Honors candidate Spring ‘15 theater season presents at open forum wraps up smoothly News 2 A&E 4 Monday May 11, 2015 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 97 Issue 52 Elevator Muriel Joyce: dance Titans repairs down needed professor en pointe ranked by July UCSB April inspection Baseball takes shows need for series to remain rope replacement first in Big West SPENCER CUSTODIO ANDREW MCLEAN Daily Titan Daily Titan The four elevators in Col- The Cal State Fullerton lege Park were inspected baseball team was able to and issued temporary per- capture the weekend se- mits two days after a Dai- ries against UC Santa Bar- ly Titan article regarding bara, winning two of three the elevators’ permits be- games against the 11th ing expired since January of ranked team in the nation. 2013. With the series victory, Paola Laverde, public in- CSUF (28-21 overall, 13-5 formation officer for the De- Big West) moves one game partment of Industrial Re- FIONA PITT / DAILY TITAN ahead of UC Santa Barbara lations, confirmed that the Dance professor Muriel Joyce (right) développés effortlessly as she demonstrates a barre combination to her Ballet II class. Joyce (35-13-1 overall, 12-6 Big elevators were inspected was a professional ballerina for eight years and has not stopped dancing since she was seven years old. West) in the conference April 17, and said all four standings. The Titans are elevators need to have their Ballet professor now in a first place tie with hoisting ropes replaced. UC Irvine with two weeks Some repairs need to be puts her passion left in the season. made to the elevators, and through the paces The series kicked off these are expected to be Friday night at Goodwin completed by the end of Field. The game featured May, said Stephanie Scott FIONA PITT two of the nation’s top from the Facilities Opera- Daily Titan pitchers, as junior Thomas tions department. Eshelman faced off against Inspectors found exces- UCSB’s Dillon Tate. sive wear on the northwest Like most artists, balleri- Eshleman again showed elevator, closest to the main nas cannot live without their why he’s regarded as a top entrance of the College Park passion and like most ath- prospect, as he pitched building, Laverde said. letes, they cannot succeed eight scoreless innings, The machine drive and without being in top physical giving up only three hits sheave need to be replaced, condition. They smile when and one walk while fan- Laverde said. The sheave they fall and move as if it’s ning nine batters. Eshle- is essentially a giant pulley effortless. man’s walk in the first in- that sits atop the elevator “I couldn’t stop dancing,” ning was only his sixth car that cables run through said Cal State Fullerton’s COURTESY OF CRAIG OTIS allowed this season, and to move the elevator up and dance professor Muriel Joyce, Joyce toured with The National Bavarian Ballet in Munich, Germany for four years; allowing her to the first allowed in confer- down. “You go into class every day perform in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Seoul and even at the foot of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. ence play. Eshleman fin- PM Realty, which owns and you repeat that, and it’s ished his outing strong, re- College Park and leases it something that you have to with Joyce since she came to level in the room lifts and they nasty” and play slow to further tiring the last 10 batters he to CSUF, has until June 8 to have.” teach at CSUF in 2006. They can take it to another level, he challenge an adagio dévelop- faced. repair the elevators and will Fifteen CSUF students pre- don’t talk about the class or said. pé, or too fast to speed up a Tate pitched well for have a month grace period pare for their final Ballet II what he should play—Sepel Despite their unspoken un- quick step—a characteristic the Gauchos, but his con- after that to finish the re- class with Joyce. Some stretch already knows that. derstanding of the classical he may have picked up playing trol would prove to be his pairs, Laverde said. while Joyce catches up with When he works with an in- notes to which the dancers rock ‘n’ roll music in pubs. downfall. Tate pitched 5.2 pianist, Brian Sepel. structor like Joyce, who he must adhere to, Sepel jokes innings, giving up three SEE ELEVATOR 2 Sepel has been working can connect with, the energy that he can sometimes, “be SEE BALLERINA 6 runs, two of which were earned. Tate struck out eight batters, but also al- lowed five hits and four walks on top of hitting two batters. Big West lacks grade bonuses Senior Tyler Peitzmeier finished the game for the Just three of the team’s Academic Progress Larry $138,032 * Titans and collected his California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo nine schools have Rate is higher than 925 and Lee 13th save of the season, al- the cumulative grade point Mike $125,000 lowing one hit and striking academic rewards average of his scholarship Trapasso University of Hawaii at Manoa out one. Friday’s save was athletes is higher for one ac- his first since April 11th ademic year than the cumu- Troy $70,000 * against UC Davis. SIAMACK ESMAILI lative grade point average Percival UC Riverside Though the Titans’ of- For The Daily Titan of all CSUF students during fense wasn’t explosive Fri- the same period. Troy $66,500 ** day night, they managed to APR measures the ac- Buckley CSU Long Beach tally three runs, enough for More often than not, col- ademic progress of Divi- Rick $61,910 a victory. lege coaches are celebrat- sion I scholarship athletes. Vanderhook CSU Fullerton $1,000 Sophomore Taylor Bry- ed (and paid) for what their The NCAA requires teams 2014 TOTAL ant’s patience at the plate players achieve on the field, to have a 930 point aver- Greg $42,000 POTENTIAL BONUS lead to four walks, one $ but some schools also re- age APR over four years, Moore CSU Northridge 7,000 2014 POTENTIAL with the bases loaded, ward their coaches for the or a 940 point average over which earned him a run Andrew $39,000 ACADEMIC BASED BONUS academic achievements of the most recent two years CheckettsUC Santa Barbara *varies based on performances batted in. their players. to be eligible for postseason of other Cal Poly sports programs Friday’s game marked $ After obtaining the con- competition. Mike 26,916 * the Titans’ third shutout in UC Irvine reflects 2015 season contract tracts of the nine Big West Student-athletes earn Gillespie ** % the last four games. CSUF Conference head baseball points by remaining aca- plus 10 of gate receipts greater has outscored its oppo- $ than $125,000 from LBSU women’s coaches, the Daily Titan demically eligible, and by Matt 9,000 nents 38-4 in the last 42.1 Vaughn UC Davis $ basketball regular season home games learned that Cal State Ful- staying in school. 2,000 innings. lerton is one of three schools Matt Vaughn of UC Davis MIKE TRUJILLO / DAILY TITAN Saturday’s game featured in the conference that offer can earn $2,000 for a team Only three of the nine Big West Conference schools offer academic bonuses to its’ head baseball an offensive explosion academic-based bonuses to APR of 970 or better. coaches, and the amount that is offered is miniscule compared to their performance bonuses. from the Titan bats. their baseball coaches. Cal Cal State Northridge’s CSUF scored 10 runs State Northridge and UC Greg Moore earns $1,500 if As part of his master’s “This is something I took ensuring academic success on the night, barely miss- Davis are the other two. his team finishes an academ- thesis, he developed a course very seriously,” Moore said. for his players is a joint ef- ing another shutout as the “I think it’s actually pret- ic year with a combined 3.0 for student-athletes called “I thought it was as import- fort between him and his as- Gauchos managed to score ty unique,” UC Riverside GPA. He can earn $3,000 Diamond University. In the ant as what our strength sistants and the university. one run against sophomore Head Coach Troy Percival if they finish with a 3.5 or course, students discuss top- coach was doing. It wasn’t “On our coaching staff, Chad Hockin in the top said. “I think as important higher GPA. ics such as goal-setting and just about making sure ev- we do some creative things of the ninth with one out as the academics have be- Moore can get an addi- time management from the erybody had the right class- to make sure that all of our left. come—especially with your tional $2,000 for a team book Seven Habits of Highly es. It was week-by-week pro- coaches play a part in ac- Tyler Stieb lead the way APR points and just for the graduation rate of 90 to 99 Effective People. grams and sometimes daily ademic success. We also for the Titans, going 3-for- future of the kids—I think percent, or $4,000 for a 100 Moore has also overseen check-ins with certain play- know that the administration 4 on the night with a run, a that’s a pretty cool incentive percent team graduation his players’ academic prog- ers to make sure that they is geared towards academ- double and two RBIs.