The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team kicked off its 2015 Big West Tournament run with a win against UC Riverside Tuesday night at Titan Gym.

Senior guard Chante Miles led the way with 26 points, five rebounds and eight as-sists. Senior forward Kathleen Iwuoha was also a force for the Titans as she finished with a double-double 17 points and 11 rebounds.

The Titans (12-18 over-all, 6-11 Big West) got off to a slow start shooting just 28 percent, but went into the half leading 29-27 due to free throws as they sank 11-of-14 in the first half.

The CSUF offense exploded in the second half as the team began with a 10-4 run. The Ti-tans would maintain that lead for the rest of the game as hard-fought defense, efforts for loose balls and hot shooting from beyond the arc proved to keep the Highlanders (17-14 overall, 8-9 Big West) at bay.

“We just fed off their frus-tration,” Iwuoha said. “We got excited for our team and tonight I feel we played as a team.”

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Exonerees speak on issues of wrong conviction

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Three exonerees spoke about their experienc-es and struggles in the le-gal system at the Wrong-ful Conviction Symposium Tuesday.

The symposium, hosted by the College of Human-ities and Social Sciences, featured experts along with the exonerees to address wrongful convictions as a social issue.

That issue, one of the speakers said, can be caused by a flawed crimi-nal justice system.

“We are counting on you, we are no longer counting on those individuals who are in the system ... to flush them out because those in-dividuals are now eroding the system.” Obie Antho-ny, an exoneree wrongfully convicted of murder, told the audience. “(The wrong-fully convicted) need you guys to remember why you decided to become a lawyer.”

It isn’t just the system it-self that is flawed, Antho-ny said, but some people carrying out the day-to-day actions that hold it together as well.

“There’s something wrong with the people. The people have been distract-ed by greed and selfish-ness, that’s what’s wrong with the system,” Anthony said. He cited a prosecu-tor’s reliance on their con-viction rate to further their career as part of what cor-rupts people in the legal system.

Patrick Ramirez, third year student and member of Autism Speaks and SHPA, was offended when a professor used the word in class. Having a brother with Down syndrome, he was inspired to hold the event to spread awareness.

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Hurtful, but still used by many, students campaigned Tuesday for students to strike the “r-word” from their vocabulary.

On large chalkboards in the Quad, students were en-couraged to pledge, in writing,

never to use the words retard or retarded again.

The event, put on by Au-tism Speaks U and the Stu-dent Health Professions Asso-ciation, instead promoted the “new” r-word, respect, said Patrick Ramirez, 20, a health science major.

The boards were filled by early afternoon when they were flipped over to allow for more pledges on the other side.Ramirez brought up the idea to bring the “spread the word to end the word” campaign to campus after scrolling through social media and stumbling

across the movement. “Its very personal to me be-

cause my little brother Zach-ary has Down syndrome, so I often hear that word toward him and it’s very hurtful,” Ramirez said. “He may not understand but I do, my fam-ily does.”

Ramirez, who is also a resident advisor, original-ly planned to bring the event only to campus housing, but it became an event geared to the whole campus after Ramirez reached out to other students.

“The r-word itself just per-meates through all fields, not

just healthcare,” said Mo-hammed Aftab, 24, president of student health professions association.

The campaign aimed for a variety of participants, in-cluding clubs, professors and faculty.

“Using (the r-word) as a negative derogatory word as-sociates a person with an in-tellectual disability as negative and that’s what we’re trying to break,” said Jocelyn Frier-son, 20, president of Autism Speaks U.

Derogatory term was focus of student campaign

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Cal State Fullerton’s College of the Arts will perform the play Really Really at the Clayes Per-forming Arts Center, Are-na Theatre on Friday.

Really Really is a con-temporary drama by Paul Downs Colaizzo that deals with the struggles of to-day’s youth like sexual ha-rassment, the pressures of school and achieving goals after school.

The story starts with Leigh and Grace, two col-lege students, entering into their living room laughing after a night of drinking at a party at their friend, Da-vis’ place.

Grace is bleeding from her hand but seems fine. Leigh has no injuries but seems far more hurt.

Everyone believes Davis and Leigh had sex at the party, however Leigh has

a boyfriend, Jimmy, Da-vis’ friend. Jimmy did not attend the party held at his friend’s house.

What really happened at the party is something that “the playwright leaves it somewhat ambiguous.” said Sarah Ripper, director of Really Really.

“Really Really is super relevant to (college stu-dents) and touches on top-ics that are relevant and need to be talked about now more than ever,” said CSUF student, Chelsea Harvey.

Ripper chose Really Re-ally from a variety of plays suggested to her, she said.

“I read the play and I thought that (Really Real-ly) had such a strong mes-sage,” Ripper said.

The play is intense, edgy and funny because it deals with college students and it will connect well with CSUF students, Ripper said.

Although the play deals with college students, ev-eryone in the audience can relate to the characters, Ripper said.

Contemporary play Really Really to open Friday

CINTHIA PASILLASFor the Daily Titan

Chelsea Harvey (left) and Evette Torres (right) play Haley and Leigh respectively in the contemporary drama Really Really. The play is presented by the Grand Central Art Center and opens Friday in the Arena Theatre on campus.

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One of the exonerees fea-tured, Tom Goldstein, was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for a murder he did not commit in Long Beach. Goldstein said his conviction was due to abus-es from the prosecutor, the police and a flaky judge.

He told the audience of nearly 200 that he was nev-er interrogated by the Long Beach Police Department, and was instead convicted solely on the testimony of a jailhouse informant who was working with the dis-trict attorney. The infor-mant told prosecutors that Goldstein confessed the murder to him.

The judge knew the infor-mant was lying, but admit-ted the testimony anyway and lowered the informant’s sen-tence, Goldstein said. While he was incarcerated, with no-body on his side, Goldstein found support in meditation and prayer, he said.

Eventually, Goldstein’s

appeals to federal court were granted. He said that the jailhouse informant was cross-examined and the judge determined him to fit the profile of a lying jail-house informant and threw out his testimony.

Goldstein was slated for re-lease in 2003, but the district attorney signed a retainer that kept Goldstein in custody at the county jail.

“That son of a b***h tells me that we could make this all go away—I could walk out that day—if I just pled guilty to manslaughter,” Goldstein said. “I just couldn’t do it.”

Goldstein was eventually released in 2004.

Juan Melendez, another exoneree, also spoke at the symposium. Wrongly con-victed of murder, Melendez was sentenced to Florida’s death row.

Like Goldstein, Melendez said shaky witness testimo-ny led to his conviction. He said that the informant had made deals with the prose-cutor and that the informant

let off his charges after pro-viding false testimony that convicted Melendez.

Melendez said things got so tough for him that he once contemplated suicide. He even progressed to creating the rope to do so, but before he could carry out his suicide, he fell into a deep sleep and dreamt of his mother. Melen-dez decided against suicide once he woke up.

Anthony recounted his experience of being wrong-ly convicted of a murder in Los Angeles. Similar to the convictions of Melendez and Goldstein, the prose-cution also used an infor-mant—a pimp who ran a brothel in Los Angeles.

His false conviction, he said, cost him an important part of his life.

“I was thrust into a situa-tion where I had to immedi-ately, upon stepping off the bus, throw away my teenage years,” he said.

Anthony appealed all the way to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, but stopped just

shy of the Supreme Court, he said. He figured they didn’t want to hear his petition be-cause he wasn’t trying to change any laws, he was just trying to say that he didn’t

commit the murder. Anthony was eventually re-

leased after his co-defendant, Reggie Cole, killed a man during a prison fight. Cole’s attorney found that in the

original case, the prosecution had withheld evidence from the two defendants. The wit-ness retracted his testimony against Cole and, eventually, against Anthony as well.

Karina Ramirez, 20, bi-ology major, stopped to sign the pledge.

“What I put down on the board was love and peace,

to spread the love, be mind-ful of each other, respect each other,” she said.

The r-word is commonly used by students, Ramirez said, but many don’t intend to be offensive so this event

can help raise awareness. The correct terminolo-

gy to replace “mental re-tardation” is “intellectu-al disability,” according to the campaign website, ww-w.r-word.org.

Students can sign the pledge online and those looking for on campus resources can visit the Disability Support Ser-vices and the Center for Autism.

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(Left to right) Juan Melendez, Obie Anthony and Tom Goldstein shared their stories of wrongful conviction at the Wrongful Conviction Symposium Tuesday.

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Campaign: Students fight common derogatory term

Jonathan Saldivar, a fourth-year business major, writes his pledge to stop using the r-word. FRANKIE NAJOR / FOR THE DAILY TITAN

An article published Tuesday, March 10 titled “Old courses to be removed” innacuratley indicated that the Information Technology department will be removing past TITANium courses. The department is considering that option, but has not yet decided whether or not to do so yet.

An article published Wednesday, March 4 titled “Alumna makes it big in television industry” inaccurately explained how Nicole Block secured her first job. Block found her job through the classified section of Daily Variety. The story also misspelled the name of Codikow Films, where she interned.

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UCI cancels flag ban meeting

Suicide victim identified

Attorney convicted in crash

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A threat of violence to the recent ban of flags in an area of campus caused UC Irvine offi-cials to cancel a student council meeting Tues-day, the Orange County Register reported.

The threat was not specific, but the univer-sity is taking it serious-ly nonetheless, and the UCI Police Department has increased security on campus.

The council was slat-ed Tuesday to dis-cuss the ban and con-sider overturning the veto handed down last week.

The issue comes af-ter the student govern-ment legislative council passed a resolution—lat-er vetoed by the exec-utive council—banning flags in the student gov-ernment lobby.

It was not clear if and when the meeting would be rescheduled.

A man who jumped from a freeway over-pass earlier this month has been identified by coroner officials, the Orange County Regis-ter reported.

Abraham Archule-ta died Sunday after jumping from an over-pass a week earlier on the 91 freeway near Lemon Street.

Archuleta spent nearly a week in the intensive care unit at UCI Medical Center in Orange before he died.

Archuleta had been diagnosed with men-tal health issues, and had been in a men-tal health facility less than a week be-fore he fell from the overpass.

It was not clear what type of mental health issue Archuleta was diagnosed with.

An attorney is facing a four-year state pris-on sentence after being convicted of crashing into and killing a bicy-clist while under the in-fluence of prescription drugs, according to an Orange County District Attorney release.

Hasti Fakhrai-Bay-rooti, pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter while in-toxicated Tuesday.

On March 15, 2013, Fakhrai-Bayrooti was driving in Mission Vie-jo under the influence of prescription drugs, including Xanax and Suboxone.

She swerved her car, hitting Eric Billings, who was on a bicycle. Billings rolled over the hood and windshield as a result of the collision, and died of traumatic injuries at the scene.

F a k h r a i - B a y r o o t i was arrested on Sept. 23, 2013.

A businessman will chal-lenge family business own-ers to take a different look at leadership in order to height-en their successes during an event hosted by the Cal State Fullerton Center for Family Business.

Lee Froschheiser, chair-man for MAP Consulting and business coach, will address frequent issues that occur with leadership at the event, titled, “Transforming Your Leadership: Creating Passion and Empowerment Through Accountability.”

As a consultant, Froschhe-iser coaches clients through all aspects of business opera-tions. He is also the co-author of Vital Factors: The Secret to Transforming Your Busi-ness—and Your Life.

Froscheiser will address how holding a company’s leaders accountable for their actions can lead to success, said Ed Hart, Center for Fami-ly Business director.

His speech will also empha-size that leader accountability must extend to family mem-bers who may be leaders with-in the company, Hart said.

“Leaders who are account-able—basically take respon-sibility for their actions—are typically the best leaders,” Hart said. He added that ef-fective leaders know what they need to recognize in others when something doesn’t turn out as expected.

The Center for Family

Business helps educate family businesses by offering work-shops, group discussions and informative events in order to aid the businesses that are a part of the center to grow and succeed.

Froschheiser’s presentation will end the event, and will take a more open discussion style rather than lecturing.

The discussion will take place from 7:30-10 a.m. Wednesday, March 18 at the CSUF Irvine Campus.

The Center for Family Busi-ness encourages those who are part of a family business to at-tend the event but, reservations are required and can be made through the center.

Talk will focus on increasing success through leadership

BRISA VILLALOBOSFor The Daily Titan

Businessman to speak on leadership

Four candidates represent-ing the college of Humanities and Social Sciences debated before an audience of rough-ly 25 people in the Humanities Quad Tuesday for a spot on the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors.

The candidates represent-ed multiple majors within the college with candidates Taylor Feher and Armando Robles both political science majors, Melanie Therrien a history major and Rachele Willis, tri-ple major in political science, public administration and american studies.

Feher, who has been in-volved in Associated Students, stressed her involvement and voiced her commitment to create more forms of com-munication and outreach to students.

“We are (humanities and social science) majors, and as such we are the building blocks for our society so I think it’s important that we become involved in our own community,” Feher said.

Robles is a member of the Marine Corps reserves, Mod-el United Nations team and a President’s Veteran Scholar. He stressed three values he would prioritize as a board of directors representative for the college—relatability, accessi-bility and transparency.

Therrien, a member of the Lobby Corps on campus for two years, stressed her desire to bring more recognition to students in the college of Hu-manities and Social Services

as scholars. She added that she would like to see more groups take advantage of all the re-sources Associated Students makes available.

Willis is a member of two national societies, a resident adviser on campus and a member of the Resident Stu-dent Association. She wants to “direct the impulse of am-bition within the college,” she said.

The candidates addressed a variety of items they perceived as issues, but two of the most commonly discussed were a lack of unity and a lack of rec-ognition for the college.

Issues within the col-lege stem from a lack of uni-ty and recognition, Taylor said. Increased collaboration

would increase the visibility and prestige of the college to help address those issues, she said.

Taylor also expressed her desire to distribute funding equally, and have the clubs collaborate to determine how the funds should be split up.

Robles focused on opportu-nities, funding, resources and providing adequate represen-tation to fix frequently-identi-fied issues, but also said that having pride in the college would be another way of ad-dressing the problems.

“In order to impact change and in order to increase a sense of unity, you need to start by having a sense of pride in what you’re doing,” Robles said. That includes

voting and getting involved, he added.

Therrien attributed these problems to a lack of knowl-edge and said students don’t know about available clubs and organizations. She also wants to unify the college by getting to know the students on a personal level, she said.

Willis wants every major to have a club or representation within the college.

As it has in previous de-bates this election season, the topic of spending student fees arose.

“By involving more stu-dents and getting informa-tion from them, we can make the best decision possible as a board of director member,” Feher said.

Ensuring the spending goes toward what the students want will be an effective way to make sure the money is being spent wisely, Robles said.

“I think it’s necessary to lis-ten to every student from ev-ery college and actively try to engage the students and to see what they want and to listen to their desires,” Therrien said.

Willis touched on bud-geting, planning and re-searching what the money is being spent on to avoid overspending.

The next Associated Stu-dents debate—featuring candidates from the Ste-ven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics—will be Wednesday at noon in the Mihaylo courtyard.

Candidates discuss college unityHumanities and Social Sciences debate brings up recognition

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Candidates for the Humanities and Social Sciences position on the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors debated Tuesday.FRANKIE NAJOR / FOR THE DAILY TITAN

Speaker• Lee Froschheiser• Charman for MAP

consulting • Hosted by CSUF

Center for Family Business

Topic• Increasing sucess

by improving leadership

When• March 18 • 7:30-10 a.m.

Where• CSUF Irvine

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ASIP Concert: Magic Giant• Becker Amphitheater

• Thursday Noon • Free

Smash• Hallberg Theatre

• Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 2 p.m. • $11, $10 with Titan discount

The Comedy of Errors• Young Theatre

• Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 2 p.m.• $11, $10 with Titan discount

Really Really• Arena Theatre

• Friday-Saturday 8 p.m.• $10, $5 with Titan discount

Jazz Small Goups• Clayes Performing Arts Center, PA-119

• Friday 8 p.m.• Free

ASIP Presents: Comedian Johnny Loquasto• Housing Piazza• Sunday 5 p.m.

• Free

Plans This Week?

It takes a lot for big stu-dios to risk money on shows, which is why Dana Lamb, professor emeritus of enter-tainment art and animation, and others are impressed with the success of some of Cal State Fullerton’s alumni in the animation industry.

The visual arts depart-ment was shocked this year when they noticed some-thing “unusual,” many CSUF graduates have suc-cessfully sold shows to stu-dios, Lamb said.

Monday night, Lamb hosted a Creators Panel made up of five CSUF alum-ni who have successfully created, pitched and sold their original ideas. They are a great example to show students what worked and what didn’t, Lamb said.

The panel was presented by the Art 475 Professional Practices in the Arts course, which introduces art majors to the complex business and legal aspects of the art in-dustry, Lamb said.

The panel focused on sell-ing an idea to a studio, be-ing able to negotiate rights, working out a deal and giv-ing students advice on col-laborating and protecting their ideas.

The panel hosted Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz, cre-ator and producer of Shim-mer and Shine at Nick-elodeon, Kris Wimberly, storyboard artist at Disney TV animation and co-cre-ator of Peach Fuzz, Eric

Gonzales and Erich Haeger, co-creators of Muertoons and Joshua Pruett, a writer and consulting producer at Disney ABC TV.

“It’s just about how much work you put in and what you pull out of the education that you are given,” Wim-berly said.

Pitching an idea requires producer skill sets, Pruett said. Trying to best com-municate the idea, learn-ing how to translate ideas when sharing and being clear and interesting when

telling the story.When pitching, a creator

is not only selling an idea, but also selling themselves. The studios look at the cre-ator’s ability to communi-cate effectively, articulate and understand the ques-tions that are being asked, Pruett said.

It is important to be easy to work with, open and re-ceptive to the studios ideas and comments, Esnaas-hari-Charmatz said.

There is no protection on a verbal idea. Artists need

to be careful of who they share their idea with, Lamb said, and when collaborat-ing with another creator everyone has to be on the same page.

The panel also highlight-ed the Internet’s effect on the industry. Websites like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon are going to need exclu-sive content because mobile television is the new cable, Wimberly said.

Esnaashari-Charmatz ex-plained how open pitch-es are offered online by

Nickelodeon and Disney where anyone can submit their ideas. With the Inter-net becoming such a large platform for aspiring ani-mators, there is a higher de-mand for new and original content. This is great op-portunity for animators who want to show their work.

Napoleon Chavez, an art major with a concentration in animation, said he was inspired by the panel to start working on his own person-al ideas.

“I like coming to these

things because you hear people that are passionate and they just by proxy make you passionate,” he said.

The panel encouraged students to always write down ideas and always work on personal projects to get their work out there, because that is how ideas come to life.

“All of this is early days and it’s a little bit wild west,” Pruett said. “The in-dustry is changing but what they will always be looking for is really great ideas.”

Alumni inspire future animators Former Titans share their experience in the animation industry

ANGIE PEREZDaily Titan

The Visual Arts Department presented a Creators Panel Monday night with five Cal State Fullerton alumni, Kris Wimberly, Joshua Pruett, Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz, Eric Gonzales and Eric Haeger (left to right). The panelists shared their experience in the animation industry and gave advice to aspiring animators.

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The cast includes Evette Torres as Leigh, one of the main characters.

Christopher Yu plays Davis.

Sean Ellner plays Cooper and Miguel Castellano plays Johnston, they are Davis’ friends.

Timmy Jasperson plays Jimmy, Leigh’s boyfriend. Adaeze Emeahara plays Grace, Leigh’s friend.

Chelsea Harvey plays

Haley, Leigh’s sister. “(Ha-ley) also serves as the com-ic relief of the show and tries to get more informa-tion about what’s going on,” Harvey said.

The play is presented by Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.

Really Really begins playing on Friday and runs until March 28.

General admission tickets are on sale for $5 at the box office or online. All tickets will be $10 at the door.

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Really: Grand Central to present drama

The Cal State Fullerton Wind Symphony performed John Corigiano’s Circus Maximus on Friday and Saturday in the Meng Concert Hall. The eight-part symphony was performed without any pauses and lasted about 35 minutes.

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Professor of Music Mitchell J. Fennell led the Wind Symphony in a two-night musical performance of John Corigiano’s Cir-cus Maximus Friday and Saturday in Meng Concert Hall.

The performances on Friday and Saturday were part of the 14th Annu-al Festival of the Winds, presented by Cal State Fullerton’s School of Mu-sic and the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Fennell brought to life Circus Maximus, also known as Symphony No. 3 for Large Wing Ensemble,

and captivated the audi-ence in a compelling musi-cal narrative.

The performance lasted approximately 35 minutes, as the band performed the

eight-part symphony.Saturday’s performance

drew a full house with au-dience members of all ages.

The first few rows of the concert hall were lined with young children, en-thralled by the musical symphonies before them. In the upper level balco-nies sat visiting music stu-dents, dressed for the occa-sion in suits and long black dresses.

Fennell introduced the night with some

background on Circus Maximus.

As the ancient Roman Empire faced decline, crowds commonly gath-ered in outdoor Roman col-

osseum to see the battles and spectacles performed. These stadiums provid-ed mass entertainment, and this served as inspira-tion for Corigiano, Fennell explained.

Some band members took their places on the stage, while others scat-tered throughout the con-cert hall standing among the audience, both in the upper and lower levels.

Circus Maximus acts as a narrative told through se-rene melodies and jolting

musical numbers.The band began with In-

troitus, the first part of the symphony. As the music rose, audience members were mesmerized

Throughout the 35-min-ute performance, music resonated throughout the hall without pause.

As one part ended and the other began, audience members were left on the edge of their seats waiting eagerly for the next piece, like captivated readers, desperate to turn the page in a book.

Circus Maximus conclud-ed with Coda: Veritas, a part that Fennell described as the descending of an-gels, the performance’s im-pact conclusion.

As the music came to an end, the performers were treated to a standing ova-tion as the audience stood and applauded.

School of Music presents Circus Maximus in the Meng

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Wind Symphony plays ancient Rome-inspired classical concert

Local comedian to perform at CSUF

Next in line for Associat-ed Students, Inc.’s Sunday Funday comedy series is Pennsylvania native Jonny Loquasto.

Loquasto will be follow-ing last month’s perfor-mance by comedian Jenny Zigrino who brought 40-50 people to the Housing Piaz-za where the performance was held.

Loquasto currently lives in Los Angeles and most re-cently was the host of AXS Live on AXS TV, a ca-ble television network that provides coverage of mu-sic events, comedy perfor-mances, current events and mixed martial arts. He has also hosted Tough Mudder events and shows for CBS Sports, the Hub, and Game Show Network.

As a comedian, Loquas-to has appeared on Gotham Comedy LIVE on AXS TV, Exposed on the Trav-el Channel, and has per-formed at various clubs and colleges across the United States.

Loquasto’s self-depre-cating comedy ranges from making fun of himself for being overweight as a child to poking fun of his lack of basketball skills.

Loquasto is also popular for his Quasto Knows se-ries where he pretends to interview celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Michael Vick and Simon Cowell.

Although Loquas-to graduated with a mas-ter’s in physical therapy, he describes himself as being a “funny fat kid at heart,” who decided to fol-low his passion and pur-sue a career in comedy and entertainment.

Brandon Ngo, the Asso-ciated Students Production

Sunday Funday coordina-tor, found Loquasto through Joey Edmonds Presents, the same agency group he booked Zigrino from.

Ngo aims to choose co-medians that students can relate to and thinks that this comedy event sets it-self apart from his other productions because the co-medians are able to interact and get involved with the audience.

Ngo is the first Associat-ed Students coordinator to produce a comedy event and

hopes that more coordina-tors will incorporate come-dians into their events. He plans on having more com-edy shows in the future and sees the comedy series go-ing beyond this semester.

Jonny Loquasto will be performing on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Housing Pi-azza, located near the dorm rooms. Following his CSUF performance Lo-quasto can also be found at The Parlor in Hollywood, Monday, and at the Brea Improv on Wednesday.

Jonny Loquasto to spread laughter through housing

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Circus Maximus acts as a narrative told through serene melodies and jolting musical numbers.

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Los Angeles-based comedian Jonny Laquasto will perform his act in the Housing Piazza on Sunday. This will be the second installment of Associated Student Inc.’s Sunday Funday comedy series.

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Rolling backpacks can save your health

Thriving on a plant-based diet

Over 78.6 million peo-ple—one-third of the U.S. adult population—are obese, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Heart disease and can-cer top the list of lead-ing causes of death in the U.S., yet over 60 percent of those deaths could have been prevented with mi-nor changes in diet and activity.

It’s a serious wake-up call to re-evaluate the ev-eryday food choices many students make today.

Obesity rates are rising and an estimated 30 per-cent of all diseases and one-third of all cancers are related to diet, according to the University of Tex-as M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. There’s no better time to consider a plant-based lifestyle.

Choosing to go meat-free yields a considerable amount of health bene-fits. Studies show vege-tarians and vegans have a lower risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pres-sure, diabetes and certain types of cancer, accord-ing to The American Heart Association.

“Fatty red meats and many processed meats are high in saturated fat, which raises low density lipopro-tein (bad) cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease,” Dr. Rachel K. Johnson of The Amer-ican Heart Association

said to Women’s Health Magazine.

Herbivores also enjoy a smaller waistline by elim-inating unnecessary fats and cholesterol from animal products.

Eating healthy means a lower rate of obesity, en-suring a longer and a much fuller life.

Eating more fruits and vegetables provides essen-tial nutrients like potas-sium, fiber, folic acid and vitamins A, E and C, ac-cording to the United States Department of Agriculture. Along with raising your im-

mune system, these essen-tial nutrients promote better digestion, lower blood pres-sure and provide a healthier appearance.

Despite questions con-cerning if a plant-based diet provides enough calcium and protein, a balanced diet can be achieved without an-imal products.

Most Americans already consume more protein than their bodies need, accord-ing to The American Heart Association.

Consuming too much sat-urated fats from meat can lead to increased risk of coronary heart disease, di-abetes, stroke and several types of cancer.

A higher risk of kidney and liver disease can af-fect those who aren’t able to process high amounts of

protein. Consuming enough protein, calcium and vita-mins in a plant-based diet is easier than ever, due to the variety of natural sources already present in everyday foods.

Legumes (beans, peas and lentils), tofu, whole grains, nuts, spinach and broccoli provide wonderful sources of protein that can satisfy and exceed daily recommended amounts.

Soy products in gener-al infuse a protein-packed meal into any diet, with-out any cholesterol or the levels of saturated fat in meat.

There’s also the benefit of knowing you’re making a compassionate choice by not supporting factory farming.

It’s well-documented that animals slaughtered for consumption are treat-ed cruelly, often spend-ing their entire lives in-jected with hormones and crammed into tiny cages.

Choosing to go meat-free will mean taking a stand for compassion.

When it comes to health and wellness, ensuring a balanced diet along with physical activity is always essential.

If eschewing meat alto-gether is a big step, incor-porating more fruits and veggies is a good way to start.

Sticking with meatless Mondays is a great way to see if a plant-based diet is right for you.

Going meat-free has never been easier than it is today

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Choosing to go meat-free is a choice that can improve your health tremendously. Cutting out processed meats results in a lower risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain types of cancer.

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Back in elementary school, it seemed like a ma-jority of students used roll-ing backpacks.

Looking at the Cal State Fullerton campus, it’s not as common to find some-one with a rolling back-pack, despite the numerous health benefits they provide students.

Rolling backpacks are somewhat an act of social suicide, but the many bene-fits outweigh that.

On campus, one can usu-ally find a professor rolling a backpack, and maybe a few students here and there, but it’s more common to see a student carrying multiple bags just to carry all they need for the day.

Students find themselves stuffing heavy textbooks, laptops, notebooks, com-puter chords and food for the day into a backpack, looking more as if they were a Mt. Everest-ready sherpa.

Carrying all this can be very overwhelming, espe-cially during that awkward moment when you’re walk-ing down an aisle of seats and you hit everybody along on the way.

I often feel like I carry everything I own and will

do absolutely everything I can to avoid using a rolling backpack.

I’ll have my textbooks and laptop in my backpack, with my notebook and lunch in another.

Unfortunately, this could be affecting my health fur-ther down the road. Maybe it’s time to break the so-cial stigma and pull out my rolling backpack.

Heavy loads carried by students nationwide can cause lower back pain that often lasts into adulthood, according to the Ameri-can Occupational Therapy Association.

In 2013, approximate-ly 22,200 strains, sprains, dislocations and fractures caused by backpacks were treated in hospital emer-gency rooms and doc-tor’s offices, according to a study by the U.S. Con-sumer Product Safety Commission.

Frequent use of heavy backpacks can damage the soft shoulder tissues, leading to microstructural damage of the nerves, ac-cording to a Tel Aviv Uni-versity study.

The nerve damage can limit the muscles’ ability to respond to the brain, inhib-iting movement of the hand

and fingers. It’s also common to see

ladies on campus using a purse or tote bag as their backpacks, which also has many health risks, includ-ing the possibility of de-generative joint disease, according to Prevention.com.

Although opting for a

roller backpack can de-crease the risk for injury, opting to forgo possible social unacceptance due to a rolling backpack is understandable.

They are highly mobile and take the strain off your shoulders allowing you to maneuver around campus much easier, or anywhere

for that matter.Though rolling backpacks

come in a variety of styles and colors, they aren’t al-ways flattering to the whole college student aesthetic. Furthermore, using a rolling backpack can be difficult, particularly for students who ride their bikes or skate-board around campus.

For students who find themselves walking long distances around school, carrying what feels like 50 pounds on their back: know there is another option.

It’s college, who really cares how you’re carrying your belongings? If it means reducing the risk for injury, use a rolling backpack.

Carrying all your things on your back isn’t a smart idea

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Rolling backpacks can take the strain off your shoulders, reducing the risk of back injury as well as potential nerve and joint damage. Though rolling backpacks are more commonly used by professors, it’s time students considered using them as well.

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Maybe it’s time to break the social stigma and pull out my rolling backpack.

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It’s a serious wake up call to to reevaluate the everyday food choices many students make today.

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DoSomething.org:• A “factory farm” is a large-scale industrial

operation housing thousands of animals raised for food—such as chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs.

• Two out of three farm animals in the world are now factory farmed.

• Factory farms contribute to environmental hazards, such as water, land and air pollution, due to the overflow of animal waste.

The ASPCA:• Animals are confined to tiny cages or sheds

barely larger than their bodies so they can’t even turn around or lie down.

• Animals are genetically altered to grow faster, producing eggs and milk artifically fast.

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You can’t help but say yes to a special invitation today, even if you think you should be more practical.

TAURUS(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

You might be needlessly licking your wounds from an emotional disappointment yesterday. Although warrior Mars is waving his banner today, you don’t have to go to battle to achieve a victory.

GEMINI(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

You are motivated to make a name for yourself by climbing the ladder of success today, and it appears as if your efforts will soon be rewarded.

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Although you are often happy to play the role of a nurturing friend, you have a tricky time bal-ancing your feelings due to the deeper emotions that are working their way to the surface today.

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Ironically, you feel good about what you see in your future, but you may be missing an import-ant piece of the puzzle.

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You are highly capable of managing your business affairs now, but unexpected assis-tance from a good friend or friendly advice from a coworker could make your life a lot easier.

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The Titans shot 10-of-22 from beyond the arc (45 percent). Senior guard Tailer Butler led the team with four 3-point shots as she finished the game with 15 points. Miles and sopho-more Samantha Logan both contributed to the long-dis-tance shooting by sinking three 3-pointers as well. Lo-gan provided stability down low, grabbing 10 boards in the contest and also forcing four steals.

“I’m really excited for (Butler and Logan), tonight Tailer did a really good job. I’m really proud of her be-cause she stopped one of the best players in the Big West, also for Sammy I love the fact that she’s going after the boards and getting re-bounds,” Iwuoha said.

Butler and the Titans were able to hold the Big West’s leading scorer, Brit-tany Crain, to nine points on 3-of-12 shooting.

“We made the decision early yesterday morning when we finalized our game plan that we were really go-ing to make life difficult for

(Crain),” said Head Coach Daron Park.

CSUF’s up-tempo play couldn’t be matched by the Highlanders in the second half as UCR was outscored by 10 points as the Titans shot 52.2 percent from the field.

“Our defense dictated our offense, getting steals, making them frustrated, getting out and running it really got them tired,” Miles said.

The Titans will be look-ing to win four games in five days to attain the Big West Championship and to have a chance at a NCAA tournament berth.

CSUF women’s basket-ball has not had a NCAA tournament appearance since 1991 where they lost to Stanford. The Ti-tans will next take on the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs (15-13 overall, 10-6 Big West) Wednes-day at Titan Gym. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

“We’re going to ride this high and this momentum and hopefully give another spectacular effort tomorrow night, Park said.

CSUF takes 10th at Sacramento State Invitational

Baseball’s win streak snapped

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Basketball: Titans end road for Highlanders

A two-spot swing on the final round of competition nabbed the Cal State Fuller-ton men’s golf team a 10th-place finish on Tuesday’s last day of the Sacramento State Invitational.

Fullerton creeped into the top 10 by shooting an eight-over 296, easily the team’s

best effort of the three-round 16-team tournament held at Elk Grove’s Valley Hi Coun-try Club par-72, 7,064-yard course.

Overall, the Titans fin-ished with a three-round to-tal of 46-over 910, after card-ing scores of 303 and 311 in the first two rounds on Mon-day, respectively.

Host Sacramento State took home its own champi-onship with a winning effort of 10-under 854, which eas-ily outdistanced both run-ner-up University of the Pa-cific (867) and third-place Seattle University (882).

Fullerton’s push was led by its top duo of Mark Cobey and junior Nico Mendoza.

Cobey was one of three Ti-tans who saved their best ef-fort for last as the freshman shot a one-over 73, which tied for the best score turned in any round by a Titan.

The effort moved Co-bey from a tie at 49th into a five-player tie for 41st with a score of 10-over 226.

Cobey had a stellar ef-fort through the front nine in which he finished with a two-under 34.

His best effort was none other than the par-five,

500-yard fourth hole in which Cobey connected on a rare eagle.

Unfortunately, Cobey fol-lowed up that brilliant score with a triple bogey on his next hole, which wiped out three birdies the freshman had converted.

As for Mendoza, the junior carded a two-over 74 on his last round to finish knotted in 46th place at 11-over 227. Mendoza totaled four birdies through his last 18.

Perhaps Kyle De Silva was Fullerton’s biggest surprise Tuesday, matching Cobey with a one-over 73, which

was three strokes better than his previous effort Monday.

Overall, De Silva finished with a 12-over 228 to tie for 49th.

Ryan Tetrault finished with a final round four-over 76 to finish tied for 63rd at 15-over 231, while Josh Park rounded out the Titans’ scor-ing with an eight-over score of 80, which translated into a three-round total of 25-over 241.

Fullerton’s Marcus Mer-cado-Kiel, who competed as an individual, carded a three-round total of 23-over 239.

Sacramento State finished

two in the top three as Luke Kristo won the tournament with an eight-under 208 and was followed by Pacific’s By-ron Meth (six-under 210) and Sacramento State’s Robert Parden (five-under 211).

Fullerton began the day in 12th place and just edged out 11th-place South Dakota, which finished with a 47-over 911. South Dakota began the round four strokes up on the Titans.

Up next for the Titans is an extended break before the Redhawk Invitational on April 6.

Men’s golf moved up two spots in the final round of the event

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The Cal State Fullerton baseball team came into Tuesday’s game against the University of San Diego To-reros on a season-high sev-en-game winning streak. However, San Diego had other plans tonight; they combined for nine runs on 15 hits as they clobbered the Titans by a score of 9-4.

San Diego (7-7) came out swinging early with their of-fense scoring four runs in the first inning, including a three-run home run by first baseman Ryan Kirby. Fuller-ton starter Kyle Murray last-ed just one inning after the rough start.

Redshirt sophomore Miles Chambers came on in relief and was able to slow down the Torero offense tempo-rarily. Chambers ended his night with three innings pitched with an unearned run and three strikeouts.

San Diego pulled their

starter Jonathan Teaney ear-ly in the second inning after the Titans loaded the bases. Reliever Jacob Hill came in to face the Titans.

Fullerton (9-6) got their first run on a four-pitch walk and threatened to score with the bases loaded. However, outfielder Tyler Stieb end-ed the scoring threat with a groundout to shortstop.

San Diego was poised to score again in the third with two passed balls, but Cham-bers was able to work the hit-ters and force a groundout to end the Toreros threat. The Titans also looked to score in their half of the third with two on base, however first baseman Tanner Pinkston grounded out to second base to strand the runners.

San Diego was able to add another run in the fourth in-ning, but superb defense by

the Titan infielders kept the Toreros at bay.

After a hard-hit ground ball, second baseman Jake Jefferies made a beautiful sliding play to his left and managed to get up and flip it to Pinkston in time to beat the runner. Nevertheless, San Diego’s infield came up with a great double play to end the

Titans’ fourth inning. Fullerton’s offense final-

ly woke up in the bottom of the sixth inning with a dou-ble down the left field line by freshman catcher Chris Hudgins. The Titans were able to cut the Toreros lead by one as Pinkston got an RBI groundout.

Fullerton came back

within one run after fresh-man outfielder Turner Buis blasted a solo shot to right field. This was Buis’ first home run and it came in his first game as a Titan.

San Diego would seal the deal in the final two innings as they put four more runs on the board. Both teams’ bullpens were active tonight,

as they brought in a total of 10 relievers.

Fullerton’s offense would only combine for three hits total. The Titans now head out on the road to Indiana to take on the Hoosiers for a three-game series, then come back to California to take on the rival Long Beach State Dirtbags.

Redshirt sophomore right hander Miles Chambers came on in relief and pitched three innings, registering three strikeouts and giving up an unearned run on three hits in the 9-5 loss to the University of San Diego Toreros Tuesday at Goodwin Field.

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The young lineup could not extend the run of seven victories

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Senior Chante Miles drained 13-of-14 free throws on her way to 26 points total and a 71-59 win over the UC Riverside Highlanders Tuesday at Titan Gym in the first round of the Big West Tournament. The Titans will meet Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the second round.

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