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Volume 92, Issue 3 dailytitan.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 What’s Inside: NEWS 2 RTVF Department mourns death OPINION 4 Lance Armstrong still an inspiration DETOUR 5 Batman Live: A live-action adventure SPORTS 6 Women’s soccer late game dramatics Dapper Day at Disneyland - CSUF students spend a vintage-inspired day at the park. Online Exclusive Congress has limited the amount of time students can be eligible for the federal grant program known as the Pell Grant. e program will now only be available for six years, or 12 full-time semesters. Previously, the limit was nine years, or 18 full- time semesters, before Congress cut it down in December 2011. is policy was implemented along with changes in direct loans for graduate students. e Institute for College Access and Success said that graduate students will be eligible to borrow only under the unsubsidized direct loan program, which accrues interest as soon as the money is disbursed. Cecilia Schouwe, the director of financial aid at CSUF, said Pell Grants are a critical piece of financial aid for students on campus because federal Pell Grants do not have to be repaid. She explained that legislation had to re- evaluate higher education spending, given the current tight budget, in order to still be able to provide aid for students. Making changes to the lifetime limit on Pell Grants and direct loan policy for graduate students helped keep the aid in place. Pell Grants disburse up to $5,550 to students who demonstrate need for aid. Schouwe said 11,835 CSUF students will receive grants this year. “At a public institution like CSUF it will likely make an impact, especially with students transferring from community colleges,” Schouwe said. Transfer students who are granted financial aid are most likely to receive it at their previous college. e new limit can easily be reached or exceeded by transfer students that might not be able to graduate in exactly six years. Victor Aguilera, an international business major, agreed that it might be a challenge for transfer students. In addition, he also said he probably would not be able to attend CSUF if he was not awarded a Pell Grant. FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID IN DISTRESS DOWN TO SIX-YEAR LIMIT Maximum Pell Grants account for 34 percent of tuition fees and room and board at public four-year institutions. The number has dropped over 30 percent since 1980. According to the CSUF Office of Financial Aid, 11,835 students will receive grants this year. Congress cuts grants Students feel the heat as Pell Grant program adjustments go into effect Following the Fullerton City Council’s rejection of a $50,000 grant for DUI checkpoints, there were no Fullerton Police Depart- ment checkpoints set up this past Labor Day weekend. According to the Orange County Register, members of the city council voted unanimously to accept a $146,222 state grant for saturation patrols, but turned down the $50,000 grant ear- marked for checkpoints. Saturation patrols are patrols where officers comb a specific area for drunk drivers. Such patrols re- sult in more arrests, though they lack the educational aspect of a checkpoint. DUI incidents are typically more common on holidays, said Fullerton police Sgt. Jeff Stuart. Stuart pointed out that while drinking is always a problem, long weekends and holidays give peo- ple an extra chance to do it, which results in more incidents. Though this may be the case, Fullerton police did not partici- pate in any DUI checkpoints over Labor Day weekend, while many other Orange County police de- partments did. “It’s not necessarily something we would do every Labor Day,” Stuart said. According to Lt. Scott Rudi- sil, the amount of checkpoints the Fullerton police set up in any given year is based on how much funding they receive from state grants. “We like checkpoints,” Rudisil said. “ey’re expensive to run, but they’re educational to the public.” LOCAL | DUI checkpoints CAMPUS | Involvement Fullerton DUI checkpoints phased out Fullerton police use more effective tactics to nab drunk drivers on Labor Day JONATHAN WINSLOW Daily Titan During the second week of the se- mester, clubs and organizations from all across campus gather in the Quad for Discoverfest, a two-day open event where students can show off what their clubs have to offer to get other students interested in joining. Whether that meant putting on a show, sword fighting on the lawn, or giving away free food and drinks, the participants pulled out all the stops to get students over to their booth. Titan Radio provided music to set the mood for a bustling afternoon in the Quad. e clusters of tables and tents in the quad were hard to miss. Older students knew what to expect; newer students are bright-eyed and curious about what is in store. Regardless, the general emotion that permeates the air is excitement. is year’s Discoverfest, as years before, churned out the crowds and gave students a taste of what life can be like outside the classroom at Cal State Fullerton. “We put on Discoverfest to expose students to the wealth of involvement that Cal State Fullerton has to offer. I think the perception is that involve- ment on campus isn’t vibrant, but if you come out to Discoverfest, you’ll see that’s not the case,” said Larry Martin, Associate Dean of Students. According to Martin, more than 200 clubs and about 30 depart- ments, out of a total 300 clubs and 40 departments, were represented at Discoverfest this semester. e rea- son some organizations were not in attendance is that they have to reg- ister with Student Organization and Resource Center (SORC), the office that puts on the event in conjunction with New Student Programs. Over 200 organizations and clubs attract students to their informational stands DOMINIQUE ROCKER Daily Titan CSUF clubs represented at Discoverfest SEE POLICE, 3 SEE DISCOVER, 3 ousands of people channeled a more so- phisticated time at the Disneyland Resort Friday night by dressing up and attending the growing Dapper Day event. Dapper Day is a social gathering for those who appreciate the finer days when people used to take more care of what they wore. Fueled completely by social media and word- of-mouth, the event is now in its third year of existence, and it all began with inspiration from vintage concept illustrations of the various Dis- ney parks. A man known to his Internet followers as Jus- tin J., a dapper himself, started the affair with the urge to provide others with a reason to get done up as people used to many decades ago. “For years, I just thought that I should make this event where we make the paintings come to life,” Justin said. “I made the first event hap- pen, I got a few friends to join me where I knew we could get some really good photos and those photos would sell the next event.” At its core, Dapper Day is simply a day where many people get together to go to Disneyland dressed up. ere is no extra ticket, no member- ship fees, just intentions of having fun and look- ing good while doing it. From humble beginnings of just an outing with friends to now bringing in crowds of an es- timated 4,000 dressed up people, Dapper Day even brought out students and professors from Cal State Fullerton. Sophomore communications major Mia Ca- labretta attended the evening celebration in full attire after having heard about it through design sites and Facebook. “It’s been great. I’ve only been here for a few hours and everybody greets each other with ‘Happy Dapper Day.’ It’s fun to dress fancy,” Calabretta said. e night was filled with happy theme park goers both in slacks and dresses, but also those who figured it would just be another day at the park. Inquisitive stares and many questions were raised as to why there were so many people dressed up. “I’ve been asked a lot tonight why I’m dressed like this,” said Rebecca Guzman, junior Radio- TV-Film major, who also put herself together for the evening. e bewilderment of guests raised a valid question: Is it that out of the ordinary for people to dress up? Southern California residents are pretty spoiled with having to deal with sunshine year-round, but this isn’t simply an excuse as to why most people’s closet only consists of jeans and T-shirts. “I definitely think people should dress up more often, or at least put more effort into the way they look, even college students,” Guzman said. “We all have our off days where we just throw on a pair of sweat pants and a T-shirt, but dressing up on a more consistent basis is a great image to have.” History professor David Freeman is known by his colleagues and students as someone that puts thought and care into the way he looks. Dapper Day now brings in approximately 4,000 dressed up attendees to the Disneyland parks. DANIEL ZAMILPA / For the Daily Titan Dapper Day: The ultimate throwback LOCAL | Disneyland fashion event CONTACT US AT [email protected] Disneyland welcomed attendees to dress up in their finest attire and purchase tickets at a discounted rate DANIEL ZAMILPA For the Daily Titan LOCAL | Watch party SEE DAPPER, 5 At a Democratic National Con- vention watch party near Dis- neyland in Anaheim, a dedicated group of President Barack Obama supporters clapped and cheered at the president’s mocking words before the conclusion of his accep- tance speech. “Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call me in the morning,” Obama said from the Charlotte, N.C convention. About 60 people gathered Thursday evening to watch the president speak at a quaint Ger- man restaurant, the Jaegerhaus, to fire up the local democratic con- stituency before the November election. “You don’t know how badly we need you,” regional field organizer Mark Mulhall said to the group before the start of the convention speeches. “You being here tells me you want to help in the campaign.” The Republican National Con- vention was held last week in Tam- pa Bay, Fla., where Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan officially accepted the nomination to run for presi- dent and vice president, pressur- ing the Democrats to try to outdo their opponents. Leaders of local Democratic Party organizations rallied their constituents at viewing parties across Southern California to drum up hype for the upcoming election. Across the country, many more places were doing the same. Mark Ephraim, a Cal State Ful- lerton alumnus, attended the party “to watch the speeches here among a bunch of kindred spirits.” “The direction that the Demo- crats want to go in is grounded in reality and grounded in the best interest of more people in this country,” Ephraim said. “They really do have an approach that takes more American citizens into account.” Before the 2008 economic de- cline, Aida Gonzalez, an active party supporter, said she worked in the banking industry. She recalled immigrating to America when she was 15 while on vacation with her family from Mexico in the ‘80s. She said she had to try to seize the moment. Later, Gonzalez was surprised to learn that then-Pres- ident Ronald Reagan granted am- nesty to all illegal immigrants in the U.S. Gonzalez is attracted to Obama for his claim to support the mid- dle class and because of the way he speaks, she said. His demeanor reminded her of Reagan, a “leader with a strong presence and a firm voice.” Voters watch and listen Watch parties take place all over Southern California for political conventions DANIEL HERNANDEZ Daily Titan SEE PARTY, 3 IRMA WONG Daily Titan SEE GRANT, 3

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Vo l u m e 9 2 , I s s u e 3 d a i l y t i t a n . c o mM O N D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 0 , 2 0 1 2

What’s Inside:NEWS 2RTVF Department mourns deathOPINION 4Lance Armstrong still an inspirationDETOUR 5Batman Live: A live-action adventureSPORTS 6Women’s soccer late game dramaticsDapper Day at Disneyland - CSUF students

spend a vintage-inspired day at the park.

Online Exclusive

Congress has limited the amount of time students can be eligible for the federal grant program known as the Pell Grant.

The program will now only be available for six years, or 12 full-time semesters. Previously, the limit was nine years, or 18 full-time semesters, before Congress cut it down in December 2011.

This policy was implemented along with changes in direct loans for graduate students. The Institute for College Access and Success said that graduate students will be eligible to borrow only under the unsubsidized direct

loan program, which accrues interest as soon as the money is disbursed.

Cecilia Schouwe, the director of financial aid at CSUF, said Pell Grants are a critical piece of financial aid for students on campus because federal Pell Grants do not have to be repaid.

She explained that legislation had to re-evaluate higher education spending, given the current tight budget, in order to still be able to provide aid for students. Making changes to the lifetime limit on Pell Grants and direct loan policy for graduate students helped keep the aid in place.

Pell Grants disburse up to $5,550 to students who demonstrate need for aid. Schouwe said 11,835 CSUF students will

receive grants this year.“At a public institution like CSUF it

will likely make an impact, especially with students transferring from community colleges,” Schouwe said.

Transfer students who are granted financial aid are most likely to receive it at their previous college. The new limit can easily be reached or exceeded by transfer students that might not be able to graduate in exactly six years.

Victor Aguilera, an international business major, agreed that it might be a challenge for transfer students. In addition, he also said he probably would not be able to attend CSUF if he was not awarded a Pell Grant.

FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID IN DISTRESS

DOWN TOSIX-YEARLIMITMaximum Pell Grants account for 34 percent of tuition fees and room and board at public four-year institutions. The number has dropped over 30 percent since 1980. According to the CSUF Office of Financial Aid, 11,835 students will receive grants this year.

Congress cuts grantsStudents feel the heat as Pell Grant program adjustments go into effect

Following the Fullerton City Council’s rejection of a $50,000 grant for DUI checkpoints, there were no Fullerton Police Depart-ment checkpoints set up this past Labor Day weekend.

According to the Orange County Register, members of the city council voted unanimously to accept a $146,222 state grant for saturation patrols, but turned down the $50,000 grant ear-marked for checkpoints.

Saturation patrols are patrols where officers comb a specific area for drunk drivers. Such patrols re-sult in more arrests, though they lack the educational aspect of a checkpoint.

DUI incidents are typically more common on holidays, said Fullerton police Sgt. Jeff Stuart.

Stuart pointed out that while drinking is always a problem, long weekends and holidays give peo-ple an extra chance to do it, which results in more incidents.

Though this may be the case, Fullerton police did not partici-pate in any DUI checkpoints over Labor Day weekend, while many other Orange County police de-partments did.

“It’s not necessarily something we would do every Labor Day,” Stuart said.

According to Lt. Scott Rudi-sil, the amount of checkpoints the Fullerton police set up in any given year is based on how much funding they receive from state grants.

“We like checkpoints,” Rudisil said. “They’re expensive to run, but they’re educational to the public.”

LOCAL | DUI checkpoints CAMPUS | Involvement

Fullerton DUI checkpoints phased outFullerton police use more effective tactics to nab drunk drivers on Labor Day

JONATHAN WINSLOWDaily Titan

During the second week of the se-mester, clubs and organizations from all across campus gather in the Quad for Discoverfest, a two-day open event where students can show off what their clubs have to offer to get other students interested in joining.

Whether that meant putting on a show, sword fighting on the lawn, or giving away free food and drinks, the participants pulled out all the stops to get students over to their booth. Titan Radio provided music to set the mood for a bustling afternoon in the Quad.

The clusters of tables and tents in the quad were hard to miss. Older students knew what to expect; newer students are bright-eyed and curious about what is in store. Regardless, the general emotion that permeates the air is excitement.

This year’s Discoverfest, as years before, churned out the crowds and gave students a taste of what life can be like outside the classroom at Cal State Fullerton.

“We put on Discoverfest to expose students to the wealth of involvement that Cal State Fullerton has to offer. I think the perception is that involve-ment on campus isn’t vibrant, but if you come out to Discoverfest, you’ll see that’s not the case,” said Larry Martin, Associate Dean of Students.

According to Martin, more than 200 clubs and about 30 depart-ments, out of a total 300 clubs and 40 departments, were represented at Discoverfest this semester. The rea-son some organizations were not in attendance is that they have to reg-ister with Student Organization and Resource Center (SORC), the office that puts on the event in conjunction with New Student Programs.

Over 200 organizations and clubs attract students to their informational stands

DOMINIQUE ROCKERDaily Titan

CSUF clubs represented at Discoverfest

SEE POLICE, 3 SEE DISCOVER, 3

Thousands of people channeled a more so-phisticated time at the Disneyland Resort Friday night by dressing up and attending the growing Dapper Day event.

Dapper Day is a social gathering for those who appreciate the finer days when people used to take more care of what they wore.

Fueled completely by social media and word-of-mouth, the event is now in its third year of existence, and it all began with inspiration from vintage concept illustrations of the various Dis-ney parks.

A man known to his Internet followers as Jus-tin J., a dapper himself, started the affair with the urge to provide others with a reason to get done up as people used to many decades ago.

“For years, I just thought that I should make this event where we make the paintings come to life,” Justin said. “I made the first event hap-pen, I got a few friends to join me where I knew we could get some really good photos and those photos would sell the next event.”

At its core, Dapper Day is simply a day where many people get together to go to Disneyland dressed up. There is no extra ticket, no member-ship fees, just intentions of having fun and look-ing good while doing it.

From humble beginnings of just an outing with friends to now bringing in crowds of an es-timated 4,000 dressed up people, Dapper Day even brought out students and professors from Cal State Fullerton.

Sophomore communications major Mia Ca-labretta attended the evening celebration in full attire after having heard about it through design sites and Facebook.

“It’s been great. I’ve only been here for a few hours and everybody greets each other with ‘Happy Dapper Day.’ It’s fun to dress fancy,” Calabretta said.

The night was filled with happy theme park goers both in slacks and dresses, but also those who figured it would just be another day at the park. Inquisitive stares and many questions were raised as to why there were so many people dressed up.

“I’ve been asked a lot tonight why I’m dressed like this,” said Rebecca Guzman, junior Radio-

TV-Film major, who also put herself together for the evening.

The bewilderment of guests raised a valid question: Is it that out of the ordinary for people to dress up?

Southern California residents are pretty spoiled with having to deal with sunshine year-round, but this isn’t simply an excuse as to why most people’s closet only consists of jeans and T-shirts.

“I definitely think people should dress up more often, or at least put more effort into the way they look, even college students,” Guzman said. “We all have our off days where we just throw on a pair of sweat pants and a T-shirt, but dressing up on a more consistent basis is a great image to have.”

History professor David Freeman is known by his colleagues and students as someone that puts thought and care into the way he looks.

Dapper Day now brings in approximately 4,000 dressed up attendees to the Disneyland parks.DANIEL ZAMILPA / For the Daily Titan

Dapper Day: The ultimate throwback

LOCAL | Disneyland fashion event

CONTACT US AT [email protected]

Disneyland welcomed attendees to dress up in their finest attire and purchase tickets at a discounted rate

DANIEL ZAMILPAFor the Daily Titan

LOCAL | Watch party

SEE DAPPER, 5

At a Democratic National Con-vention watch party near Dis-neyland in Anaheim, a dedicated group of President Barack Obama supporters clapped and cheered at the president’s mocking words before the conclusion of his accep-tance speech.

“Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call me in the morning,” Obama said from the Charlotte, N.C convention.

About 60 people gathered Thursday evening to watch the president speak at a quaint Ger-man restaurant, the Jaegerhaus, to fire up the local democratic con-stituency before the November election.

“You don’t know how badly we need you,” regional field organizer Mark Mulhall said to the group before the start of the convention speeches. “You being here tells me you want to help in the campaign.”

The Republican National Con-vention was held last week in Tam-pa Bay, Fla., where Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan officially accepted the nomination to run for presi-dent and vice president, pressur-ing the Democrats to try to outdo their opponents.

Leaders of local Democratic

Party organizations rallied their constituents at viewing parties across Southern California to drum up hype for the upcoming election. Across the country, many more places were doing the same.

Mark Ephraim, a Cal State Ful-lerton alumnus, attended the party “to watch the speeches here among a bunch of kindred spirits.”

“The direction that the Demo-crats want to go in is grounded in reality and grounded in the best interest of more people in this country,” Ephraim said. “They really do have an approach that takes more American citizens into account.”

Before the 2008 economic de-cline, Aida Gonzalez, an active party supporter, said she worked in the banking industry.

She recalled immigrating to America when she was 15 while on vacation with her family from Mexico in the ‘80s.

She said she had to try to seize the moment. Later, Gonzalez was surprised to learn that then-Pres-ident Ronald Reagan granted am-nesty to all illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Gonzalez is attracted to Obama for his claim to support the mid-dle class and because of the way he speaks, she said. His demeanor reminded her of Reagan, a “leader with a strong presence and a firm voice.”

Voters watch and listenWatch parties take place all over Southern California for political conventions

DANIEL HERNANDEZDaily Titan

SEE PARTY, 3

IRMA WONGDaily Titan

SEE GRANT, 3

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CFA ratifies agreement

The California Faculty Associa-tion (CFA) has ratified a tentative agreement with the California State University, with 91 percent of CFA members in favor.

The agreement passed after nearly two years of conflict be-tween the CFA and the CSU and will put a hold on salary increases for professors through 2012.

“(The agreement) acknowl-edges years of slashed public funding for the CSU and stands firm on the things faculty need to provide quality education to our students,” said Lillian Tiaz, presi-dent of CFA, in a statement.

The agreement must now be ratified by the CSU Board of Di-rectors before negotiations are completed.

“Our next challenge will be to make our voices heard in the No-vember 6 election,” Tiaz said.

Passing Proposition 30, she said, would help “rationalize” state funding and “roll back” stu-dent fees, while defeating Propo-sition 32 would allow unions such as CFA to have “a voice in the political arena.”

Brief by ALVAN UNG

The ‘Great Shakeout’ returns

to CSUFStudents new and established

will get a chance to experience the thrill of an earthquake, as well as seek information and advice on what to do during one, at Cali-fornia’s annual “Great Shakeout” simulation event set up by Cam-pus Emergency Preparedness in October.

According to a press release, the event will include an 8.0 mag-nitude earthquake simulator as well as a photo booth, where stu-dents will get a chance to make an earthquake pose and pick up some tips on earthquake kits and preparations, along Titan Walk Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Announcements will be made later that day at 6:30 p.m. at the Clayes Performing Arts Center, throughout campus at 7:10 p.m. and again Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m. to practice the “drop, cover and hold on” response to an earthquake.

Brief by ADAM RENNIE

China reels from quakes

Four earthquakes, with mag-nitudes ranging from 4.8 to 5.6, hit the border of the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces Friday in southwestern China.

According to CNN, 80 people were recorded dead and more than 800 people were injured. Roads, buildings, and commu-nication lines were destroyed as more than 100,000 people were evacuated and another 100,000 are in need of reloca-tion. Direct economic losses are estimated to be at around half a billion dollars.

Brief by SPENCER DERR

DTBRIEFS

Long-time staff member of Cal State Fullerton Vickie Curlis, 60, died in her home Sept. 2 of lung cancer.

Curlis had been working at CSUF for 27 years, since 1985. She spent the last 10 years work-ing as the department coordinator for Radio-TV-Film.

She was diagnosed with cancer around Memorial Day weekend, which gave her family about three months to prepare.

“She was always approachable, whether it was a student or pro-fessor, she was able to figure out their problem,” said her husband Ron Curlis. “There was never a time where she didn’t have a good answer for the problem.”

Her diagnosis and her death came as a surprise, said Ed Fink, chairman of the Radio-TV-Film Department, who worked with Curlis for 10 years. He said that her family is “holding up as well as any-one can, under the circumstances.”

As a former New Yorker, Curlis’ personality was described as out-going with a tough edge.

“When I would talk with her and we would have a problem with red tape and we just weren’t getting with where we’d needed to be, and I’d joke with her, and I’d say, ‘Vickie, get your New York on, we’ve got to get this taken care of,” Fink said. “And then she could ratchet up her New York street smarts a little bit.”

Even though Curlis had a tough side when the time called for it, Fink described her as a very kind and gentle soul.

He said Curlis would laugh a

lot and had a good sense of humor about everything, even when it was difficult.

“She was one of those people that had great stories, she was fun-ny,” said Secretary of Communica-tions Department Ramona Rose. “(She was) just a very entertaining person to be around; a real joy to be around.”

“She was just one of those peo-ple you felt comfortable with. She

liked people, and you could tell,” she said.

While working in the Radio-TV-Film Department, Rose dis-covered that Curlis had written a couple of screenplays.

“We had a really good conversa-tion one day about writing screen-plays,” Rose said.

“We were both good at dia-logue. We talked about collabo-rating and that was sort of on the back-burner for a while, but un-fortunately now we’ll never be able to collaborate on a screenplay.”

She had two children with her husband Ron and four grandchil-dren.

“She’d come in sometimes on Monday and say, ‘Oh, we had the grandkids over swimming in (the) pool,’ so she also was very family-oriented,” Fink said.

She was also a member of the Friends Church in Yorba Linda.

“She was just a great person,” Rose said.

There will be a memorial service open to the public at Memory Gar-den, located at 455 W. Central in Brea, Calif., on Monday at 10 a.m.

David Hood also contributed to this report.

Beloved staffer dies of cancerDepartment secretary dies of lung cancer just three months after diagnosis

BEVI EDLUNDDaily Titan

Vickie Curlis, 60, died in her home of lung cancer. Friends and coworkers described her as being helpful and knowledgable.

Courtesy of David Fink

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“She was al-ways approach-able, whether it was a student or professor, she was able to figure out their problem.”

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“My hope is (that) he reaches out to the Latino community, and I know four years ago Obama made a lot of promises to the Latino community, like doing another amnesty, (similar to what) Ronald Reagan did in the ‘80s,” Gonzalez said, referring to the Dream Act, a measure that could make a dif-ference in the teetering hispanic vote this election.

“On the bubble voters” are people who have not decided which political party to support. These are the voters that Mulhall hopes to lure into his campaign movement.

Lauren Howell, a registered “no-preference voter,” was a Republi-can before she voted for Obama in 2008. She voted for President George W. Bush twice, but his sec-ond term and her change of heart for the environment, healthcare

and alternative energy steered her to become more liberal, she said.

“Most of my friends in Orange County tend to be more on the right wing side of things,” Howell said. “I thought it would be great to have a room full of people cheer-ing at all the same things I support and kind of find some camaraderie with fellow Obama fans.”

Howell discovered more than just strangers coming together to support the president. People

drank beer, ate German food and had a good time.

The party also included a raffle. The prizes consisted of campaign mate-rial — posters, stickers and a patriotic-looking Obama bobblehead.

While the president spoke, the restaurant served bratwurst, knackwurst and German seasoned chicken dishes.

“You tell them, Barack,” a woman said while the president disparaged the GOP in his speech.

U.S. News college rankings said that 53.4 percent of full-time undergradu-ates receive some form of need-based financial aid.

“It can be a problem for people with other daily life tasks, that should be put into consideration,” Aguilera said.

Schouwe said that since prior semes-ters of aid will be counted toward the Pell Grant limitation, letters have been sent out to everyone who has exceeded their maximum amount of terms or who are getting close to it. Notifica-tions are also posted on student Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) applications online.

Alejandra Becerra, a biological sci-ence major, was recently denied a Pell Grant. She said she can relate to the frustration of students who feel that they did not receive enough prior no-tice to the new limitation.

“It’s unfair that they cut the limit — they are going to school. A year notice would have been good,” Becerra said.

Schouwe said that putting a six-year limit on Pell Grants might “encourage students to take proper measures for graduation.”

According to US News college ranking, CSUF has a low four-year graduation rate at 16 percent. Some have said that the new limit on Pell Grants can help increase

this statistic.Nick Chapman, an American

studies major, does not receive fi-nancial aid and has to pay for school himself. He said the reduced Pell Grant policy will motivate students to stay on track for graduation and save taxpayer dollars.

Chapman said he does not find it unfair that graduate students are ineli-gible to receive subsidized loans, which do not accrue interest if enrolled at least half-time at school.

Students are encouraged to visit the CSUF financial aid website and office in University Hall Room 146 for more information regarding the new policies.

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If clubs or organizations do not register in time, they will not have a table set up and reserved for use during the event, nor will they be listed on the maps handed out to in-terested students.

It would be impossible to accu-rately count the number of students who attend the event, Martin said, but with even just a glance toward the quad during the two-day event it would be easy to see how popular it is.

Networking is the key to Discov-erfest, because it is one of the only times when most of these organiza-tions will all be in one place, ready to give students all the information they need to get involved. Students

are encouraged to find an organi-zation that fits them to make their college career a more well-rounded experience.

“It’s important that students have a way to get involved,” said Jules Quinn, a business economics major and vice president of finance for the Entertainment and Tourism Club. “At Discoverfest, they can find out what CSUF has to offer and net-work with the clubs.”

Tanner Wilson, a music educa-tion major, also said he thinks Dis-coverfest is worth attending.

“What people will remember about college is the experiences they get through involvements. Discover-fest is great because it lets people find ways to remember those experiences for the rest of their lives,” he said.

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Rudisil said the Fullerton police has applied for grants to further their ability to set up such checkpoints, and noted that a grant such as the one the city council was discussing would be helpful for such programs.

Fullerton police were unable to provide the exact number of DUI related arrests made over the Labor Day weekend at the time of this report.

They were also unable to compare the number of ar-rests made in Fullerton to the number of arrests made in Orange County at large, where checkpoints were more common over Labor Day.

According to the Orange County Register, Fullerton police made a total of 2,189 DUI arrests between 2009 and 2010, but only 1,142 since 2011, a drop which police are attributing to a lack of funding.

Cal State Fullerton University Police Capt. John Brockie said in an email that University Police was not involved in any checkpoints for Labor Day weekend.

The Fullerton City Council reconvenes on Sept. 18 to consider accepting the $50,000 grant that they pre-viously refused, following pressure from residents upset with DUI incidents in previous years.

One of the triggers for such a reaction was the crash that killed Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart in April 2009.

Adenhart and two of his friends were killed in a colli-sion with a drunk driver after an Angels game.

The driver had both a suspended license and a previ-ous drunk driving charge.

Relatives and friends of Adenhart were among those rallying against the decision to deny the grant for checkpoints. Adenhart’s death has consistently been referred to over the past few years as a message of the dangers of drinking and driving.

Both the $146,222 patrol grant and the $50,000 checkpoint grant come from the state Office of Traffic Safety, although the money for the grants themselves is drawn from different sources.

Following the emotional displays from those con-nected to the Adenhart incident, as well as many others who know drunk driving victims, the Office of Traffic Safety has reportedly considered an all-or-nothing deal.

The Register reported that police were told that if the council refuses the checkpoint grant another time, the $146,222 patrol grant will be withdrawn.

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PARTY: Supporters rally in Anaheim

ABOVE: Democratic National Convention onlookers in Anaheim watch President Obama’s speech. Before his speech, a video highlighting his achievements as president was shown.

RIGHT: Obama supporters rallied at his speech Thursday night at Jaegerhaus. About 60 people attended the party to see him accept the party’s nomination for president.

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Fullerton police did not use DUI checkpoints as a tactic to catch drunk drivers this past Labor Day weekend.ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan

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The game of politics is hardly recog-nized as a fair sport to play; as observ-ers we accept this. But lately it seems as if team red and team blue may be stretching the rules of campaigning a bit more than usual when it comes to fact checking in advertising.

It’s strange though—neither oppo-nent minds much of the rule breaking.

A current Democratic advertise-ment released in early August by Priorities USA Action—which en-dorses President Obama—implies that Republican candidate Mitt Romney is responsible for the job and health insurance misfortunes of middle-class America. In the ad, a blue-collar American from Kansas City is featured speaking on the cancer-related death of his wife, Ilyona Soptic. Soptic was laid off from his job at GST Steel when Romney’s firm, Bain Capital, sold the mill, gaining $50 million in ad-dition to their investment, reported the Los Angeles Times.

“When Mitt Romney closed the plant I lost my health care and my family lost their health care,” Soptic says in the ad.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the ad failed to include the facts that Soptic’s wife was covered under her own health insurance at her job and that there was also a five-year time du-ration between the closing of the mill and the diagnosis of her cancer.

Although this Democratic ad—cleverly named “Understands” on Youtube—is lacking coverage of timely details, the core of it is true. Bain Capi-tal did sell GST Steel, which as a result laid off more than 700 workers who lost their health insurance, severance and pension benefits.

Priorities USA Action is obviously attempting to connect with viewers on an emotional level by confront-ing topics of job loss, lack of health care and death. Despite being la-beled “false” by the fact-checking website Politifact.com, the ad has since increased in popularity over the web where it currently has 1.3 million views on Youtube.

Apparently, public interest ap-pears to be in the number of views and not in the truth of points made.

In the meantime, opposing can-didate Mitt Romney strikes back with his “Right Choice” ad, claim-ing the Obama administration has “a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements.” The ad also says, that “under Obama’s plan, you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your wel-fare check.”

Although it is probable that Obama would give welfare-to-work programs more freedom than Romney, FactCheck.org notes that the “Right Choice” ad lacks basis of truth in its claims. According to the site, work requirements may be changed, but not dropped, depend-ing on state-specific plans to increase employment placement. Also, recip-ients receive welfare benefits for only an allotted period of time, whether they are working or not.

Despite the media and public’s concern about the truth in politics, both campaigns remain unabashed by their own advertising tech-niques. Perhaps every politician’s motto is, “An eye-for-an-eye.”

But the truth is that campaign ads should not be failing fact checks if they want to gain the faith of their viewers. To make a more posi-tive impact on this year’s election, both parties should focus on being less negative and more factual in their advertising.

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We’re ghosts in a social machineLike. Tweet. Retweet. Reblog.

Favorite. Share.It’s apparent—if not downright

obvious—that the way in which we interact with one another is chang-ing. The way that we as humans have come to share and absorb information is not only drastically different from the way such things were done during our grandparents’ time, but it is im-mensely different from the way things were done by Mom and Dad as well.

Heck, it isn’t a stretch to say that the way you conduct your day-to-day life is not the same as it was just a few years ago. It is, for fear of sounding cheesy, a brave new world.

Think; how would you have kept in regular contact with or tracked the most miniscule exploits of your most obscure social acquaintances just ten years ago? Unless you happen to be some kind of hyper-social weirdo, you probably never even cared enough to ask yourself that question.

That is, until the omnipresent phenomenon of technology called social media took our daily lives by storm and literally everyone and their mother went online.

To put things in perspective, a quick search of WolframAlpha.com (a site that compiles data and algorithms into usable information) reveals that among the two most popular social media sites—Facebook and Twitter—

the number of visitors each site re-cieves daily is a combined 750 million; more people than the populations of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain combined.

This is not even counting the 11 billion page views that Facebook garners daily, which is nearly double the population of this planet which we inhabit.

Yet, if it still seems that calling so-cial media omnipresent is hyperbole, simply stop reading for a moment. Just see how long it takes to notice any kind of solicitation to “follow on Twitter” or “like on Facebook”. The world around us is now speckled with tiny “f” symbols and fluttering Twit-ter bird logos on everything from ad-vertisements to business cards to this very publication.

And if you are reading this article online, then it’s likely this little ex-periment ended before it even began.

Despite this exposure—or perhaps overexposure—just what exactly con-stitutes social media and just what is so “social” about it can be a bit of a conundrum. In literal terms, “social media” refers to electronic commu-nication through which online com-munities share information among groups and individuals.

Besides the two main examples I’ve used, this definition could describe a blog, an internet forum, or any one

of the myriad sites popping up for the sole purpose of giving people an outlet through which to share information with people online.

A fine primer, certainly, but that does not truly explain how the gen-eral “we” use things like Facebook or Twitter.

We have the ability to share any and every aspect of our lives with just about anyone at any second, but more often than not, our motives are self-serving. We post photos and share news not so that we’ll inform and enrich others, but instead for our own narcissistic satisfaction that others “like” us.

An article in The Atlantic published in May by writer Stephen Marche sur-mised that this hyper-connectivity has diminished the crux of human inter-action to the point that we are simply always “hungering for response”.

Social media has turned us anti-social. We have the technology, but it’s too often squandered on the need to get one more follower, one more fa-vorite, one more “friend”.

Yet it need not be this way. Just like the caveman made sharp tools not to eviscerate himself, but to rise above the primordial muck, let us too take these tools and use them for what they are best at: connecting us.

Again, it’s a brave new world. It’ll probably help to have friends.

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The Beatles defined pop music.In 1968, they won a Grammy for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely

Hearts Club Band. Despite their admitted use of psychedel-ics associated with the creation of the album, they triumphed over their contemporaries and were rewarded.

Their association with drugs never took a single award away from them.

Lance Armstrong defined cycling.He won seven consecutive Tour de France awards from

1998-2005. His charitable efforts have been mostly associ-ated with “Livestrong,” a slogan that put hope into cancer patients and defined the strength of the human spirit.

His supposed association with drugs has taken his awards away in an instant.

The use of drugs in the entertainment industry of sports is interesting. Despite any connotations of simply being “en-tertainment,” sports is sadly open to government-funded sanctions—turning the most simplistic, quaint, and beloved American pastimes into a standard of law.

While Armstrong has taken a somewhat passive stance towards the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s accusations of doping, he has stood by his innocence. It is an approach that may discredit him to some, but to many, will solidify his standing as a world class cyclist.

If cycling were to be held in regard as high art, then Arm-strong single-handedly has composed a long-winded and beautiful symphony that has graced the ears of any Ameri-can tuned into sports media and popular culture. It leaves such an impact that even those unfamiliar with his efforts speak of him as a household name.

His passion has drawn national attention to the sport and his sense of inspiration leaves many wishing to emulate him, or at least obtain his drive.

But sports are run as much by fair competition as they are by government regulation. They have never been with-out a completely arbitrary set of rules that have continuously changed throughout time. Unfair rulings have been frequent throughout sports history.

Surely the Negro Leagues throughout the 1920s and ‘30s must be cited. It was a time when racial segrega-tion in baseball was accepted not by common sense,

but purely because it was another established “rule.” Currently, reconstructive surgery is something in that

seems to cause little public reaction, despite it being a modi-fication of the body that has seen baseball players coming out just as well as they did before, or even better.

Now, it’s not to say that doping carries the same senti-ment and controversy as racism or a surgery, but “unfair” has always been a word associated with sports, whether justified or not. If we are to treat this as an entertainment form, then let us stop putting morals into it and just simply be entertained.

What is truly unfair is when someone within the en-tertainment industry who embodies the exact opposite of Lance Armstrong, such as Charlie Sheen, can revel in their drug use and be rewarded for it. There seems to be a sense of leniency and sympathy for entertainers who would more likely inspire pure, seething anger, rather than motivate someone to “Livestrong”.

Ultimately, to dissect Armstrong’s legacy and turn him into a criminal is not something that needs to be done. His doping is not as important as the overall passion he has embodied that has already inspired millions. Taking Arm-strong off his pedestal has removed yet another hero so sorely needed during an economic and moral downfall where the impossible seems like just another cold reality in the great United States.

Many, including corporations such as Nike, still stand by Armstrong. Perhaps they’re like myself, and simply don’t care because it is what Armstrong has done for others, and not to himself, that matters.

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For the first time in DC Com-ics’ history, Batman – the world’s most popular DC super hero – has been turned into a live-action are-na adventure.

The show, Batman Live, will be at the Staples Center from Sept. 27-30.

When Nick Grace, of Water Lane Productions and producer of Batman Live, approached Warner Bros. with the idea of bringing one of DC Comics’ most popular su-per heroes and icon to life, he had no idea that his pitch would turn into a world tour production.

Grace said he was looking for the ultimate family night out and wanted to have a show in an arena setting. Batman was at the top of his list.

“I pitched it to Warner Bros. thinking well it’s never been done ever as a live show in DC Comic book history so there must be a reason why they don’t want that to happen,” Grace said.

It took Grace and Warner Bros. two and a half years to make the show come to life.

Allan Heinberg, a writer for the show, was approached by Grace with the idea of Batman Live two years ago.

Heinberg said Grace had the amazing idea to build the stage show around the origin of Robin. He considered the idea a faithful retelling of Robin’s origin.

“I thought it was genius because it takes place at the circus and it’s a theatrical environment that we could recreate in an arena setting

that would be appropriate to the setting,” Heinberg said.

For Grace, the hardest part of writing Batman Live was being able to tell the story on an arena-size scale but still keeping the in-timate relationship with the audi-ence.

“When you are in an arena you’re often times away from the actors and the world so the trick was trying to make it huge and intimate at the same time which I feel we have actually been able to do,” Grace said.

Grace added that the design ele-ments are larger than life.

“The emotions that we are deal-ing with are all very relatable and very real. We have this amazing company who put you right in the middle of their story and they perform their show with an enor-mous amount of heart and wit and grace,” Grace said.

Kamran Darabi-Ford plays the role of Robin. He said it was a dream come true when he was asked about playing the role.

“It’s amazing!” Darabi-Ford said. “It’s every boy’s dream come

true. Every boy wants to be a hero and this is absolutely perfect. There’s no other role or hero I’d rather play.”

Nick Court, who plays the role of the iconic superhero Batman, had the same enthusiasm as Dara-bi-Ford.

“Really happy to finally bring Batman to its home country,” Court said. “Playing Batman is a dream come true. This show and story is very authentic and very close to the original comic books.”

The show has toured through 15 countries in the United King-dom, Europe and South America.

Batman is no longer just a com-ic book, but is now brought to life on the stage. The show is filled with a lot of fighting, flying and pyrotechnics.

Audiences get to watch Batman and Robin fight all the criminals from the Joker to the Riddler in one show.

Designed by Jim Lee, who draws the Batman comics, the audience members are sucked into Batman Live and they don’t get to escape Gotham City until the very end.

“As a professor it shows that you take your job seriously and expect the students to do the same. It also establishes a relationship appro-priate to a professional environ-ment, which is what a classroom is,” Freeman said. “It is important for students for the same reasons and shows a courteousness to-wards others.”

Often wearing a suit when he teaches, it was not out of his el-ement to attend Dapper Day the way he usually dresses.

“After (going to Dapper Day) I no longer feel that I am a soli-tary voice crying in the wilder-ness,” Freeman said. “I felt that the pendulum had swung too far away when it came to dressing up in public. I have a sense that it is now swinging back at least a bit among young people – and that is a very encouraging sign.”

With so many people who did

make it out to Disneyland in their best, maybe not all hope for dressing up has been lost by the general public.

“I think there’s a renewed inter-est in general in finer things and dressing well and adult sophisti-cated events,” Justin said. “And I

think there’s an enormous amount of people who wish there were more events to dress up at and so I wanted to create an opportunity for that.”

The next Dapper Day event will be taking place Feb. 24, 2013.

In years past, MTV viewers have been treated to award shows with shocking, funny and always-vulgar banter that takes place be-tween host and nominees.

The 2012 Video Music Awards (VMAs) drifted not only from the crude humor that audiences have grown accustomed to, but also away from the once witty and must-watch show it once was.

Kevin Hart, the pint-sized come-dian, was this year’s host. Hart did not appear throughout the show often, and it was almost forgettable that he was in fact the host.

He didn’t have the frequent comedy skits that viewers might recall from MTV’s past award shows (think Jimmy Fallon as Nel-ly and Ben Stiller as Tom Cruise’s stunt double).

This was his first time hosting the VMAs, and as a whole the VMAs felt like an entirely differ-ent show.

What felt like fewer perfor-mances, fewer skits, fewer jokes – well… you get the picture--was crunched down into two hours of rushed entertainment.

The various MTV correspondents kept blathering about how many tweets they were getting instead of taking those minutes to give the viewers at home a better show.

It would have been nice if there were less tweet talk and more mu-sic talk.

Aside from the lukewarm pre-sentation that viewers got, the per-formances were exceptional and the winners were thankful.

For those who missed the highs of the show, the charades were kicked off by a performance from Rihanna.

After her balloon-filled per-formance that featured house DJ Calvin Harris, Katy Perry pre-sented the first award of the night for Best Pop Video to the Brit boy

band sensation One Direction. One Direction later snagged a

second Moonman for the category of Best New Artist, for which they seemed genuinely appreciative.

The next performer was Pink, who pranced around in short shorts and suspenders. With a flock of dancing lips beside her, she belted her latest hit, “Blow Me One Last Kiss,” live for the first time.

The rest of the night was filled with performances from One Di-rection, Frank Ocean, Alicia Keys, 2 Chainz featuring Lil Wayne, Green Day and Taylor Swift.

Some performances packed more punch while a few lacked the usual enthusiasm you might expect.

The second award of the night went to Chris Brown for Best Male Video, for his song “Turn Up The Music.”

Snagging the next Moonman of the night was Brown’s rival Drake, who won the VMA for Best Hip- Hop Video for his song “HYFR,” which featured Lil Wayne.

The hip-hop family continued to reel in the awards when Nicki

Minaj took home a Moonman for Best Female Video for her song “Starships.”

The last on-air award that was shown during the broadcast was the winner for Video Of The Year, which was handed over to a very confident Rihanna.

Some of the off-air awards that were apparently deemed not wor-thy enough to fit into the running time were as follows: Best Rock Video went to Coldplay for their song “Paradise” and Best Video With a Message went to Demi Lo-vato for her song “Skyscraper”.

Katy Perry’s video “Wide Awake” won for Video With The Best Art Direction; M.I.A. won for Best Direction for a Video; and Best Visual Effects went to Skrillex for “First Of The Year.”

Today, MTV is still trying to churn out music award shows when even their own channel (dedicated to music television) an-nounces more about the number of tweets being turned out rather than an interview or performance with an actual musician.

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MTV talks more tweet than musicThe lack of comedy skits and live awards gave the 2012 VMAs a different feel

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The live-action production takes the DC Comics hero to arenas across the world

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Disneyland’s Dapper Day invites attendees to dress up in various fashions ranging from the different eras to today. Dappers and crew members greeted one another by saying, “Happy Dapper Day!”

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team scored with about two minutes left in the game on Sunday, finally capitalizing on one of many shots to seal the victory and put the struggling Titans ahead of the visiting Creighton Bluejays.

Senior forward Ann Marie Tangorra placed the ball in the upper right hand corner of the net from about eight yards out on a cross from defender Jennifer Smith. Prior to the goal, Smith made a nice move on a Creighton defender to push the play into the 18-yard box.

“Right when I saw that she (Smith) was going down the line I ran to the spot where we are supposed to put the ball and just smacked it in as hard as I could,” Tangorra, a kinesiology major, said about the game-winning goal.

Smith, a fifth-year senior communications major, forced the goalkeeper up to try and cut off her angle from the goal, leaving a wide-open Tangorra in front of an open net.

The Titans played in close games all season, dominating on some, but they have not been able to put the finishing touch on close matches, leaving the team with a 1-5 record before this contest.

Sophomore forward Rebecca Wilson threatened to score at the beginning of the first half as she pushed the ball up and broke away from the Creighton defense,

failing to get a clear shot before the Bluejays cleared the ball.

The Titans pressured early and often to start the game, threatening to score. But they could not put the ball in the net until the final two minutes.

“We’ve had some very trying games and some very difficult problems, and I think our women have done very well to handle all the things that we’ve thrown at them,” said Head Coach Demian Brown.

Early in the second half the Titans continued to pressure the Creighton defense.

Tangorra booted a line drive shot over the top of the net with 32 minutes left in the game, missing on one of many shots from the team.

With a stingy Titans defense, Creighton did not have many opportunities to score, only shooting the ball four times. The Titans shot the ball 22 times, seeming to always place the ball in the hands of the opposing goalkeeper.

Titans junior goalkeeper Lindsey Maricic had one save on the day, while Creighton’s goalkeeper had 11 saves.

On a breakaway, Creighton player Brittney Neumann blasted a shot from outside the 18-yard box. Maricic, a health science major, made a crucial glove save, keeping the score tied at 0-0 with 20 minutes left in the match.

“There’s going to be that one save that I’m going to have to make, and that happened to be it,” Maricic said about the shot. “It felt

good to save it… keep my team in the game and give us a chance to win at the end.”

No. 1 ranked Florida State defeated the Titans on Friday in a close 2-1 match.

The team just arrived this morning on a flight from Florida, taking away an opportunity to practice, Brown said.

Next, the Titans play Army on Friday, Sept. 14. The Black Knights have a 4-4

season record.“We play in a system where we like to

exploit our athleticism,” Brown said about the team’s strategy on the game-winning goal. “They paid so much attention to Rebecca that they leave Ann wide open in the middle of the field. It was a great ball back by Jenn (Smith) and Ann (Tangorra) did a great job to tuck it away.”

Following a thrilling 2-1 double-overtime victory against the UNLV Runnin Rebels last Sunday in Las Vegas, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team looked to carry that momentum into their game against Loyola Marymount. Unfortunately for the visiting Titans, a second-half penalty kick propelled the Lions to a 1-0 win on Friday afternoon at Sullivan Filed in Los Angeles.

The Titans are now 1-4-0 to start the year, losing their first road contest of the season. Loyola Marymount earned its first victory, making their overall record 1-2-1.

A hard tackle away from the ball on a corner kick set up the penalty kick opportunity for the Lions. Freshman forward Pedro Velazquez was then able to step up in the 55th minute, converting into the lower left corner for the only goal of the match and his second goal of the year overall.

Just 12 minutes later in the 67th minute, the Titans had their own opportunity to tie the game up on another penalty kick after a similar hard foul in the box. Redshirt sophomore forward, Anthony Rosales, could not convert however, as his attempt was saved by sophomore goalkeeper, Vince Paldino. A foul by Rosales on the ensuing rebound drew his second yellow card of the game, putting CSUF a man down for the last 25 minutes.

The Titans had their chances throughout the match, especially eight minutes into the second half when redshirt freshman forward, Dyllan Stevens, was able to get his head on a cross inside the six-yard box but put it just over the bar.

LMU finished with a 10-9 advantage in overall shots for the match. Senior midfielder Gerzon Blanco had two shots to lead the Titans, who outshot the Lions 8-7 in the second half but had nothing on the scoreboard to show for it. Paldino made three saves to deny Fullerton before leaving due to a collision in the box in the 71st minute. That brought on freshman goalkeeper, Paul Blanchette, as Paldino’s substitute. Blanchette performed adequately, making one save to preserve the win against the Titans. Freshman goalkeeper Adam Zepeda made just one save in the loss for CSUF.

The Titans will have to get in gear quickly, as they will take the to pitch three times in six days next week. CSUF will head to CSU Bakersfield Monday for a 7 p.m. match against the winless Roadrunners. After four games, CSU Bakersfield is a lowly 0-1-3. The Titans will look to bounce back and keep the Roadrunners winless.

CSUF will then head to Las Vegas for the UNLV Nike Invitational. The Titans will take on a formidable Canisius College squad on Friday Sept. 14 at 4:30 p.m. The Griffins have accumulated an overall record of 3-0-2 this season. CSUF will then battle against Syracuse University on Sunday Sept. 16 at 10:30 a.m. The Orange are 4-1 and have been dominant in their last two games, outscoring their opponents by a total of 10-0.

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team (5-4) brought their overall record to over .500 by winning two of three games in the 2012 Wolfpack Invitational. The tournament took place in Reno, Nev. on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6 and 7. With their latest win over Cal State Bakersfield, the Titans have won three of four.

The opening match of the tournament was played on Thursday, Sept. 5, against the host University of Nevada Wolfpack (1-7). The Titans beat the Wolfpack by taking three of four sets 25-20, 25-17, 18-25, and 25-12. CSUF’s .261 hitting percentage proved to be a big difference as their opponents hit .130. However, the Wolfpack out-blocked CSUF at the net 11.5 to 4.5 but it still wasn’t enough as the Titans had an advantage with digs (55) and aces (seven) throughout the match.

Senior outside hitter Kayla Neto contributed with 23 kills and had a hitting average of .327. Sophomore setter Julie Consani added a career-best 46 assists, as well as 13 digs and three block assists. Other strong performances came from junior outside hitter Bre Moreland who contributed 16 kills and freshman middle blocker Lauren Kissell who had eight kills in 15 swings.

The home squad had a strong performance from senior middle blocker Janelle Batista with 10 kills and two blocks. Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Tessa Lea’ea also contributed with nine kills and eight blocks for the Wolfpack.

The Titans had two matches on Friday, Sept. 7. In the first, the Titans lost three of four sets, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19 and 25-23, against the Washington State Cougars (6-2). Offense was not the problem as Moreland contributed with 20 kills, 12 digs, and three blocks. Neto also added to offensive attack with 18 kills. Redshirt junior right-side hitter Leah Best led the Titans with six blocks.

The WSU Cougars strongest performance came from sophomore outside hitter Jaicee Harris who tallied 19 kills and 12 digs. Senior right-side hitter Rachel Todorovich racked up 15 kills and four blocks. The Cougars put a lot of pressure at the net as they totaled 18.5 blocks to the Titans 11.0. Of those blocks

from WSU, 10 belonged to junior middle hitter Marcelina Glab who was the match-leader. The Titans hit a lowly .131 due to the Cougars defensive efforts.

In the Titans’ last match of the tournament, they took on the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (1-3) and took a four-set win 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 25-14. The Titans outhit the Roadrunners .207-.137, had more blocks (10.5) and aces (10), and had a season-best .423 attack percentage in the third set.

The victory came thanks to a contribution once again from Moreland who totaled 11 kills and five service aces. Neto added nine kills and four blocks. Consani had a very consistent weekend, adding 24 assists, three kills, and three aces. Lastly, Best had another solid defensive performance by stuffing five would-be kills. The Titans took the match over as they led from the beginning in the last two sets.

The strongest performance of the

game came from the opposing side as Roadrunner junior outside hitter Debora Araujo racked up 20 kills, 12 digs, and five blocks. All Araujo’s statistics were team highs in the game. The next best contribution came from freshman outside hitter Kelsee Sawyer who had 8 kills in 21 swings.

Next up for the Titans is hosting the Fullerton Classic this Friday and Saturday. The four other teams that will be participating in this two-day women’s volleyball tournament are the Brown University Bears, San Diego State Aztecs, Santa Clara Broncos, and the Oregon State Beavers. The Titans have a doubleheader both days, with a game in the early afternoon and in the evening.

The first game of the Fullerton Classic will feature San Diego State against Santa Clara at 11 a.m. on Friday. The Titans’ first game will come shortly after against Brown at 1:30 pm. For more information visit: FullertonTitans.com.

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Forward Ann Marie Tangorra from CSUF outruns a Creighton Bluejay defender on Sunday, Sept. 9 at Titan Stadium. Tangorra scored the only goal in the 88th minute of the game that lifted the Titans over the visiting Bluejays, 1-0.

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Jaime Cano moves the ball forward against the UNLV Runnin Rebels on Sept. 2 at Titan Stadium. ROBERT HUSKEY / Daily Titan

Holland Crenshaw, 11, signals her fellow Titans, during the women’s volleyball game against the Pioneers. They swept in three straight sets.

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Volleyball win two in desert

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Titans ease frustration of the close losses early in the season by defeating Creighton Bluejays

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