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Conference on health empowers community

Freshman phenom drives Titans over USCAs of Friday afternoon, the last

time a freshman was on the mound to open Cal State Fullerton’s baseball season was 1987. A gallon of gas was only 89 cents, FOX had just made its prime time broadcasting debut and England became the first coun-try to use DNA testing to convict a criminal.

But when the final out was re-corded Friday night in front of a sold-out Goodwin Field, Thomas Eshelman had earned the victory in his college debut, giving the Titans a hard-fought 3-2 win over visiting USC.

Eshelman (1-0) carried a per-fect game into the fifth inning and completed six, allowing only two unearned runs while striking out six

and walking none.“It was my first time out there, so

obviously I’m gonna have jitters,” said Eshelman. “Once I got out there, it all went away.”

“He is poised,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook of his first-year starting pitcher. “He is wise beyond his years as a freshman. Since the day he’s stepped on campus here, he hasn’t acted like one. He doesn’t do anything like one.”

After the Titans got a quick run in the bottom of the first inning cour-tesy of a Matt Chapman sacrifice fly, Eshelman continued to baffle Trojan hitters. He retired the first 14 he faced before allowing an infield single to USC’s Kevin Swick on an 0-2 pitch.

The Trojans scored twice in the top of the sixth inning, thanks in part to a controversial call. With

two outs and nobody on base, Titan second baseman Matt Orloff fielded a ground ball off the bat of USC’s Adam Landecker but threw wide to first, forcing first baseman Carlos Lopez to leave the base to make the catch. Lopez attempted to apply a tag, but first base umpire Stephen Fritzoni ruled that Landecker safely eluded it. Despite objections from Lopez, Vanderhook and most in attendance, the inning continued for Trojan shortstop James Roberts, who blasted a two-run home run over the left field wall, putting the Trojans ahead 2-1.

Batting from behind for the first time, the Titans wasted no time to answer. Chapman singled to right and designated hitter J.D. Davis drew a walk before center fielder Michael Lorenzen laid down a bunt single. With the bases load-

ed and nobody out, catcher Chad Wallach ripped a single into left field to tie the game. Davis also at-tempted to score but was thrown out at the plate by USC left fielder Timmy Robinson.

Orloff followed Wallace with a perfectly executed suicide squeeze to put the Titans back in front, 3-2. Lo-renzen, the runner on third, began stealing home and was about half-way down the line when the pitch was bunted by Orloff. USC starting pitcher Bobby Wheatley (0-1) at-tempted to throw home for the out, but Lorenzen slid foot-first under the tag of catcher Garrett Stubbs.

“Baseball is a game of failure, so you’re gonna make mistakes,” said Orloff, who managed to redeem his error in the top of the inning with what turned out to be the game-winning RBI. “But it’s about how

you come back and capitalize when you’re given an opportunity.”

After relief pitcher Willie Kuhl tossed two perfect innings, Orloff was given another opportunity to capitalize on. In the bottom of the eighth inning with CSUF nursing a one-run lead, Orloff was given a new task—give Lorenzen enough time to warm up in the bullpen. Lo-renzen, who is the regular starting center fielder, is also the Titans’ clos-ing pitcher. He had 16 saves in 17 chances last year.

Lorenzen led off the bottom of the inning with a first-pitch ground out, then immediately ran to the bullpen to get loose. After Wallach was retired just three pitches later, both teams knew that Orloff was up there to stall.

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Health professionals from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds dis-cussed cancer and early detection at the ActNOW: Exploring Health Is-sues in the African-American Com-munity conference on Saturday.

The conference, sponsored by Cal State Fullerton and the Black Stu-dent Union, stressed the importance of understanding the risks, preven-tion and ways to cope with cancer.

The Gathering Resources to Edu-cate and Empower through Net-works (GREEN) Foundation hosts annual conferences that are held at different locations including uni-versities, churches and community centers.

According to Ernesta Wright, the founder and executive director of the GREEN Foundation, the goal of the event is to encourage others to spread the word to the African-American community about early detection.

Wright said she was inspired to start the organization because some African Americans did not have ac-cess to health related information.

“I wanted to be a part of reduc-ing mortality rates ... that the more educated someone is about their health ... (the more people) will take charge of it. My hope and goal is to be able to decrease the death,” said Wright.

She said some people are dying unnecessarily and if they had the right tools, they could possibly save their life.

Wright added that instead of being fearful of the “white coat,” African-Americans should be em-powered to ask questions and take control of their lives.

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Advocacy group to lobby Sacramento for student funds

Student funding is a top tier is-sue for Cal State Fullerton Lobby Corps, who met Thursday to pro-pose ideas for a campaign to in-crease student awareness about the allocation of funds on campus.

Part of Associated Students Inc., Lobby Corps is an advocacy group that focuses on legislation research and coalition building on behalf of students.

In a discussion led by ASI ex-ecutive vice president Katie Ayala, 22, the members discussed meth-ods for providing students with accurate information about the origins of campus funds. These include online campaigns, visits from elected officials, and student forums.

“Funding is our biggest issue. We are doing a whole funding campaign,” said Lobby Corps stra-tegic communication coordinator Derek Weinmann,18.

Lobby Corps is currently fo-cused on working with California state legislators to see what they

can offer students in the front of higher education.

The session laid groundwork for discussions Lobby Corp members will have with California legisla-tors at the California Higher Edu-cation Student Summit (CHESS), an annual three-day summit host-ed by the California State Student Association.

Members of Lobby Corps will travel to Sacramento in April for CHESS.

The summit will provide lead-ership workshops on advocacy, campus action, multiculturalism and leadership. There are also op-portunities for CSU student advo-cates to speak directly to state leg-islators about important student issues.

Lobby Corps advocacy coordi-nator Abinaya Prabakar, 19, said CHESS is an important element of Lobby Corps’ role as advocates for Cal State Fullerton students. She participated in the summit for the first time in 2012 and plans to attend this year as well.

“CHESS was enlightening be-cause it helped me understand the ways I could get involved, the ways I could advocate for issues, how to help,” said Prabakar.

CSUF students have had a strong presence in past summits.

Lobby Corps vice chair Wendy Bonilla estimated that last year the conference welcomed more than 40 CSUF student advocates.

“We’re usually the biggest group there,” Weinmann said. “It’s good to have our face there, so people know that we are there and we are present.”

Although the summit is built as a learning experience for student advocates, the third day is set up as an application of the lessons learned on the first two days.

Cal State Fullerton Lobby Corps discuss how to make students more aware

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The Fullerton Police Depart-ment charged David Richard Campbell with the 1982 mur-der of his friend, Frank Mar-shall, according to the Orange County District Attorney.

Hikers near Big Bear came across fragments of a skull in 1985, but the skull went unidentified for more than 27 years. The skull has been re-cently identified as Marshall’s through DNA testing.

The FPD recently reopened the case using DNA technol-ogy unavailable at the time to link Campbell to the murder of Marshall.

Campbell is accused of shooting Marshall in the head, dismembering his body and discarding the body in the mountains near Big Bear. The case was first believed to be a missing person case, but went cold.

Before Campbell killed Mar-shall, he allegedly killed his friend William Raber.

Campbell was convicted and began serving life sen-tences in Riverside County for the murders of Raber and John Fischer in the mid-1980s.

If convicted of one felony count of special circumstanc-es murder, with the sentencing of enhancement for multiple murders and the personal use of a firearm, Campbell faces a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the possi-bility of parole.

Campbell, 67, is currently being held in custody in Sali-nas Valley State Prison, Sole-dad, but will be moved to Or-ange County to face senior deputy district attorney Larry Yellin of the Homicide Unit who is prosecuting the case.

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DTCRIME

Man charged with murder of friend

Dorner commits suicide at cabin

Autopsy results show for-mer Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, according to CNN.

Dorner, who caused a man-hunt stretching across southern California, killed four people and injured three others while carrying a vendetta against his former partners before alleg-edly taking his own life.

Investigators began search-ing the Big Bear mountains for Dorner on Feb. 7, when they found his burned pickup truck. The search lasted a few days, but eventually went cold.

The search continued last Tuesday when Karen and Jim Reynolds came across a man who resembled Dorner in their home.

Sheriff John McMahon said authorities believe Dorner hid in the Reynolds’ home for days while they were gone.

On Friday, Sgt. Travis New-port announced authorities found several items in the plac-es and vehicles Dorner used as shelter, including assault weap-ons and semi-automatic hand-guns. Officers also discovered high-capacity magazines, tear gas, a military-style helmet and 10 silencers.

Dorner died Tuesday afternoon after being trapped in a cabin located in the San Bernardino Mountains. The cabin he found refuge in caught fire when po-lice shot tear gas canisters into it, which burned it down.

Investigators were able to identify Dorner’s remains through his dental records.

In 2009, Dorner was dis-missed from the LAPD for wrongly accusing his training of-ficer of kicking a restrained sus-pect. He held a grudge against the LAPD after unsuccessfully protesting his dismissal in court and targeted various officers and their families involved in the case.

Dorner’s manifesto said noth-ing had changed in the LAPD since its controversies of the 1990s, which has led some people to believe Dorner was seeking justice.

Brief by ADRIAN GARCIA

HEALTH: Ethnic groups at higher risk

According to Jasmeet Gill, Ph.D, a CSUF health science as-sistant professor, cancer is the sec-ond leading cause of death next to heart disease.

This applies to all Americans, how-ever the cancer mortality rates are much higher for African-Americans.

Gill said there are many health disparities among ethnic groups including the possibility of genet-ic predisposition, access to screen-ings, poverty rates, unhealthy behaviors, etc. These disparities could explain why mortality rates are higher among African Ameri-cans with cancer.

Miatta Snetter, a psychothera-

pist who spoke at the event, fo-cused on the influence the mind has on a patient dealing with a life threatening illness.

Snetter said the outcome of a cancer diagnosis, or any diagnosis of a debilitating illness, can be af-fected by the patient’s psychologi-cal state.

According to Snetter, although science tends to discourage it, spirituality can be important to accepting a diagnosis and mov-ing on with treatments. She added that people often go through a cycle of emotions when diagnosed with a frightening illness.

Although the presentations at the conference dealt with issues older adults face, many CSUF

students were present to hear the lectures.

According to Lezlee Hinesmon-Matthews, Ph.D, an African-American studies assistant pro-fessor, it is important for young people to get information about these topics now rather than later.

Hinesmon-Matthews said peo-ple are dying from preventable diseases including cancer. She said the information given throughout the event is not only important for African Americans, it is important for all Americans.

“It’s not just African Americans. (Illness) is an American issue ... (like) the obesity epidemic, that’s an American issue,” said Hines-mon-Matthews.

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LOBBY: Members hope to build rapport

Students spend the day in small groups meeting with several different policymakers from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We did get new legislators, so we have to make them aware of the stu-dents that are impacted by their de-cisions,” said Bonilla, “This is real ... We go in with an agenda.”

Bonilla stressed the importance of going in with a straight forward message and a clear idea of what is needed.

“We hope that they will take us into account and know that we did go out of our way to go up to Sacra-mento, to go to their office, and meet

with them,” Bonilla said. In connecting with legislators at

the summit, Lobby Corps mem-

bers hope to build a rapport that will ultimately benefit the CSUF student body.

TOP: Derek Weinmann, the strategic communication coordinator for the Lobby Corps, listens attentively during the CHESS meeting in Titan Student Union Room 233 on Thursday. The aim of the meeting was to strategize a plan to educate current CSUF students where their tuition dollars are going.

BOTTOM: Executive vice president Katie Ayala, 22, leads the discussion in a brainstorming session.

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NAMES GARCÍA CHAIR Cal State Fullerton President Mil-

dred García was named to lead the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universi-ties, according to a statement by CSUF on Thursday.

The AACU is a national asso-ciation based in Washington, D.C. which is concerned with advancing liberal education and improving un-dergraduate education.

“Being selected as chair of the board of directors is an honor and a truly exciting way to continue my work with AACU. I’m so proud be-ing a part of an organization that is at the forefront of advancing liberal education and inclusive excellence in higher education,” García said in the statement.

García has been on the AACU board of directors since January 2008 and has served as the vice chair since last year. She has been involved with the association in vari-ous roles for more than a decade.

Five new directors and a handful of new officers were named as 2013 leaders at a recent annual meeting in Atlanta. The AACU adopted a new mission statement as well, “to make liberal education and inclusive excel-lence the foundation for institutional purpose and educational practice in higher education.”

García succeeds president of Ur-sinus College Benny Fong as chair. Fong will stay on the board as past chair.

The AACU has 1,150 members including public and private colleges and universities.

“There are few national goals more important than AACU’s work in pro-moting student achievement, partic-ularly through educational practices that honor diversity and address is-sues of equity,” García said, upon learning of the appointment.

Brief by SAMUEL MOUNTJOY President Mildred García is named chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

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Numerous school districts in Orange County are aiming at lowering their financial obliga-tions next year by roughly $158 million, according to the Orange County Register.

Rather than ridding student services and after-school pro-grams next year, many districts are negotiating with their labor unions to simply reduce pay and benefits.

The La Habra City and Foun-tain Valley school districts have decided to cut five days off the 2013-14 school year, and man-datory furlough days will be in place as a way to decrease em-ployee pay and prevent faculty layoffs.

Instead of expecting addi-tional funding, a promise made by Proposition 30 in November, schools are forced to be cau-tious with their spending.

In 2013-2014, Orange County school districts are looking to spend approximately $65 million less compared to the $4.3 billion being spent this year.

School districts will be filing a revised preliminary spend-ing plan for 2013-14 in March as well as final spending plans this June.

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Lakers owner loses battle with cancer

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died Monday after an 18-month battle with can-cer, according to the Los An-geles Times.

Buss bought the team in 1979 with hopes of turning the team into not only playoff contenders, but showmen.

The Lakers hoisted their sev-enth NBA trophy in his first sea-son as owner. In his three de-cades as owner, the Lakers won 10 championships while missing the playoffs only twice.

Buss turned the Lakers into a spectacle by encouraging celebrities to sit courtside and watch his team’s fast-paced and flashy style of play. He cre-ated a distinct identity when his Lakers embodied the Hol-lywood mentality in 1980. Their fast-paced offense of the time was nicknamed “Showtime.”

During his tenure as owner, the Lakers featured several Hall of Fame-caliber talents in-cluding Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal as players and Pat Riley and Phil Jackson as coaches.

This past offseason, Buss made his final big splash by sign-ing Steve Nash and Dwight How-ard in hopes of creating a cham-pionship-caliber team capable of winning a 17th championship.

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Gov. Jerry Brown’s adminis-tration will soon negotiate con-tracts with some of the same unions that helped him pass his tax plan last year, accord-ing to the Los Angeles Times.

Public-worker unions pushed millions of dollars and thousands of volunteers in the governor’s direction last year to help him pass tax-hikes.

Brown’s administration will be negotiating labor agree-ments worth billions that affect nearly half of state workers when the contracts expire this summer.

Budget experts say Cali-fornia is already significantly more generous than other states and that it’s still too soon to greenlight new expenses amid a nascent financial re-covery effort.

Negotiations may be a test of how the governor will retain a limited budget as California emerges from a the recent budget crisis.

Brown proposed last month to end furloughs and other programs that reduced the amount of money state work-ers took home monthly in the last four years.

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Brown to negotiate with union allies

Ten instructors in the College of Business and Economics are us-ing their $5,000 awarded project grants to develop innovative cur-ricula to increase student learning and understanding.

The grants, were awarded to instructors in December after 21 full-time faculty members submit-ted proposals that were then re-viewed by a university committee in charge of selecting the 10 grant recipients.

The proposals span a variety of learning concentrations within the col-lege and were written by faculty in the areas of marketing, management, eco-nomics, accounting and information systems and decision sciences.

They include collaborative stu-dent projects, use of interactive

online technologies, presentations and the development of an interna-tional course that will be taught by faculty from Kagawa University in Takamatsu, Japan and the College of Business and Economics.

Nimer Alrushiedat, an information systems and decision sciences profes-sor, proposed anchored online discus-sions among students enrolled in the Quantitative Business Analysis: Prob-ability and Statistics course.

Alrushiedat was awarded the grant and will use it to commit more time to his research, saying the money is a source of support.

Online discussions are intended to increase student engagement and par-ticipation, Alrushiedat said.

“Learning is a social event. Students get to learn from each other, they get to ask each other questions, they share ideas, concepts problem solving, they discuss articles,” Alrushiedat said.

Anchored online discussions pro-vide an interface designed for easy collaboration.

The interface shows the discussion article on the right side of the screen and the discussion on the left side of the screen.

Students then make comments on the text to initiate a conversation about concepts that complement classroom learning.

Alrushiedat said he wanted to mea-sure cognitive and affective learning by implementing the discussions.

At the department level, stu-dents have the highest failing rate in this course.

“The desired outcome is for them to ultimately learn and to also learn to collaborate with each other, be more social, learn problem solving and help their understanding,” Alrushiedat said.

Mahamood Hassan, an ac-counting professor, introduced a

research project to an elective class for accounting majors.

The project requires that students integrate the knowledge gained from macroeconomics and statistics for sales forecasting, and will account for 30 percent of their grade.

Hassan has assigned the project for the last few semesters and said many professors submitted curricula that they had already been implementing.

“When the dean announced (the grant) for innovating classes, quite a few people approached him and said, ‘We’ve been doing this innovation al-ready but you never gave us an award for it,’” said Hassan.

He said the grant will help him purchase statistical calculators.

Susan Cadwallader, a management professor, will implement a new col-laborative student project centered on consumers over the age of 50.

Part-time and full-time MBAs and

gerontology graduate students will learn about the needs of the baby boomer generation and older consum-ers regarding four industries of high interest to that demographic: housing, healthcare, leisure, beauty and fashion.

“My goal with any curriculum in-novation I implement is to have the students take a journey from ‘theory to practice,” said Cadwallader.

At the end of the semester, presen-tations and papers show evidence of a “peak” experience where they produce their best work; thus achieving the goal of marrying business theory to prac-tice, said Cadwallader.

Cadwallader added that if a profes-sor is not enthusiastic about learning, he or she cannot motivate students to learn as effectively.

“Failure to innovate in the class-room means that we fall short in pre-paring our students to embrace change themselves,” Cadwallader said.

Business faculty and staff awarded $5,000 in project grants

THOUSANDS RALLY FOR ‘CLIMATE CRISIS’

Hundreds of activists, led by Tar Sands Action Southern California and the Sierra Club, marched from Olvera Street and converged at City Hall in Los Angeles to urge President Obama to take immediate action on climate change.

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A combination of climate ac-tivists, politicians, educators, artists and citizens convened in front of Los Angeles City Hall to urge President Obama to act on what they called a climate crisis on Sunday.

“Forward on Climate” is the largest rally of its kind in the his-tory of Los Angeles and coincid-ed with a meeting in Washington D.C., making it the largest climate rally in U.S. history.

More than 90 groups partici-pated, led by Tar Sands Action of Southern California and the Sierra Club.

Aura Vasquez, a Sierra Club representative, asked the public to participate and help Los Ange-les to be the national leader in the fight against climate change.

According to Vasquez, coal plants are the number one factor of pollution in the U.S. and usually affect low-income communities, including indigenous reservations and Latino communities.

Rally attendees hoped to send a message to President Obama to take action against global climate change and pre-vent the construction of the Key-stone XL oil pipeline.

Organizations including Idle No More, Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, Natural Resources Defense Council, Food & Water Watch and the Coalition Against Nukes participated in the event.

Brief by ANDIE AYALA

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Cal State Fullerton student-volun-teers are offering free income tax return preparations and filing assistance to low-income families and individuals through April 13.

All volunteers are certified by the International Revenue Service (IRS) and are part of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), an IRS-sponsored community program.

VITA president and CSUF business administration major Warren Doller, 24, said their goal is to assist 500 peo-ple this year improved from the 357 people they served last year.

“We’re really looking forward to continuing the program on campus and growing it with years to come,” said Doller.

Doller recommends people come early in the tax season so they can get their money faster. Assistance is pro-vided on a first-come, first-served basis.

The annual income per household cannot be greater than $58,000 to qualify for VITA’s services.

Jessie Frietze, 22, a CSUF alumna, used VITA’s assistance for her income tax return preparation last year and de-cided to return this year.

Frietze said it is a good service for students because not all students, or re-cent graduates, can pay for a tax return. She added that another positive about the assistance is that it is free for family and friends. But, attendees should look at the VITA website to make sure they are prepared.

Ye Mya, 25, a graduate student pursuing an MBA, said without the

proper documentation, volunteers can not complete some portions for the in-come tax return. This includes a valid ID, social security card, financial state-ments and income tax returns.

Doller also recommends clients talk to their families before they file taxes. He said a lot of students could be claimed as dependents so their parents receive a bigger refund for the household.

“It’s really like a group effort when you are coordinating how the family’s going to file their taxes. It might be way more beneficial to do it one way than the other,” he added.

Kristin Lange, 32, a resident of Ana-heim, learned about the assistance pro-vided by VITA from her mother.

“As long as you got the patience to wait you are going to get a lot of help,” said Lange.

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Continually contested in Congress, No Child Left Behind aims to increase accountability for schools with students who are performing poorly.

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More than 30 states have been granted waivers by the Obama ad-ministration as a way around the re-quirements established by No Child Left Behind. Instead of creating an easy shortcut for schools across the country, we should realize the importance of holding schools ac-countable and continue working toward reaching the act’s goals.

What we have is a policy filled with good intentions and focused on what should be the education sys-tem’s biggest priority: Its students.

“Any successful industry needs to organize itself around perfor-mance,” said Andrew Rotherman, co-director of Education Sector, in an interview with NPR. “No Child Left Behind attempts to do that. It requires states to set specif-ic targets for school performance and deal with low performers.”

Before No Child Left Behind was enacted, children of low-in-come families—including many minorities—and those with dis-abilities were left in the shadows of our education system. Through persistent legislation, the act has highlighted these students and brought to surface the importance of making sure that every child is provided with the best education possible. As part of the act, schools must divide test scores into sub-groups which help point out how students from all backgrounds are doing, not just those with a his-tory of high performance.

Thanks to No Child Left Be-

hind, schools are finally being held accountable which has led to im-provements in how we see and act upon our education system.

“NCLB has changed educators from arguing about whether to hold schools accountable for per-formance to arguing about how to do it,” Rotherman said in Time magazine’s “School of Thought.” “That’s no small accomplishment in a field that is notoriously hos-tile to change and is particularly averse to the concept of conse-quential accountability.”

Sure, there are flaws in the policy, but we need to remember that no policy is perfect and we can’t always get it right the first time around. It is important to seek reform and figure out ways to not abandon, but improve No Child Left Behind. Expecting initial perfection is not the way to make a policy work. As stated by Rotherman, “If we held other policy areas—think food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid or Social Se-curity—to the same standard No Child is held to these days, i.e., flawlessness, then we would have jettisoned those and many other worthy programs long ago.”

In order to make the act work, students and parents have to take advantage of the services available to them. Through the law, chil-dren have the option to move to better schools or receive free tu-toring if eligible. But according to GreatSchools.org, few students

are taking advantage of these op-portunities. Only 1.6 percent of students decided to transfer out of low-performing schools and only 20 percent of students eligible for free tutoring actually receive it.

A survey form the Center for Education Policy showed that many families chose not to switch schools because they are happy with the schools their children currently attend, but others have said that schools have failed to notify parents that these options are there.

In addition to this, schools and tutoring services have been toss-ing the responsibility of informing parents about the option for free tutoring back and forth.

Through these statistics, it is obvious that necessary resources for students to improve in school are being offered by No Child Left Behind’s policy, but they are not being taken advantage of. Perhaps something that we need to do is remind schools that the purpose of this law is not to rest full respon-sibility on parents but ensure that their children are receiving the best education by reminding them of these services.

No Child Left Behind has been the structure of our education sys-tem for over a decade now; ditch-ing it because of a few flaws would be unrealistic. Instead we should build upon the great ideas that are already established and ensure that all children receive the education they need.

No Child Left Behind has left whole schools and school districts behind. Standardized tests with little to no real world applicability are being weighed more than skills that don’t have a multiple choice answer. Instead of teaching chil-dren why, we have resorted to only teaching them how.

The quickest way to solve a problem is now the only way.

Before the time of No Child Left Behind, in math classes, teachers were instructed to teach multiple ways of solving a prob-lem. Now, every child is to be taught the same single method. Instead of solving problems, they are simply answering questions. Most troubling the similar testable results of both methods has con-vinced enough legislators that they are the same thing.

Most classes are geared to verbal or linguistic intelligence now in-stead of embracing the multiple in-telligences of earlier practices. Stu-dents are told to memorize dates, vocabulary, grammar rules and the amendments in the Bill of Rights. What they are not told is how the events on those dates impact us today, ways to use those scholarly words in conversation, what the punctuation marks mean, or what the first 10 amendments guarantee for modern American citizens.

Memorization has surpassed understanding in the classroom because teachers are constantly reminded about the importance

of the test scores. A school’s test scores are averaged and the school is given a ranking.

When students live in an area where their home school has low standardized test scores, their par-ents are often able to petition for their child to go to another school. With overcrowding, that option is only realistically available to a select few. In many low scoring districts there are magnet or spe-cialized charter schools with extra equipment that students can get into through drawings, competi-tions or interviews.

Many children and parents check the mail daily, waiting for their notice to see if they have been selected for a better school further from home.

The others must enroll at the school assigned to them by ad-dress, in the district they live in. In the light of leaving no child be-hind, some of the act’s standards include grants given to the schools with lower scores so that they may attract and hire better teach-ers, the theory being that teachers choose their schools based on the promised salary. According to the Consolidated State Performance Reports of the 2006-07 school year released by the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, there were more highly qualified teachers at schools with less poverty. Even five years after the program had begun, throwing money at the low scoring schools didn’t help meet the expec-

tations. The higher scoring, higher income schools still had the higher number of qualified teachers.

So essentially teachers with low-er qualifications are making more money and not necessarily giving the students in low scoring dis-tricts much of a chance to succeed. In 2007, the National Assessment of Educational Progress released information that concluded that California 8th graders had seen little to no increase in test scores in the areas these standards were aimed at: math and reading.

Teachers resent the act, and rightfully so. They are stripped of their titles as educators and left at the front of the room with Power-Points. Instead of teaching students how to extract information, they are left teaching how to import that information onto flashcards.

Many states have been given the option to opt out of the program, though California’s request was denied. Unlike the 34 other states that have been waived of their re-quirement to participate in the program, California schools will still have to depend on students’ scores on the standardized tests to receive federal funding.

The choice is between teach-ing memorization skills and get-ting paid or teaching students how to learn and losing funding. We know which side the educators of California would like to be on, but we must understand the position they are forced to take.

California needs more time to build upon NCLB NCLB policies leave whole schools behindPRO: CHRISTINA BENAVIDES CON: AMANDA ZIVE

Rubio gaffe is ‘water over the dam’

As I watched Marco Rubio speak during his live response to the State of the Union address, I remember wondering: How are some people capable of speaking over lengthy periods of time with-out so much as a hiccup? However, at one point, the junior U.S. sena-tor from Florida briefly paused his speech to quickly lunge off cam-era, grab a small water bottle and gulp down its contents.

To be completely honest, I

thought it was pretty amusing; it was live after all. No one is sup-posed to break character on live TV, right?

Although it seems a bit silly to think much about the incident at all, really, I’m hardly the only per-son that took notice to it. In the proceeding days, just about every news source has covered the inci-dent.

When considering how the in-cident (which, from here on out, I’ll call what some have dubbed “water-gate”) might have im-pacted Rubio, the media has been

making a point of questioning if it could affect his political future at all. This is a big deal since he is, after all, a potential contender for the Republicans in the next presi-dential election.

But to be honest, it doesn’t re-ally seem like it will have an affect on his future at all.

The idea of Rubio possibly hav-ing to face any hurdles in his ca-reer as a politician because of wa-ter-gate is reminiscent of another awkward moment that occurred a few years ago for another former presidential candidate.

In 2008, during one the presi-dential debates, John McCain was photographed right as he was un-gainly lurching forward and mak-ing an equally unflattering facial expression. While the image of McCain probably didn’t make or break the election of that year, it most likely didn’t help him out either.

The water-gate incident, on the other hand, is about a guy getting caught drinking some water, hard-ly something that I think could ruin Rubio’s image.

If anything, he has managed to take advantage of the publicity he gained from it. According to ABC News, Rubio’s PAC, Reclaim America, raised $100,000 since Wednesday by selling more than 3,450 water bottles.

And to top it all off, Rubio tweeted that he picked up over 13,000 new followers after water-gate had happened.

Though I do agree that it’s silly for there to have been so much

coverage and speculation of what might happen to Rubio as a re-sult of water-gate, I also refuse to completely blame the media for making it a bigger story than it deserved to be.

Really, it was just a story that people found interesting and wanted to hear about, however strange that might be.

As of print, a nine second video of water-gate that was posted on YouTube the same day it hap-pened currently has some two million views, while a video also posted on that day by ABC News showing Rubio’s entire 14-minute

speech only has a little more than 130,000 views.

It would seem that social me-dia also contributed to bringing popularity to water-gate. Accord-ing to data gathered by Twitter, as water-gate happened, the amount of tweets made per-minute rose to nearly 10,000 after it had slowly started to decline following the end of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.

No matter how a person may feel about the public’s interest in this unusual story, it certainly does say one thing: People were gener-ally more interested in it than any-

thing else Rubio had to say during the speech.

Should water-gate have been featured as prominently in the me-dia as it has been? Probably not. Were there other topics on Ru-bio’s speech more important than water-gate that should have been discussed, such as gun control? Probably.

But how could the media not cover water-gate?

It might have been taken more seriously than it ever should have been, but still, it was kind of fun-ny, and everyone wanted to talk about it.

Sen. Marco Rubio received flak when he took a mis-timed sip during his response to the State of the Union on Wednesday.Courtesy of MCT

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Two weeks ago, the British food industry and millions of meat-eat-ers across the ocean were shocked to discover that the wave of horse meat being found in products la-beled as beef had trotted through several countries and landed square on their dinner tables.

The horse meat outbreak was first discovered in Ireland about a month ago, and has been found in other countries including Poland, Belgium, France, Sweden and Britain. Mislabeled “beef lasagna,” meals reportedly tested positive for 100 percent horse meat DNA in some cases, and an estimated 10 million frozen hamburger patties were pulled from shelves.

Never has the term “hold your horses” held more meaning as this contamination crisis continues and Europeans have to think twice before biting into that burger. De-spite the culprit companies’ sev-eral statements of apologies, who really knows what’s in there?

Though many countries across the globe do eat horse meat regu-larly, the biggest issue here at hand is the fact that food safety laws were not being closely monitored leading to mislabeled food getting through factories and onto shelves. People have a right to know what they are consuming and what they’re putting into their bodies.

So of course, that raises the question: Could that ever happen here, to us, in the U.S.? Possibly.

Here in America there isn’t a huge market for horse meat. Mainly because unlike other farm animals, horses are mostly cherished pets and not dinner. It makes us uneasy to eat animals we consider pets, as it should. In fact, in 2007 the Ag-riculture Department was banned from using any federal funds to fuel horse slaughter facilities, shutting them down until 2011 when the ban was lifted. Although the horses were shipped to either Canada or Mexico instead for this process, for nearly five years there was no U.S. horse meat market.

So yes, technically, horse slaugh-

ter for meat production can start again. However, it has to be ap-proved by the appropriations committee of the House Represen-tatives, which decides how to al-locate funding. It pulled the reins on this, denying funding to horse slaughterhouses for the fiscal year budget of 2013.

I say, “Yay!” and here’s why. First off it’s cruel, abusive and

unnecessary. Even with govern-ment regulation, these animals are forced to endure terrifying condi-tions starting first with transpor-tation and ending with execution. They are corralled up by the hun-dreds, shoved onto truck trailers to be taken away and given no room to move, debilitating even the healthiest of horses.

The “humane” way of killing them is by shooting them with a bolt gun and letting them bleed to death. Cow, pig and chicken houses are just as corrupt in kill-ing across America. There is no reason to believe the horse houses would be any different. Also, any

horse can be slaughtered. These horses can range from ponies to farm workhorses and even horses that are stolen and sold illegally are shipped off to these houses.

These horses were not raised to be eaten. There is no way of tell-ing their health level before you consume it. Horses are often given specialized medicines and drugs like “bute”—which was originally intended to treat arthritis in hu-mans before being found to be le-thal—that can put people at seri-ous risk.

Which makes the idea of eating horse meat not only unsavory, but unsafe as well.

Horses are smart and intelligent companions for humans. They have strong memories and are trusted to work on police forces and serve as guides for the blind, just like a dog would. Would America support shipping dogs off to a slaughterhouse for consump-tion?

So just like Lassie, let’s leave Seabiscuit off the table.

Say ‘neigh’ to horse meat in AmericaCASEY ELOFSON

Daily Titan

The California Department of Education recently made eight school districts repay money that it deemed was being misused. Most alarming, the Los Angeles School District must pay back $158 mil-lion in funds that were intended to pay for free or reduced meals.

A study conducted by a U.S. Senate watchdog revealed that during the last six years, the school districts have been using the mon-

ey to pay for other expenses like utilities or personnel. Although this does not seem to be a story of corrupt personnel keeping the money for their own benefit, this should still be a major concern for state officials and residents.

As a result, the decrease of people eligible for free or reduced meals as well as the lack of money for the meals have discouraged many from even signing up for the program in the first place. Sadly, these are the ones who need such programs the most, coming from low income families.

How could this problem could have continued for so long? There are administrators and inspectors

that are assigned to keep account of the money that is given to the school districts, yet nothing was done about the situation until an employee alerted authorities.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego and the Santa Ana districts—two of the

eight affected—are challenging the findings of the California De-partment of Education.

Misappropriation of money is not something that is taken light-ly, and is thought to be occurring in other districts statewide.

During the years of the misuse of the money, the Los Angeles Unified Districts kept redirecting the funds and, although there was reports about the misuse of the money by the inspector general, the misuse of funds sadly contin-ued.

The situation is an example of what school districts are resorting to because of the funding prob-lems, but that still does not make

it acceptable or ethical. Worse for students still getting

low cost meals, the money being misappropriated has affected the quality of the food being served in cafeterias. Additionally, the lack of funding is seen in shorter lunch hours or shortages in cafete-ria staff. This is in contrary to the money’s true purpose, providing schools with better quality of food and services.

Some responsibility for this mis-appropriation also has to be given to the 60 state examiners who overlooked the misspending of the districts, especially since this has been occurring since 2011. This mistake occurred because the state

examiners did not go in depth in each districts’ funding for free or reduced meals. It must be a diffi-cult task, but that does not excuse the lack of care taken for it.

The job of the state examiners who include is to help bring more fresh food to cafeterias and de-crease processed food, yet they’ve accomplished the opposite.

The crackdown of the offend-ers needs to occur now and has to be more attentively monitored. There should not be other areas where the California Department of Education is overlooking. Re-gardless of the condition of the schools financially, this should not be a cause of misusing money.

President Obama promoted a new defense against cyber threats with an executive order for cyber-security during last week’s State of the Union address.

He declared, “We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.”

Under the order, the govern-ment will build a “cyber security framework” with the private sec-tor to share information on cyber attacks and threats, with the goal to reduce digital risk to critical infrastructure. The order does not include an enforcement mecha-nism. This will be left to the De-partment of Homeland Security (DHS), which will lead the role in protecting critical U.S. infrastruc-ture.

In accordance to the order, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and

Protection Act (CISPA) was rein-troduced in the House of Repre-sentatives on Feb. 13. CISPA is the contentious bill from last year that was passed by the House but never considered by the Senate.

Similar to last time it has sparked opposition from civil lib-erties advocates.

The bill, sponsored by U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. and Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., offers broad immunities to com-panies who choose to share data with government agencies, much broader than Obama’s initiative. Unlike the new order, it permits companies to share user communi-cations directly with the National Security Agency, and permits the NSA to use that information for non-cyber security reasons.

As the world around us becomes more and more computer-orient-ed, there is an increasing need for new security to protect us from hackers. We have backed ourselves into a corner with how much we

rely on technology to keep our in-formation and records. Now, face-less tech thieves can steal our se-crets and dismantle our economy with a click of a mouse.

With that said, I oppose CISPA because I do not want the govern-ment getting a hold of our per-sonal communications. Privacy is becoming harder and harder to keep the more we advance into a technological society. There is no reason to pass more legislation to provide the government with citi-zens’ information.

“The idea of ‘information shar-ing’ isn’t necessarily offensive in and of itself, but the question is what info will be shared, who can it be shared with and what can be done with it?” asked Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, calls CISPA a “civil liberties minefield.” He in-

stead approves of “the approach set out in the executive order: Trans-parent, collaborative and under the direction of a civilian agency.”

Like other critics I agree that Obama’s executive order is a good first step in protecting the U.S. in the right way. The only problem is that an executive order is not a law and so we have to rely on private companies to comply.

“I think this can fairly be de-scribed as a down payment on legislation,” said Stewart Baker, a former NSA general counsel, in a Reuters interview.

As we continue to depend more greatly on computers, the more se-curity we are going to need. If not careful, however, there could easi-ly become a very thin line between protection and the risk of violat-ing the citizens right of privacy.

We have entered a new state of vulnerability and created a new boogeyman to fear.

The future terrorists of the world might be holding a laptop

instead of a gun or explosive, and we must start to build a strong frontline. I can only hope the gov-

ernment uses its power responsibly and does not create another civil liberty fiasco.

Privacy clashes with protection in cyber security

Despite much controversy last year, Obama reintroduced CISPA in February.Courtesy of MCT

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When schools misuse funds, they hurt their students

“Misappropriation of money is not something that is taken lightly ... ”

Districts that use money for selfish purposes only exacerbate financial issues

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Everyone seems to love a good Hollywood sword-fight. The ex-citement of two people fighting to the death with sharp objects seems to be a hot trend in movie making.

We’ve all seen it, but based on the teachings of the Medieval Swordsmanship Club, which is also known as Kron Martial Arts, what is done on the big screen is not the real deal. The activity of the club is not to be compared to LARPing—live-action role-play-ing—or fights in silver-screen ad-ventures; this is the real deal.

Light chatter filled the air as the members of the club began to prepare for the weekly meeting. While the club awaited the arrival

of the instructors, the clangs of the weapons began to drown out the music playing outside of the Stu-dent Recreation Center.

Several members of the group wore yellow and black socks and shirts with the word “Kron Mar-tial Arts” printed on the front.

As the sword aficionados began to gather to practice their sword wielding skills, curious passersby asked questions. Questions about the clothing, the weapons and just a general “what is this?” had been asked by various people.

Jason Taylor, an English pro-fessor at Cal State Fullerton and a senior instructor for the group, said the club originally began as a course held in the SRC.

It lasted a few years until it out-grew its location, Taylor said.

Brian Frick, a graduate student studying computer science and the secretary of the club, said he be-came involved in medieval swords-manship when the group was still a class.

“Jason and Jonathan, our two instructors, were in ARMA, which is the Association of Renaissance Martial Arts, and they decided to start a class outside of their Or-ange County chapter of ARMA ... a German Longsword class in the gym here, as one of the sign-up fit-ness classes,” said Frick.

He discovered the group through an advertisement for it in the SRC.

“So I walked into the rec center and—I joined—Some people took the class and then we never saw them again after those six weeks but then a lot of us stayed in it … and wanted to form a club outside of it,” Frick said.

RJ McKeehan, 22, a computer science major and treasurer of the club, said the techniques are primarily learned from medieval manuscripts that give instructions and tips for the correct way to use weapons.

“What we do is called HEMA, Historical European Martial Arts—We’re part of the HEMA alliance, which is actually several thousand practitioners world-wide,” said McKeehan. “We recre-ate the martial arts the way it was practiced in the Medieval Renais-sance periods,” he said.

Many of these manuscripts originated in Germany and Italy and were written in the 1400s, 1500s and 1600s, McKeehan said.

According to Taylor, as rare as this practice may sound, it has a

decent amount of followers in other places.

“It’s a much bigger community in Europe. Sweden, Finland and Germany have some major groups (and) pretty major events,” said Taylor.

He said he has hopes that word will get out about this style of martial arts and a good place to spread the word would be in other martial arts studios.

He learned about medieval swordsmanship through an inter-est in a different type of sword.

“I really got interested in Japa-nese sword (katana) ... I didn’t think there was such a thing as this (historical swordsmanship) and then I ran into a couple of web-sites from one of the groups that we ended up joining and learning from … That’s kind of how I got into it. (I) just kind of by chance found that it existed and realized that it was authentic and there were actually people who were studying this based on historical research,” Taylor said.

Aside from the group’s weekly meetings, a few members hold study groups on different days for different types of weapons.

McKeehan said what is primar-ily used in the club is the long-sword, but some members are also interested in learning how to properly use other medieval weap-ons including the sickle, rapiers and polearms. He said using a longsword is a good start to learn-ing how to use other weapons.

The Medieval Swordsmanship Club meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and welcomes new members. For more information, visit KronMar-tialArts.com.

CRU, formerly known as Cam-pus Crusade for Christ, is a Christian club at Cal State Fullerton holding a semester-long event titled “Spring Resolutions” in hopes to encourage students to follow through with their New Year’s resolutions.

The three categories within CRU’s Spring Resolutions are time manage-ment, study group and exercise.

Club members said the three cat-egories were voted to the top of stu-dent polls they conducted.

Surveys were passed out in front of the Gastronome, helping eventu-ally to narrow down the different categories.

Lu Worthington, a CRU mem-ber and business major with a con-centration in entertainment and tourism management, expressed the motivation behind the semester-long event.

“We didn’t want to just ask, ‘What’s your New Year’s resolution?’ and then just end there,” said Worthington. “We wanted to make connections through helping people reach their goal … so just a cool way to help the campus achieve something.”

Time management was the first and only of the Spring Resolutions that was a one time event at the end of January, led by members Jamie Hoover and Dania Molina. The time management component included a short seminar on managing time, and how to do it in an easy and wise way.

Jamie Hoover, a child and adoles-cent development major, explained how the time management seminar unfolded, and what the seminar fo-cused on for being a one time event.

“Our goal was to help people create a schedule to keep their time management, so they can map out how much time they are spending on each thing,” said Hoover.

The time management component also was catered toward helping stu-dents realize that time doesn’t have to control them, and that they can enjoy the time and not always feel rushed.

She said that another goal of the seminar was to trigger an analysis of time among members.

“We also wanted to maybe make people think about how they are

spending their time,” Hoover said. Study groups are the second of the

“Spring Resolutions” events led by members Thomas Leon and Nomi Hlatshwayo, and will be held on Monday afternoons from 12-1 p.m. in the Titan Student Union court-yard, for studying or a place to stop and talk with members of CRU.

Thomas Leon, a member of CRU and math major, explained where the idea behind the study groups came from, and what the purpose is for this component of the event.

He said CRU wanted to provide a specific time for students to come together and study.

“The purpose behind that was so that people would be more diligent in their studies and it would again, help them choose their New Year’s resolu-tions,” said Leon.

Exercise is the third of the Spring Resolutions, a component that is led by CRU member Lu Worthington and CRU staff member Stephanie Soglesong, who is also a certified per-sonal trainer.

The 30-minute Monday workout at 4 p.m. is one of the most popular ones for students, especially when the group meets at the volleyball courts near the Valencia Residence Hall.

Worthington described the im-portance of having a certified per-sonal trainer on board, and how students could benefit from this trainer advantage.

“One of the staff members is a certified trainer, so that’s been a ma-jor help because it’s someone who actually knows what they are doing and what to do to exercise properly,” she said.

Crystal Sanchez, a new CRU member and a public relations major, said her overall experience with the Spring Resolutions and the impact that CRU has had on her confidence have been positive.

She said study groups help keep her accountable in her studies.

Although she cannot attend the exercise sessions, she said CRU keeps her motivated.

“I am taking a swimming class this semester so I couldn’t make it to the workout sessions that CRU has on my own, but they are inspiring me to continue with swimming, and en-couraging me,” said Sanchez.

CRU members partake in a sponsored gathering to continue to “encounter Jesus, experience the Gospel, and embrace the mission.”

Courtesy of CSUF CRU

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Swashbuckler Titans draw their swords

Winning championships is not for everyone.

Yes, some will eventually win one, but the majority of the peo-ple who strive to achieve such an accomplishment will undoubtedly fail.

There will always be those spe-cial teams or individuals that win them again and again. When these teams do win championships re-peatedly, there often comes a word to describe them: dynasties.

The women of the Cal State Fullerton dance team won their 12th national championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 19. The 15-member squad com-peted in the Division 1 jazz cat-egory and beat out 19 other teams en route to their victory.

“I would love to think that all of our titles would be considered a dynasty,” said Kayla Rowland, a sophomore dance team member. “Every year we work so hard not only for ourselves but for alumni. We want to keep our dynasty alive as long as possible and make all those before us proud.”

Sophomore dance team mem-ber Ally Martinez said winning a national championship was inde-scribable. She said the happiness she felt when they announced the winner made all the work they put in, worth it.

“It’s that moment when the whole team knows that all the blood, sweat, and tears are com-pletely and totally worth it. I’ve probably never been so happy in my life than in that moment when they announced us as the first place team,” said Martinez.

Starting in November, the team practices three times a day, which then leads to practices everyday as the competition gets closer. The team prepares for the two main competitions they compete in, which are held in Orlando and Anaheim.

“Practices are never guaranteed an ending time,” Martinez said. “We leave when the routine looks flawless. It has to be as perfect as

possible to win.”While many coaches, students

and family members attribute the national championship win to the team’s dedication to practice as the reason for this accomplishment, the dancers insist that the reason for their success is their love for each other and the sport.

“Our determination to win, our love for one another, and our love for dance are definitely a few keys to our success. We are constantly there for one another and never let each other forget why we have a passion for dance and for this team and everything it represents,” Martinez said.

During the long year of prepa-rations, alumni offer guidance and support for the team whenever

they need it, especially right be-fore the big competition.

Former captain of the dance team Chelsea Horn said she be-lieves the team won another cham-pionship due to their teamwork and preparation.

“The girls are focused, devoted and they know the true meaning of teamwork. They make sacrifices to achieve this goal and through this process they become like fam-ily,” Horn said.

The strive to create a family at-mosphere is key to being the na-tional champions. Coaches and dance members stressed it is im-portant to feel like they are fam-ily, so team chemistry will be at an all-time high.

“Chemistry is a huge part of our

team’s success. During our long and hard practices we all push and help each other through the rough times and I know that I have 14 other girls there to support me,” Rowland said.

Now that the team has won its 12th national championship, they plan to take a rest for the weekend.

Their next competition is a month away and they continue to go through their workouts and prac-tices to keep their eye on the prize.

The team will be competing in the USA National competition on March 17-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Look out for the national cham-pionship winning CSUF dance team in either late February or March, set to air on ESPN.

Team sashays its way to victory

Sophomore Team Member Kayla Rowland dances at the Womens Basketball Game on Feb. 9, 2013. JOHN PEKCAN / Daily Titan

The 15 dancers won their 12th national championship Dision 1 title in January

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The Titans added two more wins during Saturday’s double-header against visiting Nebraska thanks to speed, endurance and an aggressive offense.

Cal State Fullerton spent most of the day in the batter’s box.

“We make that a thing when we play, we’d like to play two thirds of the game in the dugout,” said Head Coach Rick Vanderhook, who was coaching against former Anaheim Angel Darin Erstad.

Time spent in the field was one of the reasons that fatigue was much more of a factor for the visiting Huskers.

Center fielder Michael Lorenzen gave another reason Fullerton seems unaffected by the physical demand: “when you’re playing good, it’s harder to get fatigued.”

The first game featured a flurry of hits, many runs and some stolen bases (three by Lorenzen).

After falling behind 3-1 after five innings, Nebraska rallied for consecutive two-run innings in the sixth and seventh, allowing only a run in the bottom of the sixth to take a 5-4 lead.

Titan pinch hitter Anthony Hit-ting put the Titans back ahead in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run home run over the right field wall.

Designated hitter J.D. Davis also add-ed an RBI on a single that scored third baseman Matt Chapman.

One night after CSUF shortstop Richy Pedroza robbed USC of a few near-hits, he was able to further show off his sure glove and strong, accurate arm. Pedroza attributed the skill to his practice.

“Something just that we work on every practice,” said Pedroza. “I’ve been taking a lot of ground balls all my life and I take a lot of pride in my infield work, more than my hitting.”

CSUF added three more in the eighth to take a 10-5 lead and put the game away. Chapman delivered an RBI double, and Davis drove in an-other two with a single.

Titan pitcher Tyler Peitzmeier, who earned the win (1-0), gave way to Davis and Michael Lopez who shut down Nebraska while recording the final five outs.

In the second game, the Titans load-ed the bases in the first inning. Davis picked up two RBIs on single before a double play ended the first inning.

Freshman pitcher Justin Garza held off any offensive by the Huskers and pitched six shutout, becoming the sec-ond CSUF freshman to earn his first victory in as many days.

“Boy, he pounded it,” Vanderhook said. “I thought the changeup was ex-ceptional. He was down in the zone, I mean, he threw good.”

When the runs began stacking up—CSUF leading 7-0 after five and 9-0 after seven— Vanderhook gave his freshmen some playing time.

“We got to get some guys some experience today, even though it was maybe a little mop-up,” Vanderhook said.

The Titans completed the shutout and sweep, winning game two, 9-0.

A great all-around effort by CSUF included strong hitting, aggressive baserunning and domi-nant pitching.

“We’ve walked two guys in three games and struck out quite a few,” Van-derhook said.

In the end, the Huskers did not have the stamina to compete in the second game.“They were on defense a lot lon-ger than we were. They had to stand out on the field a lot longer,” Vander-hook said. One of the Titans secret weapons is the newly implemented “speed training.”

“We actually, through the strength coach, have a guy that worked with us all fall and spring on running,” Van-derhook said. “The sprinter and new speed coach has gotten results. They accelerate a little bit better. Everybody’s gotten a little faster, everybody’s gotten a little more athletic. That’s paid off for us,” he said.

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Orloff made his dugout proud, earning a six-pitch walk as his team-mates roared their approval with every ball he took. Next was the right fielder Clay Williamson, who also drew a walk. Left fielder Austin Diemer was then hit by a pitch, giving shortstop Richy Pedroza a chance to bust the game open with the bases loaded. Pe-droza was able to work the count full before the seventh pitch of the at bat

was called for strike three. The Titans took the field in the

top of the ninth inning with Loren-zen moving from center field to the mound. He needed only seven pitches to record his first save of the season.

“Michael is different,” said Vander-hook after the game. “He’s different. He’s a freak. I don’t know how hard he was throwing tonight, but he probably threw a couple pretty good ones.”

“He’s the hardest guy I’ve ever caught,” said Wallach, who claims Lo-

renzen has been clocked at 99 mph on a radar gun.

Among the many things that stood out on opening night was the crowd on hand. Goodwin Field was sold out, with many onlookers having bought-standing-room only tickets. The paid attendance of 3,508 was the stadium’s greatest since 2007.

“That’s when we really love to play,” Wallach said. “We always love to play, but when there’s a lot of fans out here, it just makes it that much better.”

BASEBALL: Titans prevail over USCCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

It was a nail biting finish at the end of the highly contested game against Cal State Fullerton’s cross-town rival, Long Beach State. The Titan women’s basketball team’s exciting late comeback wasn’t enough to make up for their in-consistent first half.

The Titans only made five shots in the first half and headed into the locker room facing a 27-15 deficit.

They turned it around in the second half and had an opportu-nity to steal the game from the 49ers. With seconds left on the clock and the Titans down by one, CSUF’s Chante Miles drove to the hoop but met 49er defender Lau-ren Spargo who drew the charge, ending the Titan’s comeback hopes.

The 58-56 loss is the Titans’ sev-enth straight, bringing their over-all record to 7-16 with a Big West Conference record of 3-8 thus far.

The 49ers won the game by moving the ball around the perim-eter and shooting efficiently. They shot the ball only 36 times com-pared to the Titans’ 50 attempts.

Almost half of the 49ers’ shots went in (47 percent). The Titans shot only 32 percent from the field, which can be blamed mostly on the Titans poor first half.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, both teams traded the lead six times. Alex Thomas sank a three-pointer in the corner to put the Titans on the scoreboard to start the game.

Moments later, freshman guard Annie Park continued her recent shooting surge by making her first

three-point attemptAt the ten minute mark, Titan

guard Chante Miles shot a deep jumper tying the game at ten. The Titans fell apart offensively to end the first half by allowing the 49ers to go on a 12-1 scoring spree with-in five minutes.

Shots just weren’t dropping for the Titans in the first half as they went into the locker room shoot-ing only 18 percent.

The second half was the Titan’s turn to do some damage. The 49ers scored on their first posses-sion taking their lead to a game-high 14.

That’s when CSUF snapped out of their shooting slump, led by team captain Thomas and the sophomore Miles. The 49ers’ 14 point lead quickly shrank as the Titans went on a 13-4 scoring run of their own.

The Titans took advantage of Long Beach State’s 21 turnovers in the game. The Titans’ offense was inconsistent, but defense was impressive throughout the night. A 49er fast break left Titan guard Thomas by herself to defend the CSULB attack.

Thomas cleverly placed herself in the way of Long Beach State’s

Alex Sanchez which drew a charge and sent the 49er’s best player to the bench in foul trouble.

Senior center Lauren Bushong had the pass of the game when she was able to draw just enough attention from 49er defenders to dish out a pass to open teammate Mya Olivier. She was able to con-vert on a layup, which was one of the Titan’s only open looks of the night.

The Titans defense was clearly frustrating Long Beach State after 49er center Hailey King was called for a technical after arguing a ref-eree’s call.

CSUF could have walked away with a victory if they converted more of their free throw attempts. They had 30 opportunities at the charity stripe but only converted on 18 of them.

For a team that has been solid from the line all year, they cer-tainly didn’t show it. The Titans managed to make all of their fi-nal ten free throws, but it wasn’t enough to make up for their first half misses.

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Center Lauren Bushong goes for a jumpshot against Long Beach State.RAY NIKPUR / For the Daily Titan

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