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Volume 97 Issue 22

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

CSUF sweeps Texas Tech

Event to discuss wrongly jailed Social issue of wrongful conviction to be highlighted SPENCER CUSTODIO Daily Titan

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The Cal State Fullerton baseball team upset the No. 5-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders in a weekend sweep to extend their winning streak to seven games. Strong pitching and timely hitting propelled the Titans to victory in the series and will hope the momentum continues when they face University of San Diego Tuesday.

Titans bring out the brooms for the No. 5 Red Raiders MATT CORKILL Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s pitching shined as the Titans (9-5) extended their winning streak to seven games over the weekend in their sweep of the No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-4) at Goodwin Field.

Friday In game one, the Titans were led by junior starter Thomas Eshelman, who threw a gem in a complete game shutout, allowing only five hits with 14 strikeouts and a lone walk.

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After allowing the Red Raiders to lead the game off with a single to center, Eshelman reset and was locked in the rest of the game, retiring 12 straight hitters between the second and sixth inning and striking out five of the last six Texas Tech hitters to seal the fifth straight victory for CSUF, 4-0.

Eshelman’s 14 strikeouts were a career high.

Through 29 and one-third innings pitched this season, Eshelman’s earned run average sits at 1.23 and his strikeout count at 39.

The pitcher has also only allowed just four walks this season. “(I wanted to) just stick to my approach; I wasn’t going try to do anything different. They showed a couple signs they were on the fastball so I started going some offspeed pitches,

but like I said they are a good ball club and I had to make my adjustments and I thought I did that tonight,” Eshelman said.

The run support for Eshelman on Friday for the Titans was led by junior catcher A.J. Kennedy, who also had a career night going 4-for-4 with three doubles and two RBIs. “It feels great, the first two games we felt kinda bad as an offense because we didn’t get him the runs and two losses because of us, but once we get Thomas a little lead, he settles down and just bam bam bam,” Kennedy said. “It’s just the greatest thing, especially catching him.”

Saturday On Saturday, the crowd at Goodwin Field was treated to another pitchers

duel. The Titans started junior Justin Garza, who pitched for six innings and allowed two earned runs on six hits while recording five strikeouts.

Garza picked up his first win of the season, the sixth straight for the Titans, who came out on top, 3-2.

“It was good, I felt real good. My fastball felt really good coming out of the hand and (I want to) keep it going,” Garza said when asked whether he felt he was near 100 percent again.

Offensively, the Titans scored all they needed in the fourth inning when freshman Scott Hurst came through with a bases-loaded two-RBI single to the right side and an RBI groundout from Kennedy to go up, 3-1.

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Multiple Cal State Fullerton organizations will host the Wrongful Conviction and the Criminal Justice System Symposium Tuesday.

The symposium will be hosted by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Division of Politics, Administration and Justice and the Cal State Fullerton Pre-Law Society and will feautre experts and exonerees speaking on wrongful conviction as a pressing social issue.

Stacy Mallicoat, professor of Criminal Justice and deputy chair of the Division of Politics, Administration and Justice at CSUF is helping coordinate the event.

Each speaker at the symposium will be speaking about a different aspect of wrongful conviction, from prosecution and defense to people who were wrongfully convicted, Mallicoat said.

The symposium will focuse largely on the wrongly convicted, she said, discussing whether the criminal justice system is incorrectly convicting and, in some cases sentencing to death, innocent people.

Among the exonerees is Obie Anthony, who was convicted in 1995 of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Anthony and his co-defendant Reggie Cole were convicted of the murder of Felipe Angeles, even though there was no physical evidence placing the two at the murder scene.

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The Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare adaption employs circus theme ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan With its abundance of slapstick, farcical humor and clever word play, some might compare a Shakespearean comedy, like The Comedy of Errors, to a circus.

In director Eve Himmelheber’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s shortest play, she takes a more literal approach to this circus comparison.

Two sets of identical twin brothers who were separated at birth unknowingly find themselves in the same city of Ephesus at the same time.

After their identities are mistaken by each other’s acquaintances, the events that carry out are humorous mishaps and blunders.

The overarching theme of

Himmelheber’s production is a Victorian Era circus.

The scenic design by Ashley Strain features a vibrant red and yellow pinwheel pattern on the floor of the stage, a rugged wooden structure which provided levels for the actors to work on, lights strung from all corners of the theater and a trampoline for the clowns.

With the costume design

by Taylor Donham and the hair and makeup design by Amanda Zukle, almost every character resembled a performer that could be found in a mid-19th century circus. From the ringmaster to the bearded lady, every actor is given an appearance that fits both their character and the circus theme.

Classical and contemporary lovers alike will enjoy the modern day pop culture references that the production features like that of Star Wars and The Jerry Springer Show.

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Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors opened Friday in the Young Theatre. The hilarious slapstick comedy uses a mid-19th century circus theme in almost all aspects of the production. The show runs through March 22.

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Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors candidates from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Health and Human development debated Thursday.

Debates continue focus on outreach Associated Students candidates promote student involvement JUSTIN PATUANO Daily Titan Candidates for Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors’ positions for the College of Health and Human Development and the College of Engineering and Computer Science squared off in debate on a host of issues Thursday.

Candidates discussed issues including student engagement, availability of classes and outreach during the third set of a college-specific debate.

Stephen Chan and Mark Auyoung, both computer science majors, are vying to represent the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Vanessa Schotborgh, a human services major, and Kayleigh Bates, a kinesiology major will both vie for the College of Health and Human Development board position.

The candidates discussed what they perceived as their college’s shortcomings and also discussed what they would do if elected.

Auyoung had three goals— increasing transparency

between administration and students, making classes more readily available for students and promoting involvement among students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Chan discussed having office hours as a way to allow students to approach him and ask any questions they might have. A similar plan was put forth by Harpreet Bath and Michael Badal when they took over as Associated Students’ president and vice president respectively.

Acting as a liaison between his college and Associated Students will allow him to determine how the organization can best serve the College of Engineering and Computer Science specifically, Chan said.

Each candidate touched on how he or she would act as a liaison between their respective colleges and Associated Students.

“I will ensure to always have an open channel of communication for students and guarantee their voices are going to be heard,” Bates said.

Auyoung said he would make a conscious effort to talk with students, ask their opinions and address their questions.

Candidates also addressed

how they each plan to facilitate change within their respective colleges.

Student opinions can create change and he encouraged students to get involved and voice themselves, Auyoung said.

Bates touched on improving communication.

“A lot of times students don’t know where or how to get involved,” Bates said. She added that being able to sit down and have a conversation with students will help them understand how they can find ways to become involved.

Chan would like to create symposiums, in which students within the college who are really interested about sharing ideas, websites or applications can come together and do that, he said.

“Having ASI involved is a great opportunity for these students to branch out to the general public,” Chan said.

Schotborgh will encourage students through social media and flyers, hold open office hours, communicate with clubs and make sure students are aware of all the activities and programs, she said.

Debates will resume March 10 at noon in the Humanities Quad. Candidates from the Humanities and Social Sciences college will debate.

Professor to address female incarceration Cal State Long Beach professor to present on carceral feminism LUZ TORRES Daily Titan An upcoming event is challenging students to examine and understand women’s impediments, focusing on violence and difficuties associated with the prison system.

Sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Program, “Gender Violence, State Violence and the Dangers of Carceral Feminism,” features Mimi Kim, Ph.D, assistant professor of social work at Cal State Long Beach and anti-domestic violence advocate in Asian immigrant and refugee communities.

Kim’s presentation will address carceral feminism, the paradoxical relationship

between strategies meant to use the criminal justice system to prevent and address gender violence and how these strategies have instead led to a greater number of women in jail, said Xhercis Mendez, Ph.D., assistant professor of women’s studies.

As part of her talk, Kim will present part of her research on the battered women and anti-domestic violence movements, and take a look at how feminists in the U.S. have come to rely on criminalization, Mendez said. She will present with the aim of providing an understanding of the relationship between feminists and law enforcement.

Domestic violence and sexual assault in communities of color have been areas of emphasis in Kim’s research, which focuses largely on community organizing and social movements, according to her biography

page with CSULB. The overarching theme for the events is slated to be a part of women’s history month, it is “Women and Walls”, Mendez said. Kim’s presentation will be one of many to address specific issues within that theme. “(Most) of the events were planned around the idea of bringing awareness to the numerous walls, borders, or obstacles that women face both locally and globally,” Mendez said. “Not only do the speakers and film series include a diversity of women and their experiences, but the topics also include and address a variety of ways in which women are kept from having their basic needs met, such as being able to live a life without violence.”

The event will take place Tuesday from 2-4 p.m in Pollak Library South, room 363.

For the Record In the March 4 Arts and Entertainment story titled “Former Titan makes it big in television industry,” the name of Nicole Block, a lecturer in the Department of Radio-TV-Film was spelled wrong.

Following a resolution calling for the removal of all flags in the lobby of the University of California Irvine student government offices, the executive cabinet for the student government vetoed the ban Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The original resolution passed in the student government legislative council by a 6-4 vote with two councilmembers abstaining.

The ban will return to the legislative council, and will require a twothirds vote to override Sunday’s veto.

The executive cabinet has issued a statement distancing itself from the decision, and the university issued a statement Saturday calling the decision “misguided.”

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Altadena fire kills two Los Angeles firefighters responded to a house fire Saturday night in Altadena, according to the Los Angeles Times.

At about 10:20 p.m., Art Marruja, dispatch supervisor of the LA Fire Department, received an emergency call from the 2400 block of North Holliston Avenue. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire within 20 minutes.

A man and women were pronounced dead shortly after the fire started. Two men in their late 30s, who survived, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Authorities are investigating the probable cause of the fire, which authorities believed to have started in the bedroom.

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Suspected terrorist confesses Suspected terrorist Christopher Cornell confessed his plans to attack the U.S. capital with a news station that released the hour-long audio recording of the interview Friday.

Cornell is a 20-yearold man and self-proclaimed ISIS affiliate from Ohio who was arrested on Jan. 14 after making terrorist threats on social media.

Cornell contacted a FOX affiliate in Cincinnati to share his plans to attack the president and The White House.

A judge ruled that it would be unconstitutional to prevent the news station from airing the interview, even though Cornell’s attorney said it violated an order from January prohibiting contact with Cornell.

The FOX affiliate plans to release more audio from the interview throughout the week.

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BDS focus of women’s history talks Palestinian rights movement featured in two discussions ANGIE PEREZ Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton will make an effort to get students and faculty in a feminist mindset when looking at complex issues during its celebration of Women’s History Month.

Two events last week kicked off the month and used feminism as a method to examine Palestine’s contentious relationship with Israel.

The events were presented by Women and Gender Studies and the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center.

CSUF President Mildred García hosted the Feminist Voices Reception Tuesday.

The event addressed issues faced by Palestinian men, women and children, said Mary Becerra, director of the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center.

On Thursday, a discussion on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, otherwise known as the BDS movement, was held by coalition of Women’s Gender and Studies and Students for Justice in Palestine to raise awareness of the BDS movement.

Noura Erakat, an assistant professor at George Mason University, was a

guest speaker at the Feminist Voices Reception.

Feminism is an intersectional framework that allows people to examine systems of oppression, she said.

One of those systems is the complicated power dynamic between Israel and Palestine, Erakat said.

Israeli Jewish settlers have the freedom to take over Palestinian homes and villages if they please, Erakat said, and can do this because they are funded by the state and protected by their police force.

This practice of one group taking over another’s homes has resulted in Jewish cities emerging in what was once Arab territory, Erakat said.

The BDS movement was highlighted during Thursday’s “Conversation on the BDS Movement.”

Guest speaker David Lloyd, an English professor at UC Riverside, spoke more in depth about the BDS movement.

Lloyd started a U.S. campaign to boycott Isreali academics and culture.

BDS groups are dedicated to promoting nonviolent pressure toward Israel by boycotting university and cultural institutions that falsely promote “soft” images, when in reality they’re engaging in violent acts with Palestinians, Lloyd said.

The divestment aspect of the BDS movement includes asking major

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Students listen on as David Lloyd, a professor from UC Riverside, discusses the BDS movement, a method developed by Palestinian groups in the hope that they can foster equal rights from themselves.

institutions to divest from companies who directly profit from the occupation, he said.

In 2003 BDS was organized by 171 Palestine civil societies which included teacher unions, student unions, women’s groups, churches and mosques, Lloyd said.

CSUF student and President of the Students of Justice in Palestine Urooj Ali likened the feminist movement and the BDS movement.

Feminists are fighting for equal rights, as the BDS movement is fighting Palestinian rights, Ali said.

He added that BDS as a practice doesn’t aim to take anyone’s rights away but rather restore rights so individuals can live freely like anybody else.

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Lloyd began a campaign to boycott Isreali academics and culture as part of a different movement.

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In 2000, Cole stabbed a man during a prison fight and, upon reviewing the new charge, Cole’s attorney found that prosecutors withheld evidence from Anthony and Cole’s legal counsel in the original 1995 case.

During the subsequent appeal, a key witness retracted his statement and said that he had not seen either Anthony or Cole at the murder scene. The appeals court also found that Anthony’s defense attorney didn’t provide effective legal counsel, and this along with the other factors led to Anthony’s release in 2011.

Another exoneree, Tom Goldstein, was convicted of murder in 1980 in Long Beach and will also speak at the symposium. There was no solid evidence that tied Goldstein to the murder and a witness said that it might have been possible Goldstein was the shooter after a conflicting witness testimony that said the shooter was Black or Latino. Goldstein is White.

Goldstein’s conviction was overturned in 2000 due to lack of a fair trial, the court found. The prosecution used a jailhouse informant whose testimony that implicated Goldstein in the murder was found to be fabricated.

Saundra D. Westervelt, author of Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity, will also speak at the symposium.

As an associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Westervelt specializes in the reintegration issues faced by exonerees.

Simon Cole, a professor of Criminology, Law and Society at UC Irvine and a member of the American Judicature Society Commission on Forensic Science and Public Policy, will also be presenting.

Cole has presented on science and law, and has acted as an expert witness on the validity of fingerprint evidence.

The symposium will take place from 1-9 p.m. Tuesday in TSU Pavillion B.

Wrongful Conviction and the Criminal Justice System Symposium

Speakers • Obie Anthony, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995 • Tom Goldstein, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1980 • Juan Melendez, spent almost 18 years on death row after a wrongful murder conviction • Aundra D. Westervelt, author of Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity • Simon Cole, professor of Criminology, Law and Society at UC Irvine • Michael L. Radelet, professor of Sociology at University of Colorado - Boulder • Rosa Greenbaum, doctoral student in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at UCI

When • March 10 • 1-9 p.m.

Where • TSU Pavilion B

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Exhibit focuses on the identities of women Women’s History Month kicks off with a special art exhibit YUNUEN BONAPARTE / FOR THE DAILY TITAN

The Meng Concert Hall hosted the Fullerton Jazz Orchestra and Big Band Thursday. The show was directed by Kye Palmer and Charles Tumlinson, who led the ensembles through songs from artists like Duke Ellington and Les Hooper.

Jazz Orchestra and Big Band play Meng Hall Student musicians play classic and original jazz songs GABRIELA LEPE Daily Titan A numerous amount of saxophone, trumpet and trombone solos were heard throughout the jazz concert that was presented by the Cal State Fullerton School of Music Thursday night in the Meng Concert Hall.

The Jazz Orchestra and Big Band concert showcased the teamwork and individual talents of the two bands, which are each composed of 19 CSUF students.

Each performer showed their personalities through

music pieces that were personally arranged by some of the student members.

The Big Band was counted in by one of their directors, music instructor Kye Palmer, as they opened the night with a beat from the bass in a piece titled C Jam Blues, by composer Duke Ellington.

The audience showed their appreciation to each of the solo players through the five pieces that were played.

Rooster Parade, composed by Les Hooper, was the second piece and it showcased an upbeat rhythm from the brass sections.

The band concluded their set with two much slower pieces. The band performed

A Night in Tunisia, which Palmer described as a mix of Latin and jazz that creates what is known as Afro-Cuban.

Before the intermission, Palmer had a chance to thank some staff members and introduced Cristian Carrera, who is one of the band’s trumpeters. Carrera asked the audience members to help his organization with their new fundraiser, Stand up for Kids.

“What we are doing is we are trying to raise money to help public schools purchase music stands and other music supplies, basic essentials that they need to rehearse,” Carrera said.

“We don’t want to just limit this to instrumentalist, we also want to expand this to

corals. Some of them need risers, some of them need music folders, they can get expensive.”

Charles Tumlinson was the night’s second director.

Tumlinson is the director of CSUF’s Jazz Program. Under his direction, the Jazz Band took the stage and performed six pieces, one that was conducted and transcribed by School of Music student Erasmo Rodriguez from a YouTube video since the piece is not available on any recordings, Tumlinson said before welcoming Rodriguez on stage.

Tumlinson closed the night with an original piece featuring an electric guitar solo and an electronic sound from the keyboard titled Workaholic.

KATELYNN DAVENPORT Daily Titan The opening reception for EXISTENCE, an identity-based art exhibit was held Thursday at Cal State Fullerton.

The exhibit is hosted by the WoMen’s and Adult Reentry Center and is just one of the events being held by the center this month in recognition of Women’s History Month.

The representations and commentaries on identity presented by the artists in this exhibit focus on both empowerment of women and the expectations society thrusts upon them.

Artists who submitted their work were encouraged to focus on themes of personal identity, as well as what it might mean to identify as a feminist.

Submitted work included small and large paintings, embroidered works, color photographs, black and white photographs and sculptures, some of which feature dismembered Barbie dolls.

Immediately to the left of the gallery’s entrance is a row of small acrylic

and oil paintings along the wall.

A couple of the first brightly colored paintings along that wall, such as “Chevron Pattern”, are by Rebecca McKinley.

“I have always had a love for art but never considered myself qualified to create anything meaningful. I recently began painting as a form of self care after I was sexually assaulted,” reads McKinley’s information card beside her work.

Further down the first wall is a warm diptych painting by Ana Garcia, depicting a figure on the right panel who appears to be female, lying on a tangle of blankets.

Across from that wall are three large paintings, each with a strong female figure.

Elizabeth Kneisley, the juror of the show, even had an interactive piece on display.

A large voodoo doll, pierced with safety pins adorning small papers with words and phrases written by gallery viewers that sum up how patriarchy affects them in a negative way, can be found up against a wall around the corner from the entrance area of the room.

EXISTENCE runs until March 26 in the teaching museum located in McCarthy Hall in room 424.

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A majority of the laughs that the performance earns is from the endless display of physical humor. Each cast member perfectly fits their role while bringing a unique style of comedy to their performance.

The first set of twins is Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus, played by Alexander Burt and Miguel Torres respectively.

The other is Dromio of Syracuse and Dromio of Ephesus, played by Isaac Ybarra and Antwone Barnes respectively.

The two Antipholuses and Dromios each form a comedic pair and bounce off each other with Shakespearean slapstick comedy.

Both of the Dromios are clowns in this adaption, and Ybarra and Barnes both take on their

characters with high amounts of energy and whimsy, never missing an opportunity to crack a joke or do something funny.

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Shellie Sterling plays Adriana, the wife of Antipholus of Ephesus. Sterling brings a fiery passion to the territorial woman while displaying a mastery of the Shakespearean dialog.

Angelo, a friend of Antipholus of Ephesus, is played

by Joe Stein who gives a hilarious performance as the eccentric goldsmith. Stein uses

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In director Eve Himmelheber’s production of The Comedy of Errors two sets of identical twins unknowingly reside in the same city and hilarious antics ensue as their identities are mistaken.

a variety of over dramatic actions to bring humor to an otherwise straight character.

In the play, Angelo has a debt to settle with a greedy

merchant played by Jeremy Leochner. While the merchant and Angelo bicker about money, Leochner and Stein show off their excellent timing as a

comedic duo.

The rest of the 18-member cast brings a consistent amount of high energy to the stage and make for a hilarious

mix of classical and contemporary comedy.

The Comedy of Errors runs through March 22 in the Young Theatre.

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Community colleges overwhelmed SVETLANA GUKINA Daily Titan Offering bachelor’s degrees at community colleges doesn’t make much sense when the graduation rates at these colleges aren’t very high.

Under new legislation, a pilot program will allow 15 community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in fields of study that are in demand locally and statewide, but not offered by the California State University and University of California systems.

In theory, it should give students who want certain degrees the ability to gain their degree without having to transfer to another school.

However, the influx of students wanting these degrees may worsen the agony of already impacted schools.

California currently has

112 community college campuses serving nearly 2 million students, according to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office website.

The arrival of the baccalaureate degrees will undoubtedly increase the number of people looking for a more affordable $10,000 degree by a sub-

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Community colleges are already having a hard time educating the growing amount of students every year—an additional load of bachelor’s degree seeking students won’t lighten the burden.

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stantial amount.

At first glance, this idea seems to have potential for good since many high school students choose to go to a community college first and then transfer to a four-year university as a way to save money.

As of January, 29 percent of UC graduates and 51 percent of CSU graduates started at a community college, according to data published on the California Community Colleges

Ana College, has a mere 22.5 percent graduation rate and a smaller, 10 percent transfer rate.

Another pilot participant, Cypress College, has a 29.4 percent graduation rate.

Around 70 percent of those who aimed for an associate degree did not complete their education.

It’s hard to imagine that students would be able to successfully complete a bachelor’s program at a

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New legislation signed in January will allow 15 California community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs. The effects of this legislation will begin within the next three years.

community college when their current associate’s degree program has such a low completion rate.

One would hope that this influx of students looking for a better education would improve the

graduation rates at these community colleges, but sadly that’s not a guaranteed truth.

California community colleges seem to be putting too much weight on their shoulders.

While they might have a noble goal in mind, it would be better if state officials took small steps first, fixing glitches in current programs, rather than implementing new ones.

Catfishing makes online dating a bit tricky Be smart and fact check when deciding to fall in love online MEGAN MENDIBLES Daily Titan What was once referred to as a type of fishing, is now a new social term that refers to misleading someone online.

Catfishing is the act of one person misrepresenting themselves to another through an online forum, in some cases, through online dating.

This term stems from Catfish, the documentary and the MTV reality show.

While the act of catfishing is not exclusive to the online sphere, most cases of catfishing occur online.

That’s probably due to the prevalence of using web messaging systems as a form of communication in today’s world.

Unfortunately, sometimes catfishing cases happen to those who date online. It makes online dating difficult when you’re unsure if the person on the other end is really who they say they are.

If one party is lying about their identity in any way, that isn’t fair to the other person. But there’s a simple science to why catfishing happens.

In 2012, a study was done by the Journal of

Communication on why people misrepresent and skew self-presentations online titled, “When Do People Misrepresent Themselves to Others? The Effects of Social Desirability, Ground Truth and Accountability on Deceptive Self-Presentations.”

The end result of the study concluded that, “distorted self-presentations can represent simple ignorance about oneself, a strategic message to deceive others or a self-directed response to self-affirmation or the avoidance of threats to self-esteem.”

This study affirms the idea that some people deceive others because they’re given free rein on the internet and have a “lack of immediate accountability” when it comes to presenting themselves online.

The internet has always been a vast place of anonymity. giving users a chance to mold their profiles, however they would like to entice others.

In 2012, Health, Risk and Society did a study titled, “What are the real and perceived risks and dangers of online dating?

Perspectives from online daters.”

The study communicated the concerns of online daters, noting that there is always some sort of uncertainty when it comes to online dating. Although

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Catfishing, or deceiving someone online of one’s true identity, has become an issue in social media. It can happen to online daters, so be smart and cautious before putting your heart and soul into a fictitious relationship.

catfishing doesn’t make up the majority of online dating experiences, it’s worth noting that people still feel skeptical.

Some popular areas of embellishment or lies include age, relationship status, profession and physical appearance.

In Catfish: The TV show, episodes feature online relationships that have gone on for months, only to

discover they have been based entirely off lies.

Lies about weight, age, general appearance and even gender have all been shown in various seasons.

At the end of each show, catfishers are given the chance to explain their motives. This ultimately creates an open discussion about why catfishing happens.

Although some may

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Titans close out disappointing season MEN’S BASKETBALL

The team bid farewell to five seniors with a 91-70 loss to Hawaii

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On Thursday night, the Titans (9-22 overall, 1-15 Big West) were outplayed by the Anteaters (18-12 overall, 11-5 Big West) as they dropped their eighth straight game and sixth straight against UCI with their 68-62 loss at the Bren Events Center.

In the first half, the Titans and Anteaters traded baskets as both teams struggled to get started, committing 10 turnovers and shooting 14-for-47 combined, but the critical points came as Luke Nelson drained a 3-pointer as time expired in the first half to give the Anteaters a 25-22 halftime lead and the momentum needed for the rest of the game.

In the second half, the Anteaters, who were celebrating their senior night, turned it on by taking an 11-point lead at 40-29 on a Travis Souza 3-pointer with 11 minutes to play.

The Titans rallied to bring it to 44-40 with seven minutes to play after a pair of layups from senior guard Alex Harris and a big dunk from junior center Kennedy Esume, but the push was halted by a string of rushed shots while UCI turned those mistakes into

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Sunday The Titans completed the sweep and extended their winning streak to seven games Sunday through a joint effort among the pitching staff.

CSUF pulled out to a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh after junior third baseman Jerrod Bravo led the inning off with a walk before stealing second and eventually being brought home by an RBI single to the right side from junior left fielder Tyler Stieb.

In top of the eighth, the Titans got a scare when Ryan Long hit a grand slam off of junior reliever Henry Omaña to cut the lead to 6-5, but Omaña retired the next batter and senior closer Tyler Peitzmeier came in for the ninth and earned his sixth save in seven appearances.

“Well we really pitched a good game the whole game and in the eighth inning, we kinda had that little speed bump, so I was really thinking about picking up Henry because he didn’t deserve that; he still pitched well so just to be able to pick him up and get the sweep is awesome,” Peitzmeier said.

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The Titans shot a dismal 38.3 percent from the floor while having 10 shots blocked in the game. Six of those blocks came by the hands of the 7-foot-6inch Mamadou N’ Diaye, who also had 12 points and eight rebounds.

Redshirt junior guard Lanerryl Johnson led the Titans with 21 points after draining three consecutive 3-pointers in the final minute of the game that was already out of hand with the Anteaters up by 14.

Saturday’s contest against Hawaii marked the last collegiate basketball game for a number of Titans, including Corey Walker, Moses Morgan, Josh Gentry, Steve McClellan and Harris.

The Titans were unable to send their seniors off with a victory as they fell to Hawaii, 91-70, Saturday night at Titan Gym. The Rainbow Warriors quickly caught fire in the first half, scoring the game’s first nine points.

Hawaii finished the first half shooting 16-for-28 (57 percent) from the field.

The Titans pushed their way back in the game on several occasions with timely 3-point shots and an electrifying dunk and block by Esume. In the end, the Titans couldn’t

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“There were some spurts where we made some runs here and there, but every time we made a run, they answered in a huge fashion with either threes, dunks or offensive rebounds,” said Heach Coach Dedrique Taylor.

Though this was the last game for many of the seniors, positivity and camaraderie was the overall message after the game.

“Throughout the tough losses, we still stayed together as family and a unit, it’s like a brotherhood really,” McClellan said.

Harris, the Titans’ star guard who eclipsed 1,000 points this season, said he will miss competing with his teammates with whom he built a relationship on and off the court.

The loss marks the end of a disappointing season for the Titans. Taylor is optimistic on the future and has a focus on what his team needs to do to be competitive in the the Big West next season, he said.

“We’re going to amp our offseason workouts out and really find out what we are before we step foot on the floor for the 15-16 season, this is a very important spring and summer for this basketball program,” he said.

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Senior guard Alex Harris cruises in for a layup against UC Irvine Thursday at the Bren Events Center. Harris finished his Titan career No. 12 on the all-time scoring list with 1,196 points.

Softball struggles at Judi Garman The Titans finished 1-3 this weekend against top teams RUDY CHINCHILLA Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton softball team ended the Judi Garman Classic going 1-3 in the tournament, a disappointing run following their 9-0 loss Wednesday.

Thursday The Titans began the tournament with a 10-3 blowout at the bats of the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Against Arizona, Fullerton went down early, giving up the first run in the first inning of play.

The Titan defense failed to impress in the early stages, looking almost lethargic on the field. ASU’s Abby Spiel advanced to first off a throwing error by Samantha Galarza, allowing Sierra Rodriguez to get to third in the process. Rodriguez then scored off an RBI single from teammate Haley Steele, putting the Sun Devils ahead, 1-0.

The Titans tied things up in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a Sarah Moore RBI double that drove in Courtney Rodriguez, but Arizona responded in the second. Sashel Palacios walked to first before Nikki Girard hit a single down the left field line.

Girard’s hit drove in Brynley Steele, who was pinch running for Palacios, to put the Sun Devils ahead, 2-1.

The Titans gave up three more runs in the fifth inning. With runners on first and second, ASU’s Chelsea Gonzales stepped up to the plate and hit a homer to left field that extended the Sun Devils lead to 6-1.

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Worsening the Titans’ woes, the Sun Devils scored four more times in the seventh inning. Fullerton scored two more runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, but the damage was already done and the Titans fell, 10-3.

Friday After giving up 19 runs in two games, the Titans badly needed a bounce-back performance and they surprisingly found it against 14th-ranked Auburn.

The Tigers entered the game sporting an 11-game winning streak and carrying only one loss in the season. Fullerton, however, stifled an Auburn offense that was coming off a 20-2 win against the same Arizona State team that had defeated the Titans only one day prior.

Freshman Samantha Vandiver especially impressed, scoring two RBIs. “We’ve been down and it’s time to come back up,” Vandiver said.

Fullerton started off on the back foot once more. In the second inning, Tiffany Howard drove in Morgan Estell with a single to center field to give the Tigers the 1-0 lead.

Fullerton responded in the bottom of the third inning with Sarah Moore hitting a single to center field to drive in Delynn Rippy to knot things up at 1-1.

In the fourth inning, the Titans pulled ahead. Vandiver connected with a double to center field that drove in Shianne Brannan and Paige Kisling to give Fullerton the 3-1 lead.

Things got nervy for the Titans in the sixth inning.

Ybarra’s bases-loaded walk made it a 3-2 game.

Thankfully for Ybarra, her defense bailed her out and the Titans held on for

the 3-2 win.

“Honestly, it just feels (like) it’s about time,” Ybarra said. “We knew we were capable of it and we knew we could do it; it was just a matter of when. So, it’s a relief that we finally did what we’re capable of doing.”

Saturday The festivities did not last long for the Titans, as they fell in a 23-run thriller to the University of Iowa.

Against the Hawkeyes, Fullerton started off the better team. In the second inning, the Titans took the lead when Brooke Clemetson scored off a fielder’s choice and a throwing error. A Rodriguez grounder to second base allowed Brannan to score and make it 2-0 in favor of Fullerton.

Rippy and Missy Taukeiaho each registered an RBI apiece to put the Titans ahead, 4-0, at the end of the inning.

Iowa responded with two runs of their own in the top of the third. Megan Blank’s single to second base allowed Claire Fritsch to cross home and cut the deficit to 4-1. Erin Erickson hit a sacrifice bunt that allowed Sammi Gyerman to score and halve the Fullerton lead.

The Titans made it 5-2 in the bottom of the third, but Iowa surged back in the top of the fourth inning. Down by four, the Hawkeyes scored six runs in the fourth to pull ahead.

Cheyenne Pratt’s RBI single to left-center field reduced Fullerton’s lead to two runs, before Gyerman’s three-run homer to center field put the Hawkeyes in the lead at 6-5. Blank immediately followed with a homer of her own, extending Iowa’s lead to 7-5.

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more to end the first half of the fourth with an 8-5 lead.

Things kept going back and forth from there. The Titans recovered in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three runs of their own to make it an 8-8 game.

Iowa responded in the top of the fifth with another run that gave them the 9-8 advantage.

Two more runs in the bottom of the fifth once more gave Fullerton the lead, but the Titans could not hang on to their 10-9 advantage. The top of the sixth inning saw Iowa score and go ahead, 11-10, before adding another run in the seventh to make it 12-10.

With only the bottom of the inning remaining, Fullerton had to respond.

Taukeiaho’s sacrifice fly to left center field drove in Vandiver with one out remaining in the game. Unfortunately for Fullerton, Moore struck out swinging and the Titans fell, 12-11.

Sunday The Titans were hoping to end the weekend with a win against San Diego State University, but instead found themselves on the losing end once more, falling 9-6 to the Aztecs.

After using three different pitchers against Iowa, Ford gave Jasmine Antunez the starting nod against San Diego State. The pitching, however, was still not up to par, and Fullerton had to field four different pitchers in the game.

In the top of the third inning, Fullerton went down 2-0, courtesy of a Sydnee Cable homer that drove in Lorena Bauer. Vandiver hit a double down the left field line to drive in Kisling and halve the Aztec lead to 2-1.

Those runs forced

Fullerton into their first pitching change of the game, as Antunez gave way to Washington. The substitution, though, did not pay dividends.

Jenavee Peres crossed home off a Kayla Baufardeci RBI double down the left field to extend the Aztecs lead to 3-1. Bauer then walked home from third after an illegal pitch and Jacki Campa scored off a fielding error to make it 4-1 in favor of San Diego.

Four more runs in the top of the fourth inning put the Aztecs ahead 7-1 and forced the next pitching change.

“Truthfully, we’re scrambling right now, pitching-wise,” Ford said. “... This valley in the circle is lasting a little bit longer than I think any of us anticipated, but I’m going to work my tail off to get us out of this.”

The Fullerton pitching scramble continued as freshman Brooke Clemetson took over pitching duties for Washington. Clemetson, though, gave up a run of her own in the fifth inning and allowed San Diego State’s lead to grow to 6-1.

There was a sliver of hope for the Titans when they scored two at the bottom of the fifth to halve the deficit, but that was as close as they would get.

Clemetson making way for Cerissa Rivera did not solve things in the circle, and the Titans lost, 9-3.

“There’s only one way to go and I’m gonna put them on my back and take them there,” Ford said. “I take all the losses; they take the wins. These losses are on me, the wins are on them and I want them to beat me; I want the wins to outweigh the losses.

We’re too capable. We’re too talented.”

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Women’s basketball clinches No. 7 seed The Titans will face UC Riverside in the Big West Tournament

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DREW CAMPA Daily Titan A split in the final two games of the regular season clinched the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team a berth in the Big West Conference Tournament, which begins Tuesday evening at Titan Gym. Fullerton sent its seniors out on a high note with a 66-54 victory over UC Irvine on Thursday that was followed by a trip to top-seeded Hawaii, where Fullerton was defeated Saturday afternoon, 61-38.

With those results, the Titans (11-18 overall, 5-11 Big West) earned the No. 7 seed and will host No. 6 UC Riverside (17-13 overall, 8-8 Big West) Tuesday night.

Those in attendance and watching from home Thursday saw a pair of stellar efforts from seniors Kathleen Iwuoha and Chante Miles.

Iwuoha scored 21 points and tallied a career-high 18 rebounds, while Miles offset a tough shooting night from the field (3-for-16) by going 14-for-14 from the free-throw line in scoring 20 points and adding four

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“I don’t know, it’s just focus,” Miles said of her perfect effort from the line.

“Having the same repetition every time, the same follow through.”

Yet, it could be argued that the biggest shot all night came from sophomore Samantha Logan, who buried a 3-pointer with 8:24 remaining, which put Fullerton ahead, 47-42.

The basket stemmed a 19-8 second-half run by the Anteaters (8-23 overall, 5-11 Big West) that had trimmed Fullerton’s 36-23 halftime lead to two points at 10:17.

Fullerton eventually went back up nine points before Irvine again sliced its deficit to 55-50 after a free throw from Shereen Sutherland with 3:18 left.

At that point, Fullerton closed out behind its one-two punch, as Miles answered back with two free throws and Iwuoha hit a jumper with 2:12 left to put the home team up for good, 59-50.

Despite a tough season,

Iwuoha was happy to close out senior night with a victory.

“That’s what everyone wants to do,” Iwuoha said.

“I’m just glad that our team was able to give us this win tonight.”

Forward Mokun Fajemisin paced Irvine with 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.

As for Saturday, the Titans ran into a buzzsaw in the Big West Conference regular-season champion Rainbow Wahine.

Hawaii (22-7 overall, 14-2 Big West) doubled up Fullerton in the first half, 34-17, before rolling to a 61-38 victory.

With the No. 7 locked up, Park rested Miles and Iwuoha, who both started, but played only eight minutes each.

Forward Natalie Williams also saw only 13 minutes of action, which allowed Titans reserve Portia Neale to lead the team in scoring with eight points.

Briana Harris and Dalayna Sampton both scored

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Senior guard Tailer Butler was one of four Titans to be recognized on Senior Night Thursday against UCI. Butler finished the night with three points, two rebounds and a steal in the 66-54 win.

10 points apiece for the Rainbow Wahine.

Fullerton and Riverside will play Tuesday approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the UC Davis-UC Irvine matchup that starts at 6 p.m.

With an opportunity to play two tournament games

at home, Fullerton Head Coach Daron Park wasn’t bashful in soliciting help from the Titans faithful.

“It’s my plea to the campus; I’ll do anything to get people to come,” Park said Thursday evening. “They’ve got my email, they’ve got my

extension—just call me, email me, let me know what I need to do in trade for them coming to a game; wash cars, walk dogs, do windows. I’m a great vacuumer. Whatever needs to be done because this team deserves to have people in the stands.”

Women’s tennis bounces back to .500 The Titans edged LMU and dominated SIUE to even record MATT CORKILL & LEON ROMERO Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis played host to non-conference opponents Loyola Marymount and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville this weekend and pushed their record back to .500 on the season.

On Saturday, the Titans returned to form with their 4-3 victory over the LMU Lions (2-8) at the Titan Courts.

The Titans came out a bit slow, quickly losing the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches 6-2 and 6-2 to give LMU the early point. However, the Fullerton players were clearly not ready to start doubting themselves against the weaker opponent.

The Titans came out firing in their singles matches, winning five of the first six sets to put the pressure on the Lions. Fullerton earned the deciding fourth point with freshman No. 6 Michelle

Erasmus’ 6-3, 7-5 singles win over Lisa Piller.

Sophomore singles No. 1 Alexis Valenzuela was on a mission during her 6-3, 6-3 straight set victory over Jessica Perez. Valenzuela had her streak of five straight singles victories snapped on Thursday against UC Irvine and was determined to get the Titans her singles point.

“Going in, I was just aggressive. I just tried to be patient, but also put pressure on her,” Valenzuela said. “The UCI loss, it was just a bad day all around. So losing two days ago, coming out today was like, ‘I’m going to win this, I’m not going to lose two in a row.’”

Sophomore singles No. 2 Camille De Leon was equally impressive in her straightset 6-2, 6-4 victory over Andrea Crespo. De Leon had lost her previous two singles matches after winning the four prior matches.

“I felt like everybody was really fired up, like we just had to take it to them and give it all we’ve got and leave it on the court,” De Leon said.

The Titans took on

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at the Titan Courts Sunday, beating the Cougars by a 5-2 margin.

Saturday’s win rallied the team as it took on SIUE Sunday.

“We used the momentum from yesterday’s match. Our girls competed well. We had some tough matches. We feel good,” Head Coach Dianne Matias said.

Erasmus won her singles match against Haley Ilcewicz, taking the first set, 6-0, before losing the second, 7-6, and recovering to win the tiebreak, 10-4.

“I just took the confidence from yesterday’s match and brought it into today’s match. It really helped my mentality,” Erasmus said.

During De Leon’s singles game, her opponent could be heard multiple times questioning De Leon’s calls as to whether the balls were in or out. De Leon carried that match into a victory by winning both sets consecutively.

“This year, (De Leon is) playing at a different level. She has a lot more

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Sophomore Camille De Leon celebrates after winning a point. De Leon won both of her weekend matches,defeating LMU’s Andrea Crespo 6-2, 6-4 and SIUE’s Lexi Aranda 6-2, 6-2.

confidence and she’s becoming mentally tougher.

Playing at a high spot, she’s getting good matches every time, so she’s improving drastically. It’s fun to watch her compete,” Matias said.

They will next face Southern Methodist University Thursday at 1 p.m. in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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While the Titans posted 13 victories, the men finished second with 54 points and the women were third with 55.5 points in a competition that also included UC Riverside and Riverside City College.

Fullerton sophomore sprinter Janaya Shorty turned in a wonderful effort as she won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.76 seconds, and

followed that with a victory in the 200-meter dash in 23.87 seconds.

Sprinter Morgan Thompson captured the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.72 seconds, while Tyler Hardge claimed the 100-meter hurdles (14.21 seconds).

Tejera Dial won the 3,000-meter run (10 minutes, 34.64 seconds) and Kimberly Amaya came out on top in the pole vault with a height of 3.36 meters.

The Fullerton 4x100-meter relay team also ran to victory in 46.25.

UC Riverside won the women’s title with 68.50 points, while Riverside City College was second with 61 points, ahead of Fullerton’s 55.50 points.

On the men’s side, Riverside City won with 89 points, Fullerton was second with 54 points and UC Riverside took

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third with 49 points.

Fullerton junior Joshua Gordon won the 400-meter dash in 48.11 seconds, while fellow Titan Mason Guzman-Sanchez claimed the 110-meter hurdles in 15.22 seconds.

The Titans’ 100-meter relay team also was victorious in 41.05 seconds.

Fullerton shined in the throws as junior Trevor Gorwin took first in the shot put (16.54 meters) and redshirt junior Steven Parsons won the hammer throw (52.14 meters).

Fullerton’s Steven Williams rounded out the winners for Fullerton by claiming the high jump with a leap of 2.04 meters.

Both the men and women are back in action Friday in the two-day long Ben Brown Invitational, which is hosted

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