WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Volume 95, Issue 36 Fourth student charged in attack Former Fullerton College athlete accused of assault MATTHEW MEDINA Daily Titan A fourth Fullerton Col- lege student was charged Monday with two felonies in connection with an August assault on a Cal State Fullerton basket- ball player. Malcolm Postell is now a co-defendant with Ah- mad Muse, Terrence Lange and Sean Dun- can-Wills. Muse, Lange and Postell have played Photos by ART LEMUS / For the Daily Titan football for Fullerton Junior Matt Chapman paced the Titans offense with his two hits and two runs batted in against the UCLA Bruins on Tuesday night. CSUF has now won three of four going College. into its weekend matchup with Big West foe UC Santa Barbara. The Titans will look to improve their standing in the Big West Conference as they currently sit in third. The four are accused of beating Joseph Boyd, a freshman forward on the CSUF basketball team, after they left a party in the University House Titans take their revenge Fullerton apartment complex. CSUF had one of its most throwing more than 2 1/3 Fullerton Police De- Titans defeat Bruins, balanced efforts on Tuesday, innings. BASEBALL partment officers ob- who ended their big scoring four runs on six hits Tyler Peitzmeier didn’t tained surveillance foot- while having no defensive stick around long for the Ti- age from University 2013 season miscues in the field for only tans after getting the start, House showing several JOSEPH ANDERSON the 10th time this year. as his struggles on the hill men attacking Boyd. Daily Titan Junior third baseman Matt continued with a 1 2/3 in- Chapman was again the star ning performance where he VS of the show on offense, go- allowed three hits and gave 5 SEE ASSAULT, 3 The Titan baseball team ing two for four at the plate, up a run. defeated the 2013 National driving in two runs while Freshman Chad Hockin Champion UCLA Bruins 4-3 also scoring one. entered the game with the 4 3 on Saturday night at Good- “I’m definitely seeing the bases loaded in the second win Field. ball and feeling confident at inning and promptly end- Retelling To make the win even the plate,” Chapman said. ed the threat with an in- sweeter, Cal State Fullerton “They took away what we ning-ending groundout to got revenge on the very team wanted to do last year and Chapman. legends as that ended its season less they knocked us out of con- Hockin ran into trouble in than a year ago during the tention for a ring in Omaha, the third inning, allowing a Super Regionals on the same so it definitely feels good to base hit and hitting a batter concept art field. reclaim home turf again.” before a sacrifice bunt put “We beat the defending The pitching was not as the UCLA runners on second national champions who last dominant as Titans fans and third. This prompted an- Begovich exhibit year left us with a sad feel- have become accustomed other pitching change. is frighteningly ing,” CSUF Head Coach Rick to, but it was enough to captivating Vanderhook said. “As of right pull out the victory in the now it’s a win, and we’ll take end. Six pitchers were used MICHAEL CHEN every win we can get.” on the night, none of them SEE BASEBALL, 8 The Titans celebrate their 4-3 win over the visiting UCLA Bruins. Daily Titan From a stuffed purple squirrel to the giant Bigfoot ASI President Latif to pass the torch dropping, the plain white in action,” he said. “I think and red “Hearsay” logo on Harpreet Bath that my approach is a lit- the front wall is about the to continue ASI tle different. Every leader only thing that won’t send is different … what I real- chills down your spine as strategic plan ly want to focus on, within you browse the numerous KYLE NAULT ASI, is making sure that we paintings currently residing Daily Titan go back to advocating on ev- in the Begovich Gallery. eryday issues that our stu- Cal State Fullerton’s Be- dents face.” govich Gallery is hosting After a year of working For the new ASI chief, ev- an art exhibit based on ur- together on the Associat- eryday issues include not ban legends titled “Hear- ed Students Inc. executive having enough space on say: Artists Reveal Urban staff, President Rohullah campus for studying and Legends.” Latif will start passing the events, a limited number of Wendy Sherman, a stu- torch to president-elect and course offerings and mal- dent at Cal State Fullerton, Chief Governmental Offi- functioning elevators. is an avid art fan and co-cu- cer Harpreet Bath in the up- “Personally, I have full rator for the exhibit. coming weeks as the new- faith in Harpreet, Badal “The exhibition is art- ly elected 2014-2015 ASI and the next staff,” Latif ists interpreting urban leg- administration prepares to said. “I hope he does more ends. The point was not to take office. things that I didn’t do and I illustrate the legends but “Transition is important, MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan couldn’t do.” an interpretation, so we and when you don’t have a ASI president-elect Harpreet Bath (left) currently serves as chief governmental officer for President asked the artists to choose good transition during the Rohullah Latif (right). He assumes the post of president next semester. Student Success Fee a legend that had person- year, it’s evident and peo- al meaning … that they ple can tell,” Latif said. “This methods to bring unity to goal of the plan is to give Although Bath antici- Recently, the two served had maybe heard grow- year Harpreet has been part campus. a strategic mission to ASI pates challenges, he does as voting members on the ing up,” Sherman said. of our staff … and I know Bath said this plan will in the coming five years,” not expect anything to sur- Student Fee Advisory Com- “We just didn’t want an he’s going to move forward continue to move forward Bath said. “Situations prise him. mittee (SFAC), which passed illustration.” with the strategic plan.” as he intends to accomplish change, you know; things “Of course there’s things the $181 success fee. Bath worked with Latif the goals laid out in their might change for the plan that come out of the blue, and others to create a spe- plan. as something that can kind but I’ve had the opportuni- cific strategic plan for ASI “We want to be able to of be customized to those ty to see (Latif and ASI Vice SEE URBAN LEGENDS, 5 that emphasized different make sure that the overall situations.” President Jonathan Leggett) SEE PRESIDENT, 2 INSIDE PSYCHOLOGY DAY NICKELODEON Skeptic magazine Exhibit inspired by founder Michael animated series, Shermer to keynote Sanjay and Craig to be annual event displayed at library NEWS 2 DETOUR 5 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 APRIL 9, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS WEDNESDAY ASI to draft fee accountability bylaws DTBRIEFS PRESIDENT when it comes to univer- Continued from PAGE 1 sity,” Latif said. “To me, I felt that it was a great de- Local teacher cision to go and help ath- Bath voted against this letics out at a time when charged with fee as a member of the they need it.” SFAC, and he will now Because Bath was in- sexual assault have to implement it volved at all steps in the during his term. fee consultation process, A Fullerton math “Serving on the com- Latif said his successor teacher at Nicholas Ju- mittee, all the other ti- will be able to hold ev- nior High School was tles, you put them away eryone accountable in charged Tuesday with because you’re a student making sure the fee allot- sexually assaulting and representative appoint- ments go where they are sending sexual text ed by the ASI President supposed to. messages to three male to best represent our stu- “What we are doing students. dents,” he said. “At that right now is we’re cre- Melissa Nicole Lind- one particular vote I per- ating an accountabili- gren, 28, is facing multi- sonally didn’t feel com- ty measure to make sure ple felony charges of as- fortable voting for it … that the student suc- saulting boys between but that doesn’t mean the cess fee initiative, it goes the ages of 13 and 15, process wasn’t the right where it needs to go,” La- the Orange County dis- thing.” tif said. trict attorney’s office As Student Success Ini- He also said ASI plans said in a statement. tiative survey results re- to create bylaws in the Lindgren was first ar- vealed, many students upcoming weeks to cre- rested on Feb. 21 after were upset about cer- ate an even more struc- one of the victims came tain money allotments tured framework for stu- forward, which led to for specific areas, includ- dents to see how money is the Fullerton Police De- ing athletic facilities and being spent. partment initial inves- programs. Bath’s administration tigation. “Overall, I’m an advo- will help implement the Lindgren faces a cate for athletics just be- planned improvements MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan maximum sentence cause it brings that en- from the new fee starting Rohullah Latif (left) and Harpreet Bath (right) both contributed input on the Associated Students of 16 years and four tire different viewpoint in the fall 2014 semester.