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Wednesday April 5, 2017 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 101 Issue 29 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN LA aims for bid Los Angeles and Paris lead running for 2024 Olympics. DANIEL INGA Daily Titan An Olympic scholar and officials involved with Los Angeles’ 1984 and 2024 Summer Olympic bids met Tuesday to discuss the institu- tional crisis engulfing the In- ternational Olympic Commit- tee (IOC) and how it affects bidding for the international event. “This Olympic bid cycle has been a particularly wild ride, punctuated by several BAILEY CARPENTER / DAILY TITAN dramatic events,” said John J. Freshman Zach Weller came in as a pinch runner for Timmy Richards and scored from third on a wild pitch. The San Diego native has posted impressive MacAloon, Olympic historian performances in two games against his hometown team, going 3-4 at the plate with five RBIs. and professor at the Universi- ty of Chicago. “Most recently, the resignation of the IOC’s evaluation commission chair under circumstances that per- haps threaten to reintroduce the question about the integ- AfterTitans putting up 13 runs Tuesday take the hammerdown on them.” launched a Torerostwo RBI dou- swing on it, and I think rity of the bidding process.” In its two games against ble off the right field wall that’s what I really got The event was organized by night against San Diego, Fullerton has San Diego this season, to give the Titans a 6-1 away from for a little stint the Cal State Fullerton Center scored 34 in its last three games. CSUF has posted a total of lead in the bottom of the of the season,” Hurst said. for Sociocultural Sport and 22 runs. fourth. Two batters later, Timmy Olympic Research. The Titans put together a Hurst has been on a tear Richards delivered a base MacAloon also talked BRYANT FREESE five-run inning in the bot- at the plate recently. In his hit up the middle to score about the issue of cities drop- Daily Titan tom of the fourth to give last five games, Hurst is Richards from third base ping out of the 2024 bidding their pitchers a big cushion hitting .476 (10-21) with six and extend the Titans lead process and general issues to work with throughout runs, two home runs and to 7-1. regarding attendance for the FULLERTON– After Goodwin Field. the rest of the game. eight RBIs. Richards has also im- Olympic Winter and Summer putting up 21 runs in its fi- “I thought they took good With first-year junior “I don’t think I’ve really proved his play of late, games. nal two games against UC at-bats. We had a lot of hit- college transfer Boston been changing too much at reaching base in 20 con- “Budapest, six weeks ago, Riverside, Cal State Ful- ters coming to the plate, a Romero on third thanks to the plate, maybe changed secutive game, which is the followed Rome and Ham- lerton baseball continued lot of innings,” said Head freshman catcher Daniel my approach just a little bit longest streak of any Titan burg in withdrawing its 2024 its hot hitting in a 13-2 Coach Rick Vanderhook. Cope’s double off the cen- trying to get better pitch- this season. bid. This has now reduced the blowout victory over San “They backed them in a ter field wall, Scott Hurst es to hit and count lever- contest to Paris and Los An- Diego Tuesday night at corner and then dropped stepped to the plate and age counts and put a good SEE RUNS 8 geles,” MacAloon said. Cities are pulling away be- cause of the financial burden it puts on the host city, Ma- cAloon said. The IOC in- troduced the Agenda 2020 Council defers parking discussion which was intended to alle- Fullerton parking now because of the new viate the high demands of habit patterns that would hosting. decision moved to be created during that But interest for the 2024 date uncertain. span,” Whitaker said. games has waned, with just The moratorium was two candidates, MacAloon suggested at the March said. SARAH WOLSTONCROFT 21 meeting as a tempo- MacAloon, who was a Daily Titan rary solution while the ap- member of the failed New pointed Ad Hoc commit- York 2012 and Chicago 2016 tee completes a citywide bidding teams, believes that Fullerton City Coun- parking study. Paris will win the bidding cil unanimously decid- Councilwoman Jennifer process for the 2024 games ed Tuesday to contin- Fitzgerald made the mo- for a variety of reasons. He ue discussion of issues tion to continue to a date said Paris is the exception to surrounding an over- uncertain and Councilman low public support through- night parking ban in local Greg Sebourn seconded out Europe for hosting the neighborhoods to a date after Councilman Jesus games. uncertain. Silva convinced the coun- “Paris has an all important The council decided that cil not to table the issue Agenda 2020 angle that LA imposing a citywide mor- entirely. does not have: Paris is in Eu- atorium instructing police “We need to try over rope,” MacAloon said. “All not to enforce the 2 a.m. to the next 30 days to make a those other cities and coun- 5 a.m. overnight parking solution, not wait months tries that I listed with their ban was not a workable to alleviate the problem,” KEVIN LEY / DAILY TITAN negative plebiscites and their solution. Mayor Bruce Silva said. Nearly 20 residents spoke during public comment at Tuesday’s city council meeting in Fullerton to hostile coverage and their du- Whitaker said a lack of Nearly 20 residents ex- express their concerns regarding a longtime overnight parking ban and the proposed moratorium. bious and skeptical govern- enforcement could bring pressed their concerns ments, all of them were Eu- crime and overflow park- during public comment. who wished to temporari- passed this on until an- suggested they should in- ropean. It is Europe, with the ing from commercial busi- Some were homeowners ly suspend the ban so they other time so we can try stead employ a permit sys- sole exception of Paris ... that nesses and other cities to in favor of keeping the could park in front of their to fix the problems with tem that would help alle- has turned against the Olym- Fullerton neighborhoods. ban to ensure their neigh- apartment buildings not the apartment owners and viate the parking issues in pic games.” “I would be concerned borhoods stay safe and move their cars in the ear- the retail businesses in Fullerton neighborhoods. even about having (a mor- clean. Others were prop- ly hours of the morning. the area,” said Fullerton SEE OLYMPICS 2 atorium) for any duration erty owners and tenants “I’m glad you guys resident Liz Savage, who SEE PARKING 3 Titans who don’t do meat can still dine The public is bumbling in saving the bees Titans defeat APU for fourth straight Finding veg- Pollinators Cal State Ful- etarian and responsible for lerton women’s vegan dining a large portion tennis took the options can of our food are doubles point be tough, but sadly wasting Tuesday for the Fullerton boats away because of 16th time out a few suitable our dangerous of 16 matches A&E 4 options. Opinion 6 habits. Sports 8 this season. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 5, 2017 WEDNESDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS Gov. Brown supports bill in Riverside Gov. Jerry Brown was in Riverside Tues- day to gain support for a Senate Bill that will increase gas tax- es and vehicle license fees to help pay for road repairs, accord- ing to NBC News. If the bill SB 1 pass- follow us es, there would be a 20-cent-per-gallon increase for diesel @theDailyTitan taxes and a 12-cent- per-gallon increase for gas taxes. The overall pump DANIEL INGA / DAILY TITAN price increase for Wayne Wilson, a member of the LA84 Foundation, argued that Los Angeles would be a good location gas will be about for the 2024 Olympic Games because of the surplus left over from hosting the 1984 games. $10 a month accord- ing to the governor’s FOR THE RECORD office. The average price It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors Olympics: for vehicle license printed in the publication. Corrections will be LA fees would be around published on the subsequent issue after an error $38 per vehicle. is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on The bill is estimat- the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. ed to generate $5.2 Corrections will also be made to the online billion in annual reve- nue. The bill could be version of the article. could host in 2024 voted on as early as Please contact Editor-in-Chief Hayley M. Slye at CONTINUED FROM 1 reconnect (with) the move- budget and thriving legacy ment. We feel no one under- programs. Thursday. (657) 278-5815 or at Joslyn Treece, LA 2024’s “The LAOOC (Los An- [email protected] to report any errors. community manager, said The most geles Olympic Organizing - ADRIANA HYMOVITZ she believes Los Angeles “important (part) of Committee) operating bud- is the right choice not just this is to reconnect get ended up with a surplus because of the infrastruc- “ of nearly $233 million. It Two arrested ture and public support that the movement wasn’t the first Olympic sur- the city has, but also be- to the next plus in history, but it was by for scheme cause LA could reinvigorate generation.