Bike Thefts Nearly Halved Studies of Trends and Hotspots May Have Contributed ASHLEN DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan

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Volume 95, Issue 21 Bike thefts nearly halved Studies of trends and hotspots may have contributed ASHLEN DOMINGUEZ Daily Titan

In 2013 there were only 69 reported incidents of bike theft on campus, a 44 percent decrease from 2012, according to recently-released crime statistics from the Cal State Fullerton University Police. MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan While the reports in- Kiran George, an associate professor of computer engineering at Cal State Fullerton, assists Micheal Vavro, 28, a junior majoring in computer science, with a dicate a big improve- robotic arm on Feb. 27. The device moves the wearer’s arm and hand through facial expressions. ment, the numbers are still double what they were in 2009. University NOTEWORTHY SERIES Police officers are active- ly working to decrease these numbers as much as possible. Throughout 2013, officers studied the trends Working science fiction and hotspots with the most theft and used that robotically move the wear- in your brain as a way to control technique. Moving forward, he said information to help pre- Team uses robotic er’s arm and hand. understand when you’re “There are so many ways the team is working to im- vent more incidents. system to mimic Although this initially looking at that stimuli and to extract a small signal, plement a system called Capt. John Brockie said seems like a scene straight we can use that to control the one that you’re looking Steady State Visually directing patrol units to movement of arm from a science fiction anything,” Vavro said. “The for, that needle in the hay- Evoked Potentials (SS VEP). needed areas, as well as CYNTHIA WASHICKO show, it is the result of whole heart of it is the fact stack, from all of that hay,” This particular system re- security cameras, have Daily Titan months of work done by a that we’re taking advantage Vavro said. “With several quires the user to focus on helped to reduce the group of students at Cal of those phenomena to un- ways to do that, it’s a matter a flashing light to move the number of thefts. State Fullerton. derstand what’s going on of figuring out which way arm, rather than relying He advises students to Bands of black plastic As Micheal Vavro, a ju- in your brain and then use you want to do it.” on more subjective facial be careful when using and velcro encase the stu- nior computer science ma- that to make a movement.” As it currently func- expressions. their bikes and take ev- dent’s arm as multicol- jor, opens and closes his While the device seems tions, the system uses fa- “(SS VEP) doesn’t re- ery precaution to keep it ored wires swirl down to hand, he showcases the like a well-oiled machine cial expressions from the quire any training; it makes safe while locked up and small silver clamps around culmination of that work. now, it has taken almost a user to function the arm, the arm far more robust,” to also be aware of the his fingertips. A match- Vavro said the device rec- year of planning and proto- said Hayden Donze, a se- Donze said. features on your. Wheels ing band wraps around ognizes brain waves creat- types to make it complete. nior computer science The change to a more are are easily stolen and the back of his head and ed when a person looks at The team started work- major. While this system universal system is not the need to be locked along extends plastic tentacles a certain stimulus and uti- ing on the robotic arm works, he said, it’s one that only improvement in the with the frame. across his forehead. lizes those to move the ro- during the summer of requires training, which works either. “Use a quality lock. The entire system was de- botic arm. 2013. The initial planning, makes it difficult for a new I recommend a metal veloped with a deceptively “(We) can use this natural Vavro said, had much to wearer to use the arm right ‘U’ type lock,” Brockie simple function in mind: to phenomenon that occurs do with finding the right out of the box. SEE ROBOT, 5 said. “Cables and chains are generally easy to defeat.” Brockie said University Advocating for a cause Titans use long ball Police has a plan of action to continue to low- er the number of bike thefts. Jocelyn Rierson is to down Antelopes The housing area, the CSUF Autism which previously had the Speaks U president Three jacks propels SOFTBALL highest number of incidents than anywhere else NICOLE WEAVER CSUF to a win in a on campus, is now home Daily Titan high scoring affair to the University Police’s Crime Prevention Unit. At a young age, Jocelyn MICHAEL HUNTLEY 09 “This gives us a per- Rierson knew what she Daily Titan 5 manent home in Housing wanted to do with her life. which will increase the Her devotion to children The Cal State Fullerton police presence,” Brockie and adults with disabili- softball team defeated said. “Coupled with our ties began after stepping Grand Canyon University 07 campaign to increase onto a basketball court 9-7 Wednesday night in a the bicycle registration with Shooting Stars for thriller at Anderson Family the bottom of the first in- program, we think bike the first time. Field. ning. Sophomore third theft will be reduced in Shooting Stars is an in- Wednesday was the baseman Missy Taukeiaho Housing.” clusive program designed Courtesy of CSUF Autism Speaks U Titans’ second game of an led off the inning with a Despite the number of for children and adults Members volunteer their time by organizing events on absolute grind of a home- single and then stole sec- bike thefts in previous ages 5 to 22 with a variety campus for the Cal State Fullerton Autism Speaks U chapter. stand in which they play ond. After advancing to years, some students still of disabilities, including seven games in just five third on a fielders choice seem to feel safe leaving autism, Down syndrome season and I went back ev- would run,” Rierson said. days. by senior catcher Ariel their bikes on campus. and other physical and ery year since then.” Non-verbal cues, hand The Titans (13-7) hoped Tsuchiyama, she scored on Cameron Hernandez, a mental disabilities. They Rierson, a child and ad- gestures and consistently to build off of their win a single by sophomore Eliza psychology major, said learn how to play basket- olescent studies major, motivating him for snack- over Loyola of Illinois on Crawford. he rides his bike to class ball in a fun, non-competi- was paired with a 6-year- time after basketball prac- Tuesday where sophomore Antunez powered every day, even for his tive environment. old boy named Travis who tice got her through the center fielder Paige Kisling through the second in- evening classes. It was also the pro- was completely non-ver- first couple weeks until he hit a walkoff single for a 3-2 ning and didn’t allow a Hernandez uses two gram that grounded her bal. He hated the sun and began to talk to her. win. baserunner. separate locks to ensure in working with those had a tendency to bite his Rierson said you even- Sophomore Jasmine The Titans failed to cap- the frame and tires are affected by autism and fingers extremely hard. tually learn to communi- Antunez started the game italize in the bottom of the properly secured. eventually led her to be- She said the first season cate to them without ac- in the circle for the Titans. second. Senior left fielder “I still ride my bike come the president of Cal was chaotic. tually talking. In the first inning, she al- Lauren Mario reached base just so I don’t have to State Fullerton Autism “If the sun was shining, Four years later, Rierson lowed a two-out solo home on an error by senior third park,” he said. Speaks U chapter. it creates lights on the is still Travis’ biggest fan. run to junior shortstop baseman Stephanie Smith. “I fell in love with the ground, and he didn’t like Kelsey Barak, the sixth she’s program,” Rierson said. “I that so he would take off; allowed this season. SEE BIKES, 2 ended up doing the whole he didn’t like that so he SEE AUTISM, 5 The Titans answered in SEE SOFTBALL, 8

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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 MARCH 6, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS THURSDAY Police hope to reduce bike theft DTBRIEFS BIKE Final fee open Continued from PAGE 1 forum today Michael Leighton, an engineering major, said he is not in TSU at 4 comfortable leaving his bike for an extended period of The division of stu- time. Like Hernandez, he is dent affairs will host careful to lock both the tires the final open forum and frame to be safe. to gather student in- “I know it happens a lot, put on the proposed but I make sure to lock my $240.50 student suc- bike up every time,” he said. cess fee Thursday at Hernandez and Leighton 4 p.m. in Ontiveros are two of the many students ABC in the Titan that rely on their bikes to get Student Union. to class every day. Following a short Bikes are not always re- presentation, feed- covered, but they can only back forms will be be returned if they are regis- distributed to gath- tered with University Police. er student opinion on Otherwise, there is no way how the funds should for University Police to iden- be used. tify the owner. Stolen bikes Feedback on the that are found frequently end Student Success up never being returned be- Initiative will be ac- cause of this. cepted until March Students can register their 9 through an online bikes by taking them to the form accessible via University Police station or the Student Portal. the Housing Community The Student Resource Center. Success Initiative Source: University Police is currently going through an alter- native consultation FOR THE RECORD process, and feed- It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual Contest promotes healthy eats back will help shape errors printed in the publication. Corrections spending priorities. will be published on the subsequent issue the ingredient of choice skills and sought a way to - SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Titan Food Challenge and why it is beneficial to change that. Students fre- after an error is discovered and will appear will reward students the body. quently choose the conve- on page 2. Errors on the Opinion page will be PHUN is a campus-based nience of fast food between for best dishes corrected on that page. Corrections will also group now affiliated with or after classes in order SAT revisions be made to the online version of the article. ASHLEN DOMINGUEZ the CSUF Student Health to save them the hassle of Daily Titan and Counseling Center cooking. Jenkins said she make essay Please contact Editor-in-Chief Ethan Hawkes (SHCC) as of this summer. hopes that if students learn at (657) 278-5815 or at editorinchief@ They hold events through- to cook for themselves, they optional dailytitan.com with issues about this policy Cal State Fullerton stu- out the school year promot- will be more likely to eat dents have a new reason to ing health and wellness for healthy. The College Board is or to report any errors. put pictures of their food students. Daisy Gonzalez, a fresh- making major chang- on Instagram. The Titan Due to the social media man psychology major, es to SAT examina- Food Challenge started trend of posting pictures of agreed. Gonzalez said she tions, according to this week, and it’s designed food, Jordan Jenkins, a se- packs a lunch each day to the Orange County to get students in the kitch- nior student who organiz- avoid bad foods and unnec- Register. DAILY TITAN en and cooking something es PHUN events, said she essary spending, but she Some of the revi- healthy. thought it would be a great still gets tempted some- sions include mak- Hosted by the Peer idea to take the event on- times. Gonzalez said pro- ing the essay portion Editorial Health University Network line. She originally came moting this type of pro- on the examination Editor-in-Chief Ethan Hawkes (PHUN), the three-week up with the idea to inspire gram will make students optional, having the Managing Editor Nereida Moreno cooking and photo chal- students to cook with new more interested in healthy choice to take the test News Editor Samuel Mountjoy lenge will feature a week- ingredients while also pro- eating and cooking. on a computer, the re- News Editor Matthew Medina ly ingredient that students viding them with nutrition- “I definitely feel like peo- moval of some obscure News Assistant Cecily Meza must incorporate in their al information. ple should start cooking vocabulary words, News Assistant Sasha Belani recipe. 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Cure expanded, and later Portion of sales for branched out to incorporate Clippers game will camouflage-styled accessories supporting veterans in go to Big Brothers November. MATTHEW MEDINA “You’re taking these big Daily Titan brands and you’re then slap- ping pink on there or slap- ping camouflage on there,” Marketing students at Cal James Fratzke said. “It’s that State Fullerton hope pair- ‘cause’ marketing where now ing sports teams with chari- it not only gets the people ty will prove to be a winning more excited for the team combination. or the company or what- Students enrolled in a ever, but it also gets people sports marketing course involved.” taught by associate profes- Student groups are given sor Howard Forman, Ph.D., 50 tickets to market in any are tasked with the best way way they wish to, provided to get consumers interested they obey applicable rules in buying tickets to a specific and regulations, Forman Los Angeles Clippers basket- said. ball game. “They’re free to use their For one student group, marketing knowledge and rather than trying to entice creativity to write a market- buyers with discounts or ex- ing plan,” he said. tras, the benefit is different: a Some marketing strate- portion of the ticket proceeds gies include partnerships will go to the Big Brothers with local churches and ju- and Big Sisters charity. nior sports leagues. However, James and Ryan Fratzke, this semester is the first case ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan 23-year-old twin broth- of students working directly Twins Ryan and James Fratzke (center, right) listen to Howard Forman, Ph.D., an associate professor of marketing. Forman teaches a ers majoring in business with a specific charity. sports marketing course where students partner with the Los Angeles Clippers to sell tickets. marketing, are part of that “(The group) had asked me group. about it, and I said it was a also something the broth- the work the artists make students is a “big brother” in “They’ve implemented “Business needs to be really good idea,” Forman ers want to explore. They during the lockdown. The the program. some of (the student strate- more than just a corpora- said. “When consumers are saw others broadcast them- brothers plan to partner “These are children that gies),” he said. “They’ve hired tion,” Ryan Fratzke said. “It buying tickets, if they know selves playing Super Mario with the Orange County don’t have positive adult role some of my students right needs to incorporate every- that some of the money is Bros. games online for 24 branch of the Alzheimer’s models,” James Fratzke said. out of (college after they body and be beneficial.” going to a charity, they’re a hours and soliciting dona- Association. “And when they get involved graduated).” The two were inspired to little (more likely to buy the tions for Children’s Miracle “You’d have painters, in this program, it gives them The Clippers game the use sports as a way to further tickets).” Network Hospitals, and they you’d have sculptors, you’d an opportunity to learn life students are market- good causes when they at- The Fratzke brothers have were inspired to experiment have people with graphic experience and put them on ing is a game against the tended a Pittsburgh Steelers been involved with chari- with live online broadcasting art, you’d have bands come the right track.” Sacramento Kings at Staples game a few years ago. They ty in the past. They creat- themselves. in,” James Fratzke said. When the projects con- Center, scheduled for April noticed the pink accessories ed a Facebook page titled In the future, the two hope “Basically, it would be like a clude, each group presents 12 at 12:30 p.m. A deadline to players sported in support of “Fratzke & Fratzke Present” to host a “creative lockdown” telethon, but online.” their findings and results buy the tickets has not been breast cancer research and to market their endeavors. and have artists work togeth- The Fratzke brothers said to the Clippers in the team’s finalized, but is estimated to awareness every October. They previously partnered er in a locked building for 24 they became interested in corporate offices. Forman be April 1. As the years passed, with the Komen charity by hours while streaming the the Big Brothers and Big said the partnership ben- To purchase tickets from they observed how the donating 10 cents to Komen proceedings online. Sisters charity, which pairs efits the Clippers, because the student group associat- partnership between the for every Facebook “like” The project would encour- volunteer mentors with chil- it helps them develop their ed with Big Brothers and Big National Football League during a video campaign. age viewers to make dona- dren in need, because one of own strategies and get ideas Sisters, visit facebook.com/ and Susan G. Komen for the Emerging technology is tions and possibly bid on their friends and fellow CSUF for market research. CSUFClippersTickets.

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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/NEWS PAGE 4 MARCH 6, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN OPINION THURSDAY Disney drops boy scouts coming out and being confi- cause other organizations to orientation alone.” dent with who they are. change its policies that dis- This means gay youth lead- AMAL The BSA is an organi- criminate against homosex- ers are still permitted to lead ROCKN zation mainly comprised uals and other marginalized in the Boy Scouts, but the ban of children, but there are groups. on gay adults still remains. Daily Titan also other youth organiza- The BSA said it is “disap- This sends a confusing tions that promote self-ex- pointed” with Disney World’s message that it’s OK to be pression, individuality and decision, and contacted gay as a youth but some- Not allowing gay adults tolerance. Disney World in hopes of re- how it becomes wrong as an into the BSA sends the Disney World announced solving the issue, according adult. Because the BSA is a wrong message that BSA has until Jan. 1, to the Los Angeles Times. private organization, they 2015 to change its policies on The BSA should be a are free to do as they wish openly homosexual leaders role-model organization for and implement policies that Plugged In Americans have made before it cuts the funding it the young boys it leads, not they believe in, but the Walt progress toward collective provides the BSA, according teach them to discriminate Disney Co. and other compa- equality when it comes to to HotAir.com. at such a young age. nies/organizations are also Twitch plays chaos racial, religious or sexual Disney’s decision makes If the young boy scouts free to cut funding for these orientation preferences. a bold statement, and if the have a gay leader, it doesn’t organizations. After some time, a com- But this past week has BSA does not change its pol- mean that they will all grow “We’re never happy to see ETHAN HAWKES mand can take up to 40 provided a little perspective icy, it will account for a $4.8 up to be homosexual. It just Scouting suffer as a result of Daily Titan seconds, depending on on how slow-moving this re- million loss for the BSA. means they will learn to be the BSA’s anti-gay policy, but the amount of people ality may actually be. “Disney doesn’t direct- more open minded and toler- Disney made the right deci- watching the steam, to be Boy Scouts of America ly donate to the Boy Scouts, ant of others. sion to withhold support un- After 16 days, thou- registered. (BSA), one of the largest but plans to stop allow- On May 23, 2013, the BSA’s til Scouting is fully inclusive,” sands of people beat A few sections of the youth organizations in the ing employees to do volun- resolution statement stat- said Zach Wahls, the Eagle Pokémon Red on a game become agonizing United States, have banned teer work through Disney’s ed, “the approximate 1,400 Scout and Scouts for Equality Twitch.tv stream called to watch as progress is “open and avowed” gay VoluntEARS program in ex- voting members of the Boy co-founder. TwitchPlaysPokemon. impeded by “accidental- adults from being scout change for cash donations to Scouts of America’s National This is the time for change, Using controller inputs ly” releasing Pokémon and leaders. the Boy Scouts of America,” Council approved a resolu- and as long as there are poli- that were typed into the jumping down cliffs. By doing this, the BSA according to CNN. tion to remove the restric- cies promoting discrimina- stream’s chat, the com- Regardless if it was in- is giving reasonable cause The decision made by tion denying membership to tion and inequality, progress mands were translated tentional or not, watching for its adult leaders to fear Disney World will most likely youth on the basis of sexual will be halted. into actual game inputs. the game tediously devel- What ensued was a fan- op is simultaneously frus- tastic social experience trating and fascinating. of what happens when a A few spinoffs have Dividing state does not solve anything large group of people set sprung up with more out to complete an objec- Pokémon games and oth- tive: chaos. er streams where the GINA VAN It seemed most play- Twitch chat room is the STRATTEN ers were fighting to co- controller of a differ- ordinate with each other ent classic game. Most Daily Titan to make progress in the notably is the stream game. Others were there RNGPlaysPokemon, to create disorder and where Pokémon is played Seperating California into six constantly typed “start,” through a computer new states is not the answer to which caused p u n c h i n g the game to While other in random California’s economic problems constant- inputs. ly pause and endeavors with RNG and hinder other community input Twitch may In 1848, the gold rush began in players. be difficult California. Hundreds of thousands of It’s hi- have moderators to compare. people flocked to California in search larious to to keep the evil RNG is play- of wealth. just watch ing Pokémon California became an official state the chat. doers in check, Crystal and in 1850, and has quickly risen to the Sometimes Twitch Plays not the orig- most populous state in the nation, a stubborn- inal Red ver- housing about 38 million people. ly persistent Pokemon seems sion, but ran- But times have not been nearly as person would to be set up to dom button good for the state since then. work so hard presses are California is estimated to be at to man- revel in the chaos. still to this $307 billion in debt, the highest age among day trudging, amount of debt than any other state, Source: sixcalifornias.info MIKE TRUJILLO / Daily Titan the chaos. almost pain- according to the research group Pew This is the proposed map of what California would look like split six different ways. Writing in caps to get the fully, through the game. Center on the States. most attention to his or To make progress fast- However, State Budget Solutions her noble cause, when a er, the game has been has reported that California ranks Times. “By creating six states, we Legislative Analyst’s office. bunch of trolls were just sped up to 600 percent sixth on the list of states that have have the ability to become closer to On the surface, the proposal spamming the left com- speed and, after 360 days the highest debt per capita. our government.” seems to be an easy decision to help mand over and over with- worth of game time so far, This magnitude of debt is the pri- California, however, is not the larg- California out of its daunting debt, out any rhyme or reason. have collected 10 out of 18 mary reason that Tim Draper, a est state in accordance to square but the result would be the complete Chaos among the mass- badges. venture capital investor, has pro- footage. If other larger states such as opposite. es is not uncommon. The experience of either posed that California be broken up Alaska and Texas are representing The proposed six smaller states Anything with an anon- steam is akin to watch- into six smaller states. Breaking up their citizens, then so can California. would not be able to handle large ymous community input ing monkeys on type- California into six separate states Splitting up California would not be encompassing issues that face such as forums, Reddit writers slowly typing out is thought by some to help with the the answer to the problems. California frequently, such as water and wikis all have prob- Shakespeare. current economy. California has long thrived on its appropriation. lems with Internet trolls. Sure, eventually the However, it will have the opposite economic diversity, an economy that “Six states can have compacts be- There will always be play is written, but it’s effect. incorporates agriculture, entertain- tween each other with regard to wa- a majority that wants a certainly not the most ef- Draper’s proposal calls for six new ment, manufacturing, technology, ter and all these other issues,” Draper project to succeed, but ficient way to do it. states: Jefferson, North California, tourism and so on. said in an interview with the LA then there are some who It reminds me that Silicon Valley, Central California, One of the big “pros” that Draper Times regarding this issue. just want to watch it sometimes community in- West California (which would in- is pushing is that the proposed new All these other issues? He cited de- burn. put isn’t always the best clude Los Angeles) and South six states would share common tachment from the state government While other endeavors way to go. California. economies. in Sacramento as a reason for the with community input Once in a while, to Earlier this week, the initiative re- West California would be large- split, but he does not understand the have moderators to keep make progress you have ceived approval for signature col- ly centered on the entertainment grand nature of “all these other is- the evil doers in check, to follow your own vision lection with the chance of mak- industry, Central California based sues” that California faces. TwitchPlaysPokemon and ignore others. ing it onto the statewide ballot in around the agriculture and farming If the proposal won the state vote, seems to be set up to revel TwitchPlaysPokemon November. Draper needs to collect that occurs there and Silicon Valley Congress would have to approve the in the chaos. shows us that humans in 807,000 signatures by November. would contain giant tech companies, initiative––adding 10 senators and Even if all of the trolls large groups are a danger- This proposal is entirely based on including Apple and Facebook. five more stars to the American flag. were removed, completing ous and hilarious combi- throwing out the whole system of Draper has ties to Silicon Valley, This decision by Congress would be Pokémon through Twitch nation. And sometimes, government in California and start- which would coincidentally become unlikely. would still be a testament they can even complete ing over from scratch. This would one of the richest states of the pro- Creating six whole new states is to human patience. objectives. replace a state and structure that is posed six after the split. not the answer to California’s prob- An example of this Though I suppose over 150 years old. On the other hand, Central lems. California and its citizens need would be the delay caused Congress has been a “Sacramento is a monolith. We’re California would instantly become to reevaluate the structure of the by the large amount of prime example of that out of touch with it,” said Draper in one of the poorest states in the na- state government in order for it to be- inputs. for decades. an interview with the Los Angeles tion, according to the nonpartisan come more in tune with local issues. Letter to the Editor $12 SPECIAL The Daily Titan welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must include the FOR 2 SINGLE COMBOS sender’s first and last name. Students must include their majors and other 505 N. 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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/OPINION MARCH 6, 2014 PAGE 5 THURSDAY FEATURES THE DAILY TITAN Moving into the future ROBOT patients with ALS can re- Continued from PAGE 1 ally use the system … so this is our way to give back to the community, the Adrian Iniguez is the sole society.” mechanical engineer on the George said he is wast- team and is largely respon- ing no time in getting his sible for the physical mech- team ready to tackle those anism of the system. In the real-world issues. The team coming months, Iniguez will meet with patients suf- said, he hopes to fine-tune fering from amyotrophic the movements in the arm lateral sclerosis (ALS), Courtesy of Alex Fairbanks to allow for movement of commonly known as Lou Four students voyage to South Korea to take classes towards the individual fingers. Gehrig’s disease. their majors at Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts. “It’s tough, but it’s also … ALS is a degenerative dis- good because it plays a lit- ease that affects nerves in tle more to my skills, and the brain and spinal cord, a little more towards what eventually causing paral- Exploring I have to do in the future,” ysis as the brain becomes Iniguez said. “And also, be- incapable of sending motor cause I did that, other peo- signals through the spine In South Korea ple learned what I had to and to the muscles, accord- do, and I learned what oth- ing to the ALS Association’s er people had to do.” website. Student embarks on four month journey The crossover of a vari- George said working ety of disciplines offered an with the ALS Association is with me. opportunity to learn infor- one way the group can use RTVF major begins his After sitting through a mation that would not have the project to give back and MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan venture as a foregin long bus ride, I arrived at been taught in his normal how it’s going to help peo- the school I would be at- major course, Iniguez said. ple. The partnership would Adrian Iniguez, a mechanical engineer, hopes to fine-tune exchange student tending for the next four The students comprising also provide the students movements of the robotic arm. months, Dong-Ah Institute the team have majors that with some real-world con- ALEX FAIRBANKS of Media and Arts (DIMA). range from computer sci- text to their work, to add to For the Daily Titan We arrived in South ence to mechanical engi- the lab work that the proj- Korea on Feb. 23 and went neering and each skill set ect demands so much of. I was packed and ready to an amazing opening was required to get the “My goal for them (for be- to go. I drove down to Los ceremony for DIMA the project to where it is now. ing involved with the asso- Angeles International next day. Four exchange “(Working with a varied ciation) is to get a context Airport, said my goodbyes students and I sat among group has) been incredibly of what they’re doing, be- and soon flew over a vast thousands of Korean DIMA helpful,” Donze said. “It’s cause otherwise it’s just a ocean to a country I had freshman students. the same thing when you lab project,” George said. never been to in my life. I sat, staring at the large bring on an electrical engi- “I want it to go beyond that I am studying abroad stage light up with an ar- neer and all the other disci- because only then can they in South Korea on a four- ray of colorful lights. DIMA plines, now you have more (understand) why they’re month journey to explore students were using dozens people who can do more doing it, how it’s going to the country and learn about of cameras to broadcast the specific things.” help somebody.” video production and edit- The group is led by asso- As the group starts working for my communications ciate professor of computer ing with patients, however, major. I always wanted to I came back to engineering Kiran George, development on the project study abroad and I picked my dorm that Ph.D. One of the aspects will continue. this particular program of this project that makes While mechanical arms two years ago. night, jumped it both incredibly valuable currently available can As I stood in line at and important, George range from $10,000 to MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan the security checkpoint, in my bed and said, is the fact that it has $15,000, George said his Volunteers from a variety of majors work together to produce an I watched my friend have stared at the the potential to provide a ultimate goal is to have a affordable robotic arm that would be accessible world-wide. a five-pound jar of peanut service to a group of people device that is both afford- butter taken away by the ceiling. I realized who would receive tremen- able and widely accessi- afford,” George said. “Our use immediately.” Transportation Security dous benefit as a result. ble for patients around the goal is to have the design While fully robotic suits Administration. ThatI was over 5,700 “This is a real-world world. available for use across the may remain in comic books amount of peanut butter is miles away problem, this is not a text- “What I envision is a … globe, such that the design and movies, CSUF now has apparently not allowed on book problem,” George product, probably less than can be printed using a 3-D its own piece of working a plane. from home, in a said. “Say, for example … $500, that anybody could printer and assembled for science fiction on campus. I met up with the rest of country where I the students that were traveling with me and boarded can’t really speak the plane in a trance. I was A different approach to the world of Autism preparing for the 14-hour the language, but AUTISM understand what it means be able to have the most awareness, many peo- plane ride ahead of me. loved it. Continued from PAGE 1 for someone to be affected typical social development ple with autism remain While on the plane, I by autism, how the disorder with their peers or with misunderstood. pulled out the tray-table in ranges from person to per- their behaviors. Chelsea Krueger, the vol- front of me and was in and show live on the internet. Throughout the rest of son and the fact that not ev- The CSUF chapter is unteer chair of Autism out of consciousness for the Two ceremony hosts pre- high school, Rierson be- ery person who has autism made up of over 65 mem- Speaks U, said it’s important first four or five hours of the sented and cracked jokes, came involved in other non- is violent or mute. bers. Many of the members to make others understand trip. I only woke up to wipe although I had no clue profit autism programs “Autism is a spectrum do work that helps educate that autism isn’t a “disease,” the drool from the side of what they were saying, such as Best Buddies and disorder. I feel as though a children and adults about and it is more of a blessing my mouth and eat the com- but I smiled anyway. This Circle of Friends. lot of people think that it’s autism. because these children and plementary food the hostess was shortly followed with Best Buddies is an orga- the same, that everyone The board’s vice pres- adults have a different ap- brought to me. a performance by a famous nization that creates in- is the same, and I feel like ident, Tiffany Aschas, a proach to the world than To take my mind off of the K-pop band called Block B, tegrated employment and if people have that view, communicative disorders we do. Sometimes their ap- long plane ride, I listened and then an illusionist who leadership development for which a lot of people might, major, said she is familiar proach is more beautiful to music, edited videos and created the illusion of turn- people with intellectual and it distorts the whole image with work involving chil- than ours, and sometimes watched Korean films. The ing a digitized bird on an developmental disabilities of who these people are,” dren. She is the author of a we need to step out of our plane was showing one of iPad into a real living bird and opportunities for one- Rierson said. children’s book, titled Most boxes, Krueger said. the greatest Korean mov- that flew around the stage to-one friendships. Circle of Autism is a disorder that Exceptional, M.E. With Autism Awareness ies I have ever seen; Hope in and then returned back to Friends establishes friend- affects people differently Aschas said the book is Month coming up in April, English and 소원 in Korean, the digital realm. ships between students by affecting their ability to geared towards those af- the chapter hopes to orga- which translates to “wish.” At one point during the with disabilities and their communicate or vocalize fected by autism and for nize exciting events to en- I thought it was a well-do- ceremony, a spotlight was non-disabled peers. their thoughts or emotions, those with special needs. gage the CSUF community, ne movie, but extremely sad. put on us and we were in- Rierson was president of according to the CSUF It is intended to be motiva- and continue the tradition I had tears running down troduced to thousands of Circle of Friends, so nat- Autism Speaks U website. tional and practical. of lighting up CSUF with my eyes and was hoping the students. It was kind of em- urally by the time she en- The disorder impacts them Despite Autism Speaks blue lights for the “Light It guy sitting next to me didn’t barrassing, but amazing at rolled at CSUF, she was socially so they might not U’s effort in promoting Up Blue” event. notice I was crying. the same time. more than ready to take on A few tear drops and I came back to my dorm the position of president for short naps later, I had ar- that night, jumped in my Autism Speaks U. rived in South Korea. The bed and stared at the ceil- Autism Speaks is the na- group of students and I got ing. I realized I was over tion’s largest autism science off the plane and waited 5,700 miles away from and advocacy organization. in the airport for our bus. home, in a country where I It is dedicated to fund re- I was traveling with Dean can’t really speak the lan- search into the causes, pre- Kazoleas, Ph.D., the direc- guage, but loved it. vention and treatments for tor in charge of making the Since then, it has been autism. trip and everything else one adventure after the Launched in 2008, the possible, and the other Cal next, so much has already program is designed to sup- State Fullerton students happened, and there are port college students in who are studying abroad many more stories to tell. their awareness, advocacy and fundraising efforts for Autism Speaks. The chapter held nu- merous events for autism awareness, such as bowl- ing nights, car washes, pub crawls and organized charity-driven walks. The overwhelming success the events have yielded has been a particularly re- warding aspect for Rierson, and seeing new faces coming out for the cause en- courages her to continue to strive to do whatever she can for Autism Speaks. The events and fund- raisers give those who come out a chance to really

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Hapa Cupcakes is owned by CSUF gradutes, Akemi Lee and Hanayo Martin

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The sign above a bakery in downtown Fullerton reads, “Hapa Cupcakes: Alcohol-infused desserts.” The bakery, known for creating traditional treats with a twist, is now making its mark in the popu- lar Fullerton area. Hapa Cupcakes is owned by Akemi Lee, 28, and Hanayo Martin, 27. Growing up in bi-racial families, the pair wanted to embrace two different cultures by creating a business that applies two different elements. Lee said they wanted something different, but still about the both of them. “Hapa means when you’re a mixed race; both of our moms are Japanese and both of our dads are Caucasian,” she said. Since their parents are best friends, the two grew up together and have been best friends since AMAL ROCKN / Daily Titan childhood. One of the alcohol infused cupcakes, called “Will you Remember Me in the Morning?” is made with cinnamon sugar and Kahlua coffee liqueur. Lee and Martin created their company in 2011 and moved their passions together to build the commercial kitchen where they beer in a chocolate cupcake with she loves working at the store. store to downtown Fullerton in company. first started their company in Bailey’s Irish Cream liqueur frost- “It’s something different because January 2014. Business has been Lee graduated from CSUF in Anaheim. They put the alcohol ing on top. it’s not just cakes, it’s cupcakes too. good for the owners so far. 2010 with a business degree in fi- in the batter right before it’s put “We did it last year, and every- It’s not just your typical cupcake, The busiest days of the week nance, and always wanted to own in the oven, so there is a small body loved it, so we’re doing it it’s alcohol-infused cupcakes,” De for the bakery are Fridays and her own business. Martin, who amount that stays in the cupcakes again this year,” Lee said. Anda said. “It’s going really great Saturdays, but mostly Saturdays graduated from CSUF in 2011 with once they’re ready for sale. Starting a business can be the so far.” when they get over 160 customers. an advertising degree, handles the Hapa Cupcakes also offers most difficult in the beginning, so Lee and Martin, along with two On other days of the week, they get social media and advertising as- non-alcoholic cupcakes. The alco- it requires a lot of work and time. other workers and the cake decora- around 80 customers. pects of the company. hol content in the other cupcakes Anna De Anda, 22, the store’s tor, stay up late to bake and deco- The duo rely on each other’s skills The idea of creating alcohol-in- is insignificant and is not enough cake decorator, has worked at rate through the night and some- to make the bakery successful. fused cupcakes started when they to make someone intoxicated. Hapa Cupcakes since it opened in times wake up at 4 a.m. to start. “Hanayo is really the brains be- thought of mixing alcohol into “I always get a hint of it at the January. Lee said business has been bus- hind the baking and the creat- the treats—all while drinking very end,” Lee said. De Anda makes about three to ier since their move to downtown ing,” Lee said. “She came out of her champagne. Hapa Cupcakes also makes sea- five cakes a week and hundreds Fullerton. mom’s womb with a cupcake in her “I feel like you actually go to get a sonal cupcakes that have alco- of cupcakes a day. She does most “Valentine’s Day was crazy. hand; she’s been baking her entire cupcake. These are really fluffy, so hol in the batter as well as in the of the decorating for the cupcakes Typically, every time there’s a hol- life.” you get the original cupcake,” Lee frosting. and makes all of the cakes and also iday, it gets busier,” she said. “With Martin used to make desserts said. “Cupcakes and cakes are very Available in March, the Bailey’s makes custom orders, front-of- cupcakes, I feel like people always for her girlfriends on any holiday different. A cupcake is supposed to Cupcake will have Bailey’s Irish the-house cakes and the finishing celebrate for anything.” and on “girls’ nights.” be very light and moist and fluffy; Cream liqueur frosting. For St. touches. For more information on Hapa Lee and Martin, both Cal State cakes are more dense.” Patrick’s Day, a new cupcake Although De Anda spends a lot Cupcakes and its flavors, visit Fullerton graduates, put their Lee and Martin bake in a will be offered that has Guinness of time making cupcakes, she said HapaCupcakes.com.

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CONTACT US: [email protected] VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 8 MARCH 6, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN SPORTS THURSDAY CSUF seeking higher seed for tournament rebounds per game. The Titans failed to Alex Thomas needs The Titans rank last in make a three-point the conference in points shot in that game on 14 21 points to reach per game with 61.6 and attempts. 1,000 for her career the Anteaters rank second Iwuoha had a game MICHAEL HUNTLEY in that category with 72.9 high 10 rebounds and Daily Titan points per game. Thomas had a game-high The Titans also rank 25 points. last in the conference The Rainbow Wahine The Cal State Fullerton in field goal percentage shot 45.5 percent from the women’s basketball team and three-point shooting field in that game. wraps up its regular sea- percentage. They were led by fresh- WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan son this weekend with The two teams met ear- man guard Briana Harris Sheldon Blackwell and Jared Brandon will look to extend the Titans’ hot streak going into their final games against UC Irvine lier this season at Titan who scored 14 points and two games of the regular season. CSUF has already clinched a berth in the Big West Tournament. and Hawai’i. Gym where the Titans won shot a perfect five-for-five The Titans (11-16, 7-7 Big 75-58. from the field. West) are coming off a vic- The Anteaters struggled The Hawai’i bench tory over rival Long Beach shooting in that game, scored 23 points com- State. only making four out of 22 pared to the Titan bench Titans hope Hawai’i A career performance by three-point attempts. that scored one point. junior forward Kathleen Senior guard Jennifer Hawai’i is second in Iwuoha contributed to the Tsurumoto was the only the Big West in rebounds win. Irvine player who had during conference play provides paradise She had a career-high double figures, with 18 with 42.4 rebounds per 25 points to go with 12 re- points. game. points per game while averaging 4.6 assists. bounds after shooting 69 The Titans shot an im- Senior forward Kamilah CSUF will look to avenge earlier One player that will not be hard to miss percent from the field. pressive 50 percent from Jackson leads the team in losses to UCI and Hawai’i during is freshman center Mamadou Ndiaye. UC Irvine (14-14, 7-7 the field and 38.2 percent rebounding with 9.7 re- Standing at a towering seven-foot-six, the Big West) enters the week from three-point range in bounds per contest. last two games of regular season center from Senegal will pose a challenge for tied with CSUF and Long the win. Thomas is 21 points shy JOHNNY NAVARRETTE the Titans in the post. Beach State for fifth Junior guard Tailer of 1,000 for her career. Daily Titan Averaging 8.4 points and six rebounds in place in the Big West Butler made a season-high The senior guard is aver- 21.1 minutes per game, Ndiaye leads the Big Conference. six three-pointers, and aging 20.9 points per game West with a 73.2 field goal percentage and is The Anteaters are 8-2 Thomas led all scorers in conference play, which The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball a force defensively, leading the conference at the Bren Events Center with 22 points. is second in the Big West. team will look to continue its recent success with 3.1 blocks per game. and are 5-1 in conference The Titans wrap up their The Titans will hon- and finish the regular season with some mo- Earlier this season, the Anteaters hand- play at the arena. regular season Saturday or their three seniors: mentum as they prepare for the final two ed the Titans a 72-54 defeat. CSUF trailed The Anteaters are led night against Hawai’i at Thomas, Mya Oliver and games of its season against UC Irvine and by 16 at halftime and was never able to get by senior forward Camille Titan Gym. Brianna Barfield before Hawai’i. back into the game despite 18 points from Buckley, who recently Hawai’i (15-11, 9-5 Big the game Saturday against The Titans (11-17, 6-8 Big West) are win- Williams. UCI dominated the points in the surpassed Titan senior West) sits in third place Hawai’i. ners of two straight after defeating Cal State paint, holding a 38-18 advantage. guard Alex Thomas as the in the conference, and has It is the team’s last Northridge and Long Beach State. The Anteaters have won four straight Big West scoring leader a chance to pass Cal Poly game in Titan Gym be- Senior guard Michael Williams, the Big against CSUF. during conference play. San Luis Obispo to move fore starting the Big West West Conference Player of the Week, has On Saturday, the Titans will travel to The Loyola Marymount into second place with two Tournament next week played an integral role in CSUF’s strong fin- Hawai’i for their final regular-season game. transfer is averaging 21 wins and a Cal Poly loss. at the Walter Pyramid in ish to the season. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. points per game in con- The two teams played Long Beach. Williams, who leads the Titans in scor- The Rainbow Warriors (19-9, 8-6 Big West) ference play and has won earlier this season at the For more informa- ing with an average of 17.9 points per game, have lost two of their last three games and Big West Player of the Stan Sheriff Center. tion on the CSUF wom- was key in the last two victories. Williams is are looking to position themselves for a good Week three times this sea- The Rainbow Wahine en’s basketball team and averaging 25.5 points, including a 28-point seed in the conference tournament. son. Buckley also leads beat the Titans 65-52 in all Titan Athletics go to performance against the 49ers as the Titans Defense will be key for the Titans as the conference with 11.2 that game. FullertonTitans.com. rallied from a double-digit deficit on their Hawai’i is the highest scoring team in the way to a win. conference, averaging 79.9 points a game. Junior forward Steve McClellan will be Hawai’i is led by Christian key against opponents who are strong in the Standhardinger, who is averaging 17.8 points post. Averaging 6.3 points and six rebounds per game. The German forward also leads per game, McClellan will have to avoid foul the team on the boards with 8.2 rebounds trouble to help his team on both ends of the per game. Sophomore forward Issac Fotu floor. comes in averaging 15.4 points per game on After a tough start to Big West play, the 59.8 percent shooting, good for third in the Even though you probably made Titans have played well as of late, winning conference. four of their last six games. As a team, CSUF Earlier this season, the Titans lost to bad decisions while you were here... averages 68.4 points for the season, but over the Rainbow Warriors 83-30 in their the last six games, has averaged 75.3 points. Homecoming match. After CSUF led for First up this week for the Titans is a show- most of the game, Hawai’i made a run late in down with Big West leader UCI on Thursday the game to take the lead. Alex Harris scored at 7 p.m., the last game at Titan Gym this a game-high 29 points but his potentially season. game-tying three-pointer was off the mark UCI (20-10, 11-3 Big West) comes into the as time expired. matchup on Thursday having won seven of With their win last week over rival Long its last eight games. Freshman guard Luke Beach State, the Titans clinched a spot in Nelson leads the Anteaters in scoring with the Big West Conference Tournament, which 12.1 points per game. Backcourt mate Chris starts Thursday March 13 at the Honda McNealy is second on the team with 11.6 Center in Anaheim. Softball blasts their way to a win over Grand Canyon

SOFTBALL The Titans rallied back in in two runs. Ford turned Continued from PAGE 1 the bottom of the fourth in- to sophomore Monique ning. Freshman first base- Wesley to get the Titans man Melissa Sechrest led back on track. Wesley got Kisling followed the error off the inning with a dou- out of the inning only al- with an infield single to put ble down the left field line. lowing one inherited run to runners on first and sec- Mario hit a two-run home even the game at seven. ond with one out. However, run, which was her second Regester walked senior pitcher Stephanie of the season. Taukeiaho, who advanced Pesqueira fought her way After a single by Kisling, two bases on wild pitch- out of the jam to keep the Antelope Head Coach Ann es. Crawford hit a two-out game tied at one. Pierson gave the ball to home run to put the Titans Antunez ran into trouble freshman Taylor Nowlin. on top 9-7. in the third inning. Junior Senior left fielder Leesa “Tonight I was just look- left fielder Kayla Henry Harris hit a triple that drove ing for all outside and fo- reached on a bunt single. in Kisling. Taukeiaho hit a cusing on getting my front Junior center fielder Haley two-run home run to give arm through and just hit- Walker reached on an error the Titans the 6-4 lead. ting it,” Crawford said. by sophomore second base- “I really just told myself Wesley shut the man Samantha Galarza. It that I want to get a pitch,” Antelopes down in the was Galarza’s first error of Taukeiaho said. “I was just top of the seventh and the ...the best decision you ever made the season. looking for a fat one and Titans picked up their sec- Freshman second base- wasn’t trying to do too ond win in a row. was going. man Camree Wartman sin- much.” “I’m so excited right gled to advance the run- Pierson pulled Nowlin af- now. These two back to ners and Barak reached on ter failing to get an out. She back games before the Judi a fielder’s choice that drove gave the ball to sophomore Garman were 10 times more in Henry. Junior first base- Kelly Regester. Tsuchiyama worthwhile than two prac- It doesn’t matter how long it takes, man Lauren Regester hit an followed with a single and tices,” Ford said. “The girls earning your degree is what matters. RBI single, which prompted Crawford hit a triple to got back on track and a lot Head Coach Kelly Ford to drive her in. The Titans of obstacles were thrown at pull Antunez. came out of the fourth in- them the last 24 hours, and Ford gave the ball ning with a 7-4 lead. they just handled it.” to freshman Christina Business picked up in The Titans will open up Washington. She was able the sixth inning. After the Judi Garman Classic to get out of the inning with walking Kailey Regester, against San Jose State minimal damage but the Washington allowed three Thursday night at Anderson Sponsored by the DAILYT ITAN Antelopes had a 4-1 lead. hits in a row that brought Family Field.