniques such as sprinklers or field flooding because they are cheaper to employ than more efficient irrigations systems.

Drip irrigation systems have been used extensively in Israel to great success, and although they are more expensive, all Californians must be held accountable.

This could be enforced through legislation. In the same ways Sacramento has set standards for water efficient toilets or washing machines, law can be created to encourage the usage of drip irrigation systems by way of subsidy.

This is not something that can be overlooked. For every drop of water saved

by California residents, wasteful water usage by our agricultural centers can undo hard earned conservation efforts.

The agriculture industry in California is immensely important to the revenue and success of the state, but that does not allow them to opt out of conservation efforts.

At this time, there is no foreseeable end to the drought. Californians must be prepared to face years of drought through conservation efforts put forth, before the problem becomes truly dire.

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Draft Sam based on skill

scout about Sam following the announcement. He asDAVID sured them all anonymCOATS ity because he felt it was the only way to get honest Daily Titan answers.

This alone speaks volAn athlete shouldn’t be umes about the NFL’s mindset when it comes to judged based on his or homosexuality. her sexual orientation One of the general managers King spoke to said Sam is overrated and is not Michael Sam was the a good player.

Southeastern Conference “... Where we are at this Co-Defensive Player of point in time, I think it’s the Year last season. He going to affect most lockamassed 48 total tack- er rooms,” he said. “A lot les, 19 of which went for a of guys will be uncomfortloss, and had 11.5 sacks. able. Ten years from now, By all accounts, he was a fine. But today, I think bebeast of a player in the na- ing openly gay is a factor in tion’s best college football the locker room.” conference.

But what is going to He recently announced change 10 years from now? that he is gay.

If a player happens to be Re a c t ion s homo s e x u a l have been but is doing “A lot of guys pouring in his job and will be since he helping the made his uncomfortable. team win, no statement. one should Ten years from care what his Sam was the lead story sexual prefnow fine. But on ESPN’s erences are. today, I think popular deIf he’s not dobate shows becoming openly ing his job, he Around The shouldn’t be Horn and gay is a factor in on the team.

Pardon The the locker room.” His sexuallity Interruption should not be on Monday. a factor.

ANONYMOUS He’s being Football General Manager “As long as compared to he can play Jackie Robinson. Michelle football, I’m A-OK with it,” Obama said he’s an inspira- said Jonathan Vilma, a linetion to everyone. backer for the New Orleans While it’s true that he’d Saints, to a reporter for The be the first openly gay NFL Times-Picayune in New player in history, he’s not Orleans. “It doesn’t bother an NFL player yet. me at all.”

The NFL draft starts on The college game is cerMay 8, and it’s highly un- tainly different than the likely Sam’s name will be NFL. Players like Matt called in the first round. Leinart, Troy Smith and Yes, he had a great season Tim Tebow prove this. All at Missouri, but he’s not three won the Heisman considered a top pick.

Trophy but collectiveThe question is, will his ly played as many downs sexual preference hold him in the NFL last season as back from being drafted Abraham Lincoln did. at all? Simply put, probTrying to project where ably. Should it though? Sam will be drafted before Absolutely not. he goes to the NFL combine Peter King, edi- is just absurd. He could go tor-in-chief of Monday out there and shock everyMorning Quarterback, one by putting up numbers spoke with three NFL gen- no one dreamed he was caeral managers and one pable of.

Or he could prove to be slower and weaker than anyone thought.

Legally his sexual preference can’t keep him from getting a job and the NFL shouldn’t treat him differently.

The media is going to play a large role in how this story is received. If the focus is on his athletic ability, as it should be, then it will show how far society has truly come.

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Former Titan mentors students PRINCE Continued from PAGE 1

During his two and a half years there, Prince made great contacts with the Chamber of Commerce and Orange County businesses.

He became senior manager of executive communications at a Fortune magazine top 100 company.

Two years later, he was offered a job as the company’s social media manager, which he accepted.

Prince now oversees the brand’s first ever Social Media Command Center and online engagement program.

Prince has also made a brand of himself—establishing two blogs that showcase his writing abilities through his humorous blog, The Princeples of Dating and his more serious toned business blog, OC Metro’s Princeples of Business.

“I was fresh on a new breakup and writing statuses on Facebook and trying to be funny. People said I should start a blog and so I thought maybe I should look into it. I had a contest on Facebook and asked people to name my blog …

I loved the Princeples of Dating, with it being my last name,” Prince said.

Prince’s blog addresses all things love and dating—what to do on the first date, relationship deal breakers, how to recover from a bad breakup and the rebounds someone may encounter during that healing process.

While Prince’s dating blog blossomed, his own dating life did not. Prince grew tired of the typical bar scene of going out to meet women and turned to the popular dating site, Match.com.

“I had no problem talking to people, but could also be shy. I thought I would try online dating and it felt like an online directory … In person you don’t know if people are single or interested. It was a filtering process to cut through all the b.s. and talk to someone,” Prince said.

Prince canceled his subscription after a month, finding the site wasn’t for him after all.

Nine months later, he recalled being sick with a cold and feeling sorry for himself because he didn’t have anyone to take care of him.

He reactivated his profile and the only profile that popped up in his feed was Nicole Simon. He thought she looked familiar, so he sent her a message.

“I thought she was beautiful and explained why I messaged her. I asked if she wanted to talk more,” Prince said. “She was the first person I ever went out with (on the site), so it was a 100 percent success rate.”

Eventually, Prince married Nicole, a 28-year-old certified public accountant, in September 2012.

Since Prince and Nicole met, updates to the dating blog have slowly decreased, but the content of the site remains timeless.

Prince said he told Nicole about the dating blog early on in their relationship to see if she got his sense of humor.

“I actually found Matt’s blog before we ever even met up in person, unbeknownst to him. Matt was by far the easiest to Internet stalk, given his love of all things social media,” Nicole said. “I actually thought the blog itself was pretty funny and fairly accurate.”

Nicole and Prince are both hard workers and it’s not uncommon for the

duo to work past midnight during the week.

However, the balance between work and marriage has become almost second nature to them.

“One of the main things that drew me to Matt in the first place was his work ethic. If he’s not at the office, he’s at a board meeting, or writing a blog, or fixing a leaky sink. I am the ultimate doer’s do’er and it was very important for me to find that in a husband,” Nicole said.

For the past seven years, Prince has held several positions in the Orange County Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and is now president of the organization.

In 2011, Prince became the professional advisor for the CSUF Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), received the 2013 Teehan Advisor of the Year award and was inducted into the PRSSA Hall of Fame in October.

“Matt always comes to (PRSSA) kick-off events, whatever meetings he can … and is constantly saying to use him as a resource. Because of how much he helped not only the Chapter, but myself as well, I decided to nominate him for the Hall of Fame Award,” Richa Amand, 20, president of PRSSA said.

Five months ago, Prince started Behooved, a blog that focuses on a “digital buzz” in areas of social media, technology and business. A majority of the writings for the blog come from friends and students.

Prince said he began the blog as a way to bring

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MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Alumnus Matt Prince spends his time on campus as the PRSSA professional advisor. He received the 2013 Teehan Advisor of the Year award.

visibility to the writings of those who weren’t getting it, such as young, college students.

When Prince is not working, blogging or mentoring students, he is fixing up his

new home with his wife.

“We’ve pretty much always done DIY home-type projects together from the very beginning of our relationship,” Nicole said.

“Matt’s really good at

building things, and I’m really good at telling him things to build, so it kind of works out. “ Now that Prince found love, his dating blog has been put on the back

burner, but he has replaced it with a new blog called DIYPrinceples.com.

The site documents the Princes’ journey to fixing up their house by themselves.

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One girl’s guide to surviving Valentine’s Day

AMANDA SHARP AND ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan Mia McCormick, a communications major, is celebrating this upcoming Valentine’s Day as a happily independent single girl and refuses to throw a pity party for herself on the romantic holiday.

Student shares how she handles the romantic holiday MIA MCCORMICK Daily Titan

While the lovestruck romantics are anxiously anticipating heart shaped boxes of chocolate and dozens of red roses that are Valentine’s Day staples, the remainder of the population will be counting the hours until Feb 15, when all of the pink and red paraphernalia disappears and they can buy those heart-shaped boxes for themselves at a fraction of the cost.

I am part of that remainder. I am and will

be a single woman on Valentine’s Day. It would be easy for me to go on endlessly about how miserable that reality is and how much I’m dreading having to endure yet another lonely Valentine’s Day. It would be easy, but it wouldn’t be the truth. I am single by choice, not by default, and happily so.

I have never really been a fan of the holiday in general. I find it cliché and needlessly materialistic. I have no use, and no room, for a giant stuffed bear holding a heart stitched with “Be Mine.”

And, honestly, that Sweetheart candy tastes like artificial fruity chalk.

All the usual gifts, traditions and nuances associated with the holiday only

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make me cringe. Maybe this is because I’m not a starry-eyed hopeless romantic by nature.

If I’m going to receive roses and chocolate, I would rather receive them any other day of the year. Then I would know that it was out of sincere generosity and affection rather than a mandate by the status quo.

It is not solely an aversion to being alone that sparks my feelings of distaste, either.

Even on those years when I wasn’t single on Valentine’s Day, I never liked making a big deal about it.

Typically in the past, my single Valentine’s Days, I have spent the day with my closest friends.

Last year, which was my

first single Valentine’s Day in three years, I celebrated by getting dolled up and going out to dinner with my best friend. It was the perfect celebration for two single girls on what is often so lovingly called “Singles Awareness Day.” Rather than shutting ourselves into our apartment and sitting on the couch in our most unflattering sweatpants while drowning our sorrows in a tub of ice cream each, we chose to get up, get out and celebrate being young, single and absolutely unbound to any men, relationships or respective romantic obligations.

However, this year will be different. Fortunately for my friend, she is happily in a relationship and

will be spending her Feb. 14 with a man who will surely spoil her exactly as she deserves.

Unfortunately, this leaves me without much of a backup plan. At this point, ice cream, sweatpants and a pity party for one sound pretty good.

But I refuse to throw a pity party, because there is nothing wrong with being 22 years old, college educated and single. I refuse to allow a pointless, money-driven holiday to convince me otherwise.

I will admit I may have recently been struck by Cupid’s obnoxious little arrow for the first time in years, and although that may have started to change my mind on things in the romance

department, it doesn’t quite change my feelings on Valentine’s Day. This year I don’t have any set plans. But I can say with absolute certainty what I will not be doing. I won’t be on an uncomfortably romantic date with someone I hardly know, awkwardly staring blankly into space and saying nothing to him and feeling nothing for him.

However, I also will not be having that aforementioned pity party, because I would much rather spend my time embracing and taking full advantage of my singleness. I will celebrate my freedom to do, say and be whatever I want.

Because, quite frankly, there is nothing pitiful about being happily independent.

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WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Chante Miles, Samantha Logan and Hailey King listen intently as Head Coach Daron Park draws up a play during a timeout.

Titans Aloha State bound Women’s basketball begin road trip to Davis and Hawai’i MICHAEL HUNTLEY Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team will embark on a two-game road trip this weekend.

The Titans (8-13, 4-4 Big West) are coming off a disappointing blowout loss to Cal State Northridge.

The Titans open up their road trip against UC Davis (10-12, 5-4 Big West). The Aggies are coming off an overtime loss to UC Irvine.

The Titans and Aggies met earlier this season when the Aggies won 69-67 in an overtime thriller at Titan Gym. In their previous matchup, both teams had four players score in double figures. The Titans were led by senior guard Alex Thomas who scored 23 points and shot 50 percent from the field. Thomas had a season-high four steals and two blocks in that game.

The Aggies were led by sophomore forward Alyson Doherty. Doherty, an El Toro High School alumna, scored 15 points while shooting 50 percent from the field. She also had a game-high eight rebounds and four assists. Junior forward Sydnee Fipps scored 15 points of her own along with six rebounds.

The Titans were outrebounded by the Aggies 4425. The Titans’ leading rebounder in that game was junior forward Kathleen Iwuoha with five. The Aggies were led by Doherty, who had eight rebounds, and sophomore forward Celia Marfone, who had 10 points and a team-high two steals.

The Aggies had 24 turnovers in that game compared to the Titans’ 13.

The Titans had 25 points off those turnovers compared to the Aggies’ six.

The Titans hope to capitalize on the Aggies’ mistakes again and rebound better Thursday at The Pavilion.

The Titans will travel across the Pacific Ocean to play Hawai’i on Saturday night. It is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Since their arrival in the Big West last season, Hawai’i is 1-2 against the Titans.

The Rainbow Wahine (1110, 5-4 Big West) currently sit in fourth place in the conference. They are led by senior forward Kamilah Jackson who averages 15.6

points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game. Her shooting has been efficient with 51 percent and 40 percent from the three-point line. Jackson was first team All Big West last season and is making a case for her second straight selection.

Hawai’i is also led by sophomore Destiny King.

An alumna of Long Beach Poly, she has picked up her game in Big West play. She is averaging 9.4 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game in conference play.

The Rainbow Wahine lead the Big West in scoring defense with 64.7 points allowed per game. They also lead the conference in defensive rebounding percentage. They are the best rebounding team in the Big West, a category the Titans have struggled in lately.

CSUF freshman Samantha Logan had a team-high nine rebounds against Northridge while Iwuoha, who leads her team in rebounds with 6.8 a game, struggled with only three.

The Titans will face a challenge in scoring against the vaunted Hawai’i defense. They will look to Thomas, who has led the team in scoring for seven games in a row. She had a career-high 24 points last week in the Titans’ comeback victory against UCR. They hope to get more offense out of junior guard Chante Miles who has been cold lately. She failed to score in double figures during the Titans threegame homestand, and she hasn’t had a 20-point game since Jan. 3 against Denver.

With a pair of victories this weekend, the Titans can move their 3-4 away record to a winning mark.

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AMANDA SHARP / Daily Titan Sophomore second baseman Samantha Galarza swings at a pitch. Galarza finished the night 2-3 and scored a run in the Titans’ 4-2 win over San Diego. Galarza showed her versatility when she moved to shortstop in the 6th inning to allow senior Gabby Aragon to rest.

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Lahitte ran into trouble in the bottom of the fourth. Sophomore second baseman Samantha Galarza led off with a single to left field. Sophomore first baseman Melissa Sechrest laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Galarza.

With runners on the corners and two outs, Taukeiaho came up to bat.

Lahitte walked her on four pitches. Lahitte struggled to find the strike zone and walked senior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama to force in a run to put the Titans ahead 3-1.

Ford turned to freshman Christina Washington to pitch in the top of the fifth inning, who made quick work of USD allowing no baserunners. Junior first baseman Eliza Crawford hit a home run off Lahitte over the right field wall to increase the Titans lead to 4-1.

“I think it was more frustration than anything because my previous two at bats I got out,” Crawford said. “I was just trying to find a way to get on and that happened.”

Crawford’s home run ended the night for Lahitte, who finished allowing seven hits and four earned runs in 4.1 innings.

USD Head Coach Melissa McElvain turned to senior Cassidy Coleman to finish the game.

Washington got herself into a jam in the sixth inning. She allowed a solo home run to junior Chloe Keneko, followed by a Caitlin Rooney single.

With a runner on third with two outs, Washington struck out Sandusky to limit the

damage to just one.

The Titans turned to sophomore Monique Wesley to shut the door in the seventh. She made quick work of USD to finish the game, earning her first save of the season.

The Titans travel to San Diego Thursday to play San Diego State. On Friday

they will play Saint Mary’s and Texas State. On Saturday, the Titans finish the weekend against South Dakota and No. 25 UC Berkeley.

“I think we feel strong coming off of 5-0,” Taukeiaho said. “We have a goal that we have set and we’re going for it.”

“It’s going to be a great tournament for us,” Ford said. “We have six games starting tonight. There’s some competitive teams in San Diego. It’s a great tournament.”

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