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Monday April 6, 2015 Volume 97 Issue 33The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Spring break should be spent relaxing

Indie rock band One11 to open for Spring Concert

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Baseball slows down Mustangs

Royce hosts women’s conference

Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, gave the keynote address at the seventh annual women’s conference March 28.AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN

Former secretary of state talks education in keynote

MEGAN MENDIBLESDaily Titan

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphasized the value of education and hard work in her keynote speech during the seventh annual Women’s Conference at Cal State Fullerton on March 28.

About 1,300 guests attended the conference, hosted by Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), which incorporated seminars featuring women sharing their success stories and others on finances, healthy cooking and children’s health.

Rice spoke about the nation as a whole being pulled together by the joint goal of achieving success.

“Our great aspirational narrative, it doesn’t matter where you came from, it matters where you are going, you could come from humble circumstances and you can do great things,” Rice said.

Rice also touched on the disparity in educational quality that students from different areas of the country must live with.

“The crisis in K-12 education is the greatest single national security threat that we face because, if we do not educate the kids who need it most ... they will be unemployed,” she said.

For a third year, a small group of protesters demonstrated outside the sev-enth annual Women’s Conference hosted by Rep. Ed Royce on March 28.

The conference featured one of its most distinguished keynote speakers, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Past Keynote speakers have included former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, actress Kristen Bell and television host Lisa Ling.

The event provided a chance for protesters to have their voices heard, said Marian Arguello, president of the Chino Valley Democratic Club who protested at the event.

“I believe that we all need to do our share and I’m here. You have to put your money or your time where your mouth is and I believe that somebody has to fight for women’s rights, and I’m here,” Arguello said.

The demonstrators kept to the north of the main entrance as a long line of people entered the event. The group of about 15 protesters spoke out about Rice’s and Royce’s political pasts, including the entry of the U.S. into Iraq during Rice’s time in the Bush administration and Royce’s voting record on women’s medical rights.

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LOOSE ENDSTHEATER REVIEW:

The 1970s was a time of progress, love and coun-terculture. However, while some found liberation, oth-ers found constraint.

Playwright Michael Weller’s Loose Ends, which opened March 27 in the

Hallberg Theatre, is the sto-ry of Paul, a Peace Corps dropout, and Susan, a young aspiring photographer, meet-ing on the beach in Bali and falling in love.

The two marry and set-tle down in Boston and all seems well for the happy couple until Paul’s dream of a suburban lifestyle clash-es with Susan’s photography ambitions.

The story is an honest tes-tament of modern relation-ships, gender roles and how they can contradict desires.

The production, directed

by associate professor of the-ater and head of the direct-ing program Mark Ramont, brings ‘70s culture back to life with its detail-oriented production design.

A projection design by Kristin Campbell and Beth-any Lizarraga is displayed on screens around the the-ater at the beginning of the show and during scene changes. It features pictures of Paul and Susan at differ-ent stages of their relation-ship to help create the illu-sion of the show’s nine-year time span.

The projections also fea-ture pictures and videos of iconic ‘70s moments to the tune of popular songs from that decade.

The costume, hair and makeup design by Jane Baek also helps to give the show its overtly ‘70s theme and aids in the illusion of time passing. From conservative suburban fashion to eccen-tric hippie styles, each char-acter’s costumes displays their personality with dis-tinct ‘70s fashion trends.

Hallberg holds ‘70s drama challenging gender roles

ZACK JOHNSTONDaily Titan

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Joshua Johnson (left) and Bailey Castle (right) star in Micheal Weller’s Loose Ends which opened in the Hallberg Theatre on March 27. The play is set in the 1970s and is the story of Paul and Susan, a married couple with conflicting desires for their futures.

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Group gathers to protest Royce’s record, Rice’s war involvement

DREW CAMPA &DEVIN ULMER

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Cal State Fullerton base-ball briefly returned home this weekend to take on the Mustangs of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The Ti-tans were looking to push past the .500 mark, a spot they’ve been stuck at for some time now.

In the first game on Thursday, Cal Poly SLO (10-18 overall, 1-2 Big West) took control and never looked back as they shut down the Titans with a score of 5-0. The Mus-tangs rocked junior start-er Thomas Eshelman, who gave up two home runs.

Fullerton (16-14 over-all, 4-2 Big West) left 10 runners on base, and only three of them reached scoring position. Cal Poly SLO ace Casey Bloom-quist looked sensational as he went 7.2 innings, only

giving up six hits and re-cording five strikeouts.

Eshelman, meanwhile, went six innings and al-lowed four runs (three earned). Eshelman re-corded only one strikeout, which is a career low for him.

Junior Josh Vargas pro-vided the Titans’ only ex-tra-base hit with a triple. Junior Tyler Stieb also provided some offensive spark, going 2-for-4 on the night.

Designated hitter Brian Mundell provided the of-fensive spark for the Mus-tangs, as he blasted two of the three Cal Poly SLO home runs that night.

In Friday’s game, ju-nior Justin Garza took the mound for the Titans, pick-ing up his second win of the season in a 2-1 victory. Five different players had at least one hit for Fuller-ton, as the Titans mustered two runs off of five hits. Ju-nior third baseman Jerrod Bravo went 1-for-3 and has now reached base safely in 16 consecutive games.

The Titans clinch the series with a dominant 13-2 win

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Magazine retracts rape article

ISIS takes refugee camp

Five OC-criminals pardoned

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Rolling Stone mag-azine retracted a fal-lacious story about a gang rape that allegedly occurred at the Univer-sity of Virginia, accord-ing to NBC News.

The retraction comes following an indepen-dent report released Sunday by the Colum-bia University Graduate School of Journalism that found the story vi-olated basic journalistic practices.

The story detailed the rape of a UVA student, “Jackie,” at the school’s Phi Kappa Psi fraterni-ty house, prompting the president of the uni-versity to suspend all active fraternities on campus.

The report was after questions about the ve-racity of the story be-gan to surface.

The writer of the sto-ry, Sabrina Rubin Er-dely, was expected to continue writing for Rolling Stone.

Islamic State mili-tants seized a Pales-tinian refugee camp Saturday in north-ern Syria, according to a New York Times report.

The camp, known as Yarmouk, houses up to 18,000 residents, many of whom are de-scendants of Palestin-ian refugees who left Israel when it became a state in 1948.

Reports of killings and beheadings be-gan to circulate Satur-day and the takeover marked ISIS’s greatest inroads to the Syrian city of Damascus.

But the attack also suggested the Islamic State might be losing strength because it was on one of the ar-ea’s most vulnerable camps.

Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned five peo-ple who committed crimes in Orange Coun-ty more than 10 years ago for demonstrating good behavior, the Or-ange County Register reported.

The five convicted felons were among the 83 people who Gov. Brown pardoned this Easter Sunday, a tra-dition he does during each Christian holiday, according to The Sac-ramento Bee.

Two of the five peo-ple who were pardoned for crimes in Orange County were from Cal-ifornia and the other three were from out of state, but had commit-ted their crimes in Or-ange County.

All were convicted of misdemeanor and fel-ony offenses, but they will now have full citi-zenship rights.

It was Royce’s voting re-cord on issues of women health, particularly repro-ductive health, that inspired Arguello to protest.

Arguello also held signs stating that Royce is a cli-mate change denier, and said she came out to protest the representative’s voting record on environmental issues.

Protester Raleigh Webster represented Organizing for Action, which promotes a variety of issues, including

clean air, access to clean drinking water and the ac-knowledgement of climate change.

Webster said Royce fails to represent his constituen-cy by voting against those issues.

Along with environmen-tal issues, protesters demon-strated against the Bush ad-ministration’s controversial decisions to send troops to Iraq.

“There is a large group of people who think that the Bush administration were war criminals because of

their activities in Iraq, the reason we got into the war, etc. That’s why I’m here,” said Tom Giles, one of the protesters.

Campus police Capt. Scot Wiley noted that the group stayed in its allo-cated zone near the en-trance and did not cause any disturbances.

“They’re here every year and they work with and al-ways contact the president; they work with our police department,” Willey said. “They’re very cooperative. They’re fine.”

Without a proper edu-cation, Rice said, children will have a harder time competing in the future job market.

If the disparity in educa-tion is not addressed, she said, the U.S. will be split into two nations—one capa-ble and one not.

“For a country of people not held together by ethnic-ity or blood or nationality or religion, that will be the death knell of our democra-cy,” Rice said.

Rice ended her speech talking about the impor-tance of finding her pas-sion in her journey of success.

“Your passion is your pas-sion and once you’ve found your passion, life takes

amazing turns,” Rice said. The success stories semi-

nar included a panel featur-ing Caroline Choi, South-ern California Edison’s vice president for Energy and Environmental Policy, Katie Oyama, senior poli-cy counsel for Google, and Szu Pei Lu-Yang, a senior associate at Graves & King, LLP.

Each woman shared the story of her rise to success.

Choi started off the pan-el sharing her story of being a first-generation American citizen and her passion for environmental and energy policy.

Oyama told her story of growing up in New York, attending Smith College in Massachusetts and then onto UC Berkeley School of Law. She then took her

interest in the legal issues surrounding the Internet and technology and inte-grated that into her to her current position at Google, she said.

Lu-Yang shared her jour-ney as an only child of an immigrant family who came to America when she was 5 years old to becom-ing a lawyer.

Through his time at CSUF, Royce said in-volving himself in differ-ent courses and activities helped him in his career. He encouraged CSUF stu-dents to do the same.

“Seize this opportunity to take courses, to join clubs and organizations, throw yourself into the experi-ence, you do not know later in life all the ways that will benefit you,” Royce said.

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Protest: Small group protests at event

Demonstrators focused on Rep. Ed Royce’s voting record on issues including the environment and women’s rights during the seventh annual women’s conference March 28.

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Rice: Education focus in keynote

Hip-hop culture to be featured

Students will get the chance to move, groove, listen to mu-sic and learn more about the hip-hop musical genre when Cal State Fullerton hosts its first Hip-Hop Symposium on Friday in the Titan Student Union Portola Pavilion.

The symposium, titled “Hip-Hop’s Rarest Elements: Music, Culture, and Rhetoric,” will bring in dancers, singers and music industry speakers to perform and present on an ar-ray of topics. The symposium will be hosted by Natalie Gra-ham, Ph.D., a professor of Af-rican American Studies.

The organizers of the event aim to give participants a bet-ter understanding of hip-hop, said Dear Aunaetitrakul, as-sistant coordinator for the

African American Resource Center.

“The focus of this event is a celebration but also a time of reflection,” Aunaetitrakul said. “It is our hope that when par-ticipants leave the symposium they will gain a new perspec-tive on it and appreciate the hip-hop culture.”

The first performance of the day will start at 9 a.m. with a dance routine that will teach students dance moves seen in music videos.

At the conclusion of the per-formance, symposium guests will be able to participate in breakout sessions, which will be followed by a lunch break and a performance by rap art-ist Yung Stooey.

Elaine Richardson, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at the event. Richardson, an En-glish professor and jazz singer, struggled through a period of drug addiction and time in jail before using education to bet-ter her life, Graham said.

“Her story is just an amaz-ing story of overcoming and

really using language and lit-eracy as a way out of an en-vironment that was just trau-matic and difficult and so I’m really excited to see her come,” Graham said.

Students will also get the opportunity to ask questions and meet the performers.

“We’ll have the more open Q-and-A, back and forth, about the performance of gen-der and at the end we are go-ing to close with another op-portunity around 3:30 p.m. for participants to meet and greet, to talk to the performers and to do a book signing for a couple of the people who are here,” Graham said.

The symposium will end when the winner of a rap con-test is announced. The win-ning artist will be produced by Richland Records.

Gwendolyn Alexis, Ph.D., an African American Stud-ies professor, said one of her students entered the competition.

“Many of my students will be volunteering to help with

the symposium. In fact, one of my students has entered the rap contest,” Alexis said. “I am very proud.”

The event will take place

Friday in TSU Pavilion A and B. A registration form is avail-able on the CSUF Hip-Hop Symposium Facebook page.

Symposium to include demonstrations and rap competition

ARELY MARTINFor the Daily Titan

Elaine Richardson, an English professor and jazz singer, will give the keynote address at the Hip-hop Symposium Friday.

COURTESY OF ELAINE RICHARDSON

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Council to focus on construction

The Fullerton City Council will resume its meetings Tues-day considering two city con-struction projects.

One of the projects is the replacement and upgrade of deteriorated sewer mains on Nutwood Avenue from State College Boulevard. The con-dition of the sewer systems in these locations, according to the proposal, is deficient.

The project will also re-stripe the westbound side of Nutwood Avenue and install signs for bike routes. The council will be asked to ap-prove a budget transfer in the amount of $650,000 and award a construction contract to GRFCO, Inc. for the project in the amount of $582,055.

The council will also con-sider a reconstruction project for alleys along Pomona Ave-nue and between Harbor Bou-levard and Highland Avenue. The council will decide if it

will award the construction contract to RG General Engi-neering, Inc. of Yucaipa.

The project also calls for a budget transfer of $44,000 to replace the deteriorated pave-ment, alley gutters and re-place access ramps to comply with the Americans with Dis-abilities Act.

At the council’s last meet-ing council members unan-imously passed a draft ordi-nance to update the municipal code with new speed limits throughout the city. They will be asked to do a second and final reading to adopt the ordi-nance Tuesday.

If given final approval the ordinance on the new speed limits will take into effect 30 days from the date of council’s adoption and new speed lim-it signs will be posted by the Fullerton Traffic Engineer.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors has approved a “plan to end homelessness” by providing a year-round permanent emergency shel-ter and multi service center. The Fullerton Council will be asked to approve a resolu-tion in support of the Coun-ty of Orange’s roadmap to ef-fectively end homelessness in

Orange County.Fullerton does not have a

year-round homeless shel-ter, and proposals to create one have been stalled by the council.

A budget transfer of $275,000 from the Airport Fund balance will also be on the consent calendar. The

funding would be for facility and infrastructure improve-ments to make the airport more appealing to new ten-ants and businesses.

The proposal states that the airport has seen an in-crease of helicopter opera-tions and, because of Califor-nia’s drought, the unimproved

areas between runways and taxiways have become dry and loose creating unsafe conditions.

A portion of the request-ed amount will also go to re-pairs in restaurant space and for office furniture and equip-ment. The proposal states that most of the office furniture

is over 20 years old and does not present a welcoming at-mosphere that the city aims to create.

The Fullerton Municipal Airport was founded in 1927 and is the last general aviation airfield still in Orange Coun-ty. It spans 86 acres and can accommodate 600 planes.

Project to upgrade sewers will be on consent calendar

KLARISSA ALCALADaily Titan

The Fullerton City Council will be looking at two construction projects, an ordinance that would change speed limits in parts of the city and a plan for homelesness in accordance with Orange County when it resumes meetings Tuesday.

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Alumnus and profession-al jazz musician, Mike Le-Van, released an original jazz album, A Different Shade of Blue, on March 26.

LeVan and his trio, made up of world class bass-ist David Enos and drum-mer John Ferraro, played at downtown Fullerton’s premier jazz club, Steam-ers, to celebrate the al-bum’s release. The club was packed as friends and fami-ly enjoyed the sounds of the new album. Some drove 50 miles to support their close friend.

LeVan comes from a mu-sical and creative fami-ly. Both of his parents are graduates of the University of Southern California; his mother was an actress and his father was a director. LeVan is one of four boys, each play classical piano or guitar.

LeVan began playing classical piano at age 9. He still remembers the ex-act moment he chose his instrument.

“I was walking through a mall and there was this guy playing an organ, and I pointed at him and told my mom, I said ‘hey I want to do that,’“ LeVan said.

Soon after, his parents signed him up for lessons.

He attended Cal State Fullerton and graduated with a degree in music. His focus was classical piano.

His fondest memory at CSUF was his senior recit-al. In preparation for it, he practiced seven hours each day and would have the re-cital hall opened up just to practice.

At the time, CSUF’s jazz program was not fully de-veloped and after complet-ing his degree he attended Fullerton College to take improvisation classes. At 23, LeVan began a difficult transition into jazz music. James Linahon, a professor at the college, noticed the talent and uniqueness Le-Van put into his music.

“A lot of people sound like somebody. Like ‘he

sounds like Oscar Peter-son or he sounds like Dave Grusin’ or whoever, but Mi-chael LeVan sounds like Michael LeVan,” Linahon said.

Linahon owns the record-ing studio, LMP Studios,

and assisted in the record-ing and mixing of LeVan’s album.

LeVan, Ferraro and Enos were set up in the studio so that they would have good eye contact with one anoth-er. They used their talent and creativity to improvise different pieces.

Most of the album is the first recordings of the songs and was recorded over the

course of two days, Lina-hom said.

“We have chemistry and its kinda hard to buy that,” LeVan said. “Every-thing just fit, everything just seemed right. Even if you have good player, if you don’t have that chemis-try its never going to be as good.”

The title of the album was inspired by the blue lu-minous color he saw when writing his original pieces. The cover art shows a beau-tiful photo of New York City in different shades of blue.

“This CD is one of the greatest things I have ever done,” LeVan said.

“A Time to Remember” one of the ten tracks on the album, has a beauti-ful melody and is a crowd favorite.

“I really wanted to be able to have a recording to show my original material … When you have something on record, it kind of lasts for a long time. Even after you die, it is still go-ing (to be) like a blue print.”

To hear some of Le Van’s music and to see upcoming shows, visit MichaelLevan.com.

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Paul is played by Master of Fine Arts acting student, Joshua Johnson, and Susan is played by Bachelor of Fine Arts acting major, Bailey Castle. Johnson and Castle share an infatuated dynam-ic throughout their perfor-mance. From the couple’s ro-mantic beginnings to their choppy hardships, Johnson and Castle deliver the play’s honest themes of relation-ships with relatable and sus-penseful performances.

As Paul and Susan’s rela-tionship grows and chang-es, so does Susan with her hopes for the future and her passion. Castle shows a grad-ual development from a be-nevolent and innocent lover to an independent and am-bitious artist throughout her performance.

Susan’s best friend, Jan-ice, is played by musical the-ater major, Autumn Rose Par-amore. Janice was originally traveling with Susan when she met Paul in Bali, and

continued to be a companion to her throughout the couple’s relationship.

Paramore is captivating in her portrayal of the quick-wit-ted and loyal friend. She brings a healthy dose of co-medic relief to her scenes as Susan and Janice catch up throughout the years.

The bickering spouses and friends of Paul, Doug and Maraya, are played by BFA acting majors, Kyle Anderson and Melissa Haygood. The upstate New York couple give each other a hard time as they raise their newborn, but clear-ly share an unconditional love for each other.

In their individual perfor-mances and as an ensemble, Anderson and Haygood con-tribute authentic performanc-es that are both heartwarming and humorous. Through their performances, Doug and Ma-yara’s tendency to lock horns is matched by their devotion to each other and their child.

Loose Ends plays through April 26 in the Hallberg Theatre.

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Autumn Rose Paramore (left) and Marquell Edward Clayton (right) play the eccentric couple, Janice and Russell, in Loose Ends. The romantic drama is directed by associate professor of theatre, Mark Ramont, and runs through April 26.

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Review: ‘70s drama spreads feminism

Indie rock band to open Spring Concert

Alumnus releases original jazz album

Indie alternative rock band, One11, was the cham-pion of Associated Students Inc. Production’s Battle of the Bands competition on March 24.

With this win, the Coach-ella Valley-natives will per-form as the opening act for this year’s ASI Spring Concert.

Students new to One11’s music can expect to see four guys with a lot of en-ergy, who love what they do and who will try to put on the greatest show they can, said Ryan Cenicola, One11’s drummer.

Each of the four bands competing at Battle of the Bands was allowed to play two songs.

“We picked the two most energetic songs we could play and we just gave it our all,” Cenicola said.

The band’s original mem-bers are Cenicola and lead vocalist and guitarist, Mi-chael Ramirez.

Two former members left the band just before One11

got the opportunity to open for Eddie Money, leaving them without a bassist.

“It was our biggest show ever,” Cenicola said.

It was at that point when Evan Boydstun, lead guitar-ist and Cal State Fullerton student, and Matt Sutton, bassist, jumped on board.

Ramirez previously knew Sutton from school and asked him to join the band. At the time, Sutton was in another band with Boydstun. Sutton accepted Ramirez’s offer and Boyd-stun joined him. They all played the show a month later.

“It’s just been great ever since,” Cenicola said.

Last year the band per-formed at Tacheva, a block party in Palm Springs that includes an outdoor con-cert. The band performed in front of around 6,000 peo-ple as they opened for Fitz and the Tantrums.

“It was such a huge event. It was in our hometown so it was really special to us,” Cenicola said. “We were representing our hometown in a good way.”

Along with their success, One11 has been able to form their unique sound from working together over the years.

“We’ve all grown so

much; we’ve all morphed our sounds,” Cenicola said. “As we mature the mu-sic matures with us. We are really starting to find our sound and really find

what we’re meant to be. It’s been a really fulfilling experience.”

One11 has plans to per-form this summer. The band is working on booking

shows in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.

“We just want as many people to hear our music as we can. It would be awe-some if people around the

world would be listening to our music,” Cenicola said.

The band will perform at the Spring Concert at the in-tramural field at CSUF on May 2.

Battle of the Bands winner One11 plan future concerts

JUSTIN PATUANODaily Titan

Indie alternative band One11 consists of Ryan Cenicola, Evan Boydstun, Michael Ramirez and Matt Sutton. The Coachella Valley-natives won the Battles of the Bands competition on March 24 and will be the opening act for Spring Concert on May 2.

COURTESY OF ONE11

JAMES LINAHONMusic Professor

A lot of people sound like somebody. Like ‘he sounds like Oscar Peterson or he sounds like Dave Grusin’ or whoever, but Michael LeVan sounds like Michael LeVan.

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Former CSUF piano student continues his passion for jazz

HEAVEN OCAMPODaily Titan

Cal State Fullerton alumnus Mike LeVan realsed his original jazz album, A Different Shade of Blue, March 26.

COURTESY OF MIKE LEVAN

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Now that spring break is over and we’re all back to the daily grind of col-lege life, many of you may be coming back in worse shape than ever.

If you decided to partake in any wild spring break activities last week, I’ll bet you’re regretting it.

That may not be true for everyone, but the idea of spring break–traveling to a sunny destination, getting wasted and partying un-til dawn–is a lot better on paper.

I’m not saying all spring break vacations or activi-ties are a waste of time.

Planning a short trip with your friends or fami-ly can be a great bonding experience if you have the time and money to do so.

It’s a great way to blow off some steam and enjoy some adventures.

But those who don’t have the time or money to travel for spring break, shouldn’t feel envious or regretful.

Spring break is overrated.

Films like 22 Jump Street glorify the spring break experience, making

the allure of spring break ever so enticing to over-worked students who are eager to party.

The time off from school only lasts a week and takes place in the middle of the semester, with no oth-er holidays in sight until summer.

Instead of taking this precious week off to party like there’s no tomorrow, you should take this time to relax and rejuvenate.

You no doubt have es-says to write, projects to finish and tests to study for, all of which will force you to scramble if you’re trying to work it in be-fore or after spring break activities.

Not to mention all the productive things you could accomplish when staying close to home.

You could finish an en-tire book, hone a new skill or hobby, spend time working out, visit rela-tives you haven’t seen in a while or finally catch up on that fully stocked Net-flix queue,

Staying at home will also save you the outra-geously expensive costs of traveling during spring break.

At any hot vacation spot, you’ll find throngs of crowds and endless lines, all filled with crying kids, sketchy people or belliger-ent drunkards.

Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate the idea of spring break as a rite of passage.

It’s a bit of an overkill if you think about it; as if

college students don’t par-ty enough throughout the year, spring break is just one drink too many. You have your whole life to

travel and make memories, it’s alright to take some time and focus on yourself. College is a time where we have the freedom to

be selfish; don’t take it for granted. Remember to re-lax and spend some quality time restoring your body and your mind.

Spring break excess is overratedYour week off from school should be spent relaxing

VIVIAN CHOWDaily Titan

The traditional idea ofspring break as a rite of passage for college students is tired and overrated. Students should take the week off to relax and work on themselves instead of wasting time, money and regret after partying too hard.

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Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate women, past and present, as well as to unite in the fight for wom-en’s equality and justice in various as-pects of society. Intimate partner vi-olence (IPV), which has historically been known as domestic violence and wife beating is a social issue warrant-ing the time, attention, and efforts of everyone. IPV is estimated to affect 25% to 44% of women. It is character-ized by acts ranging from stalking to causing serious physical and emotion-al harm.

The old adage, “you can’t always be-lieve what you see,” is especially rel-evant when it comes to how intimate partner violence is portrayed in movies and television. In the half-hour episode of your favorite television show or the two-hour movie you watched last weekend, one of multiple scenarios may occur in which IPV is depicted. Though it takes, on average, six to sev-en attempts for a woman to complete an escape from an abusive relationship, media frequently shows the woman ei-ther fleeing immediately from her abu-sive partner with little trouble or get-ting revenge and “justice” by engaging in her partner’s own manipulative “game.” The latter of these is seen in the film, Enough, with Jennifer Lopez, as she fights for survival and plots to escape the wrath of her husband. Al-though her actions, on the surface, re-flect women’s empowerment to audi-ences, in reality, female victims do not always participate in elaborate strate-gies to leave their abusers.

Television shows also make light of IPV, as seen on Family Guy’s epi-sode Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q. This episode takes a more comedic stance on the abusive rela-tionship between a character and her boyfriend later turned fiancé. But it begs the question: can a scripted story played by actors truly portray the real life scenarios that women fighting for

control and power over their own lives struggle with?

Situations such as those described above within media and entertain-ment can lead to the normalization and desensitization of intimate part-ner violence. Research shows that exposure to sexually violent material encourages viewers to feel more com-fortable with the violence involved in these behaviors. This leads view-ers to believe acts of intimate part-ner violence are less degrading to women, less violent and less offen-sive than they may have otherwise believed. What society fails to rec-ognize and understand are the long-term effects these traumatic experi-ences have. Survivors experience an internalized battle that can last a life-time. They suffer from a list of health problems, both physical and psycho-logical. Posttraumatic Stress Disor-der (PTSD) is one of the most com-mon outcomes following a traumatic event such as IPV.It is reported that 51.6% of abused women fully devel-op PTSD and that it can be present even nine years after the last abusive episode. Survivors who suffer from PTSD experience symptoms like disturbed sleep, numbing respons-es, avoidance of activities, anger and re-experiencing the pain of trauma. By passively viewing the media dis-played on screen, society effectively perpetuates “victim blaming,” or the idea of victims as partially or fully re-sponsible for their own victimization. Such media images support the myth that to be truly worthy of services and sympathy, an individual must fit the characteristics of an “ideal victim”-a woman who is passive, fearful, and economically and emotionally de-pendent. Ultimately, it is important to be aware that survivors of intimate partner violence do not choose to be victims and responsibility should be placed on the perpetrator.

Domestic violence in media lacks accuracy

GABY HERNANDEZ, JANELLE LIM, BEA PASCUAL, KAYLA SMITH, MANUELA STRATMANN

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The Mustangs’ only offen-sive spark of the evening came in the first inning when right fielder John Schuknecht struck an RBI-single into center. Gar-za was able to settle down the rest of the game and ended up going 7.2 innings.

Cal Poly SLO starter Kyle Smith pitched an eight-inning complete game, but still took the loss. Smith allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.

The Titan offense woke up in the fourth inning as desig-nated hitter Jake Jefferies hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Vargas to tie the game at 1-1. It would stay that way until the sixth inning, where Dustin Vaught and Josh Estill each got hits.

Thanks to a Cal Poly SLO mishandle by first baseman Ryan Drobny, Vaught scored from third, which proved to be the game-winning run.

In Saturday’s matinee rub-ber game, the Titan offense ex-ploded right out of the gates, scoring four runs in the first

inning as designated hitter Da-vid Olmedo-Barrea connect-ed with a grand slam, sending Cal Poly SLO starter Andrew Bernstein to the bench early. Bernstein didn’t record an out, giving up four runs on two hits and two walks.

The Titan offense totaled 13 runs on 13 hits in Satur-day’s affair. Vargas went 3-for-3 with a triple, RBI and three runs scored. Bravo went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored.

Olmedo-Barrera would drive in eight runs, which tied a school record for most RBIs in one game. Olmedo-Barrera finished the day 2-for-2 with a single, grand slam, sacrifice fly and an RBI-hit by pitch.

The Mustangs’ offense struggled as they left 10 men on the bases and went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring posi-tion. Titan pitching held the Mustang offense to just two runs on 11 hits.

Fullerton now heads on the road for a season-long nine-game road trip, which begins Tuesday at the University of San Diego.

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Cal State Fullerton’s track and field team snagged mul-tiple spring break victories during the two-day UCLA Legends Invitational last Fri-day and Saturday.

By the end of day two, the Titans stood with a combined 17 top-five finishes at the meet, the men leading with 13 top-five placers. Senior Ste-ven Williams was a leader by jumped ahead of the competi-tion, placing first in the men’s high jump with a jump of 6 feet, 11 inches.

The Fullerton distance runners who started the

momentum off on the right foot for the Titans, with junior Tim Reed placing second in the men’s 3000-meter steeple-chase at 9:23:10, sophomore Emily Taylor placing third in the women’s 5000-meter run at 17:36:57 and sophomore David Ramirez placing fourth in the men’s 5000-meter run at 14:46:95.

Ramirez’s finish was a per-sonal-best for him, slashing 10 seconds from his previous per-sonal record.

Next came another fourth place victory, this time from junior Steven Parsons in the men’s hammer throw. Parsons threw 170 feet, 10 inches, leav-ing him 34 feet from the first place spot.

The junior and senior men’s 4x100-meter tag-team just barely placed second with a time of 41.36 seconds. Cal State Los Angeles nearly

passed them, clocking in at 41.39 seconds.

Senior Taylor Ros’ 48:08 second sprint around the track put him in third for the men’s 400-meter run. Senior Titan sprinters Nick Sole and Malek Walls placed third and fourth in the men’s 100-meter dash at 10.82 seconds and 10.87 sec-onds, respectively.

Other top-five placements for the women included senior Tejera Dial for second place in the 800-meter run at 2:10.46, freshman Tyler Hardge for third place in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:01.06 and sopho-more Ifunanya Gwacham in the triple jump for fifth place at 36 feet, 7.75 inches.

The Titans will be back in action at the Big West Chal-lenge on April 10 at 3 p.m. The Big West Challenge will be the final track and field com-petition on the home track.

Softball drops home series to Hawaii

Track shines at UCLA invite

After earning a gritty series win against UC Santa Barbara in the opening weekend of Big West Conference play, the Cal State Fullerton softball team lost two of three games against a tough Hawaii squad.

Game 1

The Titans (25-15 overall, 3-3 Big West) welcomed the Rainbow Wahine (23-16 over-all, 4-2 Big West) to Anderson Family Field Friday to begin the series. With redshirt ju-nior pitcher Desiree Ybarra out due to an injury, Christina Washington (12-4) earned the starting nod from Head Coach Kelly Ford.

The sophomore from In-glewood pitched a complete game, but not before being taken deep twice and allow-ing five runs on her way to her fourth loss of the season.

Washington was first touched up by Hawaii right fielder Keiki Carlos in the third inning with a solo shot to left field. Hawaii extended their lead to 2-0 in the fourth inning when Carlos’ infield single with the bases loaded brought in Lindsey Willmon.

The Titans answered in the bottom of the inning by capi-talizing on a Hawaii defensive mistake. After junior Court-ney Rodriguez reached first from an error by Hawaii short-stop Sarina Jaramillo, sopho-more Lexi Gonzalez entered the game as a pinch hitter and brought Rodriguez home with a sacrifice fly to right field.

However, that would be the only offense CSUF would muster as they stranded a run-ner on third.

Rachel Lack launched a solo round-tripper to left-cen-ter field and Hawaii tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh to open their lead to four.

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to get a runner past second in the final innings and suc-cumbed to Hawaii 5-1.

Game 2

Saturday featured a double-header on a warm day at An-derson Family Field. Jasmine Antunez took over in the cir-cle for the Titans and pitched beautifully.

The junior earned the com-plete game win by allowing just one run and scattering eight hits.

The teams were deadlocked through three innings before Hawaii opened the scoring in the fourth. Third baseman Kristina Akiona’s single al-lowed Jaramillo to trot home to take the 1-0 lead.

The Titans took their first lead of the series in the bottom of the fourth when Gonzalez stepped up again as a pinch hitter and lined a single into center field for two runs bat-ted in.

Fullerton kept the pressure on in the fifth inning by ex-tending their lead to 5-1 off of a 3-run shot by Rodriguez. The Arizona transfer went 3-for-4 on the day and was a single shy of completing the cycle.

Hawaii’s brief comeback with a solo homer in the sixth was immediately quelled by two more Fullerton runs in the bottom of the inning. Missy Taukeiaho missed the Santa Barbara series with an injury, but came back with a bang by crushing her ninth homer of the season in the inning.

The Titans would cruise to a 7-2 win to even the series at one apiece.

Game 3

Ford went back to Washing-ton with the series hanging in the balance, but the southpaw disappointed in the rubber match.

Hawaii immediately jumped all over Washington, striking for five runs (four earned) off of five hits. Wash-ington was chased after the first, giving way to redshirt sophomore Cerissa Rivera.

Rivera pitched admirably in

relief, allowing just a solo ho-mer over the next six innings. Rivera’s ability to keep the Ha-waii offense quiet allowed the Titans to mount a comeback.

Freshman shortstop Shi-anne Brannan smoked her first homer as a Titan in the fourth inning to halve the deficit to 6-3.

The Titans entered the final frame still trailing by three, but Hawaii pitcher Kanani Aina Cabrales could not put the finishing touches on the series. CSUF came storm-ing back with three runs off of three hits, capped off by an RBI-single by second baseman Samantha Galarza to send the game into extra innings.

All the momentum Fuller-ton gained was halted in the eighth when Hawaii struck back for two runs to go up 8-6. This time, Cabrales was able to finish off the Titans and se-cure the series win.

During the series, CSUF freshman outfielder Samantha Vandiver continued her torrid start to her Titan career, ex-tending her school-record hit-ting streak to 24 games.

The Titans will have a chance to right the ship Tues-day with a non-conference match against UCLA before returning to Big West action next weekend against UC Riv-erside on the road.

Junior Jasmine Antunez fires a heater to a Hawaii batter. Antunez earned the win in the second game of the series by pitching a dominant seven innings and giving up only two runs (one earned).

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ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19):

You might have to use some much-needed dis-cretion today as your feelings deepen and seek expression in the outer world.

TAURUS(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

Others may see you as a force to be reckoned with, even if you are trying to downplay your power today. You are at the top of your game, making it crucial to apply your intentions with careful consideration.

GEMINI(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

You’re sorely tempted to run out on your re-sponsibilities to play with your associates, friends or family.

CANCER (JUNE 21 - JULY 22):

The difficulty you might encounter today orig-inates from your sensitivity clashing with your drive to pursue what you need.

LEO(JULY 23 - AUG. 22):

You are playing the lead role in your own per-sonal movie today and, as long as you know when to step back from the spotlight, you will be a big hit today.

VIRGO(AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22):

You can convince others that your position is a solid one, but you’re not going to persuade anyone with your words today. Language is too shallow and just won’t get your true conviction across.

LIBRA(SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22):

Relationships are nearly always on your mind and these days are no exception. Although you are driven to seek pleasure today through your inter-actions with others, you won’t be easily satisfied.

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You can’t get away with any selfish behavior today because there are too many people who are count-ing on you.

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You have a unique vision to bring to life today. You may understand that your long-term goals won’t be achieved right away, but whatever you do in this moment can have great impact on your future.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19):

You may be hearing two distinct voices now, and each of them is presenting a convincing argu-ment. On one hand, you know there’s no quick fix and that you’re in it for the long haul.

AQUARIUS(JAN. 20 - FEB. 18):

Your day is overloaded with too many things to do, but there’s no one to blame the apparent chaos on but yourself. You’ve just packed too much into a single day and made one too many promises.

PISCES(FEB. 19 - MARCH 20):

Sometimes your feelings can confuse you when you are required to exert your will. You tend to avoid direct confrontation, for it brings up issues of uncertainty within your imagination.