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Graduation Specialists reviewed “Ensure that at least 75 percent of 4,369 graduation candidates and the student body participate in an prevented 419 graduation deferrals. advising system.”

Peter Nwosu, Ph.D., vice president for Academic Affairs Objective for improving advising practices

“What we’re doing is moving the work to be done to strengthen support for students at the local level, where students actually are.”

6 Cal State Fullerton baseball fell in their home-opener against the USC Trojans, 4-6, Tuesday night at Goodwin Field.

The Titans defense was put to the test from the second pitch of the game when Trojan AJ Ramirez roped a single to left field, but was gunned down trying to stretch it into a double. The next batter sent a sharply-hit ground ball down the first-base line, but sophomore Josh Estill made the diving stop to his left.

USC jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second off of sophomore starter Chad Hockin when Trojan designated hitter David Oppenheim crushed a solo shot over the right field wall.

CSUF responded in the bottom of the third when Trojan starter Mason Perryman ran into trouble after hitting junior Josh Vargas, allowing a single lined up the middle by junior Dustin Vaught and an infield single by Estill to load the bases. Junior David Olmedo-Barrera was able to capitalize with a two-RBI bloop single into shallow right to give the Titans the 2-1 lead.

The Titan lead was short lived, as the Trojans fired back in the top of the fourth with four of their own. Sophomore reliever Miles Chambers (0-2) picked up the loss after he had his back against the wall, allowing two singles to start the inning before walking Oppenheim to load the bases. USC tied it up 2-2 when Chambers hit Bobby Stahel. Senior reliever Willie Kuhl came in to stop the bleeding, but gave up a bases-clearing double to left off the bat of Garrett Stubbs to put the Trojans up 5-2. Freshman reliever Connor Seabold made his second appearance in as many games, going three innings while only allowing an unearned run on one hit with six strikeouts.

“I had a good feel for my fastball and my curveball today. Didn’t have the splitter, but I was able to do a lot with those two pitches,” Seabold said.

After the Trojans tacked on an insurance run in the top of the seventh to go up 6-2, the Titans put together a final rally in the bottom half when Vargas reached on a single before being advanced to scoring position when Vaught was hit by the Trojan reliever.

Junior Jake Jefferies split the defense with an RBI single up the middle to bring home Vargas and Vaught was brought home by the RBI groundout off the bat of Estill.

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Western Association of Schools and Colleges concerns lead to increased communication in academic advising EVAN LANCASTER Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s response to concerns raised in a report from the Western Association of School and Colleges (WASC) has led to improvements to academic advising on campus.

During CSUF’s accreditation and reaffirmation process in 2012, the commission requested that the university create an action plan to address core issues of academia in need of improvement.

In a July 3, 2012 WASC

letter, addressed to President Mildred García, the commission cited, “unevenness in academic advising,” and “problematic student advisement procedures and performance,” as core issues hampering academic success.

The 2015 WASC interim report also brings forth a plan for mandatory advising based on unit-accumulation. The interim draft report calls for CSUF to “ensure that at

least 75 percent of the student body participate in an advising system that integrates academic, career and personal development components.”

The university has moved quickly to implement the campus-wide changes to academic advising, said Peter Nwosu, Ph.D., associatevice president for Academic Affairs.

“We are organizing ourselves into what we are calling Student Success Teams. Every college has a team now in place, those teams were established as of December last year,” he said.

The improvements include hiring 40 additional full-time advisors, 18 of whom have already been

hired. Resources for the hires will come from funding supplied through the Student Success Fee. The advising improvements have already seen concrete results, Nwosu said.

“Graduation Specialists reviewed 4,369 graduation candidates and prevented 419 graduation deferrals,” Nwosu said. “This intervention increased the number of graduating students by an average of 25 percent in each college for the spring and summer graduation dates.”

Other improvements include installing a digital communication system that integrates each college to the university’s Academic Advisement Center.

This line of communication

will help establish a more centralized focus of advising, which is now compartmentalized within each of the eight colleges on campus.

By creating an open communication system between each college and the Academic Advisement Center, the university hopes to eliminate confusion between general education and major-specific advising.

The new mandatory advising technique structure would produce a safety net for students, based on total units accumulated, Nwosu said. If a student fails to meet with an advisor, there will be an academic hold, he added.

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Comedic play set to be a Smash Political comedy to open Friday in the Hallberg Theatre CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts will be performing the play Smash for this years’ second spring production at the Clayes Performing Arts Center, Hallberg Theatre on Friday.

Smash is the story of millionaire socialite, Sidney Trefusis, who leaves his bride on their wedding day to pursue his plans to overthrow the British government.

Trefusis disguises himself as a laborer and infiltrates Alton College to begin his plans. This is where he meets a student rabble-rouser named Agatha Wylie, who eventually falls in love with Trefusis.

But there’s a secret behind Wylie—she is the cousin of Trefusis’ deserted wife.

Smash is the adaptation of the novel An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw.

Joseph Arnold, Ph.D.,

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Kenney Selvey (top) and Heidi Palomino (bottom) star in Smash, opening Friday in the Hallberg Theatre. The political comedy is adapted by Jeffery Hatcher from the novel An Unsocial Socalist by George Bernard Shaw.

former Dean of the College of the Arts, will be directing Jeffrey Hatcher’s loose adaptation of Shaw’s novel.

Arnold will be bringing witty, cunning and intelligent characteristics to his production.

The cast of students that will be performing in Smash include Heidi Palomino as Henrietta, Sidney’s bride-to-be before he leaves her.

Kenney Selvey plays Trefusis and Jackie Summers plays

Wylie. Tyler Cass plays Erskine, a poet and lecturer that is in love with Wylie.

Shawnia Keith plays Miss Wilson, the headmistress of Alton College. Emily James and Victoria Sasso play Jane and Gertrude, students at

Alton College.

The student cast is sure to bring plenty of fun for the stylish comedy that deals with women, love and politics.

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“What the university has done is add another layer of advising that captures students not only in their majors, but also when they have reached a particular threshold of 75 to 84 units, as well as students who are undeclared,” he said. “Last fall we implemented this for about 4,000 students.”

New technology will also play a critical role in addressing Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ concerns. The Titan Advisors Network tracks a student at all levels of advising.

“TAN allows us to be able to have transparency in what happens to a student when he or she sees an advisor,” Nwosu said. “We document that conversation and another advisor is able to see what transpired, so that we are not duplicating efforts.”

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has experienced positive outcomes with new advising methods that are proving useful, said Lynn Sargeant, Ph.D, associate dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Interim Subcommittee Chair of Advising.

“In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, our success team is using these resources to really target improving students’ likelihood of graduation, so one pilot project we did, that was very successful, is ‘drive-thru’ advising, the very first week of the semester,” Sargeant said.

The voluntary drive-thru advising program addressed students’ specific requirements prior to graduation, Sargeant said. Students met with advisors a week into the

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semester to address any discrepancies that could prevent them from graduating.

One of the benefits of the program, she added, was that it covered a wide range of students, rather than focusing on specific colleges and majors.

Nwosu acknowledged that although the university has moved quickly to make adjustments to meet Western Association of Schools and Colleges expectations, he is confident the steps CSUF has taken thus far, will ultimately lead to student success.

“I am very pleased with the progress we’ve made in very short time, with the participation of the campus community,” he said.

“We’ve laid a very good foundation, and it’s not just a foundation, but also we’ve begun to implement some of those things above the foundation.”

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ISIS attacked multiple towns southwest of the Kurdish region of Iraq as part of an offensive Tuesday night, according to CNN. Attacks took place near the towns of Gwer and Makhmour in addition to the nearby city of Irbil.

Assisting coalition aircraft could not defend Kurdish forces due to their close proximity to ISIS units.

Fighters at the frontline of the Kurdish forces remain concerned with the almost daily attempts

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Mahamood Hassan, Ph.D., president and faculty rights chair for the CSUF California Faculty Association chapter, participates in a rally for better faculty pay during the fall 2014 semester.

Program will address CSUF salary equity Planning for campus specific program will begin in April CYNTHIA WASHICKO Daily Titan Planning for a program to address salary equity for faculty at Cal State Fullerton will begin later this semester.

Campus-based equity salaries programs will help to address faculty issues of wage compression—when experienced faculty cannot advance further—and inversion—new hires being paid more than veteran faculty, according to the California Faculty Association website.

The approved collective bargaining agreement ratified last year includes a pay increase of 1.6 percent during the first year of implementation. That increase, however, doesn’t cover all the issues of salary equity, said Mahamood Hassan, Ph.D., president and faculty rights chair for the CSUF chapter of the California Faculty Association.

“This is where the big challenge is. People who are tenured—associate and full professors—if their salary is above the salary-step maximum, they only get the 1.6 percent. So the equities take care of them primarily,” Hassan said.

President Mildred García

has already committed to implementing a campus-based program, Hassan said. Her administration will begin looking at specific criteria for the CSUF campus-based equity program after April 1, when the salary increases agreed on in the collective bargaining agreement have all been implemented, he said.

“The equity program should be implemented as soon as possible,” Hassan said. “Faculty have sacrificed a lot in the last six years.”

The campus program will come in addition to the general California Faculty Association agreement agreed upon last year and will address salary equity issues specific to CSUF. So far, at least 15 CSU campus presidents, including García, have made commitments to implement campus-based salary equity programs, Mahamood said.

San Diego State, however, is the only campus where parties have met and criteria has been laid down, he said.

Each university in the 23-campus CSU system will negotiate and decide on its own campus-based agreement, resulting in campus-based agreements that will vary according to the needs of each campus.

“The assessment will consider the unique circumstances of our campus, so our outcome may not be the same

as other campuses in the system,” García said in an email to faculty. “Cal State Fullerton will retain authority to assess and implement salary equity programs based on local needs and availability of resources.”

The program, however, will not be a quick-fix for all salary equity concerns.

“It should also be noted that no salary equity program can, on a one time basis, fix all salary equity concerns,” García said in an email to faculty.

“Salary equity issues for faculty and staff are ongoing concerns that require continuous attention.”

The campus-based program will have to wait until the raises are negotiated as part of the larger California Faculty Association collective bargaining agreement ratified last year have been implemented. As part of the agreement’s timeline, there will be a general salary increase starting with the March 1 paycheck.

The March 1 check will include salary increases for lecture faculty. The increase in pay for lecturers will be dependant on factors including degree level and type of appointment, a university official said.

Before March 1, separate from the general salary increase and payments to reclassified lecturers, faculty will receive retroactive pay dating back to July 1, 2014.

Correction In the Daily Titan article “CSUF receives teaching grant” printed Tuesday, Feb. 17 it was inaccurately reported that each of the campuses in the 23-campus Cal State system submitted a proposal to receive a grant. In actuality only 22 of the campuses submitted a proposal.

Also wrong was the name of the initiative funded by the grant, Preparing A New Generation of Educators for California, which was listed as Preparing A New Generation of Teachers for California.

Seventy percent of 740 rape cases that were reported in Orange County in the last ten years were never tested, according to a report from the Los Angeles NBC affiliate.

In most instances the cases—which cost about $1,200—were never tested because alleged victims recanted their claims or refused to cooperate with authorities.

The news came at the same time Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to promote a $35 million federal funding package to address the issue of untested kits.

There are approximately 400,000 untested rape kits in cities across the nation.

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Cabin owners get $200,000 The owners of the cabin that was destroyed during the hunt for ex-Los Angeles Police Officer Christopher Dorner will be paid $200,000, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Candace Martin and Eric Funnell, the owners of the cabin, filed for compensation for their cabin, attorneys fees and emotional distress.

After winning their settlement against San Bernardino County, the two will be paid the entire sum by March 5.

Their settlement is one of many that have been made concerning the Dorner hunt.

Around $900,000 in rewards will be awarded to those whose tips helped locate Dorner.

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Chancellor addresses bill impact Some community college bachelor’s courses will transfer CYNTHIA WASHICKO Daily Titan California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White addressed the impact a new bill allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees will have on CSU campuses during a press conference Friday.

White, during the video conference with reporters, said the program should have a minimal effect on CSU campuses.

“This is new territory for California and the whole concept was to not create bachelor’s degrees at the community colleges that are duplicate of those earned available at the CSU or at

the University of California campuses,” White said.

“The idea was to pass legislation to create much more of an applied bachelors degree.”

Given it’s parameters of providing degrees not offered at CSU or University of California campuses, White said, the program offers little challenge to CSU campuses.

“It would only become a challenge if we started having community colleges drift away from their historical mission of focusing on the lower division of the baccalaureate degree and for vocational education that they do for new workers or people coming back to community colleges,” he said.

The point of the program, White said, is to provide more applied, job-related degrees to meet California’s workplace needs.

“The whole concept here was to expand capacity in California and to meet workforce needs and the various regions in California,” White said. “I think it is an experiment worth doing but worth doing cautiously and that is how it is going forward.”

During a previous meeting of the CSUF Academic Senate, some faculty members raised concerns over how courses, that make up part of the program, would transfer in the event that a community college student transferred to a CSU campus.

The courses that are part of the community college bachelor’s program will transfer in some cases, but not others, said Elizabeth Chapin, web communications specialist for the office of the chancellor.

Core courses that will be

part of the programs at community colleges will transfer, but specialized, upper-division courses will not because they will be part of degree programs not offered at CSU campuses, Chapin said.

In addition to the impact of the program on CSU campuses, White touched on his goal to increase the graduation rate in the CSU system by 9 percentage points by 2025. That goal is in response to a dearth of people with bachelor’s degrees in California, he said.

That program will feature expanding high impact practices including service learning, internships and undergraduate research as well as incorporating academic advising tools and improving student retention by using technology and redesigning courses.

Community College Bachelor’s Program Where • 17 community colleges are expected to begin their own bachelor’s degrees.

What • Bachelor’s degrees at colleges will seek to not duplicate degrees already available at CSU and UC campuses.

Impact • Officials believe the new program will have limited impact on the CSU system.

FDA member to lead seminar Cancer screening will be focus of seminar led by CSUF alumna GABRIELA LEPE Daily Titan Breast cancer detection methods are rapidly changing as new technologies make their way into the marketplace, but before they do, officials at the Food and Drug Administration must make sure these new detection methods are safe and effective.

Anita Nosratieh, Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration lead reviewer and Cal State Fullerton alumna, is one of the individuals tasked with that responsibility.

She will be presenting on new cancer detection methods overseen by her department when she comes

to campus on Feb. 25 for a seminar.

The seminar, titled 3D Breast Cancer Screening: Radiation Dose and Image Quality, is part of a Biology Department series that will be taking place every Wednesday afternoon until May 6. The seminar will be hosted by the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program.

Nosratieh is part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health branch based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Her department has been involved with quickly-evolving research that aims to shift the nature of breast cancer screening from two-dimensional mammograms to 3-D ultrasounds and breast tomography, allowing doctors to be able to detect tumors more easily.

The Food and Drug Administration has already approved two 3-D machines—one that solely produces 3-D breast tomosynthesis images and another that combines both 2-D mammograms and 3-D breast tomosynthesis images, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website.

Studies indicate that clear images provided by 3-D breast tomosynthesis and other processes have increased the rate of cancer detection and decreased the number of patients sent for unnecessary biopsies.

Nosratieh may now be paving the way for new methods of breast cancer detection to become common, but she got her start at CSUF as an electrical engineering major in the mid-2000s.

She has also worked in a UC Irvine laboratory

on the development and characterization of novel substances.

In 2014, she received her doctorate from UC Davis in biomedical engineering.

As a student for John Boone, Ph.D., radiology and biomedical engineering professor, Nosratieh was involved with a group that earned the Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award on Aug. 5, 2013 for their research of breast cancer screening devices. The award is presented to the best paper published in the journal Medical Physics each year.

With the help of 23 female volunteers who had abnormal clinical breast exams, Nosratieh and a group of graduate students found that computerized tomography can improve the detection of cancerous lesions.

Nosratieh will present from 4-5:15 p.m. in McCarthy Hall room 513 on Feb. 25.

Screening talk information Where • Presentation will take place in McCarthy Hall room 513

When • 4-5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25

What • Anita Nosratieh will be discussing advances in breast cancer screening technologies.

• Presentation will be hosted by the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program

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Local rock band to play the Becker HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan The Associated Students, Inc. Spring Concert Series continues this afternoon with a live performance from the SoCal rock band, Hunny.

The group will take the stage from noon to 1 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheater on campus, located near the Titan Student Union and book store.

Admission to the concert is free to all students, as well as a complimentary pizza lunch.

The group is based in Newbury Park and consists of lead vocals and guitarist Jason Yarger, 23, guitarists Jake Goldstein, 21, and Jake Munk, 21, keyboardist Kevin Gerimmett, 19, bassist Greg Horne, 22, and drummer Joey Anderson, 24.

The members of Hunny grew up playing music together in various bands throughout the years. Both Goldstein and Munk have been playing together since middle school.

Yarger and Horne formed a group in high school, while the rest of the members played

in separate bands.

After living in a house together in the Valley and being in different bands, they decided to play together. The group then evolved and eventually became the band Hunny.

The band pulls much of their influence from ‘80s postpunk bands, such as the Cure, and have also been gaining interest in disco. Yarger claims the band would fall into its own sub genre, “sadwave.”

“All the music that your dad listened to when he was cool, we are bringing it back,” Yarger said.

The singer draws inspiration for the band’s lyrics from the groups life in Newbury, his experiences with girls and his self-diagnosed “peter pan complex.”

Their debut single Cry for Me embodies their fun and upbeat personality with an irresistable and catchy beat that will be sure to get all who attend the concert dancing down Titan Walk. The single can be listened to for free on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Hunny will also be performing a free, all ages show on Feb. 21 at the Chinese New Year festival in Los Angeles.

For more upcoming shows in the Los Angeles and Orange County area, visit hunnytheband.com.

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Student crew members include set design by Megan Hill, lighting design by Jayne Dutra, sound design by Harrison Haug, costume design

by Karen Toledo and hair and makeup design by Yui Suzuki.

Single tickets will be sold for $11 for non-CSUF

audience members and $10 with the Titan discount for current students, senior citizens, CSUF staff, faculty, Alumni Association, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and support group members.

The first show begins February 20 at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. The show runs until March 15.

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George Cables, Eddie Henderson, Bill Harper, James Leary and Victor Lewis were once regular performers for the ‘70s jazz club, Keystone Korner. The club served as a haven for diverse jazz musicians and enthusiasts.

Concert celebrates renowned jazz club Jazz musicians honor Keystone Korner in the Meng Concert Hall JACKIE TAMBARA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton School of Music hosted a special show to celebrate the renowned Keystone Korner jazz club on Friday night in the Meng Concert Hall. The concert was in commemoration of a new exhibit in the Pollak Library called Sloane’s Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club.

Keystone Korner was known as a famous haven for jazz musicians and enthusiasts in San Francisco during the 1970s. It served as a sanctuary for diverse musicians, workers and listeners in a time where community was crucial.

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original Keystone Korner regulars, George Cables on piano, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Billy Harper on saxophone, James Leary on stand up bass and Victor Lewis on drums.

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song titled I Should Care.

The upbeat tempo of the drums and the gliding piano made for an animated intro song.

Not all songs were fast paced. From slow tempo songs to fast tempo songs, the band created a versatile

Cables paid tribute to Keystone Korner and the jazz music that erupted from that time era with a short speech.

to the West Coast and became a significant jazz figure in Los Angeles and in San Francisco where he resided.

Cables is all about collaboration and making multiple sounds come together as one.

Cables paid tribute to Keystone Korner and the jazz music that erupted from that time era with a short speech.

The five-man-group got the concert started with a

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jazz performance throughout the night.

Helen’s Song was the most talked about during the intermission. It featured George Cables’ whimsical piano along with a light drum tempo and bass. He showcased a few solos during this song which the audience enjoyed.

Billy Harper’s ravishing saxophone was featured in a song called Believe For It Is True. The sultry sounds

of his saxophone left the audience wanting more.

Each instrument was featured in different songs. Henderson’s trumpet, Leary’s bass and Lewis’s drums each had a solo despite being the backbone of the performance.

The second half of the concert was filled with songs that featured Harper and Henderson playing the saxophone and trumpet simultaneously. The audience was in awe when the two men played in unison.

Photographer Kathy Sloane was sitting in the front row, enjoying the concert. Sloane is known as an acclaimed photographer who captured so many of the precious moments during the Keystone era.

Sloane’s Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club is on exhibition from Feb. 11 to Mar. 24 in the Pollak Library’s Salz-Pollak Atrium Gallery. All of the images in the exhibit are produced by Kathy Sloane.

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The Merry Widow

Humorous operetta features vivid sets and dazzling costumes CECILY MEZA Daily Titan The light and humorous operetta The Merry Widow—which follows one wealthy widow’s search for a husband—opened Friday in the Little Theatre and delivered more than just musical numbers.

The show, penned by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár, features moments of laughter and sentiment throughout the production.

Set in 1907 Paris, in the Petrovanian Embassy, the show accurately portrays the time and place through the costume design for each of the characters.

The stage design features a colorful array of orange, yellow and green with an accent of blue and purple in the backdrops.

However, the elaborate colors do not make up for the lack of a consistent spotlight on the main performers.

Many of the actresses don floor-length, puffy dresses with arm-length gloves with jewels and hair accessories.

The men are suited up in bow ties and gloves, some wearing hats to portray the sense of class within Paris.

The 38 member cast does not disappoint.

The four main characters that the story follows are double casted and the actors alternate between performances.

Jasmine Mangal’s portrayal of the wealthy widow

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The Merry Widow opened Friday in the Little Theatre. The operetta by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár is the story of Hanna Glawari, a wealthy widow in search of a husband, and her countrymen’s attempt to control her fortune. The show runs through Sunday afternoon.

Hanna Glawari is spot on.

Mangal brings comic relief to the stage with her one liner, “that’s the long and short of that.”

Mangal also sings her heart out with her solo and duet performances with strong vocal range and stamina.

James Lesui’s portrayal of Count Danilo

Danilovitch, the potential suitor for Glawari, brings what a bachelor in that time frame could be pictured as.

Lesui’s character tries to deny the history he and Glawari had in the past and continuously denies his feelings for her throughout the play.

With Lesui’s comic

stance and dominating voice, he brings masculinity to the stage while his character’s feelings overpowered his denial for Glawari.

A more lukewarm performance is given by Amy Schneeberger whose portrayal of Valencienne, wife of the Baron Mirko Zeta, is less than attention

grabbing.

The seemingly trustworthy wife lacks fluid and natural body movement when dancing and walking around the stage, even during the playful musical numbers.

The minor role of Njegus, the embassy secretary, played by Jose Zamarripa stole hearts and the

spotlight and was an audience favorite.

Zamarripa delivers laughs, high kicks and an impressive display of gymnastic splits during the musical performance all while displaying an endearing smile.

For Director Craig Tyrl’s first experience working on an operetta, there was no disappointment.

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OPINION

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Devil’s Advocate Making the case of getting inked

Tattoos are a unique and meaningful form of expression

A tattoo holds more significance than the ink it’s made of LILIANA MOTA Daily Titan

Tattoos signify one major concept—individual expression.

Body art is quite intriguing because every tattoo represents something different and tells a unique story.

Whether there is a sentimental meaning behind it, or a fond memory of friends who consumed too much alcohol one night that resulted in tattooing a small cartoon bomb on their gluteus maximus, every tattoo has a particular meaning.

Tattoos express personality and beliefs.

They add beauty to a person in various ways.

Take, for example, someone with a Virgen de Guadalupe tattoo. Immediately, it’s clear the person is Catholic and cherishes that specific saint.

Tattoos can also be used

as conversation starters.

When people are asked about their tattoos, they are bound to share a story.

Personal identity can be found through tattoos since people are able to get tattooed with whatever they feel represents them; it’s a wonderful thing.

People get tattoos for many reasons, whether it’s to honor a loved one, express themselves in a different way or represent something meaningful, every tattoo has a reason and a purpose.

An old friend who joined the United States Marine Corps after high school got a tattoo as a daily reminder to never stop thriving.

Thinking someone’s tattoo is without purpose or ugly is incredibly closed-minded.

Though it might seem insignificant to strangers, the tattoo might mean the world to that person.

One such instance is when tattoos are used as a cover-up for bodily imperfections that cause one to feel self-conscious.

Someone may get a flower tattooed on his or her shoulder because of insecurities about a birthmark.

The tattoo will effectively bolster self-esteem.

Historically, tattoos have been important in rituals and traditions.

Tattoos have been used to weave societies and groups together.

In today’s age, an example of this is Hells Angels.

Hells Angels members get tattoos of specific symbols on themselves, which help create a tighter bond among them.

The argument that tattoos degrade an individual or that employers frown upon them will never cease to exist, but consider this—those who consciously choose to get inked are well aware of the decision they are making.

It is up to them to decide whether their tattoos will have a negative effect in the future.

It’s also important to keep in mind that future employers might not like visible tattoos, so it’s best to get a tattoo in a spot where it can be easily hidden.

Those without tattoos should respect the decision of others to get tattooed as a personal and individual form of expression.

Tattoos are a waste of time, money and future regret

Consider the implications of a tattoo before getting inked ANTHONY BAGHDADY For the Daily Titan

To tat or not to tat?

That is the age old question for young people today.

If someone was an exceptionally rebellious child, he might’ve contemplated the concept in his late teens.

Hopefully, though, they didn’t go through with it.

It’s quite a heavy decision at such a young age.

Why the devil does every youngster in the world need a tattoo?

We’re given a clean slate at birth and the second it’s legally allowed, we mark it all up after saving up a few hundred dollars.

But is it really worth permanence?

Is a butterfly or a bible verse something worth being worn on the body for the rest of time?

Keep in mind, ink lasts forever and the removal

might be more difficult than it seems.

If having a tattoo is a must, first picture the future in 25 years.

Imagine spending a day on the beach with family, or walking into the new office on the first day.

Will that tattoo bring pride?

If the answer is no, you should seriously reconsidering getting inked.

If it’s yes, then consider the content of the tattoo.

What phrase, rendition or verse sums you up best, and please don’t let it be your favorite beer or sweetheart.

A critical question to consider when deciding on getting a tattoo is why it’s important.

Is it because it makes one stand out?

The thing is, once people have adorned themselves in ink, they go to the beach the next day only to find themselves surrounded by tattoo aficionados.

After looking forward to displaying this new ink, it turns out that every tough dad, surfer dude and party chick on the beach has one

too and they don’t usually differ vastly—a bible verse here, an opalescent fish there and so on.

Their statements of solidarity only cements them into a different group.

Now they’re part of the ones who are tattooed, as opposed to the ones who are not. Not much of a difference.

Getting a tattoo is not as liberating as we’d like to think.

The grass is always greener on the other side and there are plenty of ways to stand out without ruining perfectly good skin.

If you’re wary of getting a tattoo, search for other ways to express rebelliousness first.

Who knows, maybe by the time you’ve tried a few alternative acts of rebellion, you’ll be out of your tattoo phase.

And that is usually what it is, a short-lived phase.

Choosing to have a tattoo is a way people wish to be separated from the crowd.

But it’s really just leaving one crowd for another.

Either way, it seems inevitable that we always follow a crowd, so choose wisely.

Yelp is perfect for the unadventurous Reading Yelp reviews hinders exploration of new places KATELYNN DAVENPORT Daily Titan More than two years ago, I convinced myself I would never get a smartphone.

That convincing, however, turned out to be simply denying the inevitable.

Since joining the esteemed smartphone club, there is one app I seem to rely on daily and have trouble remembering life without: Yelp.

From restaurants to realtors, Yelp can be used to find the best places to visit

and things to do, all based on the opinions of others.

Before Yelp grew to such popularity, recommendations were spread among friends through word-of-mouth, not by reviews on the Internet from strangers.

Although Yelp proves itself useful by providing directions to desired locations and millions of reviews, it completely takes away from the adventure of finding and trying new things spontaneously.

People have written over 71 million reviews on Yelp.

With so many written reviews, it can be difficult not to get lost in someone else’s opinion.

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Take, for example, trying a new restaurant.

You open the Yelp app on your mobile device with the intention of going somewhere entirely unbeknownst to you and you scroll right past every food joint containing less than four stars.

Even the ones with fewer than 50 reviews are pushed away by your thumb.

Finally, you settle on a restaurant a few miles away with 220 reviews and four stars.

Your decision was based on a handful of reviews, but this approach hinders your new experience.

After reading reviews on Yelp, it is impossible to go somewhere and have

the experience be entirely new.

Other people’s opinions now circle around in your head, establishing your own, or what seem to be your own, preconceived ideas before you even arrive at your desired location.

Relying on Yelp reviews neutralizes the adventure of trying something new.

Sure, without Yelp there are bound to be new experiences that equate to stomach aches and haircut disasters, but stomach aches pass and hair grows back.

Little mishaps like these are worth the excitement of trying something new and can eventually make for

funny stories to tell.

Moreover, the decision not to try a new business based solely on negative Yelp reviews can be problematic.

Many bad reviews are unfair accounts left by disgruntled customers.

We have all seen, or possibly experienced first-hand, those hot-headed customers who enjoy yelling at employees and seem unhappy with absolutely everything.

Guess who writes up a storm on Yelp? Those very people.

You might miss out on a really enjoyable new experience simply because you let a grumpy stranger make the decision for you.

Ultimately, Yelp is for the people who want to

play it safe.

It’s for the people who want to try something new, but only if the business has four stars and over 100 reviews; the people who would never walk into a new restaurant simply because they were hungry and the place just happened to be across the street; the people with less funny stories to tell, who sit there and live vicariously through someone else’s experiences.

Stop relying on Yelp reviews and start formulating your own opinions that aren’t sprinkled with biases from the reviews you read.

Let your desire to try new things flourish in its entirety.

Seek your own adventure, not someone else’s.

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SPORTS

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Men’s golf couldn’t defend Folino crown Junior Nico Mendoza led the Titans, carding a four-over 220 DREW CAMPA Daily Titan Hopes of a repeat championship effort at the fifth annual Folino Invitational Golf Tournament ended without a title for the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort.

The Titans turned in their second-best performance this season, placing ninth at the two-day event, which concluded Tuesday afternoon at the 7,211-yard, par-72 Industry Hills Golf Club.

Fullerton finished 56 shots over par with a three-round score of 920. Last season, the Titans claimed their first ever Folino crown, defeating Sacramento State, 863-879.

This season, Sacramento State took its revenge as the Hornets won the team competition with an 11-over par score

of 875, just ahead of runner-up Seattle University (898) and UC Santa Barbara (899).

There was a three-way tie for top individual medalist honors as Sacramento State’s duo of Taylor Knoll and Aaron Beverly, along with Boise State’s Ty Travis, were all knotted at one-under 215.

Overall, the Titans entered 10 golfers into the two-day tournament, with five representing the team and five others participating on an individual basis.

Fullerton junior Nico Mendoza and Kyle De Silva both merited top-10 finishes as individuals, while senior Ryan Tetrault was the Titans’ top placer, tying for 19th.

Mendoza tied Seattle’s Shane Wathanasaynee, an Orange County native, for sixth with a four-over 220.

Mendoza was one of only four golfers to card a sub-70 score when the Santiago College Canyon transfer shot five birdies through the front nine Monday en route to finishing with a 68.

His 68 score tied for the best by any golfer in any of the three rounds and had Mendoza atop the leaderboard after one round with Beverly.

As for De Silva, the sophomore finished in a four-way tie for ninth with a six-over 222.

Junior Mark Jensma tied for 22nd place with teammate Marton Manola with a 12-over par 228, while Dominic Reed shot a 31-over 247 to close out individual action for the Titans.

On the team side, Tetrault tied for 19th with an 11-over 227.

Tetrault’s best round was the second, where he overcame bogeys on the sixth and 16th holes with birdies on the third and 17th holes for an even-par 72.

Marcus Mercado finished right behind Tetrault with a 12-over 228, good for 22nd place, while Mark Cobey finished with a 16-over 232 (31st place). Josh Park carded a 21over 237 (44th) and Matt Murphy turned in a 25-over par 241 (49th).

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Junior left fielder David Olmedo-Barerra’s single to center field drove in two runs in the third inning, but the Cal State Fullerton baseball team fell to the USC Trojans 6-4 Tuesday at Goodwin Field.

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Titan bats continued to produce in short bursts as they scored on rallies in the second and seventh, but left seven runners on base with 11 strikeouts. Vaught led the Titans offensively, going 3-4 with with two runs scored.

“We’re battling, we’re fighting our lives off right now and we just need to be on time with the fastball

more,” Vaught said. “Right now, we’re missing too many fastballs and we’re just kinda getting blown away. So we just need to compete a little more, stay inside the ball and hit the heater.”

The struggling Titans (13) will look to get back to winning form this weekend when they host the Stanford Cardinal (1-3) for a threegame homestand with first pitch on Friday at 7 p.m. at

Goodwin Field.

“We’ll just see what we do. We’re going to go back to work, we haven’t played terrible. We’ve given up a tworun inning and lost, a threerun inning and lost and a four-run inning and lost,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook. “So we just need to learn to tighten those up a little bit and score another run or two a game and we’ll be OK.”

CSUF finishes middle of the pack Women’s golf starts to hit its stride with a ninth-place finish TAMEEM SERAJ Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton women’s golf team was back in action Sunday for their second tournament of the spring season.

After finishing in last at the

Gold Rush competition last week, the Titans finished in ninth place with a score of 23over 591 at the Delta Gamma Challenge, which took place at the Landa Park Golf Club in New Braunfels, Texas.

The third round, which was scheduled for Monday, was cut short due to wind chill and gusts of 35 mph wind blowing balls around on the green.

The University of Idaho and the University of Alabama at Little Rock were tied for the

lead with scores of seven-over 575 at the time play was halted, but Idaho was declared the winner because of the tie breaker rule, which stipulates the winning team is the one whose fifth golfer scores better than the other team’s fifth golfer. The Vandals’ fifthplace golfer, Kendall Gray, finished with a 10-over 152, while the Trojans’ fifth-place golfer, Pernille Orlien, carded a 26-over 168.

Host Texas State finished

in fourth with a team score of 15-over 583.

The individual title was split between three golfers, as Youngstown State’s Aislynn Merling, Texas State’s Lora Assad and UALR’s Sabrina Bonanno all carded two-under 140.

Senior Tisha Alyn Abrea rebounded from her poor outing at the Gold Rush with a two-over 144, just four strokes from the leaders. Alyn Abrea’s score of 144 placed

her in a 13th place tie with Lamar University’s Bertille Dupont.

Sophomore Martina Edberg, who also struggled last week, finished right behind Alyn Abrea with a three-over 145, good for a tie with three other golfers for the 15th spot.

Junior Nadine Rivera followed Edberg with a fourover 146, finishing in 19th with four others. Rivera’s best round was the second, where

she finished under par with a score of 70.

There was a large gap between the Titans’ third golfer and their fourth and fifth golfers.

Freshman Brittany Farrell, who finished in a tie for 10th place at the Gold Rush, had a poor showing at the Delta Gamma Challenge, finishing in a tie for 62nd with a 16-over 158. Junior Dakota Brown also recorded a 16-over 158 to round out the Titan golfers.

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Junior center fielder Courtney Rodriguez has settled in nicely at Cal State Fullerton, as the University of Arizona transfer is batting .455 through the first 10 games of the 2015 season.

Softball will be tested at the Mary Nutter Classic CSUF will face off against powerhouses LSU and Missouri RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team will be back in action Thursday, as they are set to participate in the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs.

For the Titans, the four-day tournament will present an opportunity to redeem themselves after having suffered a thumping at the hands of Utah Valley University on Sunday in Las Vegas. Fullerton’s visit to Vegas for the Wilson/Demarini Desert Classic reached highs, but also lows, as the Titans ended the weekend with a 3-2 record.

On Friday, the Titans easily handled Boise State in a 15-4 win that ended early thanks to the mercy rule.

Fullerton’s 11-0 thrashing of Brigham Young University on Saturday also ended in a mercy. Unfortunately for the Titans, they got a taste of their own medicine on Sunday, succumbing to Utah Valley University 9-0.

Back in California for the Mary Nutter Classic,

Fullerton (7-3) will have another tough task on its hands.

Fullerton’s first game of the tournament will pit them against the University of Missouri Tigers (4-1), ranked No. 18 in the nation by both USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association and ESPN.com/USA Softball.

Missouri enters the game against Fullerton off a 13-0 mauling over South Dakota State University. The game will be the first time that Fullerton junior Sarah Moore will face her old teammates, the Missouri transfer having switched schools after her sophomore year. The Titan pitching staff will have to be mindful of Missouri’s bats, as the Tigers are hitting .280 as a team. That statistic is especially worrisome considering Fullerton’s earned run average currently sits at a dismal 5.26.

Missouri also sports an excellent 0.61 ERA. The Titan hitters will face a difficult challenge in Missouri pitcher Tori Finucane, who has a 0.47 ERA in 15 innings pitched.

Third baseman Missy Taukeihao will have to pick up the slack for Fullerton; she currently leads the team with a .469 batting average, six home runs and 12 runs batted in.

LSU will provide another

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stern test. Ranked No. 16 in the nation by ESPN.com/ USA Softball and No. 14 by USA Today/NFCA, LSU will bring with them a spotless 11-0 record.

Fullerton will then play again on Saturday, as they take on Texas A&M. Against the Aggies, the Titan batters will have a little bit of respite, as Texas A&M currently carries a 3.02 ERA. The Titans will close out the tournament on Sunday, first playing the University of Nevada for the second time in nine days. Fullerton will look to redeem their 6-5 loss at the Wilson/Demarini Desert Classic to the Wolfpack, who currently sport a losing record of 3-7. Taukeiaho and center fielder Courtney Rodriguez, who sports a team second-best .455 batting average and nine RBIs, will look at the Nevada pitching staff with eagerness in their eyes, as the Wolfpack carries a woeful 6.02 ERA. The closing game for the Titans will be against Oklahoma State University, who also carries a losing record.

The Cowgirls (2-5) also sport an unimpressive ERA, allowing an average of 6.16 runs per game.

Fullerton begins tournament play Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

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