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Magic Johnson to speak Student kicks off career on campus Wednesday at Nickelodeon News 3 Features 4 Thursday February 26, 2015 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 97 Issue 17 Man arrested on sexual battery charges At least seven Gradilla-Cuevas, of La Hab- During that incident, both observed Gradilla-Cuevas near the CSUF campus. ra, was arrested by Fullerton women were walking be- stalking dozens of possible Fullerton Police believe incidents took Police Department officers tween Commonwealth and victims in Fullerton, Placen- there may be additional vic- in conjunction with Univer- San Carlos Avenue, and both tia and La Habra. tims in the cities of Fuller- place near CSUF sity Police. On Tuesday, of- reported a man coming up None of the victims were ton, Placentia and La Hab- ficers saw Gradilla Cuevas behind them and grabbing injured in the reported ra. Anyone with information CYNTHIA WASHICKO watch a woman walking on their buttocks. incidents. should contact Detective C. Daily Titan Nutwood Avenue, park and Officers had been search- Gradilla-Cuevas is sus- Wright from the Fullerton exit his car, run up behind ing for a male suspect in- pected of approaching wom- Police Department Fam- the woman and slap her but- volved in at least seven inci- en from behind, grabbing ily Crimes Unit at (714) A 21-year-old man was ar- tocks, according to the re- dents of sexual battery, and their bodies and running 738-6754. rested Tuesday suspected of port. He then ran from the identified Gradilla-Cuevas’ away on multiple occasions Anyone who would at least seven accounts of scene and was detained by car as similar to one cap- between August 2014 and like to provide informa- sexual battery over the past officers. tured on surveillance vid- February 2015. All of the tion anonymously can call few months, according to a The arrest comes after eo from an earlier assault, incidents occurred between the Orange County Crime release from the Fullerton two Cal State Fullerton stu- according to the report. 5-9 p.m., according to the re- Stoppers at 1(855) TIP-OC- Police Department. dents were victims of the During the several weeks port. The incidents occurred CS or go to their website at COURTESY OF FULLERTON PD Jose Alfredo same type of assault Jan. 26. of surveillance, officersin northeastern Fullerton CrimeStoppers.org. Jose Alfredo Gradilla-Cuevas Cadets take to the skies CSUF center is off the grid Self-sustainable facility provides hands-on learning STEPHANIE GOMEZ Daily Titan The “crack, crack, crack” sound of stone hitting stone echoes into the into the dis- tance, as a group of flint- knapping students sit in a circle hard at work. It is Amy Marymors first try at flintknapping, which is the shaping of stones into ar- rowheads or other tools by striking them with an- other stone in a systematic manner. Marymors, a bay area AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN resident and teacher for the ROTC cadets from CSUF and other universities took part in a helicopter training exercise Wednesday. The cadets flew in Black Hawk West Contra Costa School helicopters to gain experience of what it’s like to fly in one of the choppers. SEE ROTC 2 Unified School District, sits under the shade of the patio built behind the main build- ing at the California State Desert Studies Center in the Mojave National Preserve. Titans gets walked off by USD Marymor is taking an ex- tended education class in A three-run SOFTBALL flintknapping offered by the Desert Studies Center seventh inning through the University of propelled Toreros California, Riverside. 2 “It’s a really good op- 5 portunity for people who RUDY CHINCHILLA @ wouldn’t come out to the Daily Titan desert otherwise, to come out with their course work 3 and get credit and learn The Cal State Fullerton about what it’s like out softball team lost in heart- opted for redshirt junior De- here,” Marymor said. “If breaking fashion at the USD siree Ybarra in the circle, they don’t come back again, Softball Complex, falling to the only Fullerton pitcher at least they have this expe- the University of San Diego with a sub-three earned run rience and have a little bet- Toreros, 3-2. average. Her opposite num- AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN FILE PHOTO ter understanding of what The Titans and the Tore- ber in the San Diego circle The Cal State Fullerton softball team suffered a 3-2 heartbreaking loss Wednesday to the Toreros the desert is like.” ros headed into the game in was Paige Von Sprecken. of the University of San Diego after taking a 2-0 lead into the seventh. The center runs like a complete opposite form. The Both pitchers did a fine job also allowing only three hits Rodriguez managed two The action started with mini campus in itself, said Titans went down to San Di- nullifying the other team’s in the process. hits off four at-bats, but a Delynn Rippy single to Jason Wallace, the Desert ego having won their two attack. Ybarra pitched six The bats stayed quiet for failed to record a single run right-center field. Taukeiaho Studies Center’s Site Stew- previous games against the innings of shutout ball, al- much of the contest. Court- batted in. As for Taukeiaho, then stepped up to the plate, ard. Multiple buildings hold University of Nevada and lowing only three hits over ney Rodriguez entered the the junior managed one run but was walked to first, mov- dorms, a bathhouse, labora- Oklahoma State, respective- that span. Von Sprecken, game with a .472 batting off two at-bats, while also ing Rippy to second in the tory space and small class- ly. Meanwhile, the Toreros however, was equal to her average through 53 at-bats, being left on base twice. process. Eliza Crawford then rooms. By providing a space were coming off a pair of Fullerton foe’s efforts; she while Taukeiaho held a .409 After the prolonged lack took command of things. for living, in an otherwise losses to UC Riverside. was able to shutout the Titan batting average after 44 at- of action, the bats finally lit harsh climate, the center fa- Head Coach Kelly Ford offense for five innings while bats on the season. up in the sixth inning. SEE SOFTBALL 8 cilitates groups traveling to the desert to study every- thing from photography, art in science, geology and even hosts NASA scientists. Closing arguments begin in Torrez murder trial The main building holds a dining hall, kitchen and Arguments set to convince a jury to con- Torrez. outside of helping Lopez. doing nothing to aid the class space. It faces a man- vict Samuel Lopez of first The defense maintains Murphy acknowledged search for Torrez. made pond called Lake Tu- to continue degree murder. Lopez is ac- that Xavier Lopez, Samuel’s that Xavier’s DNA was not Murphy also showed the endae, a habitat for the en- cused of killing CSUF stu- cousin, was responsible for found on Torrez or in her jurors some video clips of dangered Mojave tui chub Thursday dent Cathy Torrez in Febru- Torrez’s murder. car, but reminded the jury Samuel stretching, reading fish. Palm trees line the dirt ary 1994. Murphy acknowledged that blood can be cleaned his soda can and playing path encircling the pond SPENCER CUSTODIO Deputy District Attorney that only Xavier’s DNA and off surfaces. He stressed that with his hat in a police inter- with various benches, al- Daily Titan Matt Murphy told the jury fingerprint were found on jurors shouldn’t be focusing rogation room. Something, lowing visitors to view that he would paint them the scene and on Cathy’s on what is there, but rather Murphy said, that normal the waterfowl attracted a picture so complete that blouse, but reiterated that what is not. people don’t do when they to the pond and the sce- The prosecution be- they would be able to look Xavier did not have a re- Murphy told the jury that learn a loved one has died. nic view of Soda Lake. gan its closing statements back in 10 years and be con- lationship with Torrez and Samuel Lopez was seen by Wednesday in its attempt vinced that Lopez killed had no real reason to kill her the prosecution’s witnesses SEE TRIAL 2 SEE CENTER 4 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 26, 2015 THURSDAY NEWS AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN Cadets wait for the chance to fly aboard one of two Black Hawk helicopters flown by the 11th Aviation Command in Los Alamitos. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN The cadets get ready for flight, observing all necessary procedures prior to takeoff. FOR THE RECORD It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors printed in the publication. Corrections will be pub- lished on the subsequent issue after an error is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. ROTC cadets rode aboard two Black Hawk helicopters, on a 10-mile trip from campus to Tonner Canyon. The exercise was designed Corrections will also be made to the online to help them learn procedure while aboard one of the helicopters. version of the article. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Samuel Mountjoy at (657) 278-5815 or at [email protected] to report any errors. ROTC: Cadets go on flight Cadets rode aboard said Maj. Bradley Isler, ex- Fullerton ROTC and CSUF afraid of heights, she said ecutive officer and assis- to allow us this opportunity she was excited to take ad- two helicopters in a tant professor of military to come in here and do this vantage of the opportunity learning exercise science.