Expert Says Meetings Illegal

Thursday March 22, 2018 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 103 Issue 26 ASI controversy continues; Expert says meetings illegal The elections judicial council convened at least three times to hear complaints without posting agendas, which are required by ASI bylaws and California law.

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Associated Students violated a California open meeting law over the last two weeks by failing to post agendas for three closed meetings, according to a legal expert. The Associated Students elections judicial council held meetings on March 7 at 4 p.m. and March 14 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. They addressed complaints filed against Celine Mou- bayed and Colin Eacobellis, Associated Students president and vice president candidates, respectively. The elections judicial council failed to post agendas for the meetings as required by the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act, a California law regulating student governments. Apparently, it is standard practice for the elections judicial council to fail on posting agendas for its meetings. “There are no agendas for the meetings. They are pretty standard. We receive a complaint and the person that filed the complaint and the person the complaint is filed against receives an email from me letting them know that the complaint has been received,” said Rachel Langenfeld, Associ- ated Students election director and elections judicial council chair. Agendas for board of directors or committees meetings must disclose items to be discussed in a closed session be- forehand, according to the Associated Students’ bylaws and the Gloria Romero Act. “We can clearly say they violated the law by not posting notice of agenda,” said Mike Hiestand, attorney and senior legal consultant for the Student Press Law Center. According to its own bylaws, the Associated Students board of directors and all of its councils and committees are required to comply with the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act. Violations of the act can carry consequences.

AMANDA TRAN / DAILY TITAN SEE COUNCIL 3 University Police teach self-defense Rape Aggression Defense how to defend herself if a strang- classes taught by three er tried to kidnap her, Cappuccio certified instructors. said. “There are so many women that are just naive to any of the CODIE HAYS concepts, or naive to the fact that Staff Writer by coming and living on campus you are more vulnerable, In an attempt to combat the and statistics show that (sexual dangers of rape and sexual as- assault) is more likely to occur,” sault on campus, Cal State Ful- she said. lerton University Police officers All of the officers have stories are teaching students self-de- and examples to back up why fense tactics for real instances they are showing students how of danger. The Rape Aggression to defend themselves. The ulti- Defense class, or RAD, is held mate goal is to reduce the risk of at the Student Recreation Center students becoming victims, Cap- and is a 3-day 12 hour program puccio said. In their last class, held once a semester by nation- Cappuccio said a woman ap- ally certified instructors. proached her about concerns she had about the way women are Officer Katie Cappuccio perceived in society. With a little over six years un- “There is this unspoken rule der her belt as a RAD instructor, that if a man tries to ask you on a Officer Katie Cappuccio con- date or puts his arm around you, tinues to teach the classes with and says ‘Can I buy you a drink,’ GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO intensity. that we’re supposed to allow Sophie Frost averaged a 1.96 ERA and 81 hits in her 13 appearances in the pitching circle. As a child, she didn’t have any these things to happen, because type of self-defense training and we don’t want to be conceived as preferred cheerleading and ballet being rude or mean,” she said. over karate and martial arts. Her Cappuccio hopes women parents told her about “strang- will become aware of differ- Softball suffers 3-1 loss in er danger,” but she didn’t know ent self-defense techniques. She said there are many skills to be There are so many learned in this course, like how women carry themselves on a game one against Loyola “women that are just daily basis and their awareness Late hits by the Lions The Titans’ pitching circle outs and we did not put the bat naive to any of the of surroundings when walking resulted in the Titans 18th finished the three innings pri- on ball like we’re capable of. concepts, or naive to to and from a campus parking loss of the season. or with several runners left on From the last time we saw LMU lot. base. However, the Lions were to tonight, they got better. We the fact that by coming “Thinking back on my past

able to find enough hits when it took a step back.” said Titans and living on campus, and the situations that I’ve found JARED EPREM mattered to secure the victory. Head Coach Kelly Ford. myself in, I think if I had the

Sports Editor CSUF had runners on first The players shared Ford’s dis- you are more vulnerable skills of the women who take and third with two outs in the appointment with their produc- and statistics show“ that this class after completion, I Loyola Marymount’s two-run bottom of the seventh and a tivity in the postgame huddle. (sexual assault) is more maybe wouldn’t have ended up double in the top of the seventh chance to close the game out, Ford said only one player said in some of these incidents or sit- from outfielder Brooke Chris- but third baseman Bryanna they were happy with their ef- likely to occur. uations that I found myself in,” tensen helped lift itself over Cal Ybarra failed to make anything fort in the game. KATIE CAPPUCCHIO Cappuccio said. State Fullerton softball for a 3-1 of the final at-bat of the game. University Police officer victory Wednesday. “We did not have productive SEE DEFEAT 8 SEE RAD 2

COURTESY OF RAD Cal State Fullerton’s rape aggression defense classes are taught by University Police officers. Officer Katie Cappuccio is the only female instructor. RAD: Instructors hope to prevent more assaults CONTINUED FROM 1 Officer Jose Rosales Officer Jose Rosales be- Cpl. Hoang Lequang came an instructor for RAD Cpl. Hoang Lequang has been over seven years ago when he an officer for 17 years and a began to see a trend of women RAD instructor for seven. being sexually assaulted in his “We have a K-9 unit, we have career as a police officer and bike patrol, we have motor, we detective. have SWAT, but believe it or Rosales also has a lot of not, this might sound crazy, but women in his family and said I choose this one,” Lequang he would want his daughter said. to be able to defend herself if Before completing his na- necessary. tional certification to become a “It’s not that they can’t do it, RAD instructor, Lequang said it’s that they don’t have anyone he thought, “A woman can eas- to show them,” Rosales said. ily defend herself, push back or The instructors have also be- say no.” COURTESY OF RAD COURTESY OF RAD COURTESY OF RAD gun RAD workshops, a con- University Police officer Katie It wasn’t until a scenario ex- University Police officer Hoang University Police officer Jose densed version of the program, Cappuccio ercise during his training that Lequang Rosales to get the word out. Rosales Lequang said his perspective said throughout the three days changed. He was told to walk ‘Okay, open your eyes and get assimilate,’” Lequang said. “On the last day, we dress up of RAD classes he sees the into a room with his eyes closed up,’ that I felt completely hope- Lequang said he has now in full pads and they beat us up,” women’s confidence levels in- and lay down while multiple less ... I couldn’t move and dedicated himself to educating Lequang said. “I had to take six crease dramatically. men held him against the floor. right then and there, it hit me, as many women as he can on advil because these girls were “It’s really just about empow- “It wasn’t until they said, that this is what they wanted to self-defense. hitting me so hard.” ering them,” Rosales said.

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“Each member of a legislative body who attends a meeting of that legislative body where an action is taken in violation of any provision of this article, with knowledge that the meeting is in violation of this article, is guilty of a misdemean- or,” according to the Gloria Rome- ro Open Meetings Act. As a result of these meetings, Moubayed and Eacobellis were disqualified from the elections. They said they feel wronged by the Associated Students’ actions and want the organization to ac- knowledge that the bylaws were violated. “Our main concern right now is just to see something different happen next year,” Moubayed said. On March 20, she said “An apology would be nice.” TRACY HOANG / DAILY TITAN Drew Wiley, Associated Stu- disqualified from the race. dents program development di- “Celine and I already felt like rector and non-voting member of we were just kind of getting tossed the elections judicial council said, aside by ASI and the school,” Eac- “The election judicial council is obellis said. “We’re waiting to see not a board or committee in the what happens, and hoping some- sense of things like our board of thing does happen and justice sees directors, board of trustees or com- the light of day, because in the end, mittees under those.” Celine and I have been victims However, the elections judicial through this whole process.” council is a sub-body of Associ- University administrators that ated Students and is composed of oversee Associated Students were elected student officials chosen asked to comment on the closed by the board of directors and two meetings. non-voting staff advisors. Mem- “We are looking into the mat- bers are appointed in the fall and ter you have referenced in your COURTESY OF ASI the council dissolves after the questions and will get back to you Dave Edwards, ASI executive director spring semester. when we have more information,” In the closed meetings, the elec- said Dave Edwards, executive di- Berenecea Johnson Eanes, vice tions judicial council found Mou- rector of Associated Students, in president of student affairs, could bayed and Eacobellis in violation an email responding to the Daily not be reached for comment de- of the bylaws for sending “spam” Titan’s request for comments on spite repeated attempts by email, GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN emails to students and were the meetings. phone and office visits. Colin Eacobellis and Celine Moubayed, disqualified ASI candidates

JENNIFER GARCIA / DAILY TITAN The event was hosted by the WoMen’s and Adult’s Reentry Center. Muslim students reinterpret Islam Three female panelists say ask questions and start conver- their religion is more than sations. Jamilah said the way the just a hijab. media portrays Muslims can close the door to an honest dialogue because of the negativity associated JENNIFER GARCIA with Islam. Staff Writer “It’s like talking to a wall,” Rteimeh said. Three women shared how it Rteimeh recalled times when feels to be Muslim in a society her dad would yell at her in pub- where wearing a hijab, a Mus- lic, and she would feel the need to lim headscarf, makes them stand argue back so people passing by out. wouldn’t think, “Poor girl, she’s Through humor, sarcasm, an- not allowed to talk.” ger and sadness, they each re- Nila Ahmad, another Ahmadi- called personal events when they yya Muslim Women’s Auxiliary had to defend themselves, and coordinator, recalled a recent con- gave themselves a label they were versation she had with a non-Mus- proud to wear. lim woman who told her of a time As part of Women’s History she was at a park and saw a Mus- Month, the Cal State Fullerton lim woman taking care of her two WoMen and Adult Reentry Cen- kids. While the woman was, “just ter hosted a panel called “Muslim covered,” her husband was in a Misrepresentation” on Tuesday in tank top and shorts. The woman University Hall. asked Ahmad to explain the situ- “I don’t think that it’s fair that ation to her, making the assump- I’m getting clumped up with (ex- tion that one Muslim, in this case, tremists) who ruined my life, and represented the entire religion. people don’t understand that,” Offering explanations like, said Rose Rteimeh, a second-year “Maybe her husband’s just a jerk” political science major at CSUF. offered the notion that there are Rteimeh said Muslim extrem- more logical answers to every- ists are just as much of a threat day scenes cast in a stereotypical to her way of life as they are to light. non- Muslims. Rteimeh also said Muslim “To have someone come up to women have been dressing in ful- me and say that I have anything to ly covered clothing for a long time do with them is just absolutely dis- and know they can handle being gusting,” she said. out in the heat. Khalida Jamilah, Ahmadiyya “It’s not a cloak from Harry Muslim Women’s Auxiliary coor- Potter,” Rteimeh said. dinator said it is up to both sides, Ahmad said he was taught that

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VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN 4 Lifestyle THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2018 ‘Love, Simon’ is an open love letter Directed by Greg Berlanti, the and expanded into popular media. It’s supporting characters by briefly delv- tion that queer people deserve to hear film’s quirky nature appeals to also notably the first time a major studio ing into their personal lives, creating a from their loved ones and this film is a re- has produced a film that unapologetical- sweeping theme of encouragement and minder of the beauty of acceptance. all backgrounds. ly focuses on a teen’s queer identity. Di- support. In contrast, some of his peers react with rector Greg Berlanti, who is gay himself, The movie is thankfully not a pure malice and intolerance – a necessary, al- DALIA QUIROZ successfully brings to the mainstream angst fest, which adds to its importance beit softened, glimpse at the existing re- Illustrator world a groundbreaking, gay-teen cen- because most queer films tend to be just ality queer fears are rooted in. It’s a re- tered, family friendly, coming-of-age that. It’s a life-affirming teen drama that minder that, even now, many people can “Love, Simon” is a long-awaited breath coming out story. explores the fear and bravery of coming be cruel and unaccepting. of fresh air that brings the turbulent ex- Simon’s tightly wound secret begins to out. It portrays themes of pride, visibili- Despite the drama, the film is light- perience of gay teenhood front and cen- unravel after he reaches out to an anon- ty and the empowerment of queer people. hearted overall, but it doesn’t really delve ter. Nick Robinson stars as Simon Spier, ymous blogger at his school who is also The film also carries a message of hope, deeply into the consequences of being a closeted teen living in an Atlanta sub- gay. As his correspondence with the mys- acceptance and unconditional love. closeted or how being outed can affect urb. The film’s journey follows Simon as terious “Blue” develops into a deeper con- As a bonus, “Love, Simon” offers fam- people. It’s a bit of a sugar-coated reali- he overcomes the fear of everyone else nection and eventually blossoms into love, ily members, friends and peers a thought- ty, typical to movies of this genre. Still, knowing he’s gay. another student threatens to out him. ful guide on how to handle someone who’s the film’s message of love and acceptance Quirky characters, an engaging plo- He makes choices that, while driven coming out as gay. The most moving manages to get across in its hour and 50 tline, emotional revelations and even a by his need to keep his secret safe, neg- scenes involve Simon coming out to his minutes. spectacular musical number create an atively affect his close group of friends. entire family, and the subsequent conver- “Love, Simon” has even given many overall compelling movie He faces consequences when his web sations with his parents. Josh queer folks around the world the courage experience for view- of lies are discovered and his Duhamel and Jennifer Gar- to come out in their own lives. A few gay ers of all ages, back- identity is revealed to ner play Simon’s parents actors on set felt encouraged and repre- everyone. The mov- wonderfully and offer sented positively by the film. Robinson’s ie further fleshes genuine, heart-filled ac- own brother came out to him during pro- out the ceptance. Their words duction, which, while coincidental, gave are full of love Robinson the tools to talk to him open- and affir- ly. Viewers can connect in some way to ma- Simon’s story and be inspired to embrace their own identities, or that of others. Above all else, “Love, Simon” feels like a long-needed, open love letter to the queer community. It speaks vol- umes and resonates with many, regardless of what stage an in- dividual is with their journey. It’s a movie that can connect to those still figuring themselves out, those scared to grounds express their iden- a n d tity out loud and orientations. even to those Everything about it is who’ve long as cheesy and quirky as come out but a classic John Hughes see remnants teen romantic comedy – of their per- and that’s exactly what sonal ex- makes it so great. It’s a p e r i e n c e refreshing take on the t h r o u g h genre, with an updat- Simon’s. ed and relevant twist speaking to a population often left hungry for content that straight people have in hoards. “Love, Si- mon” isn’t just a “gay” film – it’s another step in the right direction for queer repre- sentation as it’s nor- mal- ized

“It’s about Acceptance.” • We need to accept that mental health challenges come in many forms and that it can affect anyone. • One in ﬁve American adults experienced a mental health issue.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2018 Opinion 5 Nickelodeon justly amplifies youth activism Children deserve an First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. outlet for political However, despite having the issues. freedom to speak out, one of the most powerful tools to do so — the voting booth — is generally underutilized. During the 2016 election, only about 61 percent of the voting population reported going out to the polls, according to U.S. Cen- sus Bureau data. The youngest age group (18 to 29) was the only group to in- crease voter turnout between JASON ROCHLIN 2012 and 2016, but it was still the Asst. News Editor group with the least turnout overall at just 46 percent. Kids who watched Nickelode- In California, one of the chief on in the ‘90s likely remember reasons for low voter turnout is the network for dumping viscous, “lack of interest,” according to a neon green slime all over anyone Public Policy Institute of Califor- who dared to take part in one of nia voter registration fact sheet its many game shows, but those from September 2015. watching in 2018 might be more What better way to invigo- apt to remember the network for rate interest in voting than by supporting the decision to protest having Nickelodeon assure chil- gun control laws. dren that their opinions are im- It’s refreshing to see a network portant? Maybe even import- with a young audience encourage ant enough to break away from political activism, regardless of that new episode of Spongebob the opinions being endorsed. SquarePants? On March 14, thousands of stu- Children and teens can be pas- dents across the nation walked sionate about political issues, es- out of their classes for 17 min- pecially with how the nature of utes in honor of the 17 Parkland the Parkland shooting has drawn shooting victims killed at Mar- a passionate response from the jory Stoneman Douglas High country’s youth. Both the Nation- School. al School Walkout and the March At the same time, Nickelode- ANITA HUOR / DAILY TITAN For Our Lives movement, which on and other Viacom networks Nickelodeon stopped airing for 17 minutes while students walked out in honor of the victims in the Parkland shooting. will include a national march on stopped their usual programming Washington, D.C. scheduled for to broadcast a message of support cinema and television arts. Awards” and “Kids Pick the denies them a space to talk about March 24, have been organized for the movement. “Nickelodeon is really a spe- President.” it and express themselves. by students. “In support of kids leading the cial case in that they have devel- Some might argue that an en- “They are aware that other Regardless of politics, every- way today, Nickelodeon will be oped as a place specifically for tity meant for children’s enter- children are being impacted, and one can agree that fostering opin- off the air until 17 minutes past kids that takes children seriously tainment should not get involved I think the idea that they could ions, debating ideas and being the hour,” Nickelodeon’s message in terms of their political aware- in political arguments like this actually mobilize in support politically active are essential to read. ness,” said Osborne-Thompson, because it exposes their children of something or against some- a thriving democracy. The na- The fact that Nickelode- who teaches a general education to sensitive topics in an uncon- thing is really heartening,” Os- tion’s youth have just as much of on would make such an explic- course on children’s television. trolled environment, like televi- borne-Thompson said. a right to be informed and find it statement and encourage chil- The network has a history of sion. But in this case, it would en- America is a nation built on their own voice. dren to express their voices as inviting children to tackle adult courage children to be naive. giving people a voice to face In that respect, Nickelodeon citizens makes sense to Heather topics, even if they aren’t old Osborne-Thompson said this potential oppressors. This is should be lauded for encourag- Osborne-Thompson, Cal State enough to actually vote includ- assumes they don’t already know why the rights to assemble and ing its audience to take that spot Fullerton associate professor of ing their annual “Kids’ Choice about what’s going on, which free speech are included in the at the discussion table. Shortening the NBA season would limit injuries Entertainment and quality of upsetting the majority of their fans. health and sleep schedules, but also neg- The series is dominated by heavily mar- atively affects the outcome of the subse- games would improve if only 70 keted, big-name players. Nine of the 11 quent game. games were played. top-selling jerseys last year belonged to Some teams have responded to this long, players who participated in the finals or tiresome schedule by resting players they were finalists for the MVP award, accord- see as potential risks for injury. This phe- ing to Business Insider. nomenon has skyrocketed in recent years NBA fans buy tickets and tune in to and to combat it, Adam Silver, NBA com- watch the league’s top stars dominate their missioner enforced a rule change that fines opponents — but with these players tem- teams at least $100,000 for resting healthy porarily removed from the game, some of players during significant, nationally tele- the appeal is lost. vised games. On Friday, it was announced that Kev- While this action was done to help in Durant will be sidelined for at least two the NBA’s financial interests, it still weeks with an incomplete rib cartilage skirts around the real problem: too many JACOB TATHAM fracture, while fellow teammates Stephen games. Staff Writer Curry and Klay Thompson are still on the A shorter season would result in a de- injury list with thumb and ankle injuries, creased probability of injuries, and with As the NBA regular season winds down respectively. players feeling healthier and fresher, and the best teams gear up for playoffs, Jimmy Butler, the fiery wing leading the games would be more competitive. While fatigue is beginning to set in for players. charge for the first Timberwolves playoff the quantity of games would decrease, While some are resting, others have joined appearance in 13 years, has been out since KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN the overall entertainment quality game to them on the bench due to injuries. February with a meniscal injury and is not Resting star players ruin the quality of games. game would likely rise and heighten in- From the league’s recent spotlight on expected to return until late March. vestment from audiences. mental health awareness and emphasis on Hoping they don’t suffer a similar fate as injuries, decreasing the number of games Despite coming down on teams for rest- diversity, the NBA has a reputation for be- other playoff teams, the Toronto Raptors played over the course of the regular sea- ing players, Silver conceded in an inter- ing a progressive, player-friendly league. rested their star point guard, Kyle Lowry, son reduces the wear and tear on the body. view with USA Today that 82 games is too But it’s time for them to live up to this rep- in their game against the Mavericks. The Better Health Channel attributes most many and has promised to look into mak- utation by shortening the regular season. Not only do these absences hurt the chronic injuries in sports to “repeated ing the regular season shorter. The NBA season is 82 games long and quality of games in the regular season, but overuse of muscle groups or joints.” Ultimately, the owners have the final say four best-of-seven playoff rounds for the the pressure for teams to bring back play- Fewer games would mean less time and it’s still uncertain if they can agree to teams that make it to the NBA Finals. If it ers before they are fully healed increases spent vigorously exercising, and more time put aside their business interests for the was shortened to roughly 70 games, play- the risk of reaggravating injuries. to rest and heal. This would eliminate the good of the game. Until then, watching the ers would be happier, healthier and better While a shortened regular season scheduling of games on back-to-back days, Warriors bring out their benchwarmers ev- prepared to play in the NBA series without does not entirely eliminate the threat of which not only takes a toll on physical ery night will have to do.

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MATT BROWN / CAL STATE FULLERTON SPORTS MEDIA CSUF sits top seed in the Big West as it rides an eight-game win streak. Tennis to face San Diego State The Titans will take a a losing streak of their own fol- MATT BROWN / CAL STATE FULLERTON SPORTS MEDIA break from conference lowing their recent defeats Charles Kelly achieved his season best at the Ben Brown Invitational. play to face the Aztecs. against the University of the Pa- cific (6-1) on March 15 and Ha- waii (6-0), however, the duo still KRISTINE JARANILLA Staff Writer boasts an 11-5 record in doubles play. The Titans proved that singles Track and field gears up for Cal State Fullerton tennis play is their strong suit, when looks to keep its eight-game they split a 4-2 victory against win streak alive as it prepares to both Hawaii making for another compete against San Diego State undefeated week. UC Riverside Spring Classic University on Friday, March CSUF leads the Big West con- Fullerton will compete in finished the women’s mile in during the USC Invitational. 23. ference with a .875 overall win its seventh meet hosted third place and earned a personal Rasaun House is the only ath- The Titans will play their third percentage. The closest Big by the Highlanders. best of 4 minutes, 48.02 seconds. lete to be named Big West Con- match on the road this month West opponent, UC Davis, has She also set a personal record of ference Track Athlete of the since their victory over Hawaii claimed victory in 11 of its 14 2:10.53 in the 800-meter race. Week this season after earning 4-3 on March 17, where they had games, leaving it with the sec- CHELSEA HERNANDEZ Huerta took control of her the honor on March 6. Asst. Social Media Editor to fight for the close game. ond highest win percentage. events as she also found herself The freshman garnered three CSUF struggled in doubles A win for Cal State Fullerton breaking personal records in oth- second-place finishes in the play against Hawaii, which won tennis would bring its overall re- A handful of outdoor track er invitationals. 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash two of the three sets and tied cord to 15-2, elongating its win- and field Titans surpassed their At the Ben Brown Invitational and 4x100-meter relay at the Riv- the other. The most lopsided ning streak even though it will personal best records, last week- on March 10, Huerta ran the first erside City College Quad Meet defeat when Titans Genevieve not face a Big West conference end, during the USC Trojan Invi- outdoor 5K of her collegiate ca- on March 3. Zeidan and Masako Makiba who opponent until March 28th. tational. Junior Thaddeus Smith reer and took first place with a The team looks to build on its dropped their match 6-0 to Pe- The Titans will compete reached his season best of 21.42 time of 17:13.53. recent success as it participates tra Melounova and Roxanne against the Aztecs with the first seconds in the 200-meter dash, Senior Adrianna Reagan took in the UC Riverside Spring Resma. serve at the Aztec Tennis Center finishing fifth. second place in the women’s high Classic starting Thursday and Zeidan and Makiba are riding starting at 2 p.m. Sophomore Samantha Huerta jump by clearing 5 feet, 5 inches, ending Saturday.

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http://www.dailysudoku.com/ 8 Sports THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2018 Baseball to host rival Long Beach State in home series CSUF looks to stretch four- game win streak following a rough start to its season.

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Cal State Fullerton baseball will face off against rival Long Beach State in a three-game weekend series starting March 23. GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO The Dirtbags (8-13) will arrive Zoe Richard (15) leads the Titans with 18 RBI’s in her 90 at-bats. at Fullerton coming off a 10th inning loss to Loyola Marymount on Tuesday. The last time these two teams met was in the 2017 Super Regionals, when the Titans Defeat: Late-run ended the Dirtbags’ season with a 2-1 victory and advanced to the College World Series. “I think we owe Long Beach loss for the Titans something. They probably think CONTINUED FROM 1 after that point, the Titans failed they owe us something, but to score while leaving 11 runners it should be a fun weekend,” Ford believes the fix to get her on base. said Titans Head Coach Rick team mentally invested again is “That’s ridiculous. That killed Vanderhook. not too complicated. us. Multiple times we had run- The Titans have played better “(I just need to) be real with ners on second and third and the since entering March, winning them. They don’t need any blown heart of our lineup up and not seven of their last 10 games. smoke, they don’t need any rah- producing.” Ford said. “It’s been so nice. The start for rah. I can’t make it any more sim- Pitcher Sophie Frost complet- us was so rough and the hardest ple: we’ve got to get better,” Ford ed her ninth game of the sea- part was that we knew we had the said. son, giving up three earned runs talent to win ball games, we just In the first inning, right field- for only the third time this sea- weren’t showing it. So now that er Brooke Clemetson stole sec- son. However, Ford said Frost put we’re able to show everything ond and took advantage of an er- the team in a position to win, but we’ve got, the ball just keeps roll- ror to advance to third. That steal Fullerton’s offense didn’t capital- ing and it feels really good,” said brought her total up to 24 this ize on the moment. outfielder Jairus Richards. season, which leads the Big West Hitting will be the main focus The Dirtbags have won only a conference. for CSUF in its one day of prac- single game on the road. Howev- Clemetson was brought in by tice before the next game against er, the Titans haven’t been great left fielder Sammie Vandiver, but LMU. Regardless of what Thurs- at home, with a 5-4 record at day’s weather holds, Ford be- Goodwin Field. (I just need to) be real lieves the practice will be essen- One of the keys to the week- with them. They don’t tial for the team’s success going end series will be plate disci- GABE GANDARA / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO “ forward. pline. The Dirtbags’ pitchers lead Dillon Brown has pitched 15 innings with a 2.40 ERA this season. need any blown smoke, “We’re going to work tomorrow the Big West with a total of 192 they don’t need any rah- in the cages. It’s supposed to rain strikeouts. However, the Titans the Dirtbags in hits and runs streak. In the four-game streak he “ but we’re going to be practicing are disciplined as they hold the scored. has .429 batting average. rah. I can’t make it any anyway, working on hitting pitch- third fewest strikeouts in the Big Lately, the Titans have been in As conference play approach- more simple: we’ve got to es with curve spins because we’ll West. control of the plate, and one rea- es CSUF is looking to contin- get better. see that same kind of pitcher in the Long Beach infielder Jarren son for their surge is because of ue to build momentum starting Big West,” Ford said. Duran has successfully stolen freshman infielder Brett Borgog- with Friday’s game against Long KELLY FORD The Titans will finish the series seven of eight attempted bas- no, who comes into the series Beach. First pitch is at 7 p.m. at Titans head coach with a doubleheader against the Li- es this season, and also leads with a with a four-game hitting Goodwin Field. ons Friday starting at 3 p.m.

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