Titan Baseball Picks up Victory Over the Toreros
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Wednesday April 6, 2016 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 99 Issue 32 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN History of black Titan baseball picks up violence explored victory over the Toreros Professors discuss parallels between past and present GABE ESPIRITU Daily Titan Three professors de- scribed the history of vio- lence on black people in a panel at the penultimate in- stallment of the “Human- ities and Social Sciences Lecture Series - Interdis- ciplinary Conversations on Inequality and Violence.” Each professor identified different instances of black violence, ranging from the 1800s through the Civil War era, and finding the correla- tion to today’s injustices. Professor of American studies Terri L. Snyder, Ph.D., presented “Slavery and Suicide: A Conversation on History, Memory, and Activism,” which examined cases that showed that “self PATRICK DO / DAILY TITAN destructive violence was Corner infielders Jerrod Bravo (left) and Tanner Pinkston (right) celebrate Cal State Fullerton’s 4-2 nonconference win over the University of San Diego on Tuesday. ubiquitous in slavery.” Pinkston doubled, recorded an RBI and walked twice. Snyder said captive Af- ricans transported on ships CSUF defeats San baseball continued its suc- in batting average at .352 not have a starter on Tues- to win every game that we from the African coast to cess Tuesday night against and coming in second to day night, as Head Coach play and we have some that the Americas leapt into Diego, extending the San Diego Toreros, win- Pinkston in RBIs with 15. Rick Vanderhook predeter- we thought we should’ve won the ocean, strangled and ning 4-2 and improving its On the San Diego side, mined the outings in order to earlier that we didn’t win, so hanged themselves and re- win streak to five overall record to 17-11. Ryan Kirby has been the give his lesser-used pitchers we’ll take every win we can fused to eat. Upon arriv- Going into Tuesday’s biggest weapon offensively, some action. By the end of get, and that’s our goal.” al to North America, they RYAN WHITEHEAD game, infielder Tanner Pink- going into this game with a the game, the Titans had sent The Titans failed to take ate dirt, hurled themselves Daily Titan ston led the team in runs .366 BA and 29 RBI. Soph- six pitchers to the mound, advantage of several scoring down hills and off ledges scored and runs batted in omore catcher Riley Adams including two regular start- opportunities early, as they and found different ways to with 22 and 18, respectively. has also put up impressive ers, Blake Quinn and John left the bases loaded in both end their lives. Coming off a sweep of the Senior outfielder Dalton Bla- numbers with 37 hits, 29 Gavin. the second and third innings. Cal State Northridge Mat- ser has also been formidable runs scored and 20 RBIs. “Every game is important,” SEE VIOLENCE 3 adors, Cal State Fullerton offensively, leading the team The Titans effectively did Vanderhook said. “We want SEE STREAK 6 Musical’s magic unfolds on campus Theater adaptation around a baker and his wife who wish to have a child of jumps ‘Into the their own. However, a witch Woods’ at CSUF appears, telling them of a curse she cast upon them, which prevents that dream JACQUELINE LINDENBERG to ever become reality. Daily Titan Heartbroken, yet ever de- termined to break the hor- rid curse, the baker and his Beloved characters and wife venture into the woods epic fairy tales will come where the curse can ulti- alive in Cal State Fuller- mately be broken. ton’s theater and dance de- Throughout the risky partment’s adaptation of the journey, they meet other classic musical, “Into the characters who also trav- Woods.” eled to the woods to ful- The first Broadway pre- fill their wishes: Little miere of “Into the Woods” Red, who wants to visit her opened in 1987 at the Mar- grandmother; the Wolf who tin Beck Theatre, now craves little girls; two Princ- known as the Al Hirschfeld es chasing after the women Theatre. they love; Jack, who needs The original Broadway his cow to make milk; and production starred Tom Al- Cinderella, who wishes to dredge as the Narrator, Ber- be free from her evil family nadette Peters as the Witch and attend the King’s ball. and Joanna Gleason as the The characters come to- Baker’s Wife. gether in the dangerous and The musical was based eerie forest to make their off music and unforgettable wishes come true, but obsta- lyrics written by American cles pop out from every cor- composer, Stephen Sond- ner, challenging the charac- heim, and a book by James ters’ strength and morals. KATIE ALBERTSON / DAILY TITAN Lapine. Hannah Clair (left), who plays Little Red, Elyssa Alexander (middle), who plays The Baker’s Wife and Matt Dunn (right), who plays The Baker, all The main plot revolves SEE WOOD 4 display passionate performances in “Into The Woods.” The musical premieres at the Little Theatre starting Friday running through April 24. Musicians demonstrate woodwinds Fundraiser incorporates Las Vegas theme Bernie Sanders has yet to change his tune The latest CSUF’s ZTA Senator Sand- installment of sorority will take ers has built the OLLI se- a gamble, host- a sizeable ries “The Great ing their annual following due American Song- Monte Carlo largely to the book” explores fundraiser at the consistency flutes, oboes Embassy Suites of his political News 2 and bassoons A&E 4 on Saturday Opinion 6 platform FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 6, 2016 WEDNESDAY NEWS DTBRIEFS Blackouts may occur in SoCal State officials re- leased a report Tues- day saying the Southern California Gas Co. gas well blowout from last year could result in at least 14 days of black- outs over the summer and potentially more in the winter, according to the OC Register. Lasting nearly four months, the facility re- sponsible for the nat- ural gas leak discov- ered in October has not NOLAN MOTIS / DAILY TITAN been fully operational The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) gave its members the opportunity to learn about woodwind instruments in a class called “The Great American Songbook.” since, as the compa- Cal State Fullerton graduate student Jason Pano (right) introduced guest musicians like Alfred Muñoz (left), who plays the flute. ny has been ordered to test all 114 gas wells be- fore it can resume its FOR THE RECORD underground storage activity. It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors Measures will be tak- printed in the publication. Corrections will be pub- en to try and reduce the lished on the subsequent issue after an error is blackouts; however, the discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on Aliso Canyon gas stor- the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. age field concluded that Corrections will also be made to the online the gas shortages “are version of the article. large enough to cause Please contact Editor-in-Chief Rudy Chinchilla at electricity interruptions” in Southern California. (657) 278-5815 or at [email protected] to report any errors. - JASON ROCHLIN Woman appointed as rabbi Editorial Rabbi Lila Kagedan Editor-in-Chief Rudy Chinchilla is the first woman to Managing Editor Zack Johnston hold the title “rabbi” News Editor Micah Augimeri-Lee while serving an Or- News Assistant Jason Rochlin thodox congregation, according to CNN. News Assistant Jillian Salas Kagedan, 35, News Assistant Gerard Avelino serves at the Mount News Assistant Monse Rodriguez Freedom Jewish Sports Editor Ryan Porter Center in New York Sports Editor Aaron Valdez and has committed Sports Assistant Hayley M. Slye her teachings to up- Sports Assistant Brandon Ross holding the traditions Opinion Editor Alan Bernal of her religion while Opinion Assistant Rishu Bhardwaj NOLAN MOTIS / DAILY TITAN pushing the boundar- Opinion Assistant Cody Gion As part of a presentation on woodwind instruments, flutist Alfredo Muñoz showed an audience of ies of her new role. OLLI members some flute playing techniques. Features Editor Veronica Felipe The idea of a female rabbi has been com- Features Assistant Emily Dieckman monly denounced Features Assistant Kaleb Stewart in traditional Ortho- A&E Editor Angie Perez dox Judaism, how- A&E Assistant Jayna Gavieres ever. The Rabbinical A&E Assistant Jacquline Lindenberg OLLI talk focuses Council of America Copy Editor Clayton Wong passed a resolution Copy Assistant Woaria Rashid last year saying that Copy Assistant Vivian Pham women studying the Layout Editor Liz Luevano Torah is a violation of Layout Assistant Christopher Sheats on woodwinds the tradition and is a Layout Assistant Reed Flores path that contradicts the norms of the Photo Editor Patrick Do Musicians demonstrate breathing and positioning other instruments in the of the instrument in rela- woodwind family. Jones community. Photo Assistant Yunuen Bonaparte techniques used to tion to the stream of air. explained that the oboe has Photo Assistant Nolan Motis play the instruments “Our sounds and our two reeds vibrating at the - JILLIAN SALAS Photo Assistant Katie Albertson techniques and air (are) our same time, causing an en- Multimedia Editor Frances Luthy paints, like a painter would tirely different sound from Multimedia Assistant Jesse Lima GALEN PATTERSON Daily Titan use,” Muñoz said. other woodwinds. Illustrator Natalie Goldstein Muñoz entertained the Jones also informed the Icelandic Social Media Editor Gino Riccardi audience members by ex- audience of the dangers Web Master Gerry Avelino Musicians performed for plaining the technique oboe players face due to PM steps an in-depth class on wood- known as “flutter tongue” the airflow of the oboe be- Adviser Bonnie Stewart wind instruments hosted by and demonstrating trills ing much smaller than oth- the Osher Lifelong Learn- and tremolos, alternating er woodwinds.