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Alums share success stories Four are honored during Vision and Visionaries panel GINA VAN STRATTEN Daily Titan

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Sophomore outfielder Tyler Stieb scores on the Titans’ opening night as CSUF demolishes the Washington State Cougars 12-0 before taking two out of three in the series.

Titans come out swinging Offense shines as CSUF fights their way to series victory IAN O’BRIEN Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton baseball team opened the 2014 season with a home series against Washington State and started its season with a 2-1 record.

After opening with a 12-0 bruiser, the Titans fell to the Cougars in the second game 9-7 in 11 innings.

They bounced back in the series finale to win 5-4 on a walk-off infield single by senior catcher Jared Deacon.

Head Coach Rick

Vanderhook was pleased with the Titans’ series win.

“It was a good team win for us right there. I’ll take the W,” Vanderhook said.

Game 1 The Titans dominated in every aspect of the game in the season opener Friday night.

“I’m just thrilled that they played all nine innings. We played nine innings tonight.

When you get a big lead it’s hard to play nine innings,” Vanderhook said.

Sophomore Thomas Eshelman took the mound and continued to pitch dominantly by pitching seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts.

He allowed only three hits

and picked up his first win of the season.

Freshman Phil Bickford made his CSUF debut and pitched the two remaining innings without allowing a run.

Fullerton also dominated from the plate, scoring 12 runs. This was highlighted by senior designated hitter Greg Velazquez, who hit a three-run homer and finished 3-for-3 with four runs batted in.

“I think it was a confidence booster. I definitely felt good after making contact with that ball,” Velazquez said.

Sophomore first baseman Tanner Pinkston and sophomore second baseman Jake Jefferies also

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performed well for the Titans. They each logged two hits with two RBIs. CSUF showcased their blazing speed with four stolen bases. Jefferies, sophomore left fielder Tyler Stieb, junior third baseman Matt Chapman and junior right fielder J.D. Davis each stole a base during the game.

Game 2 The next game on Saturday afternoon was another story for the Titans as they fell 9-7 to the Cougars in 11 innings. CSUF fought hard in the game, though.

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Group shows love to strangers on campus Students provide flowers, gifts to inspire others NICOLE WEAVER Daily Titan

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and for many students, it was a day to shower a special someone with romance and warmth. For others, it was an opportunity to celebrate with complete strangers.

To those who happened to be outside the Humanities Building Thursday morning, Alejandra Valdez, a human services alumna, gave them her own gesture of love, and a chance to feel included during such an intimate holiday.

The gesture sends a message that says “I don’t know you, but here’s something that’s beautiful, and here is my love that I give to you even though I don’t know you,” Valdez said.

Valdez and a few of her friends handed out 200

carnations to spread the message that love should be shown to others every day, she said.

When one of Valdez’s close friends surprised her with flowers last year, it embarrassed her.

She wasn’t used to somebody giving her flowers and when another friend questioned her reaction, she took the opportunity to rethink her embarrassment.

The moment gave Valdez an epiphany, and she walked into a campus Starbucks holding the flowers her friend had given her up high instead of hiding them.

The baristas responded in such a positive way that it made her appreciate what her friend had done for her.

That’s when her idea started to bloom—she would give flowers to complete strangers on campus to give others what her friend had given her. She called it “Operation Rational Love.”

“It’s not so much the flowers but the gesture of love

that is attached to it, that I feel like a lot of people don’t get,” Valdez said.

The group handed out carnations with quotes about love attached to each individual flower in a matter of minutes.

“When it’s pure and there’s no malice behind it, I think it’s the only thing that makes sense,” Valdez said.

Passersby were caught off guard by the kind, unexpected gesture, and the group particularly focused on giving it to individuals with their heads down or who looked serious.

“I wanted to give the flowers to mostly guys ... and a lot of them were really open and (thankful) for the flowers. I wanted to show them they’re special even if it’s one guy giving it to another guy, and there’s nothing wrong with that,” said Jose Santiago, a human services major and the friend who gave Valdez the flowers that inspired her.

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The four distinguished and honorary alumni who were awarded the highest honor that can be given to Cal State Fullerton alumni credit much of their success to their education at CSUF. The Vision and Visionaries Award, which was given Thursday, is presented to alumni who have demonstrated exemplary service in their profession as well as in their community.

“I use what I learned from Cal State Fullerton, believe me, every single day,” said Julie Miller-Phipps, the recipient of the distinguished alumna award, and a 1983 CSUF graduate. She is now the senior vice president at Kaiser Permanente, where she serves as the chief executive for the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan and hospital operations in Orange County.

Joseph G. Cervantes, who was presented with the Honorary Alumnus Award, currently serves on the Executive Council of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, and is also the senior executive vice president of operations at R.D. Olson Construction.

Daniel K. Huckabay received the Recent Graduate Achievement Award.

Huckabay graduated in 2003, earning a degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance, and is currently the president of Commercial Surety Bond Agency.

Darrell F. Jodoin, who received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, graduated from CSUF in 1985 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and is now the director of design and engineering at the Disneyland Resort.

Jodoin said the degree he earned at CSUF has provided him with adequate knowledge and skills to compete in the engineering industry.

“I have people working for me from probably every major university in this nation, and the education that I received here (at CSUF) is on par and has allowed me to compete in that environment,” Jodoin said.

Huckabay said looking back on his time in college, it is essential to appreciate the time spent as a college student.

Additionally, students should be ready to take advantage of all opportunities that come during that time.

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MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Friends and family remember Cal State Fullerton student Franz Nalezny at the Bridge Church in Rancho Santa Margarita Saturday. Nalezny, a 22-year-old student studying graphic design, died in a crash while driving to his parents’ home in Coto de Caza.

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DTBRIEFS Arrest made for Garden Grove killing A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Garden Grove that occurred Sunday night, according to the Orange County Register.

Police arrested Ubaldo Gutierrez in connection to the stabbing, which resulted in another 25-year-old man’s death.

The victim, Cesar Bravo, was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. He was pronounced dead Monday at 5 a.m.

Officers found Bravo with one fatal stab wound to the stomach after responding to a phone call reporting the stabbing incident.

Garden Grove police officers said Gutierrez and Bravo were friends.

An autopsy is planned for this week.

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Lecture explains science fiction from female authors

Teen claims responsibility for 22 deaths

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The image of a strong woman who holds the power of choice in contemporary science fiction has its roots in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, said Patrick Sharp, Ph.D. Sharp, the chair of Cal State Los Angeles’ liberal studies department, focused on strong women, Darwin, science fiction and how they all relate to one another during a lecture Thursday, titled “Evolution’s Amazons: Women and Science Fiction.”

Darwin faced criticism on his theory of natural selection, as it did not explain the pretty feathers of the peacock and other decorations in the animal kingdom that have no use in terms of gathering food or warding off predators, Sharp said. He later reconciled this with his theory of sexual selection in The Descent of Man. “Sexual selection was sort of a counterbalance to natural selection,” Sharp said.

Darwin argued that among non-human animals, males were attractive and had to parade in front of the females to garner their attention, Sharp said.

“Females had the power of choice, and this was very crucial to feminists,” Sharp said.

However, in the human species, according to Darwin, men have gained power over both selections and upset that balance, Sharp said.

Therefore, it is not surprising that feminists turned to Darwin’s work when looking at models of evolution and science, Sharp said.

This translates into works of science fiction published by females during the 20th century.

Historically, the idea of an Amazonian woman is not a very recent thing, Sharp said.

But even as late as the 1990s, it was only acceptable to some if the woman became violent because men were incapacitated.

“Then it was okay for them to pick up the gun and turn into Rambo,” Sharp said.

The first of the historical American Amazons, who later served as models for fictional characters, can be seen as early as during the Puritan times, Sharp said.

Most narratives during the 1600s reinforced the rigid gender norms deemed fit

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AMANDA SHARP / Daily Titan Patrick Sharp, Ph.D., describes female characters in fiction.

by the authors. But in the American Amazon narratives, the realities of living in the colonial period allowed the women to “step out of traditional and very rigid roles because of the absence of men,” Sharp said.

“So this is something about violent motherhood and the violent protection of virtue that becomes essential in these narratives,” Sharp said.

Sharp used the example of Hannah Duston. In 1697, she was taken captive by Native Americans and her newborn was killed in front of her as she was taken away. In retribution, Duston scalped 10 of the 12 natives they were travelling with, most of them women and children.

“She serves as an example of an Amazon woman whose violence is both justified and necessitated by colonial context,” Sharp said.

There are three types of female characters commonly portrayed in science fiction: the American Amazons, who are as strong and equal to any men and the “fragile flowers” at the other end of the spectrum who swoon at the sight of any danger, Sharp said.

The third type is that of an “Amazonian Flower,” who become killing machines, but later swoon and the men will have to rescue them, Sharp said.

“On one hand, she’s kicking ass, and on the other hand, she’s not,” Sharp said.

Feminism in science fiction, where female characters were equal to men, is a common thread in many

science fiction stories, especially in those written by female authors.

Leslie Stone, a science fiction author in the 1920s, strongly emphasized equality between genders. She wrote Out of the Void in 1929, where the character Gleeson goes on a space adventure but never comes back.

Others assume Gleeson is a man until aliens bring her diary back and reveal that she is a woman.

Stone also wrote the Air Wonder Stories series, where the women of Venus kidnap the men from Earth in an effort to fix population issues; and The Conquest of Gola, where women mock the men who invade and want to take their planet.

“Actually, the women just kick the crap out of the men and that’s it, end of story,” Sharp said.

Cody Adams, a student who attended the lecture, said he found the talk fascinating.

“It delved into layers I never considered were there before,” Adams said. “It demonstrated a chronological evolution of how science fiction was written and how the stories change over time.”

Craig McConnell, the director for the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, called the lecture “a nice cross between literary and scientific and historical research.”

Sharp is currently working on an anthology of women’s contributions to pioneering science fiction magazines in the 1920s and 1930s.

A 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman currently held on charges of murdering a man she met on Craigslist has confessed to killing more than 20 others across the nation, according to USA Today.

Miranda Barbour and her 22-yearold husband, Elytte Barbour, are accused of killing Troy LaFerrara in November after LaFerrara agreed to pay her $100 to have sex with her over Craigslist.

While in jail, Barbour told a local newspaper that she was involved in numerous other slayings and belonged to a satanic cult in Alaska.

Barbour claims to have killed her first victim when she was 13 with the help of her cult leader.

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Man hijacks plane to seek Swiss asylum An Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome was hijacked by its co-pilot, according to BBC News.

Hailemedehin Abera Tagegn had waited for the pilot to go to the restroom before locking himself in the cockpit.

Tagegn was found unarmed after landing the 202 passenger aircraft in Geneva, where he requested asylum in Switzerland.

The co-pilot radioed Geneva requesting emergency fuel before he pulled an alarm indicating the plane had been hijacked.

All crew and passengers landed safely and exited the plane about an hour after it landed.

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Panel addresses doping in professional athletics Professors call for more prevention to stop drug abuse TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

High-profile scandals involving household names like Alex Rodriguez and Lance Armstrong have drawn much attention to the use of performance enhancing drugs, which experts and regulators say has been rapidly increasing and is threatening the integrity of sports.

To analyze the pervasiveness of performance enhancing drugs, what causes athletes to use them and what is being done to stop it, a panel of experts gathered Thursday for a symposium titled “How do we prevent drugs in sports?” sponsored by the Kinesiology Department and the Cal State Fullerton Center for Boys and Men. “Bringing together leading experts, having conversation, hopefully we can get some strategies as how to go forward,” John Gleaves, Ph.D., said. “We do know (doping) is a problem. We’re certainly not happy with where we’re at right now and the question is ‘where do we go from here?’”

Gleaves, an assistant professor of kinesiology at CSUF, said the desire to use drugs to improve physical performance is not a new trend. Doping can be traced back to the

beginning of modern sport after the Scientific Revolution and has remained a stubborn issue.

The World Anti-Doping Agency bans drugs on the grounds that they are unhealthy, unfair and are contrary to the spirit of sport.

The agency enforces its anti-doping policies through testing and punishment. Some athletes have even been prosecuted for lying about doping.

A typical sanction for a professional athlete who is caught doping is a twoyear ban for a first-time offender and a lifetime ban for a second offense.

Caleb Banta-Green, Ph.D., a University of Washington assistant professor of health services and research scientist at UW’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, focused more on the health aspect of doping and the policies behind it.

“What I think was interesting is really a profound philosophical change in U.S. drug policy,” Banta-Green said. “I’m not saying it’s all playing out and the world is really changed in all these ways, but there is at least an attitudinal change that I believe will eventually lead to some pretty meaningful changes.”

Banta-Green said he outlined the difference between misuse and abuse with drugs. Misuse of drugs is using them for a purpose other than intended, using drugs not prescribed to you and

using them for non-medical purposes.

Abusing drugs is defined as continued out-of-control use despite negative consequences.

Prescription drugs like Adderall and pain medication are also considered performance enhancing.

They are more readily available and there has been a 300 percent increase in prescription opiate pain medication over the last 15 years in the United States.

Banta-Green said medical professionals from other countries have told him that America has pain conditions that they have never heard of in their country.

“Which is kind of weird because they have human beings in their country,” Banta-Green said. “How do we have totally different problems in our country that we have these medications for? There’s a lot more prescribing.”

Banta-Green does not see the availability of prescription medication changing anytime soon.

He said the Office of National Drug Control Policy aims to renew an emphasis on a community-based prevention program. The organization has said they are not going to “arrest their way out of this problem” and want to take a public health approach.

Ask Vest Christiansen, Ph.D., sees doping as more of an identity issue.

Christiansen, a visiting

professor at Cal State Fullerton and section leader of sport science and associate professor of public health at Denmark’s Aarhus University, researches doping, the culture that causes it and what can be done to stop it.

“I took the approach that in order to understand the phenomenon of doping in elite sport, you really need to know the culture behind it ... the athlete’s perspective,” Christiansen said.

The level of dissatisfaction that Americans have with their bodies in women more than doubled from 1972 to 1997. Dissatisfaction went up 28 percent for men in the same time period, Christiansen said.

Christiansen theorized that the increased doping among recreational athletes is because of a masculinity crisis. He said women’s liberation and rights have reduced men’s status in society and they may feel that to regain their status, they must build as much muscle as possible.

Christiansen also attributed doping and other drug abuse to a false belief among both sexes about their ideal body image.

Men tend to think women want more muscles on men than they actually do, and women believe men want them to be thinner than men actually do.

The panelists hoped events like this would spur more thinking on the topic of doping and provide solutions on how to prevent it

Courtesy of Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García presents the Distinguished Alumna medal to Julie K. Miller-Phipps.

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“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from my oldest brother, who said ... ‘you only get one time to be in college,’” Huckabay said.

Huckabay also advised students to find a mentor and “always surround yourself with people that are better than you.” He said these two pieces of advice will be beneficial in all areas and aspects of life, including finding a successful career.

Jodoin’s advice to students was to remain open-minded to a variety of opportunities that they will come in contact with through life.

“It’s great to have a plan, and you should have it, because that’s what helps guide you, but I don’t think you should be so focused on that plan that you are closed to other things that might

present themselves to you,” Jodoin said.

Jodoin said others regularly ask him how he landed his position with Disney. Even though it was not his traditional dream job as a child, he is glad he was open to the opportunity once it presented itself.

Cervantes said an important and lasting quality in establishing a career choice is passion.

“When you go on into your career, find something you are passionate about,” Cervantes said. “Work is fun if you find something that doesn’t appear to be work, if you truly enjoy what you’re doing.”

Once the award ceremony concluded, the four honorees were recognized during the Homecoming pep rally in the Quad and at an awards dinner and celebration held at the El Dorado Ranch later that evening.

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The quotes attached to the flowers held quite a bit of importance themselves.

The main quote read “love is the only rational act,” which comes from the book Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom.

The group not only wanted to make the event about showing their love for others, they also wanted to promote self-love among the flowers’ recipients.

One quote read “accept who you are, and revel in it,” which the group felt was a particularly good message to help their cause.

“I think that when you love people and you love yourself, it leads you to do better things in life, and it just motivates other people around you too,” Valdez said.

The group wrote the title of their event, Operation Rational Love, on their T-shirts, with a hashtag symbol in front.

When the event was over, they checked Instagram for hashtags and found pictures of their cause from users who had received flowers earlier.

“That motivates us even more to continue to do things like this. To know that people appreciate it and that it brightens their day,” Valdez said.

The response among students turned out to be extremely positive, and that resonated deeply with the group. They intend to continue Operation Rational Love by having an event every month on campus.

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Facebook is the top social media site, but its growth is slowing From a college dorm room, Mark Zuckerberg launched a website where Harvard students could search for classmates and create an online network of friends. Ten years and over a billion users later, Facebook is the largest social media site in the world.

But in the last few years a lot of competition has grown, and Facebook should be worried.

Facebook started out only being available to Harvard students then expanded to all Ivy League schools and Stanford. By 2006 Facebook was available to everyone with a valid email address.

Zuckerberg knew there was a need to bring people closer together using the Internet.

Today, Facebook is the largest social media website in the world. Facebook has over 1.31 billion active users.

Facebook is the most convenient way to keep in touch with friends and family all over the world. Even grandparents who struggle to find the “on” button on the computer have Facebook accounts.

Facebook has eliminated the need for high school reunions. People attend high school reunions to

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reminisce over past memories and publicly display how great their lives are.

Facebook has given people a platform to post pictures from the past and brag about their current lives.

Facebook is no longer just a social media site. It’s become more of a lifestyle, or at least a big part of many people’s lives.

Forty-eight percent of people age 18-34 check Facebook daily, moments upon waking up. Checking Facebook has now become a part of daily routines.

People wake up, groggily feel around for their phone and check Facebook before even brushing their teeth.

Facebook is no longer just a social media site.

It’s become more of a lifestyle, or at least a big part of many people’s lives.

While Facebook is the largest social media site, it hasn’t been experiencing the same amount of growth as in the past.

Facebook’s advertising revenue increased by more than $1 billion in 2013 but membership growth was not as high as Facebook’s No.1 competitor: Twitter.

Twitter had 44 percent growth from June 2012 to March 2013.

Facebook is making efforts to compete with the social media website.

Twitter is known for

having “trending topics” where people can see what people are tweeting the most about.

Facebook recently added a trending news feature on the right of the news feed so people can see what is happening in the world. People use Twitter to stay up to date on current events, but Facebook is hoping that will change.

However, research shows that teens are using Facebook less and Twitter more.

Daniel Miller, a professor of material culture at University College London, said the main reason teens are still using Facebook is to show parents a sanitized version of their lives.

It’s easy to see how teens wouldn’t want to use a social networking site where their parents can see everything they post.

It’s hard to post more personal status updates when mom and dad can see it and disapprove.

And it’s not only teens, according to the Guardian. The information people choose to publish on Facebook has gone through an internal filter.

People are less likely to filter the pictures they post, the videos they share or what they say on other platforms like Skype or mobile apps.

Facebook has climbed to the top of the social media world over the past 10 years.

But Facebook is not the powerhouse it was just a few years ago. It needs to find a way to keep its young users if it wishes to remain on top.

illustration by MIKE TRUJILLO / Daily Titan Social media sites like Twitter are growing at a very rapid rate, clawing at Facebook’s top spot.

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Monitoring every aspect of a worker’s day is going too far Technological advancements have helped many businesses and companies f lourish and succeed in this competitive new world. However, many new problems arise with technological innovations.

Recently, a new device called the Business Microscope has given employers a way to track, monitor and record every detail of their employees’ actions.

These “details” include: staff movements around the office, where and how long employees chat while on work time, how energetic the conversations are among staff members and how long an employee spends in the restroom.

It may be true that

workers who constantly walk away from their seat signify a lack of work ethic, but recording the length of each conversation and each bathroom break is going a little too far for circumstantial proof.

Although it is not illegal, the Business Microscope, devised by Hitachi, raises many privacy concerns.

According to the Hitachi website, “multiple sensor devices are placed inside a nameplate type sensor that is attached to company employees. When the name tag sensors come within a specified distance of each other, they recognize each other and record the face time, body and behavior rhythm data to a server.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said it receives the most complaints about workplace privacy, much more than any other issue.

Hitachi’s aim is to help boost efficiency levels in the workplace and to aid employers in finding problems and their solutions that may go unnoticed.

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But productivity needs to be raised without sacrificing privacy. A worker’s privacy rights should take precedence over a company’s desire to boost productivity.

Workers who worry about lack of privacy may neglect doing their work or may be inefficient in completing their work on time, knowing their boss is watching them 24/7.

The Wall Street Journal found that early experiments with these gadgets have provided some valuable lessons for companies to consider.

If they are to “push for wearable gadgets to pursue heavy-handed objectives, like ratcheting up efficiency or productivity, the move will invariably backfire and hurt morale.”

They suggest, instead, that companies link up their goals with individual goals. One way is to use wearable devices to make an employee’s job safer or more interesting.

Privacy is the main issue to consider when setting up new practices involving surveillance.

Three approaches were proposed by Sociometric Solutions Inc., who developed a product similar to the Business Microscope.

“First, let users know in advance exactly what’s being tracked and analyzed. Second, assure them that managers see only aggregate data— not stats on individuals.

Finally, make participation optional.”

With new technology emerging every day, it is nearly impossible to place restrictions on management and business corporations’ hunger for efficiency and being No. 1.

But employees need to put more care into privacy concerns, especially for workers who are making productivity happen.

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FEATURES Students attempt to balance jobs, classes and sleep KYLE NAULT Daily Titan

Couples break away from the traditional forms of dating DAVID COATS Daily Titan

“(Guys) wouldn’t be able to tell how awkward I was by messaging online.”

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es 2013 survey.

D’Nisha Bush, a 26-yearold graduate from Cal State Fullerton, met her boyfriend, Mark Lugo, 28, on the free online dating website, OkCupid, and have been together since September 2012.

Bush said using an online dating website helped her be herself and

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Finding love through apps Before the Internet, couples would typically meet at a bar, at school or at the workplace.

Now that standard is rapidly changing as dating websites and apps make it more accessible to fall in love.

More than one-third of all marriages in the United States began with online dating, according to a Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc-

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DAVID COATS / Daily Titan D’Nisha Bush, a Cal State Fullerton graduate, met her boyfriend, Mark Lugo, from the free online dating website, OkCupid.

overcome her shyness. “(Guys) wouldn’t be able to tell how awkward I was by messaging online,” Bush said.

Lugo said he enjoyed the online dating scene because he was able to meet a lot of different people.

Before Lugo started dating online, he typically only dated people he knew from work or school.

“My range grew, I didn’t have to be within those circles,” he said.

However, the couple both agreed online dating had its disadvantages.

Bush said she didn’t like that there was so much personal information readily available for anyone to see.

The website Bush and Lugo used, OkCupid, notifies a person if someone looked at their profile at any time of the day.

Bush and Lugo did not connect right away, but eventually decided to go on a few dates and have

been together ever since.

Although many couples meet through websites and cellphone apps, this way of dating may prevent people from truly being themselves.

Mohammad Abdel Haq, a CSUF sociology adjunct professor, said technology gives people control when it comes to portraying themselves online. Instead of showing who they really are, they can pick and choose what aspects of their life they want to showcase.

“Right now, self-presentation is problematic in both ways. It’s problematic in the sense that someone is trying to come across in a certain way and they’re putting effort, time and conscience effort if anything into it, and that’s not necessarily who they are,” he said.

However, more people are discovering they feel more comfortable meeting people through

a computer or cellphone screen.

Newer dating apps, such as Tinder, are becoming increasingly popular since users can easily swipe a picture of a person that they like or don’t like.

In May 2013, Tinder served 50 million matches and users made 4.5 billion ratings, according to TechCrunch.com.

However, deciding to date a person simply based on a photograph can deter someone from finding true love.

Regardless of how couples meet, for most, love is the ultimate goal.

“When we talk about dating, there is always this aspect that we all love to have, which is the romantic aspect of it. Part of this romantic love aspect is that we all like to have is to not be rational,” Haq said.

He said, “To a large extent, love is an emotion that’s not rational.”

From studying for classes, to working one or more jobs, many college students find themselves extremely busy and tired.

“Busy to me is not running around doing all the things that I need to do because those things have to be done to begin with,” Maricela Medina, a 22-year-old Cal State Fullerton McNair Scholars Program member, said.

“It’s when you have those things to do and then you have a paper, an essay, an exam and all of these things to study for.”

Not only does Medina take on a role in the academic program, she also holds the manager title for a catering company and is a sales assistant at Victoria’s Secret.

Besides attending class and working, many students are participating in multiple extracurricular roles as club leaders, athletes and political activists. This ambition makes time for sleep scarce.

Alyssa Johnson, a psychology major, described her schedule as a student and barista. “(On) Tuesdays, I always have work at four in the morning,” Johnson said.

I work usually until 10 or 11 a.m. and then I go to school and I’m at school until 9:45, then I have to do it again the next day.”

Johnson said her demanding work schedule at Starbucks leaves her with only about five to six hours of sleep per night, which affects her school

performance.

The busy schedules leaves her craving caffeine to sustain energy throughout the day.

“I’m usually drinking a lot of caffeine,” Johnson said. “I’m pretty tired during the day during class so it’s hard to pay attention and stay focused because I’m usually exhausted.”

For some students, work lasts until the early morning hours, while classes continue throughout the day.

Bobby Martinez, 22, juggles the tasks of working for Disneyland until as early as 2:30 a.m. and completing his academic duties.

“I’ve had nights where I’ve only gotten four, five hours of sleep. I’m usually okay, I’m not great. I wouldn’t (work late) before a test, but it is what it is,” he said.

The wear and tear of balancing a job and an education can be an enormous burden for students.

Adults who reported sleeping less than 7-9 hours per night were more likely to have difficulty performing daily tasks, according to a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Martinez said he feels taking on several roles in addition to being a fulltime student makes him work harder, but also contributes to the fatigue he faces from the daily grind.

“Being involved on campus, playing intramural sports, going to work practically full time, and being a full time student … definitely wears you down,” he said.

Organization offers free hamburgers to hungry students The fellowship serves free burgers every Friday at CSUF ALEX FAIRBANKS For the Daily Titan

Every Friday afternoon, Stephen Gould and his group feed the tired and stressed masses of students in the Cal State Fullerton Quad like a beacon of hope in the dark, giving away free burgers to hungry students.

Walking around campus with a slow hobbled walk (the result of a broken hip from two years ago), the CSUF alumnus has been serving free burgers on campus for 20 years.

Gould also suffers from type 2 diabetes. He said he got his diabetes from his grandmother, “I got her

beautiful skin that didn’t wrinkle, and her diabetes.”

However, that has not stopped Gould, 66, from serving free hamburgers.

Before handing out hamburgers, Gould and his friend, Rich Girard, started selling coffee and donuts on weekdays at CSUF in 1984 to raise money and spread awareness for their Christian group.

Girard, who has known Gould for 32 years, said he has been a moral compass for him throughout his life.

One day, Gould found the inspiration to do something better and decided to serve free hamburgers to hungry students.

Gould got the idea for the Hamburger Fellowship one day in his room in May 1994.

The revenue the group received from the coffee and donuts funded the

free hamburger Fridays for about 15 years until CSUF shut it down.

The news was not disappointing to Gould, who put long hours into the project.

“It was too much work, morning to night,” Gould said.

He decided to continue his efforts with the Hamburger Fellowship. Gould set up an organization, Oneby-One Ministries, and received money from people to support the fellowship.

Not only does Gould help students by feeding them, but also financially supports students by hiring them to work the grill and make hamburgers.

Gould’s need to help others is also apparent off campus. He helps friends overcome addictions to alcoholism, meth and cocaine.

“Stephen really cares

about people when he gets to know them, and he gets to know them really fast,” said Sergio Rocha, a CSUF student who met Gould while getting free hamburgers three years ago.

For two weeks, Gould goes to Mexico during the summer and invites members of the Hamburger Fellowship. The group feeds people at several rehab centers, Sergio said.

Although some students do not know the Hamburger Fellowship exists, many students who find outw about it are pleasantly surprised.

The students look delighted that they can get a free meal, Gould said.

The food cannot be taken to go, but students often get to know each other while they eat.

Gould’s Hamburger Fellowship can be found every Friday on campus.

Courtesy of Alex Fairbanks Students take a break by eating free hamburgers offered by Stephen Gould’s Hamburger Fellowship.

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WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Junior guard Alex Harris’ eyes light up as he sees an open lane to drive past Hawai’i guard Brandon Spearman. Harris had his last second three-pointer roll around the rim and stay out to prevent overtime.

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83 Alex Harris posted a career high 29 in the loss to Hawai’i TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton students, fans and alumni packed Titan Gym on Saturday for the annual men’s basketball homecoming game.

The 3,017 in attendance were treated to a thriller.

The Titans (8-16, 3-7 Big West) went into their

matchup with Hawai’i (18-7, 7-4 Big West) with momentum after defeating UC Davis on Thursday.

The momentum from the win Thursday, coupled with what Head Coach Dedrique Taylor called an “electric” atmosphere, helped propel the Titan offense to shoot 62.1 percent in the first half. Unfortunately, the Rainbow Warriors’ defense tamed the Titans in the second half and escaped Titan Gym with an 83-80 win.

Junior guard Alex Harris had the chance to tie up the game in the closing seconds, but his three-point attempt rattled around the rim and stayed out.

“I think I got a good look at it, just unfortunately it didn’t drop. I thought it was going in,” Harris said.

Taylor echoed Harris’ feeling that the shot was going in to extend the game.

“I was standing right

behind him and automatically in my mind I was already thinking, ‘here is what we’re going to do in the first play of overtime,’” Taylor said.

Hot shooting was the theme of the first half with two three-pointers by Hawai’i and a three-pointer by CSUF senior guard Michael Williams in the game’s first three possessions.

Hawai’i slowly built a seven-point lead at 17-10 after six minutes of play, but that would be the biggest lead for the Rainbow Warriors in a tightly contested game that was tied 10 times.

The Titans chipped away at the lead and a three-pointer from Williams knotted the score at 30. Fullerton kept pushing the tempo and went into the half with a four-point lead.

CSUF controlled the game through the first 12 minutes of the second half, holding

an eight-point lead with 8:37 to play. The game shifted for Hawai’i after that point.

Hawai’i sophomore forward Isaac Fotu became a menace for the Titans in the second half. Fotu scored 17 of his 24 points in the final 20 minutes and shot a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

The Rainbow Warriors converted on their next five possessions to take a 72-70 lead with under five minutes left.

“They ramped their deal up and they went inside which hurt us. Fotu went on a little run there that really bothered us and they got themselves back in the game,” Taylor said.

After trading baskets over the next few minutes, Harris picked the pocket of sophomore guard Quincy Smith, which led to a breakaway dunk. This tied the game at 78 and got everyone at

Titan Gym on their feet and cheering.

Junior guard Garrett Nevels quickly quieted the crowd by draining a three-pointer. Harris got the Titans back within one by knocking down a pair of free throws.

After Harris missed a three-point shot on the next Titan possession, Smith tried a long outlet pass to senior forward Christian Standhardinger. Freshman guard Sheldon Blackwell read it and swooped in to intercept the pass and force Standhardinger to foul him.

Down by one with 18 ticks on the clock and the chance to take the lead, Blackwell found himself in a pressure situation at the line. The first-year player failed to convert on either of his free throws, which forced CSUF to foul and led to the loss.

“I needed to knock them

down and unfortunately I couldn’t for my team and I put that loss on me,” Blackwell said.

Harris and Blackwell each posted new career highs in points, with 29 and 15, respectively.

A positive the Titans can take from the game is their post play. Despite being undersized, CSUF outscored Hawai’i 34-22 in the paint and held the rebound advantage at 36-33. A strong showing against the third place team in the conference gives the Titans some confidence going into next weekend’s road matchups against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara.

“We’re going to come back stronger next week. I think this loss is going to make us stronger,” Blackwell said.

For information on the CSUF men’s basketball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

CSUF lumbers through Cartier/Campbell Tourney Softball goes 2-3 in San Diego after a 6-0 start to season JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton softball team was unable to ride the momentum from its impressive start to the season, dropping three of five games in the 24th annual Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego.

Going into the matchup Thursday against host San Diego State (8-2), the Titans were undefeated in their first six games.

After taking an early 1-0 lead in the second inning due to two errors by SDSU that brought in senior shortstop Gabby Aragon to score, the Aztecs put four

runs on the board in the third inning. SDSU held on for a 6-1 victory, handing the Titans their first loss of the season.

Senior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama continued her great start to the season, accounting for all three of the Titans’ hits, while the rest of her team went a collective 0-for-23.

Danielle O’Toole (5-0) was phenomenal in seven innings of work for the Aztecs, allowing just three hits and one unearned run while striking out three.

SDSU went on to win the tournament, defeating Saint Mary’s 3-2 in the championship.

CSUF enjoyed more success on Friday, getting back on track by winning its two games versus Saint Mary’s and Texas State.

In the first game Friday

versus Saint Mary’s (4-6), the Titans and Gaels were deadlocked at 1-1 until the sixth inning. CSUF sophomore Samantha Galarza broke the tie when she hit a double down the left field line, scoring senior Jena Rubio for the 2-1 lead. Later in the inning, senior Leesa Harris drew a bases-loaded walk, and the Titans came away with a 3-1 victory.

Freshman Christina Washington threw 5.1 innings, allowing seven hits and one unearned run.

Sophomore Jasmine Antunez earned the victory in relief, striking out three Gaels in 1.2 innings of work.

In the second game of the day, Texas State (7-3) got on the scoreboard early, but the Titans used a four-run third inning to defeat the Bobcats 4-2.

CSUF made life hard for Bobcats starter Kaylee Garner, knocking her out of the game after just 2.1 innings. The Titans tagged her for six hits and four runs, three earned, before she gave way to reliever Ashley Wright.

Junior Desiree Ybarra picked up the victory after taking over for Antunez, who gave up seven hits and two runs in three innings. Ybarra pitched four innings, allowing two hits and striking out one.

On Saturday, CSUF dropped two close games to finish the tournament.

In the morning game, South Dakota (5-3) came away with a 4-2 victory over the Titans.

After falling behind 3-0 in the second inning, the Titans were unable to put together a comeback.

In the sixth inning following a Tsuchiyama single, Ybarra homered to right field, bringing the score to 4-2. The closest the Titans would get, failing to score seven runners later in the game.

In the final game of the tournament, CSUF was unable to hold an early lead as UC Berkeley (5-4) rallied for a 5-4 victory.

CSUF jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead after RBI singles by junior Eliza Crawford and Galarza.

Leading 4-1 in the fifth inning, the Titans were unable to contain a big rally by the Bears, highlighted by back-to-back triples by junior Danielle Henderson and senior Victoria Jones. Later in the inning, sophomore Jasmin Mejia drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly.

In the seventh inning, Henderson stunned the Titans, leading off the inning with a home run, propelling the Bears to a walk-off win.

Ybarra put on the best offensive performance in the tournament for the Titans, batting .438 with three runs batted in. On the season, Ybarra is batting .353 with two home runs and seven runs batted in.

Despite a losing record in the tournament, the Titans’ record stands at 8-3 on the season. Next up for CSUF is a home game versus North Carolina (2-5) on Tuesday Feb. 18 before hitting the road again, this time to Cathedral City for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Feb. 21.

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They made a valiant comeback after being down 7-3 to tie the game but ultimately fell short.

Sophomore Justin Garza made the start and struggled in his season debut, allowing seven runs with only four of them being earned. He also committed two of the Titans’ three errors. He settled down after a rocky third inning where he allowed three runs.

“He actually settled down and pitched pretty well as it went through, but we made a move to go to the left hander and he didn’t do his job. Koby (Gauna) came in and was fantastic,” Vanderhook said.

Junior Koby Gauna took on long relief duties by pitching 4.2 innings, and he struck out seven batters while keeping the Titans in the game. His night was eventually spoiled when junior Willie Kuhl inherited a bases loaded jam.

Senior Jason Monda hit the game-winning single off Kuhl, which drove in two runs. The Titans were then retired 1-2-3 to end the game, making Gauna the losing pitcher.

Davis led the Titans in hitting with a 4-for-6 effort where he was a double away from the cycle, but this did not satisfy him.

“We shot ourselves in the foot a lot of times. We put ourselves in key situations in the game where we could have won,” Davis said.

Game 3 On Sunday afternoon, the Titans looked to recover from the previous night’s heartbreaker and did just that by winning 5-4. Deacon’s infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave them the win that is

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Sophomore second baseman Jake Jefferies had two of the Titans’ 17 hits and drove in two runs as the Titans rolled the Cougars 12-0 in Friday night’s season opener.

sure to light a spark for the Titans.

“It gives us a lot of momentum. Washington State was a tough team and they competed with us,” Deacon said.

Junior Grahamm Wiest made his season debut and pitched 7.1 innings, allowing only three runs with just one being earned, and he also struck out seven batters.

The Titans’ bullpen stepped up when they escaped a bases loaded jam.

Junior Tyler Peitzmeier and Bickford both got a Cougars hitter to pop out.

CSUF also left the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning, and Davis stepped in for Bickford in the ninth inning and retired his first two batters.

However, senior Collin Slaybaugh drove in the game-tying run on a pinchhit single before he ended the inning by getting caught stealing.

The Titans started their game-winning bottom of the ninth inning on a double by Velazquez. Center fielder Clay Williamson hit a sacrifice bunt to advance Velazquez to third before Deacon drove him in with his infield single.

The Titans will travel to Los Angeles on Tuesday to play USC before they return to Goodwin Field for a weekend series against the University of San Francisco.

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WINNIE HUANG/ Daily Titan Sophomore Thomas Eshelman shut out the Cougars offense on Friday night en route to a 12-0 win.

CSUF washed away by tough Rainbow Wahine defense Poor shooting dooms Titans on road trip to Hawai’i

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team fell to Hawai’i 65-52 Saturday night.

The Titans (9-14, 5-5 Big West) started the road trip strong with a victory at UC Davis but did not fare as well across the Pacific. Fullerton came out hot with junior guard Chante Miles scoring just 27 seconds into the game. The Titans and Rainbow Wahine traded buckets and were tied at 13 at the 10:39 mark.

Late in the first period, Hawai’i went on a 10-0 run led by sophomore Destiny King and junior Morgan Mason. Hawai’i leading scorer, freshman Briana Harris, was a perfect 3-for3 from three-point range, two of those coming in the first half.

Hawai’i (13-10, 7-4 Big West) went into halftime with a 37-25 lead in large part because of their shooting.

They shot 50 percent from the field, an impressive 45.5 percent from three, and were perfect at the free-throw line.

The Titans shot only 28.6 percent from the field and 61.9 percent from the free-throw line.

They were 0-for-5 from the three-point line. At the half, CSUF senior Alex Thomas had a gamehigh 12 points and junior Kathleen Iwuoha had a

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Freshman Samantha Logan fed Miles for a layup to open the second half and reduce the Hawai’i lead.

The Titans were happy to see the offense of Miles return. She scored in double figures in both games of the road trip, scoring 15 against UC Davis and 17 against Hawai’i.

Later in the second half, Hawai’i went on an 11-2 run led by another Harris

65 three-pointer and senior Shawna-Lei Kuehu. The Rainbow Wahine’s shooting did not digress much in the second half.

They shot 41.4 percent and Kuehu scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half.

The Titans continued to struggle shooting in the second half. They shot only 28.6 percent and were 0-for-9 from the three-point line. Miles

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and Thomas carried the Titans’ offense, combining for 23 of the Titans 27 points in the second half.

The Rainbow Wahine bench was very productive while the Titans’ bench struggled.

Harris and junior Ashleigh Karaitiana scored 25 points off the bench for Hawai’i while the Titans only had one bench point.

The 24 point differential was a major factor in the CSUF loss.

Despite Iwuoha’s gamehigh 10 rebounds, the Titans were outrebounded

by Hawai’i 42-32. Besides Iwuoha and Logan, no Titan player had over three rebounds. Hawai’i had four players grab over five rebounds.

Sophomore Hailey King struggled on this road trip.

She failed to score against

UC Davis, which was her first scoreless game since Nov. 20 against Albany.

She followed the scoreless performance with only one point scored against Hawai’i, failing to make a shot in eight attempts.

She said she hopes to bounce back on Thursday when the Titans host Cal Poly. In her previous game against the Mustangs she had 13 points.

Despite having nine rebounds, Logan had a rough night shooting. After scoring an impressive 17 points against UC Davis, she had only one point against Hawai’i and failed to score on seven field goal attempts.

The Titans are tied with UC Irvine and UC Davis for fifth place in the Big West.

Up next for CSUF is an important homestand where

they will host second place Cal Poly on Thursday and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. They lost to Cal Poly by four earlier in Big West play and beat UCSB 67-62 back in January.

The titans continue to be in the middle of the pack in the highly contested big west and at the same time show they can still play neck-toneck with good teams like Hawai’i.

A need of importance for Fullerton if they look to improve is their shooting.

They currently sit last in the Big West with a lowly 36.6 shooting percentage from the field and 28.6 percent from three.

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