MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Volume 95, Issue 46 Special Games to draw 6,500 Athletes, volunteers will converge for 28th annual event ELIZABETH MUÑOZ Daily Titan In 1986, a group of Cal State Fullerton students decided to create an on-campus event entirely dedicated to developmen- tally disabled and spe- cial-needs students from WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan schools across Orange Junior J.D. Davis drives the ball against a Hawaii Warriors pitcher at Goodwin Field on Sunday night. Davis didn’t drive in a run, but the Titans still pulled out a 2-1 victory. County. It started off as an am- bitious group idea that brought in 90 students with conditions such as Titans squeeze a win Down syndrome, autism and other physical and “It was kind of a silent protest we mental disabilities in its Jared Deacon executes a want him back,” Wiest said. “It’s tak- BASEBALL first year. Almost three suicide squeeze to down ing longer than we thought it would decades later, it is known and we just need our coach back.” as the CSUF Kathleen E. Hawaii in the 11th inning The bats remained dormant Faley Memorial Special JOSEPH ANDERSON through the first few innings until Games. Daily Titan sophomore Tanner Pinkston broke Early Friday morning, the scoreless tie with an RBI double VS students and volunteers that plated freshman Taylor Bryant. will gather on the athlet- 5 Cal State Fullerton entered Sun- Pinkston continued his hot streak for ic fields north of the Titan day night looking to earn their second the Titans, recording an RBI for the Gym to celebrate a day of sweep of the year as they took on the third consecutive game. 2 1 non-competitiveness and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. The Rainbow Warriors countered bunt that set the table for Bryant to be Williamson stepped up to the plate, community spirit. They were able to do just that, pull- immediately with a run of their own, the hero of the night. but was unable to deliver as he struck The Special Games has ing off a 2-1 win courtesy of a walk-off courtesy of a run-scoring single from However, Fullerton’s woes with out on a fastball that was out of the grown into the most ex- squeeze bunt in the 11th inning. senior Marc Flores in the top of the runners in scoring position contin- strike zone. tensive and inclusive Junior Grahamm Wiest got the fourth inning. ued, as a routine ground ball to third With two outs and the winning event of its kind held in start for the Titans, throwing 10 Both teams remained quiet at the baseman Juliene Jones turned into a run on third, sophomore David Olme- the county. It is expected strong innings. He allowed one run plate until the bottom of the fifth in- 5-2-5-4 double play that caught Bry- do-Barrera flew out to left field to end to host 2,500 special ath- on four hits while striking out seven. ning. Back-to-back singles from fresh- ant out between first and second base the threat and send the Titans to ex- letes and more than 4,000 His effort was unfortunately not re- man Tyler Stieb and Pinkston, fol- after Williamson was thrown out at tra innings for the second time in the volunteers. warded with a win, as Koby Gauna lowed by defensive indifference, put home. three-game series. Jack Faley is the father earned the victory. runners on second and third for ju- Despite the lack of offense for the As well as Wiest pitched for CSUF, of Dan and Kathleen Fa- “Our guys are doing great, we had nior Matt Chapman. Unfortunately, Titans, Wiest continued to dominate Rainbow Warriors reliever Scott Kuz- ley, who helped organize a lot of quality at-bats tonight and I the Titans were unable to bring any the Rainbow Warriors while Hawaii’s minsky was just as dominant out of the inaugural games. He think we’re starting to turn it around runs across as Chapman struck out pitching staff kept CSUF quiet on the bullpen. remains actively involved at the plate,” Wiest said. “There’s a lot looking to end the frame. offense. In the bottom of the 10th inning, in the coordination of the of confidence building so we’re going The Titans were the beneficiaries Senior Keegan Dale got the Titans’ the Titans were again given an ex- event every year. to try and roll it into next week.” of a defensive miscue from Hawaii. offense started in the ninth inning cellent opportunity to pull out the “It’s a good thing for the Wiest wore No. 28, which is typical- A routine grounder to Flores turned with a rocket single up the middle, victory, as they loaded up the bas- disabled kids,” Faley said. ly the number worn by Head Coach into an errant throw to his pitcher which he followed up by stealing sec- es with two outs and Dale back up “Once a year, this is some- Rick Vanderhook, as opposed to his covering the bag, allowing for senior ond base without a throw. at the plate. thing that they look for- traditional No. 12. Vanderhook was Clay Williamson to slide safely into Junior Austin Diemer followed that ward to, many of them.” placed on administrative leave last second. Freshman A.J. Kennedy fol- up with a sacrifice bunt to move Dale Kathleen Faley died in week. lowed up the mistake with a sacrifice over to third base. SEE BASEBALL, 8 a car accident one year after the initial launch of the project. On the third anniversary of the Games, Film student takes on Newport Beach Film Festival they were memorialized in her name. to make this film while on “She really made things CSUF filmmaker a trip to Colombia, where happen. She was a cata- premieres original he was born. lyst,” Faley said. “I took a trip to the jun- That was the year that it short on big screen gle where there was little really started to gain mo- KALEY WILLIAMS to no electricity, and on mentum and they hosted Daily Titan New Year’s Eve the elec- 350 special athletes, he tricity went out in the said. whole neighborhood,” he “It was just very small Most filmmakers work said. “It was then when … It was just one of those all their lives to see their I realized how depen- things that kind of came work shown on a big dent we are (on) elec- together and it started to screen, but for radio-TV- tricity and technology in grow and grow and grow,” film major Carlos Cortes, general and more impor- Faley said. that dream is already be- tantly how much more The Games have evolved coming a reality. we can enjoy by interact- into a familial effort and Cortes, 20, created an ing personally instead of activity for the Faley fam- original short film titled electronically.” ily. The name is a dynas- disconnected., which was While Cortes was the ty on the list of Special shown Sunday at the New- brains behind this short Games board members. port Beach Film Festival. film, he had a large team All his kids and 16 The short was shown of people help make his vi- grandchildren are in- at the ASIP Student Film sion come to life. volved in some way, he Festival on campus last Marc Oliver Downing, Courtesy of Elijah Wells said. month where it took first 19, a radio-TV-film ma- Carlos Cortes (left), a radio-TV-film major, filmed disconnected. last year over the span of three days Apart from the the place. jor, was the editor for with the help of a production team comprised of his friends as well as fellow CSUF students. contributions and time Cortes said disconnect- disconnected. that the Faley fami- ed. is about a college stu- He said it took about a film. well,” Downing said. silent film. ly dedicates, the Games dent who is unable to use month to edit the film to “Working with Carlos Downing also said ed- Sound effects were add- are supported by local any device that requires its final cut. was a fantastic experi- iting disconnected. was a ed to the final cut later on schools, businesses and electricity, so he must Downing also helped ence because he was very challenge because there during post production. organizations. learn how to live without Cortes get funding for his particular with what he was no sound while edit- the use of technology. short film, which took wanted, but was also open ing, so he was essential- He said he was inspired a total of three days to to hearing new ideas as ly editing as if it were a SEE FILMMAKER, 5 SEE GAMES, 3 INSIDE ‘BOX CITY’ SOFTBALL SLIPS Social work students Titans get mixed recreate homelessness results, losing two of for a night, raise money three in series against for local charity Cal Poly SLO NEWS 2 SPORTS 6 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 28, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS MONDAY DTBRIEFS Man dead, HELP 2 injured in WANTED Garden Grove A shooting Saturday EDITORIAL POSITIONS night in Garden Grove left one man dead and two other people We are currently seeking to fill editorial positions wounded, according to the Orange County for the Spring 2014 semester for the Daily Titan. 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