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Legal action sways council Law restricting housing of sex offenders repealed.

KEVIN LEY Daily Titan Fullerton City Council unanimously voted to repeal a municipal code that imposed housing restrictions on child sex offenders.

“I took an oath to uphold the constitution of both the United States of America and the state of California. It’s clear to me, the way we have written this ordinance, it is unconstitutional, and in keeping with that oath, I have to take that action,” said Mayor Pro Tem Doug Chaffee.

Municipal code 7.150 was created to prohibit access of child sex offenders to areas where children regularly congregate, such as parks and daycares. The law says it is “intended to reduce the risk of harm to children by impacting the ability of sex offenders to be in contact with children.”

The repeal comes after a lawsuit filed by sex offender Frank Lindsay that the city faces due to this law.

James Touchstone, a lawyer advising the city, said Lindsay is attached to 18 different lawsuits, including one in Murrieta. “(Murrieta’s) city ordinance, which is very similar to ours, is unconstitutional on its face,” Touchstone said.

Touchstone advised the council to repeal the law, citing cities that have fought similar cases and lost or chose to repeal the law.

Fullerton resident Barry Levinson said he and his wife “spearheaded this law” in 2010 when it was originally passed. When it was created, he said he worked with the city council to ensure the law was as specific as possible to avoid potential legality issues.

“With something like that, you would hope that there would have been people out in the hallway wanting to talk about it,” Levinson said.

“I was the only person who even had a comment, which is sad.”

Although all council members voted to repeal the law, none said they wished to do so.

“This is disgusting obviously that the state courts have decided that communities cannot take further steps to protect its citizens, especially its children,” Council member Jennifer Fitzgerald said. “I take no pleasure in repealing this ordinance.”

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Cal State Fullerton students Christopher Mosely (left) and Tim Alexander (right) shared a laugh with moderator and criminal justice associate professor Gregory Chris Brown (middle) during the Black History Month President’s Reception. The event honored the achievements and skills of black scientists and students.

Black History Month at CSUF Titans gather at university President Garcia’s reception to honor African-American influence on the world of science.

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that most scientists did not look like her. That her caramel skin and kinky hair were considered exotic like the animals she wanted to study. That others considered her a statistic, rather than an asset.” Thornton said

in her poem.

The reception aimed to recognize and celebrate black men and women who have greatly influenced the scientific field.

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Titans try to gain mental edge Nutrition, technology and psychology play role in preparation.

HARRISON FAIGEN Daily Titan For Cal State Fullerton baseball, pregame preparation starts on a player’s walk from class to Goodwin Field.

On that walk, players in the program listen to an individualized recording of sports psychologist Brian Cain reading messages to help relax or motivate them, dubbed over one of their favorite songs.

“The backbone of Titan baseball is the mental game,” Cain said. “I think that probably attracts some players to go to campus there because they know they’re going to learn the mental game better at Cal State Fullerton than probably anywhere in the country, and that’s going to help them to have a professional baseball career.”

Visualization and other forms of mental training are just two elements of the pregame process for Titan athletics.

Mental Training

Sports psychology has been a part of Titan baseball since 1975 when professor Ken Ravizza began working with the team. Ravizza

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now works with the Chicago Cubs and is one of the foremost sports psychologists in the country.

Cain, who also works with individuals through his website briancain.com, worked under Ravizza as a graduate student in 2003 while getting his master’s degree in sports psychology. He is now in his second year working with baseball program.

He said “100 percent” of the team has bought into his training strategies, which involves a one-on-one evaluation that Cain uses to create the individualized tape for each player.

Cain also has the players he works with begin to visualize a successful at bat when they are four spots away in the order, and they often choose the same song he narrates over on their tape as their walk-up song.

Titan baseball isn’t the only program to value sports psychology. The basketball team similarly uses “mental coaches” to give the players routines that help them meditate and relax.

“They say the game is 80 percent mental, and 20 percent physical, but as coaches, we spend 80 percent of the time physically trying to get our guys going versus the other way around,” said Head Coach Dedrique Taylor.

The women’s soccer program works with an outside

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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball is one of several teams at Fullerton to use sports psychology to its advantage.

company called Thrive to develop individualized plans for their players, something second-leading scorer Tala Haddad attributed her success to during the 2016 season. ”You just visualize and you get excited,” Haddad said. “I think that’s what helps you

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Male Success Initiative offers men of color a safe space to voice their opinions and experiences.

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A standing ovation filled the room after biology major Taylor Thornton delivered a spoken-word poem called “Black Girl Scientist” at the Black History Month President’s Reception.

“Black girl scientist knew

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A generation gap leading to unaware parenting is aiding in children blindly walking into dangerous online situations.

score goals because you just keep visualizing ‘I’m going to put this ball in the back of the net, I’m going to strike through it.”

Scouting/Tech Two years ago, a school administrator provided the CSUF basketball team with iPads, which Taylor says he

and his staff use to disseminate scouting reports and game tape to the Titans instantly so they can prepare for the team’s film sessions. Taylor believes the use of this technology allows him to better communicate with his team.

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Men’s basketball heads to UC Davis

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The Titans are on a two-game win streak but the UC Davis Aggies are undefeated at home in 20162017.

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DTBRIEFS Pence makes historic vote for DeVos Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote Tuesday in the Senate to confirm Betsy DeVos as the U.S. Secretary of Education, according to the New York Times.

It was the first time a vice president has been called to make the deciding vote on a cabinet nomination.

The vote was deadlocked at 50-50 with two Republicans voting against DeVos’ confirmation before Pence was called in.

DeVos is the first secretary of education who has never attended public school or sent her children to one.

She has spent a majority of her life promoting charter schools.

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CSUF President Mildred Garcia (middle) hosted a Black History Month reception Tuesday to highlight the scientific achievements of black men and women. Members of the club Sister Talk (pictured above) performed a cultural dance during the event.

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A former Riverside high school teacher was arrested Monday on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student, according to KTLA News.

Camryn Zelinger, 32, was arrested at Encore High School for the Arts and booked on suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor and annoying or molesting a child under 18 years old.

Police said that Zelinger was suspected of having “inappropriate physical contact and communications” with the student.

The student previously told Riverside police that her relationship with Zelinger had already been going on for a few months.

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A member of a group of six, including members of the Sister Talk club, dances during the Black History Month President’s Reception.

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Latanya Henderson accepted the Black History Month Scholarship on behalf of her son Jonathan Phillips, who was in class during the reception.

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George Washington Carver, Mae Jemison and others were highlighted by CSUF President Mildred Garcia in her speech supporting the African-American community on campus.

“We applaud African-American men and women, who despite systemic racism, were able to achieve this country’s greatest breakthroughs in the fields of science, medicine, astronomy and beyond,” Garcia said.

Joel Abraham, associate professor of biological science, further touched on the importance of contributions to science by the black community with a PowerPoint presentation discussing the many obstacles black scientists face

within the field.

“We have fallen short when it comes to representation of black success in engineering and mathematics,” Abraham said.

Abraham continued by revealing the statistics of black men and women who enter into the STEM field.

As black male and female students enter the STEM program, over half eventually leave the program without fully completing it, Abraham said.

He combated these statistics by saying that black STEM students should reach out to their professors and ask for help. He offered to help the students personally, sharing his email and office hours.

Though the reception was dedicated to black success in science, other

cultural talents were welcomed throughout the event.

There was a cultural dance performed by six African-American girls, who are students at Cal State Fullerton, and the song “Someday We’ll All Be Free” was performed by another black Titan Christopher Mosely.

In addition to the achievements that were highlighted, Jonathan Phillips was awarded the Black History Month Scholarship. Since he was in class, his mother Latanya Henderson accepted the award on his behalf.

As Henderson accepted the award for her son, she stood in the front, holding the award with a smile on her face as the room stood up to applaud the achievements of her son.

Manhunt ends with man dead A man suspected of multiple murders and one attempted murder was found dead after a days-long manhunt, according to NBC News.

Troup County Sheriff’s Office said William “Billy” Boyette, 44, died from a self-inflicted gun wound.

Police arrested his suspected female accomplice Mary Rice, 37.

The pair was found before 5 p.m. at a motel in West Point, Ga. Boyette was suspected of murdering two women in Florida and another in Alabama.

He was also suspected of shooting a woman, who later died during a home invasion.

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The Cal State Fullerton Male Success Initiative held the “A Moment of Brotherhood” event Tuesday to allow men of color a safe place to connect and voice their opinions. The men ended the event by holding hands and chanting “We are brothers.”

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Men gathered in the Titan Student Union Tuesday to use a “safe space of brotherhood” for men of color in honor of Black History Month.

Men of color share stories Male Success Initiative seeks to dismantle negative stereotypes.

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“Why are you here? Who are you?”

These were the two questions posed to attendees at the “A Moment of Brotherhood” event that was held by the CSUF Male Success Initiative Tuesday, allowing men of color to voice their opinions and experiences.

“Whatever they had in mind, whatever frustrations or whatever worries that they are facing through these difficult times, this was a space for them to let everything out and for us to build a community and to make everyone feel included and like they are being listened to,” said

Alexis Alegria, a graduate assistant in the Male Success Initiative.

Many attendees shared that they wanted to make their parents proud by accomplishing the goals their parents were unable to accomplish themselves.

One student shared that despite his siblings’ inability to go to college due to financial difficulty, he was still able to attend CSUF. He said that this pushes him to do well so that he can give back to his siblings.

Confident, trustworthy, loving and caring are just some of the words that the men used to describe themselves when asked who they are.

Recreating the “I Am a Man” poster from the Memphis strike in 1958, the students made posters to remind themselves who they are. The posters said things like, “I Am a Warrior,” or,

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“I Am a Friend.”

In the beginning, the event’s atmosphere was very calm because attendees were initially unwilling to share their experiences and participate in activities.

However, eventually the room got louder and they got more comfortable and friendly with one another.

“We feel like our males of color really need to have that space to bond and to interact and to speak their minds,” Alegria said.

Among the activities was a game of charades, where the men acted out the words love, affection, friendship, beauty, sensitivity, empathy and happiness. The organizers said that the activity was meant to dismantle stereotypes as men of color are often stereotyped as hateful or not caring.

“I did like the activities that we did and how each individual was able to

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participate and get to know each other in a different way,” said Nicholas Harrison, a senior majoring in civil engineering.

The night ended with the men holding hands in a circle chanting “I am my brother” and “We are brothers.”

Men who did not know each other when they walked into the room left the event hugging.

“I thought it was wonderful and a great opportunity for young males to network amongst one another; to learn more about themselves and other cultures,” said senior civil engineering major Sola Akanji. “I also thought it was great how they provided resources and they genuinely cared about you as an individual: where you’re coming from, why you are here and helping you get toward where you want to be in life.”

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Basketball video game scores friendly competition.

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Cal State Fullerton students found fierce basketball video game competition at the “NBA 2K17” biweekly tournament held Tuesday night at the Titan Student Union Underground.

Gamers gathered downstairs in the Titan Bowl & Billiards to compete in the first “NBA 2K17” video game tournament of CSUF’s spring 2017 semester, engaging in intense back-andforth gameplay, shared interests and friendly banter.

Sixteen students entered the single-elimination tournament to show off their skills on either an Xbox One or a PlayStation 4.

Marcos Tlatenchi, a second-year electrical engineering major who works at the TSU Titan Bowl & Billiards, was the student moderator for the event. Tlatenchi was in charge of the tournament bracket and was responsible for properly distributing the rules to student gamers.

With the advertisements on social media and flyers posted around CSUF’s campus, Tlatenchi said these

events have gradually drawn more people.

“Honestly, from pulling in the tournaments and having more advertising, we see the growth in people that come down and actually want to play and hang out. At the same time, I’ve seen more people connecting with each other,” Tlatenchi said.

No matter what area of Titan Bowl & Billiards students were seated or standing, it was easy to tell when a big play happened during each game of the tournament. Whenever a highlight-worthy dunk or difficult three-point shot was made, loud cheers and shouts were heard throughout the TSU Underground.

Richard Gillard, a business major, had a very successful run throughout the tournament all the way to the final round while playing as the Washington Wizards.

Gillard quickly credited two players, all-star point guard John Wall and shooting guard Bradley Beal, for his success in “NBA 2K17.” “(Wall) is like the fastest player in the NBA, I feel like,” Gillard said. “Him and Bradley Beal.”

Gillard also had a lot of confidence in using Beal when he plays “2K17,” citing Beal’s sharp three-point shooting skills.

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Richard Gillard was one of two finalists who played for not only glory, but also a TBB Swag Bag and free bowling pass Tuesday night at the Titan Bowl and Billiards.

“Bradley Beal is a sharpshooter and he hits consistent threes. I just like playing at a fast pace.” Gillard said.

Gillard and his good friend, human communications major Eric Stafford, both advanced all the way to

the final round to face each other.

Stafford played as the Boston Celtics throughout the tournament to reach the final round, despite not using them very much when playing “2K17” during his

leisure time.

He also welcomed the challenge of beating his long-time friend Gillard, who he has known since the fourth grade.

Stafford was able to back up his claim that he was

going to win as his Celtics went on to defeat Gillard’s Wizards. For coming in first place, Stafford took home a TBB Swag Bag as well as a free bowling pass for one game at Titan Bowl & Billiards.

Spring performances Vinyl crackles and pops with nostalgia and classic vibes.

SARAH EL-MAHMOUD Daily Titan I remember this time last year, dusting off the plastic sleeve of a David Bowie album from my dad’s old collection and watching the needle catch up with the spinning record as “Space Oddity” started to play.

Putting on a record is a bizarre experience for a generation that grew up with MP3 players. Records must be played in specific rooms and the variety of the music is limited to how much money you have invested in your collection.

Yet, the vinyl movement grows each year.

Records are projected to become a $1 billion industry in 2017, according to a 2016 Deloitte report. The medium has seen huge increases in sales since 2010, despite the accessible presence of digital music.

Bill Evans, 53, owner of Black Hole Records in Downtown Fullerton, spoke about his take on the rise in the popularity of

vinyl records.

“It’s making a comeback, only because the kids that are buying records are 16 to 25,” Evans said. “Vinyl never went away–they just made less.”

Popular vinyls of 2016 include classics like David Bowie, Prince and Nirvana–musicians who have recently died. Maybe the medium itself isn’t what is bringing new records back home, but rather it is a side effect of our obsession with nostalgia.

Contemporary vinyl releases prove just as sentimental. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” soundtrack features music entirely from the 1970s. “A Moon Shaped Pool,” Radiohead’s latest album, adds to the band’s 30 year legacy. An entire portion of the music industry is acting as a time machine for consumers with a hunger for tangibility and ownership.

Appreciating music on vinyl is more than just pressing play on a touch screen. What makes listening to vinyls unique is every sizzle and crack of a record— it’s a thing of beauty when it fills a room.

“It’s interactive. It’s artwork. Kids like to look at the stuff. It’s like everything went back to the old days because everything now sucks,” Evans said.

In other areas of entertainment, the hottest show of the summer was Netflix’s “Stranger Things,”

which thrived on 80s scifi nostalgia. Scoring 14 nominations at this year’s Academy Awards, critically-acclaimed “La La Land” delivered an old-fashioned musical back to theaters.

In recent years, classic music seems to win over mainstream tunes.

I’m reminded of the Woody Allen movie “Midnight in Paris,” which tackles the idea of nostalgia obsession.

“Nostalgia is denial–denial of the painful present ... the name for this denial is golden age thinking–the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one one’s living in. It’s a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present,” said Owen Wilson’s character Paul in “Midnight in Paris.”

Digital music has moved the industry forward and created easier ways to listen to it. Vinyl’s absence until recently and the type of records being sold in the format make it more of a sentimental experience.

This generation is full of individuals who oddly like our parents’ music and culture more often than our own.

“I got customers now in their 30s and 40s and their kids are probably 17 or 18–they’re bringing their kids in,” Evans said.

“They used to come here riding their bike in.”

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The start of a new semester means that the talented Titans of Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Theatre and Dance are bringing exciting new shows to audiences and patrons of the arts.

“Two Gentlemen of Verona”

Running: Feb. 24 - March 12, Young Theatre In this classic Shakespeare comedy, a friendship is put on the line when Valentine and Proteus must decide between betraying each other or winning the heart of a woman they both love.

“Tallgrass Gothic”

Running: March 10 - April 9, Hallberg Theatre Six Cal State Fullerton graduate students are coming together in a collaborative project with their director Jim Taulli to show audiences what they have learned. Laura is cheating on her husband but feels no remorse. Her husband is abusive, while her love interest Daniel is someone who can give her everything she wants. However, this new lover may lead her somewhere she wasn’t expecting. It’s written

by Melanie Marnich, who also worked on the Netflix original “The OA,” which is loosely based on the Jacobean classic “The Changeling.”

“Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party”

Running: April 21 - May 7, Young Theatre Set in the roaring 1920s, this show is full of music, drama and mystery. What used to be a wild and exciting relationship between Queenie and Burrs has become abusive and a bit scary. In an attempt to relive the good times, the couple decides to throw a party. Things take a turn for the worse when they start trying to make each other jealous by flirting with other people. Will their love survive? Will everyone make it through the night?

“Spring Dance Theatre”

Running: May 4 - May 14, Little Theatre Theater and dance come together every spring and fall season. The dance program at Cal State Fullerton puts on a new performance for students, leading the program to be an award-winning tour of talent.

The “Spring Dance Theatre” will bring a variety of dance types for those looking for something a little different.

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Political polarization found across the nation and in a Cal State Fullerton elevator.

RISHU BHARDWAJ Daily Titan

W

hen I stepped into an elevator in Langsdorf Hall after class a few weeks ago, the only thing I had on my mind was traffic and food. As there were already two people in the back of the elevator, I found an opening in the middle and turned down the music on my headphones. I’ve always been paranoid people can hear my music and will secretly judge me.

The elevator started and jolted one floor down before dramatically stopping for the doors to open. The three of us stood still and looked at each other. The two older men, maybe professors, gave a little chuckle. I responded with “at least it’s not McCarthy.” Both laughed and one said “yeah if it were, we’d be dead.”

With the door open and our little elevator banter silenced, for some reason, I felt more comfortable in that elevator than I ever had in any before.

We waited for someone to walk through the opened door but to no avail, one of my comrades commented “looks like Langsdorf is haunted now too.”

After a slight chuckle, the three of us determined through friendship

telepathy, that nobody would be coming, so I pressed the close door button and waited for it to close.

Feeling that our comedy routine was growing stronger, I said, “I think this elevator is telling me to exercise more.”

As they were men of good taste, a respectful guffaw consumed the cold walls of the faulty elevator.

Just as the doors were about to close, someone walked in. The new rider gave a courteous nod. I like to think we three nodded back in unison.

Though he seemed just as commonplace in this elevator as anyone, there was something different. The attire that my elevator buddies and I donned had no insignia nor affiliation, whereas the back of the new guy’s backpack read in large dark letters, “DUMP TRUMP.” While I feel no animosity or any positive inclination toward the new president, as I find myself in the middle of the political spectrum, from the events that transpired next, I concluded that my patrons did not tread the same line I balanced on.

The tension in the elevator had understandably risen. A voice from the back of the elevator rang up–“I think you need to buy a new backpack.”

The guy in front slightly turned around and shook his head as he turned back he said, “I don’t think so, he’s not my president.”

The other voice in the back exclaimed, “I’m pretty sure, by law, he is. Whether you like it or not.”

The man in front spoke out “Now we’re gonna follow the law?”

Without any evidence to refute that burn, I concluded there was something dubious about President Donald J. Trump he knew that I didn’t.

Judging by the silent voices behind me, so too, did the two original men

in the elevator.

The bottom floor came up and out we went, the two men behind me walked in the opposite direction before saying a farewell to me, obviously in respect to our cool banter.

So with a bipolar elevator ride over and a confused adieu, I walked to my car wondering what just happened.

I clearly just had a pleasant interaction with two men who, for all intents and purposes, could have been on the far right of the political spectrum, an area which I have no affiliation with.

Still, we had this innocent and human moment that can’t be forsaken.

But just as soon as politics entered, it was tainted.

With some consideration, I concluded that Trump is the boogeyman. Which one specifically, I do not know. But in my version, he’s the type that is only dangerous if you let it take you over and make you into a monster.

Yes, some of the issues that he proceeds to tackle will be met with answers that won’t be appreciated, but nobody can agree on everything.

And yes, his campaign was driven on a narrative that certainly hasn’t helped relations in our country.

But instead of spending all of our emotional energy being angry with those who oppose us, let’s try to find a solution, or some common ground.

While those three men in the elevator expressed their oppositions, I, a small brown Indian man, wished we could just laugh.

It’s easy to say “f*** Trump, he’s the worst,” but the real challenge is in finding a way to befriend or at least understand the men and women who oppose you. There’s no way to change someone’s mind. Just find common ground, even if it’s as simple as sharing a laugh on a sketchy elevator.

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Youths need more internet safety education Children aren’t able to surf the tsunami that is the web.

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hile Safer Internet Day is a great occasion to celebrate the positive influence the internet can have on children, it’s also an important time to realize the dangerous wave that children are riding when surfing the web.

There are things that children should be blissfully ignorant about: Santa Claus, taxes, terrorism and things that generally warrant a “not-safe-for-work” attitude. But one thing that children are being exposed to, and without much restriction or supervision, is the dangerous and deep waters of the internet.

Not only is the internet becoming a veritable beehive of lunatics, but the questionable information that is being brightly rained over innocent and malleable minds of children at the ripe ages of 3 and 4 is also leaving an impression that should be given a second thought.

With many sites that are supposed to prohibit those under the age of 18 being as easy to access as turning a door handle, it’s getting

to a point where digital age parents and the education system need to become more aware of the risks that the internet poses to their children.

The generational gap between parents and children is one thing restricting the necessary dialogue. Forty-one percent of those over the age of 65 are not using the internet and only 1 percent of ages between 18 to 29 are not using the internet, according to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center. It’s common nowadays to see a child teaching their parents how to use the internet or navigate a phone or computer.

And although the internet can be extremely useful, informative and entertaining, the dangers have been steadily increasing since its conception.

Forget children being exposed to sites with pornography or some other murky area of the internet with the touch of a button, 54 percent of sexual predators find their victims on social networks, according to a 2016 study by thorn. com, an online advocacy group that protects children through raising awareness for online dangers.

It’s not difficult to conclude that this learning curve is not helping the solution to making a safer internet.

Either parents need to take a more active role in learning how to properly educate their children on internet safety, or they need to be more proactive in expressing the need for the education system to better address their concerns.

At a young age, it’s

normal for children to accept everything and anything they see on the internet; skepticism has not yet tainted their naive minds.

Children from middle school to college were shown articles to determine which ones were valid and which were fake.

These tests were given to gauge their “civic online reasoning,” according to a 2016 study by Stanford University.

The results were disheartening, to say the least.

With less than 20 percent of students being able to weave their way through the parade of the internet without catching any facades, it’s time to start teaching these children how and what to look out for on this tenebrous thing called the internet.

While many parents are

still having a hard time talking to their children about the birds and the bees, it’s not enough to leave it to public or private educators to do the parenting. Children are influenced by both their parents and educators, so both need to be doing their part to make sure that children are navigating the internet in smart and responsible ways.

Hopefully, with some of the recognition that Safer Internet Day can bring, the issue will be seen more urgently.

So instead of sharing a meme, share some awareness. Help the education system and oblivious parents do what they need to so that little Timmy won’t accidentally give his address to some creep that lurks the internet.

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“They’re so technologically driven, so visual,” Taylor said. “What we try to do is enter into their world and speak to them on their terms and using their language.”

Vanderhook started using PowerPoint presentations this season to prep the fourtime National Champions for similar reasons.

“How many times do you go to class and see a PowerPoint? All the time.” Vanderhook said. “I don’t even know how to make a PowerPoint. I know how to go and read it but I don’t know how to make it. You guys are used to looking at it and reading it and recalling it, but when I went to school, we didn’t even have computers.”

Vanderhook uses the presentations prepared by assistant coach Chad Baum, as well as scouting reports posted in the locker room every Thursday to prepare his team. The reports are compiled using Vanderhook’s combination of game tape from a $1,500 stat-tracking program called “BATS,” files he has on teams that go back 15 years and his extensive network of contacts throughout the game.

However, Vanderhook said none of that information is as valuable as scouting teams the old-fashioned way: on the field while they are warming up. “(The reports are) detailed, but sometimes they’re 100 percent wrong,” Vanderhook said. “Your best scouting report is your own two eyes.”

Brown takes things one step further with the women’s soccer team. While he estimates the team spends “30 percent” of the coaching staff’s time preparing for the specifics of their opponent

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“I think what it does is you’re speaking their language on their terms,” said Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball Head Coach Dedrique Taylor of using iPads to disseminate scouting reports to his team. “I’ve seen a little bit of a change or an advantage, but not as much as I’d like to see.”

during the week before a game, the other 70 percent of that preparation is about trying to continue doing the things they do well.

The six-time Big West Tournament champions don’t even hand out scouting reports to their players.

“We want to make the emphasis who we are, not who we’re playing,” Brown said.

Nutrition and Schedule

Avoiding weight gain may be easier for student-athletes given their active lifestyle, but that doesn’t mean their programs don’t try to monitor what they’re eating.

For the basketball team, that means bringing in a nutritionist from the Gastronome on campus to suggest

dietary options in conjunction with their strength and conditioning trainer. The entire roster eats a pregame meal together following their team shootaround.

The women’s soccer team follows a similar routine.

While the team doesn’t have a nutritionist, Brown said he tries to take his team to places with plenty of healthy options before every game.

“With the way that we do our meals, we want to be able to put them in positions where regardless of what they order, they’re ordering things that are good for them,” Brown said.

With players arriving as early as 11:30 a.m. or 12 p.m. and often staying after 10

p.m., Vanderhook’s struggle is to keep his team fueled for hours on end. To do so, he keeps the locker room stocked with fresh fruit delivered that morning and energy bars while players will sometimes bring sandwiches to munch on in the dugout.

“If you play 17 (innings), we have to send somebody to get more bars,” Vanderhook said. “We have a lot of bars. I spend a lot of money on bars.”

Game day

While their philosophies on technology, scouting and nutrition all differ to some degree, one thing CSUF coaches agree on is that their players don’t need pregame speeches to pump them up.

Vanderhook doesn’t even step foot in the locker room before a game, much less run in trying to fire up his players.

“That’s their sanctuary.

That’s where they get themselves ready. They need nothing from me. At that point, it’s get yourself ready however you do it,” Vanderhook said.

Such moments don’t happen much around the men’s basketball or women’s soccer teams, either. Taylor, Brown and Vanderhook all said that those types of fiery speeches aren’t a major part of their preparation process.

“My pregame message is always something to encourage them; to motivate them,”

Taylor said. “Not by trying to go out there and be all jacked up emotionally, but more playing with a certain level of passion and focus.”

One other thing the coaches share is a love of organization, even down to the smallest and dirtiest of details.

All three coaches were able to map out a typical day from memory and Vanderhook said he focuses on keeping things “routine oriented” so his players can stay focused on playing their best.

“I have a sheet that I fill out that has what time they report, what time they poop.

I swear it’s to the minute,” Vanderhook said. “Everything is to the minute.”

CSUF aims to keep pace in Big West Titans face tough test against topseeded Aggies.

TODD HADLER Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball faces its toughest Big West challenge yet when it hits the road to take on the UC Davis Aggies Wednesday.

CSUF (10-11) enters the game with a 4-4 conference record. UC Davis, the Big West Conference leader, has a 14-9 record and a 6-2 conference record.

Both teams are coming off a win against UC Santa Barbara (1-8), who is last in the Big West standings. UC Davis survived a late comeback by UCSB to win 6764, while CSUF beat UCSB more decisively, 79-53.

The game is being played at UC Davis, which presents a potential problem for the Titans. CSUF has a 2-6 road record while the Aggies have an undefeated 6-0 record at

home. UC Davis’ last home loss came in March 2016 against Hawaii.

UC Davis is led by junior forward Chima Moneke and senior guard Brynton Lemar. Moneke leads the Aggies in field-goal percentage (57.1) and points per game (15.7). Lemar is coming off a big game against UCSB, racking up a team-best 17 points.

Moneke and Lemar are the only Aggies who are averaging more than 10 points a game. Sophomore guard Siler Schneider, who scored 14 points against UCSB, is close behind (9.7 points a game).

CSUF is having more success spreading the ball around as four Titans average double-figures in scoring.

Senior guard Tre’ Coggins leads the team and the Big West with 17.4 points per game. Sophomore guard Khalil Ahmad, senior guard Lionheart Leslie and freshman forward Jackson Rowe round out the remaining players who average more

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than 10 points a game.

The Titans continued to move the ball against UCSB. During last Thursday’s matchup with the Gauchos, five Titans put up more than 10 points. Coggins, Rowe, Ahmad, sophomore guard Kyle Allman and freshman guard Austen Awosika all hit double digits in the scoring column. Awosika, who played 13 minutes off the bench, shot 5-5 from the field and knocked down two three-pointers.

With CSUF’s win against the Gauchos, the Titans have already surpassed last season’s abysmal 3-13 conference mark. With just one more win this season, CSUF will pass its overall 10-20 record from last season.

UC Davis’ two conference losses this season came against UC Riverside and Cal Poly, who are in sixth and eighth place in the Big West standings, respectively. The Aggies are one game ahead of second place UC Irvine for best record in the conference

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Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team carries a two-game win streak into its matchup at UC Davis. The Aggies lead the Big West with a record of 6-2 in conference play.

In last season’s matchup, CSUF and UC Davis split the series 1-1, with both teams winning at home. In last year’s game against the Aggies, Ahmad dropped 27 points, including an

almost-perfect 11-12 at the free throw line. It still was not enough for the Titans as the Aggies won 69-64.

Heading into Wednesday’s game, CSUF has a slight edge against UC

Davis with an all-time record of 14-12. UC Davis has a chance to tie that record this season if it beats CSUF Wednesday, as well as their future matchup on Feb. 18.

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“To the younger guys, there’s probably pressure but the Fullerton Titans have always been ranked top-10, top-15, top-25 every single year. At the same time, it’s honestly a responsibility to keep being ranked that high,” Eastman said.

Eastman garners preseason accolades BRYANT FREESE Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton baseball’s sophomore ace Colton Eastman continues to rack up preseason accomplishments after he was announced to D1 Baseball’s Preseason All-American Third Team.

Eastman has now been named to three different preseason All-American teams after also earning a position on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason All-American Second Team and the Collegiate Baseball’s preseason All-American Second Team.

“It’s crazy honestly,” Eastman said. “I never know when I’m on an All-American team until I get told by my old high school coach or my dad.

I like to find out through them.”

As a freshman, Eastman led CSUF with 100.2 innings pitched while sporting a 2.24 ERA. Eastman helped propel the Titan pitching staff to new heights as the rotation boasted the lowest ERA in the nation at 2.22. The University of Houston trailed Fullerton in the second spot with a 2.48 ERA.

The right-handed pitcher finished the season for Fullerton with an 8-3 record in 16 appearances and 15 starts. Eastman also tied a freshman record with 100 strikeouts while giving up a total of 25 earned runs.

Even as one of the youngest players on the team, Eastman wasn’t afraid of the bright lights.

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Right-handed ace looks to improve on freshman season.

COLTON EASTMAN Right-handed pitcher When it came time for Big West Conference play, Eastman elevated his game even higher as he went 4-0 with a 2.28 ERA while allowing 12 earned runs in 47.1 innings pitched.

“In nonconference games, I felt pretty good and then when they said conference gets a little more exciting because it means way more, I just stayed within myself and knew the guys behind me would do their job as long as I did mine,” Eastman said.

Eastman also played a key role in the game against Long Beach State to clinch the Big West

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Championship.

Head Coach Rick Vanderhook decided to start the freshman ace and leave him in for a career-high 8.1 innings pitched to seal the 2-1 victory.

“To be honest, I love pressure. It’s what makes a pitcher. It builds character and makes me better,” Eastman said.

The freshman’s impressive statline led to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper naming him the Louisville Slugger Freshman Pitcher of the Year. Eastman is the first Titan to earn the award and the first to earn a freshman pitcher of the year award since Thomas Eshelman was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman Pitcher of the Year in 2013.

After being selected by the Minnesota Twins with the fifth selection in 20th round of the 2015 MLB draft, Eastman decided to attend CSUF rather than play in the Twins minor-league system. Considering all of the accolades Eastman continues to rack up, it’s safe to say he has more than elevated his draft stock.

“I believe that it shows some teams make mistakes; advisors make mistakes,” Eastman said.

“Wherever you get drafted out of high school doesn’t mean anything. You can prove it in the next three years of college.”

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Right-handed ace Colton Eastman was named Louisville Slugger Freshman of the Year in 2016 and has been named to multiple 2017 preseason All-American teams.

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