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Thursday, February 13, 2020 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 107 Issue 10 Parking and tuition among campus concerns A panel of student leaders the student body leaders on addressed questions at how they were working to sup- Wednesday’s town hall. port their requests for an in- ter-club council and resource TALIA CANTLEY center for SWANA-identifying students on campus. EMMA DAPKUS Staf Writers Jessica Rodriguez, a Cal State Fullerton student at- tending the town hall, was On top of ongoing pressure surprised to see the SWANA OMAR SANCHEZ / DAILY TITAN by student activists to recog- demonstration as she had not Students assemble on the stairs of the Titan Student Union for the Associated Students town hall. nize a space on campus for realized that the students lack Southwest Asian North Af- a meeting place of their own. rican students, student body “I’m glad they came in be- government leaders also grap- cause I didn’t realize that was pled with key campus issues a real issue until I saw them SWANA students call like parking and rising tuition talk about it. They just want costs. a safe space for them to feel Elected officials from Asso- comfortable to be around oth- ciated Students, Inc. held their er people — to be around oth- for a seat at the table second town hall of the school er like-minded people,” Rodri- year Wednesday, and they in- guez said. vited students and activists Chief Campus Relations Of- The Southwest Asian and African community took to the rug for far too long,” said Hanin to share their concerns at the ficer Claire Jenkins addressed North African community Associated Students’ town hall Sharif before the town hall. Titan Student Union Grand an inquiry regarding the AB lacks a resource center. to voice their discontent with the Lulu Halisi, diversity chair of Stairs. 1460 bill, which serves to raise lack of resources and recognition the SWANA club, said the orga- Students from the SWANA the upper-division ethnic stud- JESSICA BENDA from the university in a peaceful nization aims to build broader community demonstrated with ies requirement. ASI explained Editor demonstration yesterday. communities, recognize the re- signs, flags from their coun- how this proposal would help DIANA TRAN “The reason we’re here is to gion’s multiculturalism and build tries and questions about how unify the campus through ed- Asst. Editor show the institutions that SWA- solidarity around similar expe- ASI plans to support them and ucating students about diverse NA students are here. We ex- riences of racialization and dis- their cultures. groups. Students and allies of the ist, and our identities and pres- crimination in the U.S. Most of the students who SEE GOVERNANCE 3 Southwest Asian and North ence have been pushed under the SEE ACTIVISM 2 spoke at the town hall pressed Baseball gears up for postseason return The Titans kick of the recover during the off-season. changed how we went about I want to go in there and win and because they’re our rivals. The 2020 season with a three- “They’re new, we’re new, things and did what we can to make a statement,” said Bibee. whole conference is going to game series at Stanford. they have a little more experi- make sure it doesn’t repeat it- D1 Baseball also named pitch- be a grind just to get through,” ence on the mound with a few self,” Guangorena said. er Michael Weisberg and infield- Bibee said. guys who have pitched a little According to projections from er Brett Borgogno the No. 7 and All projections aside, the Ti- EMMA DAPKUS bit more than ours, but we’ve got a Big West Preseason Coach- No. 11 conference prospects for tans plan to take it one game Staf Writer some guys coming back who’ve es Poll, D1 Baseball and Per- the draft, respectively. at a time as they head into this been banged up in the fall,” said fect Game, the team is already Although they are primari- 2020 baseball season, and they The stadium lights shine Vanderhook. a favorite to win the Big West ly focused on their first match are committed to proving what it bright as the sun begins to set at Since the Titans have been fo- Championship. Additionally, D1 against the Cardinal, the Titans means to be a Titan. Goodwin Field on a crisp Tues- cusing on their team’s work eth- Baseball ranked junior pitcher recognize they have some stiff “This team — this year — we day evening. ic and strategy going into this Tanner Bibee as the No. 4 con- competition throughout the en- did everything we can to prepare The sound of clinking bats and season, they aren’t too wor- ference prospect to be picked up tirety of the conference season. the best we can, so if all goes shouts from the outfield can only ried about facing the Cardinal. in the MLB 2020 Draft. “I’m going to guess that Cal right, we won’t have to worry. mean one thing — batting prac- Vanderhook is certain that ev- “I don’t really feel pressure. Poly, Irvine, Santa Barbara — It’ll happen,” Guangorena said. tice is in full swing, and mem- ery member of the team knows Mentally, it’s not that bad. I probably those teams are the CSUF’s first game against bers of the Cal State Fullerton what is expected of them. A big think every year I’ve been here, biggest competition. There’s al- Stanford is scheduled in Palo baseball team are taking turns part of that expectation is un- we’ve been a favorite in the Big ways gonna be Long Beach. Alto on Friday, Feb. 14 at 6:05 rotating through home plate for derstanding how to control their West. I’m excited. I want to win. They’re always tough just p.m. their chance at bat. own game without worrying too The Titans are hard at work much about the other team. preparing for their season open- “We don’t totally play to the er against No. 17 Stanford in a opponent; we play the game, so three-game series in Palo Alto we’re trying to figure out how to over Valentine’s Day weekend. play what we want to play during “Stanford’s always a tough parts of the game,” Vanderhook competition. They’re always a said. really good team and very com- It was an uphill battle for the petitive. It’s always good games Titans to recover towards the in a series when we play against end of league play, and they them,” said sophomore catcher rounded out the 2019 season Kameron Guangorena. with an overall record just one Guangorena, who was a stand- game above .500. out in his first year with the team For the first time in 27 years, last season, appeared in 50 out of the Titans failed to make a post- 53 games. In 13 of those games, season appearance in the NCAA he was the starting catcher. He is tournament, which came as one example of a strong under- quite a shock to the baseball classmen who will help give the community. Titans necessary experience be- The last time Fullerton failed hind the plate. to make a postseason appear- When asked what the biggest ance was in 1991, but they found challenge will be against Stan- themselves competing in the na- ford, head coach Rick Vander- tional championship in Omaha hook credited the Cardinal’s the following season. The Titans experience but he said that Ful- are hoping for a similar outcome lerton has their own returners this year. JOSHUA ARIEF HALIM / DAILY TITAN who have had plenty of time to “We worked a lot harder, Kameron Guangorena swings against San Diego State University at Goodwin Field on April 14. The “American dream” is not affordable for many Unusual places to spice it up this Valentine’s Day The U.S. is full of many op- From ghost hunting at the WHAT’S portunities but cut short by Queen Mary to doing yoga with lack of resources and wealthy cats, here are six places to INSIDE? connections. explore romance this Friday. Opinion 4 Lifestyle 5 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM 2 News THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 Political parties create U.S. history A recap of the Impeachment thought he was going to be re- heated debate within the split par- you to do us a favor,” prompting a redacted version of the whis- inquiry and acquittal of moved from office. They just ty system. critics to say the call involved a tleblower complaint. thought, number one, that it was the “Most of the breathless daily quid pro quo. In October, the house voted, 232- President Trump. right thing to do, and number two, coverage is repetitive, and worse, It was confirmed that a staff 196, to proceed with setting proce- a lot of their base wanted it,” said entirely predictable. Lots of com- member from the White House Of- dures for the impeachment inquiry. BRANDON KILLMAN Rob Robbinson, associate profes- mentary, but not much new. It re- fice of Management and Budget Then, on Nov. 13, a series of public Asst. Editor sor of political science at Cal State minds me of the turn of the 20th signed a document that officially hearings ensued. Fullerton, hours before the Senate century period of yellow journal- withheld Ukraine’s military aid di- In the thick of the testimonies, Though President Donald voted for removal.

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