Certain homeless shelters in Orange County can add work-shops that focus on well-be-ing to the list of services pro-vided, thanks to one Cal State Fullerton professor.

Jack Mierop, part-time lecturer for the department of Human Communication studies and motivation-al speaker, is reaching a new audience at homeless shelters.

Since 2014, Mierop has provided semi-month-ly life coaching classes at the Homeless Interven-tion Shelter and House in Placentia. More recent-ly, Mierop presented his life coaching class at Co-lette’s Children’s House to

mothers in Placentia. The classes started af-

ter a former student, who currently works with the shelter, recommended Mierop come to the shelter to help give guests a new perspective.

“It goes anywhere from me teaching a lesson to us just talking about how their week went and the bad stuff that happens and how to process that … it’s almost like therapy,” Mierop said.

The economic crash in 2008 is what Mierop cred-its as the kickstarter for the creation of his website, JackUpYourlife.com, to promote himself as a mo-tivational speaker. Also, as the start of the creation of his first book in 2013 ti-tled, Becoming… .

Mierop has been a Titan since his days as an under-graduate and as a graduate student in the 90s at CSUF.

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Part-time lecturer Jack Mierop is a Cal State Fullerton alumnus and life coach. Mierop is working with local homeless shelters by offering motivational workshops.

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An institutional loophole that allowed senior citizens to ride for free through-out the county on Orange County Transit Authori-ty buses will be closed for financial reasons come May.

OCTA, in conjunction with Cal State Fullerton, will now strictly enforce its policy that allows free rides for students through the U-Pass system.

That means that Osher Lifelong Learning mem-bers, who have had access to free transportation, will now have to finance their trips to and from Fullerton by other means.

“It is not a change in pol-icy but a tightening of the existing policy to ensure the best use of taxpayer dollars,” OCTA Media Re-lations Specialist Eric Car-penter wrote in an email. “Moving forward, to use the U-Pass, users must show a valid Titan card along with the U-Pass.”

“OCTA coach operators will continue to accept Os-her Lifelong Learning In-stitute identification along with the U-Pass until the end of this semester in May,” Carpenter said.

The total number of Os-her Lifelong Learning In-stitute members affected by this policy adjustment is not known.

Inquiries for a clarifi-cation of the university’s and OCTA’s policy made at the institute offices at the Ruby Gerontology Center and with parking and transportation were forwarded to the school’s Strategic Communications office.

Christopher Bugbee, a CSUF media relations offi-cer, said that because of the relatively inexpensive costs of senior bus passes, there shouldn’t be an issue.

“I would remind you that the senior OCTA fare is $0.75 one way or $1.50 roundtrip—not exact-ly a deal breaker, even for someone on limited in-come,” Bugbee said in the

email. The distinction between

passes is a result of the distinction between under-graduate students, facul-ty and staff and the OLLI members, who do not pay the same fees, Carpenter said.

“In conversations be-tween OCTA and (CSUF), we agreed that U-Pass is geared toward undergrad-uate and graduate students enrolled at the universi-ty, as well as faculty and staff,” Carpenter said in an email.

“While members of the Osher Lifelong Learn-ing Institute program take classes on campus, they do not pay full student fees,” he said in the email. “Therefore, it was deter-mined in meetings between OCTA and (CSUF) that (OLLI) card holders are not the intended audience for the U-Pass.”

Part of the confusion re-garding transportation for OLLI students comes from conflicting information provided by the school.

On the latest OLLI mem-bership application, there is no mention of access to a U-Pass.

Members are, howev-er, entitled to one park-ing pass as part of the pro-gram, according to the application.

However, an OLLI ben-efits webpage that was last updated May 15, 2014 in-structs members to “go to the Parking and Transpor-tation Office ... to pick up an OCTA U-Pass.”

The U-Pass card system is free to students at CSUF, while faculty and staff are entitled to a similar E-Pass.

A U-Pass card is offered per semester and can be picked up at the Parking and Transportation Office.

OLLI members are se-niors 60 years and older who take part in various ac-tivities on campus. As part of the program, they receive an OLLI membership card, which differs from a student identification card.

Like students, OLLI members enroll in classes, take part in activities and group work and volunteer on campus.

Members also pay fees, although they are signifi-cantly less than general stu-dent fees.

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T-shirts hang in the quad Wednesday for the “Clothesline Project” event to raise awareness of gender violence. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN

Hundreds of brightly-col-ored and decorated T-shirts hung in the Quad to raise awareness of the grim

realities of sexual violence Wednesday.

The WoMen’s Center, in conjunction with the Orange County Community Service Programs, hosted a local ver-sion of the nationally recog-nized “Clothesline Project.” As part of the project, wom-en affected by gender violence decorate a shirt to express their emotions, and then hang the shirt on a clothesline to allow others to view it, according to

the project’s website.A prism of colors drew at-

tention to different forms of violence.

White shirts stood for deaths related to violence, while yellow and beige rep-resented battered or assaulted women.

Red, pink and orange shirts were associated with survivors of rape and sex-ual assault, and blue and green were associated with

survivors of incest and sex-ual abuse.

Purple and lavender stood for those attacked because of sexual orientation and black was for women attacked for political reasons.

Xochitl Morales, an an-thropology major, took time during a three-hour gap be-tween classes to closely exam-ine some of the shirts.

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OC housing contributesto poverty

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The high cost of housing in Orange County is leading to an increase in poverty in the area, according to the OC Register.

Because of the high costs, the county’s poverty rate is 24.3, compared to the fed-eral government’s 12.8 percent, according to a report by California Housing Partnership Corp.

The report stated Orange County was third in having homes available to families with a yearly income of less than $43,000, half the median of the county’s income level.

Due to the lack of homebuilding in rela-tion to demand in Or-ange County and in California leads to some of the highest housing costs in the country.

Gov. Jerry Brown is-sued an executive or-der yesterday requir-ing a 40 percent cut in greenhouse gas emis-sions in California by 2030, the New York Times reported.

The order is intended to enforce a 2006 envi-ronmental law that re-quires greenhouse gas emissions be reduced by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.

Pursuing this goal will cost Californians $14 a month per household, according to a study by a consulting firm, Ener-gy and Environmental Economics.

While Republican lawmakers denounced the law as a threat to the state’s economy, Democrats supported Brown’s decision.

The new policy was necessary to prod the energy industry to act and to assure that the goal, set in 2006, was achieved, Brown said.

Fans were denied entrance to the Balti-more Orioles baseball game, a historic first in Major League Base-ball, CNN reported.

The decision by the Orioles to shut fans out of the game came amid the riots in Baltimore.

The game went on as normal, opening with the national an-them, followed by rock music blasting through the empty stadium.

The first baseman for the Orioles, Chris Davis, showcased that emptiness when he through a ball into the empty seats.

The Orioles ended up winning the game against the White Sox 8-2.

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The price for spring semes-ter Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership is $135, while a spring and summer package is $180.

By comparison, an under-graduate student enrolled in seven or more units this past spring semester paid $3,159.33 in tuition and fees, according to the student fi-nancial services website.

To be eligible for a U-Pass, the Parking and Transpor-tation website lists that indi-viduals must fall into one of four categories—matriculat-ed undergraduate or graduate students, current American Language Program students, faculty and staff or emeriti.

The regular OCTA bus fare of $2 is already subsi-dized to provide riders with an affordable price, Carpen-ter said.

“But we’ve also reviewed many of our bus programs to ensure that the discount-ed fares, such as U-Pass, are being used by the intended

audience,” he said. “Doing so ensures that taxpayer mon-ey is being used properly and fairly.”

The tightening of who can use the U-passes began last fall. On September 16, OCTA began requiring CSUF stu-dents to show a student ID when swiping the U-Pass, ac-cording to an OCTA fixed route training notice.

The notice has since then affected the ability of most OLLI members boarding the bus, said Curtis Gamble, a community activist and OLLI member.

“They’re treating the people that use the OLLI Cal State Fullerton bus pass as though they stole it or they took it, and they know that they didn’t,” Gamble said. “They know that they went to the same office, Parking and Transportation and picked it up, where the students picked theirs up.”

Despite the boarding complications, OLLI mem-ber Ricardo Acosta has ben-efited from boarding the bus with his identification.

Acosta, a Placentia resident who takes a short commute to Cal State Fullerton, has been able to board the bus suc-cessfully the majority of the time.

“(If) Osher Lifelong Learn-ing Institute members are

given a bus pass but at the same time are not given an ID to correspond, then they can’t identify themselves as a regu-lar student can,” he said.

Acosta, among other OLLI members who use the U-Pass, will be affected by

the U-Pass policy adjustment. Most OLLI bus commuters will have to drive to cam-pus, occupying more parking spots on campus while risk-ing their schedule to be on time, which could be a prob-lem, Acosta said.

Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will no longer be able to take advantage of the university’s U-Pass system, which proivdes discounted bus fares to students, come May.

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Kristin Sosnowsky, chair of the Department of The-atre and executive associ-ate Dean for the College of Music and Dramatic Arts at Louisiana State University, presented at the final open forum in the search for the new dean of the College of the Arts Wednesday.

After the fourth candi-date, Greg Watts, withdrew his application, Sosnowsky became the last applicant to present at the forums.

Sosnowsky decided to apply for the the position because it was widely ad-vertised and one of her co-workers had told her about it, she said.

The position would also allow Sosnowsky the op-portunity to pursue her professional interests, she said.

Sosnowsky said her pri-mary interest is in interdis-ciplinary work. She wants to create an environment that cultivates working across campus between the disciplines in the College

of the Arts and other disci-plines, she said.

“I think these days (art) students ... are looking at how they can integrate me-dia, how they integrate per-formance,“ she said. “This institution’s fine and per-forming arts college has that. It also has a great rep-utation; great, strong pro-grams. And it seems like a perfect opportunity.”

She also emphasized that the College of the Arts should reach out and con-nect with the community. Those connections are es-pecially important because CSUF supplies regional arts organizations with a significant amount of talent for independently-produced programming, Sosnowsky said.

“It is difficult to overes-timate the cultural impact we have on our communi-ty,” she said. “I believe it is important for our students to see us engaged not just as artists and scholars, but as active participants in a public dialogue, policy de-cisions and other initiatives that advance artistic access in our region.”

If hired, Sosnowsky would have to leave Louisi-ana, but said she is aware of adjustment challenges and is willing to face them.

“I certainly understand that there is a learning curve in terms of under-standing the community,” she said. “I am basically interested less in a type of institution, and more in the college and the quality of programs.”

Sosnowsky is looking forward to meeting stu-dents and learning about their perspectives, she said.

The time frame for hir-ing a new dean remains in-definite, said Ann Camp, chief of staff for President Mildred García and a head dean of the College of the Arts search committee.

In evaluating candidates, the committee, which con-sists of 10 staff and faculty members and one student representative, will look at the scope of each appli-cant’s work and the quali-ty of their experience, she said. The committee will also consider the opinion of campus community, she said.

“The candidate has the opportunity to meet with students, faculty and staff from across the campus during their visit and we look forward to input from those individuals on each candidate,” Camp said in an email.

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Final candidate for Arts dean presents

Kristin Sosnowsky presented at the final open forum in the search for the new dean of the College of the Arts. Sosnowsky outlined plans to create connections between colleges on campus.

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“The ones that caught my attention or the ones that I see more are the ones for phys-ical abuse,” Morales said, who added that she had once witnessed a neighbor being beaten.

The idea behind the clothes-line was to “air the dirty laun-dry,” said Community Service Program Volunteer Coordina-tor Christian Beecher.

One of the advantages CSUF offers, Beecher said, is a large, open space to display as many shirts as possible.

“We love coming here be-cause we can usually show al-most all of our shirts,” Beech-er said, who was able to hang 400 of 500 shirts.

Messages ranged from an-ger, distress and fear to hope and forgiveness.

One red shirt included a woman’s story of being raped at the ages of three and 19, which led to her contracting genital herpes.

A blue shirt relayed a sto-ry of an incestous rape of a daughter by her father, which led the woman to won-der if her attacker would also attempt to rape his granddaughter.

On one green shirt was written, “I was only 10 years old.” Another gray shirt, ded-icated to trafficking survivors, had the message, “Sell me or get 25 to life!!!”

Tyler Tran, a civil engineer-ing major, said he was initially

drawn by the bright colors, and was captivated by some of the statements he read on the shirts.

“After reading one of the shirts, I was kind of aston-ished,” Tran said. “I’m glad otherwise that I came closer to read. It’s kind of shocking to look at the shirts.”

Sociology major Desiree Dominguez found strength in solidarity, she said.

The most impactful shirts to her were the ones where the victims were only two or three years old, Dominguez said.

“(Victims of gender vi-olence) need to know that there’s others out there and they’re not alone. I think this shows the braveness in them,” Dominguez said.

The Daily Titan recent-ly published an editorial ti-tled, “Transparency? Not at CSUF,” which detailed struggles the Daily Titan encountered in its dealings with Cal State Fullerton’s Strategic Communications department, but it may not be just student journalists who are struggling with ob-taining information.

Local media outlets re-sponded to the lack of trans-parency faced by reporters and discussed similar diffi-culties they experienced in their own reporting.

Gabriel San Román, an OC Weekly writer, said the editorial mirrored and matched his own experi-ences when covering stories on Cal State Fullerton. San Román wrote an April 24 ar-ticle giving his perspective on the delays and difficulties the Daily Titan and outside media have faced with the CSUF department of Strate-gic Communications.

Jeffrey Cook, associate vice president for Strategic Communications, said in a statement that the policies and procedures of the de-partment are consistent with practices in place in other public institutions.

Tracy Wood, a reporter with Voice of OC, said that practices enacted by Stra-tegic Communications may

not actually be common or an accepted practice in other public institutions.

“If somebody has some-thing to hide, that’s what they want to do,” Wood said. “Make sure nobody can speak without going through them first.”

San Román was report-ing on a rape culture protest in early February and a rape that was reported the fol-lowing day when he was un-able to get information from Christopher Bugbee, direc-tor of media relations, in a timely manner.

“I understand that it takes time to compile data, but for there to be up to a 3-day de-lay by default in terms of re-sponding to you, an inquiry, from a reporter. That’s com-pletely atypical in my expe-rience,” he said.

When San Román sent a second set of follow up questions for his story on February 25, he did not receive a response until March 11.

“That is not good media relations and there is no jus-tification for it,” he said.

Part of the experience as a reporter, he said, is having to be aggressive to keep the story and overcoming obsta-cles when covering contro-versial issues. However, he said, the way that Strategic Communications handles inquiries is not a common experience for journalists.

Wood shared an experi-ence one of the publication’s reporters had when cover-ing a fracking symposium at CSUF last semester. The reporter was met with diffi-culties while attempting to

obtain what Wood called “non-controversial” infor-mation, such as the number of attendees for the event and specific information about funding. The informa-tion was given to the publi-cation on background.

“They are there to serve the public. Providing the public with information about how they’re spending the public money is at the top of the list,” Wood said. “There is no excuse for lack of transparency.”

An article written by Voice of OC reporter Nick Gerda detailed the difficul-ties a blogger faced while trying to get answers from Christopher Bugbee, di-rector of media relations, when asking for an on-the-record response clarifying why it took 26 days to get the seven-page records he had requested from the uni-versity in August 2014. Ini-tially, Bugbee declined to comment.

Bugbee eventually re-sponded, “You understand that your story is not of par-ticular concern to me.”

Gustavo Arellano, editor of OC Weekly, said the ed-itorial expressed the frustra-tion that Daily Titan report-ers and his own reporters have experienced with pub-lic information officer’s at CSUF.

“In my experience as a reporter, when public insti-tutions do not get back to you quickly when it comes to information … when they stonewall you again and again, it leads me to believe to not trust the in-stitution,” he said.

Local reporters relay issues while reporting on CSUF issues

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News organizations react to editorial

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Clothesline: Focusing on gender violence

Hundreds of shirts line the quad, part of an event to bring awareness to gender violence. AMANDA SHARP / DAILY TITAN

Jeanine Congalton, Ph.D., a human communication professor, still remembers Mierop from his time at CSUF. Congalton noted how his teaching style is what makes Mierop a “phenome-nal“ professor.

“He pushes people and wants people to think. He un-derstands why that’s import-ant,” Congalton said.

Mierop recounted, how in graduate school, his fellow-ship program group would go out to dinner together.

“I thought, ‘why should we wait until grad school to do something like this?’, and have a relationship with your professor and be able to feel comfortable and be able to talk,” Mierop said.

It was Mierop started teaching when he decided to employ the dinner setting to connect with students, call-ing it Dinner with Jack. Din-ner with Jack consists of for-mer and present students, their friends and family, all gathering together to eat and chat.

Mierop maintains a strong rapport with all of his past and present students through things like Dinner with Jack, with his Facebook group of over 300 just waiting for the next invite to dinner.

One of the most impactful Dinner with Jack moments for Mierop was when a stu-dent called on Mierop for much more than to be just a professor.

This student became close with Mierop after she shared with him a recent tragedy she had gone through. This stu-dent then attended a dinner and soon found that Mierop could help mediate prob-lems with her roommates, as well.

Then one day, Mierop was invited to this student’s birth-day party at her mother’s house.

“I walk into the room and the mother says, ‘We can’t

thank you enough, you saved our daughter’s life’ … you can’t buy that … and that’s the most amazing thing,” Mierop said, starting to tear up.

Amanda Brown, fresh-man and current student of Mierop, appreciates all Mierop has to offer as a pro-fessor and confidante at CSUF.

“He is more involved in students life, he made me feel like he actually cared what was going on in our person-al lives and made an effort to

help us grow,” Brown said. Mierop has maintained a

daily presence on social me-dia, through places like face-book and Instagram as well as other sites, to keep up with past and present students.

Mierop’s Instagram ac-count is where he posts what he calls “daily consider-ations.” Mierop noted all pic-tures of quotes relate to how he feels that day.

Mierop recently spoke at a Personal Wellbeing Sym-posium at CSUF where he spoke about the importance of choosing now.

“You make a decision be-fore an event happens wheth-er you’re going to enjoy it or not … You could meet the person of your dreams, you could find the epipha-ny of your life that pushes you in a direction that you never thought was possible,” Mierop said.

For more helpful links, daily quotes and information check out Mierop’s website, Jackupyourlife.com.

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Jack: Life lessons from alumnus

The Fashion Club at Cal State Fullerton has been bringing together fashion-able Titans since its estab-lishment in Fall 2013. The club’s first official president, Natalynne Tran, has recent-ly stepped down and made second year communica-tions student, Emily Kimu-ra, the second and most re-cent club president.

Kimura was born and raised in Tracy, California. She recalls childhood trips with her family to Disney-land taking up to six hours just to get there, but being worth it because she was completely entranced at a young age by Disney’s mes-merizing spectacles.

Her high school ex-perience proved slightly challenging since she was enrolled in honors cours-es throughout her entire four years at Tracy High School. Kimura remembers her classmates never really sharing similar creativity and excitement for the arts as she would while in her yearbook and choir cours-es, and couldn’t wait un-til graduation so she could move far away from them.

Kimura’s mother, Ronda

Kimura, recalls attend-ing her daughter’s high school parent teacher con-ferences and being told that her daughter is very quiet and polite. Shocked, she thought they weren’t speaking of the same per-son since her daughter was quite the loud and opinion-ated teenager at home.

“She is very particular about what she likes and doesn’t like,” Ronda said. “She really knows what she wants.”

As soon as Kimu-ra turned 18 and graduat-ed from high school she had her sights set far away from her hometown and landed in Fullerton to be-gin her college experi-ence at CSUF. She noticed that everyone in her dorms brought with them previous friendships and this was a surprise.

She expected everyone entering college their fresh-men year to not necessarily know one another that well, and that they simply came here to obtain a degree and make new friends along the way. But that proved to not be the case and Kimura

struggled to make friends in the beginning.

“Everyone comes here and then they go home, but I was here all the time,” Kimura said. “Everyone is going home to their fam-ilies and I can’t really do that because my home is far away. But once I found people, I was fine,” Kimura said.

She joined various clubs to make the most of her col-lege experience, and even-tually landed in the Fash-

ion Club’s weekly meetings, where she made great friendships with her fel-low members. Throughout her time as a general mem-ber of the club she noticed the club’s board trusting her with more responsibil-ities, eventually adding her to the executive board team as a creative director’s main assistant.

Then, for her sophomore year she went from assis-tant to president and Kimu-ra was both shocked and thrilled to have been ap-pointed, she said. As pres-ident she aspires to put on more striking photo shoots and extravagant fashion

events that will showcase CSUF student’s fashion photography, garment con-struction and writing skills masterfully.

The Fashion Club’s main priority at the mo-ment is creating a strong online presence by working on their new online fash-ion magazine titled Collec-tive XIII, said Alan Luarca, third year photo communi-cations major and the Fash-ion Club’s main fashion photographer.

Luarca plans on shooting, writing, editing and devel-oping the magazine’s online posts thoroughly in order to demonstrate the club’s pro-fessionalism and impressive fashion knowledge.

“We’re really pushing this online magazine and (Emi-ly) is basically gathering us all together and setting up every-thing, so we can make it hap-pen,” Luarca said.

For now, Kimura is plan-ning on finishing up college in the near future and even-tually interning for a stylist company or local fashion magazine.

The Fashion Club will be looking for new mem-bers next semester, and plan on making the steps to become a club mem-ber more of an application process.

By having an application process, the board hopes it can figure out which appli-cants would make the best additions to the team.

The Fashion Club introduces new president

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Fashioning a new leader Sophomore Emily Kimura, is the incoming president for the Fashion Club at Cal State Fullerton. Kimura discovered the club after moving from Northern California, as a way to follow her passion and forge new friendships.

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EMILY KIMURA Incoming Fashion Club President

Everyone is going home to their families, and I can’t really do that because my home is far away. But once I found people, I was fine.

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JACK MIEROPHuman Communication Studies

... You could find the epiphany of your life that pushes you in a direction that you never thought was possible.

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Toni Morrison’s new novel proves she’s still relevant

Nearly every city in Or-ange County is home to some kind of trendy eat-ery or café. Trendy, mean-ing aesthetically-pleasing and Instagram-worthy.

These places exist to satis-fy society’s craving for some-thing sweet while adding a clever, fashionable edge to ev-eryone’s experience.

Located in Fullerton, near Cal State Fullerton on Chap-man Ave. and State College Blvd. and is a trendy bakery called Wildflour.

Host to a variety of cup-cake flavors, rows of French

Macarons, coffee and frosting shots, it’s a great place to satis-fy your sweet tooth.

Wildflour Cupcakes opened its doors in 2007 and since then they have promised to use only the finest ingredients in their pastries. The bakery’s services include catering, wed-dings and special events of all kinds.

Wildflour also takes pride in their layer cakes, which are often used at formal events.

Some of the flavors offered at Wildflour include classics such as chocolate, vanilla with confetti, and red velvet.

Other unique flavors range from Pina Colada, Banana Split, Oreo Truffle and the Fleur De Sel, which is a choc-olate cake with salted caramel frosting.

These are just a few of the many rotating cupcake flavors offered weekly.

It’s easy to detect the high quality ingredients used, espe-cially in their buttercream and cream cheese frostings.

The buttercream isn’t too rich and the cream cheese frosting actually includes real cream cheese as opposed to non-dairy cream cheese reci-pes that cover the tops of rival cupcake shops.

The frosting is able to with-stand movement and holds its structure. The cake’s texture and consistency is very moist and appropriate for each type of cake.

Each kind of cake is sup-posed to have its own consis-tency and texture. Cakes con-taining citrus flavors are much lighter, compared to dense, richer flavors such as peanut butter or cookie dough.

The Red Velvet, in partic-ular, is a great example of an excellent cupcake. The cake

has the right amount of density without losing its moisture.

Upon approaching the bak-ery, there is a marquee outside listing the daily specials.

The interior is quite small, so it may not be good for large study groups. The service was fast and friendly which was appreciated.

Some of the deals include their cupcake combo, which includes a cupcake and a drink for $4.50.

Also, with the purchase of two cupcakes, you get a free 12-ounce cup of coffee.Wild-flour Cupcakes also has a hap-py hour every weekday from 2-5 p.m. and includes a free cupcake when you buy three.

These specials are very af-fordable for such high quality desserts in the area.

This bakery is an excellent choice for someone looking to satisfy their sweet tooth. It’s

conveniently located close to campus and the prices are af-fordable for college students.

The fact that the Wildflour has daily specials already dif-ferentiates itself from sur-rounding bakeries, which only offer single cupcake prices and

no deals. Wildflour Cupcakes is an

Orange County cupcakery worth exploring the next time you’re in the mood for some-thing sweet. With great prices and impeccable sweets, you can’t go wrong.

Award-winning author Toni Morrison, arguably the greatest writer in Ameri-ca, released a new novel this month, God Help the Child.

God Help the Child is about a light-skinned mother

ashamed of her daughter, who has a darker shade of skin.

This is Morrison’s 11th novel, and the fact that she is nearing the end of her career has some wondering if this novel will be as stirring as her others.

With her new novel, Morri-son continues to take stylistic risks that her fans have grown accustomed to.

Each chapter is told from the perspective of one of the various characters, which adds to the complexity of the

storyline and creates multidi-mensional characters.

Like her other works, God Help the Child calls attention to important issues that not only African Americans face, but that are relatable to across the spectrum.

In this novel she addresses the issue of violence in mul-tiple forms. Her work contin-ues to create a dialogue about important issues.

Morrison is the only living American Nobel Prize win-ner in literature––earning the

coveted award in 1993. Mor-rison’s novel Beloved earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Fic-tion in 1988 as well.

However, Morrison won the Nobel Prize over 20 years ago, she is 84 years old now.

While many literary junk-ies are excited about an ad-dition to the Morrison col-lection, they can’t help but wonder if she’s still got it.

David L. Ulin, literary crit-ic for the Los Angeles Times, argues that God Help the Child is too convenient.

“And unlike ‘The Bluest Eye,’ which is a challeng-ing novel, resisting easy resolution, ‘God Help the Child’ rarely stirs into artic-ulated life,” Ulin said in his review.

Skepticism aside, Mor-rison’s work is of the same quality that it used to be, in these profound and more confident years of her career that she has dawned upon.

If there was one critique to be made on Morrison’s writing, it would be on her

attitude towards race. Morrison frequently states

that she is “writing for black people,” which limits her targeted audience and makes it seem like she is not really reaching out to any other race but her own.

Readers of all ethnicities look to Morrison for wis-dom, so an attempt to speak to them as well would be greatly received.

For now, picking up a copy of God Help the Child is recommended.

God Help the Child is proof that the author still has talent

ANTHONY BAGHDADYFor the Daily Titan

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Jenner steals spotlight

The continuing transi-tion of Bruce Jenner from a man to a woman has been overwhelmingly impossi-ble to avoid seeing, reading or hearing about.

Congratulations Jenner, you’ve made headlines yet again.

The transgender commu-nity may be in pure bliss as it’s getting the light it de-serves, but that exposure comes at a cost for the suf-fering people of Nepal.

More individuals are

aware of the Jenner in-terview than the Ne-pal earthquake and that’s disheartening.

Media is profit driven and entertainment trumps hard news; it’s tragic.

The moment is glorious for many in Jenner’s shoes who are afraid to come out.

Jenner has become a beacon of light, helping the transgender community slowly move forward and thrive.

Jenner has helped send a message loud and clear—be proud of who you are, no mat-ter what that means.

It’s definitely heart-warming to see a man who has struggled with self-es-teem and self-acceptance issues finally come out

to the public and be con-fident in the person he’s become.

But his situation has tak-en attention away from the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earth-quake that occurred this past Saturday.

The earthquake caused an avalanche on Mount Ev-erest and killed over 5,000 individuals, but it seems like the media was more concerned about Jenner’s feelings than the devastat-ing natural disaster hap-pening on the other side of the world.

Jenner is not to blame for receiving the attention he has, especially with a fam-ily like his.

The Jenner-Kardashian clan making headlines is nothing new. The media is

at fault. Priorities have shift-

ed and the focus seems to be solely on entertain-ment than hard breaking news, the stuff that actual-ly matters.

People across the nation should be informed of what happens around the world. The 7.8 Nepal earthquake has been said to be the worst in 80 years.

There are kids, men and women left without prop-er housing, food and wa-ter, desperately needing as-sistance, but most people choose to turn a blind-eye and indulge in Jenner’s sit-uation instead.

One famous celebrity’s news has the power to trump 5,000 dead humans and that’s utterly disappointing.

Jenner’s news distracts from more serious tragedies

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The Cal State Fullerton baseball team will travel to Riverside Friday night to kick off their three-game series against the Highlanders.

On Friday, the Titans will try to improve on their 23-20 overall record, while the Highlanders strive to better their overall record of 13-29 and climb out of the Big West

Conference cellar. The Ti-tans are hopeful to get some wins against the Highlanders and possibly catch leader UC Irvine.

Riverside currently holds a 2-10 conference record that has the team in last place in the Big West. The Highland-ers are coming off a close loss Tuesday against UNLV, which ended with a 5-4 final score. The Highlanders welcome the Titans on their home field, where they currently hold a losing record of 8-12.

Meanwhile, the Titans are coming off a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over USC Tuesday night. With the win

over the Trojans, the Titans were finally able to string to-gether consecutive wins for the first time since the first half of April.

Despite the Tuesday night victory, Fullerton has been in-consistent. In their four games prior to USC, the Titans trad-ed wins and losses against first place division rival UC Irvine and lost against Cal State Ba-kersfield. Thankfully for the Titans, they have still man-aged to compile an 8-4 Big West record that has them tied with UC Santa Barbara for second place.

Junior David Olmedo-Bar-rera has been the bright star

of the Titans so far this year. Olmedo-Barrera leads the team in runs batted in and tri-ples, recording 29 and five, respectively.

UCR outfielder Vince Fer-nandez will try and boost the offense for the Highlanders.

Fernandez has been leading the team this year with streaks of multi RBI games and mul-tiple hits. He has recovered from a hitting drought against Northridge, in which he went 0-for-6 in the last two games of the series. Against UNLV, Fernandez went 2-for-4 and recorded an RBI.

On the defensive side, the Highlander pitching has been

struggling in the last five games, inflating their earned run average to 5.11. Titan pitching is faring a little better than it was earlier in the sea-son, lowering their staff ERA to 3.32.

The Titans and the High-landers are almost even-ly matched when it comes to batting average, although the Highlanders have a slight ad-vantage. Riverside current-ly holds a .269 batting aver-age, compared to Fullerton’s .259.

First pitch for the series opener is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and will be broadcast-ed on ESPN3.

Cal State Fullerton track and field will trav-el to UC Irvine Friday for the one-day Steve Scott Invitational.

The first event for the day will be the women’s hammer throw at 2 p.m followed by men’s jave-lin, women’s pole vault, women’s long jump, men’s long jump and women’s javelin.

The field events will end with the men’s hammer throw. CSUF’s Steven Par-sons rounded out the top-20 with a toss of 52.06 me-ters during the last event, the UC San Diego Triton Invitational.

In the women’s ham-mer, Jessica Flores posted a mark of 52.35 meters last outing. Alexandria Kemp was behind her at 50.16 meters and Amanda Mer-cado tossed 48.33 meters.

Daniel Walker will look to lead the men in javelin. Walker posted a 55.49-me-ter throw in La Jolla. On the women’s side, Nico-lette Garcia threw for 24.52 meters.

The evening track events will begin at 7 p.m. with the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Pamela Pelayo and Ar-ianna Fuentes finished sixth and seventh, respec-tively, at the Triton Invita-tional. Pelayo came in with a time of 11:31.78, while Fuentes posted a time of 11:41.20.

On the men’s side, Da-vid Ramirez placed in the top-five at the last meet. He ran the steeplechase in 9:24.66, .43 seconds be-hind third place.

The day will end with the men’s and women’s 5,000-meter run. Brandon Perry and Jeff Little fin-ished the last meet in 20th and 21st, respectively. Tim Reed was a few spots be-hind in 25th. Sean Graham just missed the 15-minute mark; he ran a 16:01:94 in La Jolla.

After the Steve Scott In-vitational, the Titans will again be in action the next day in Northridge for a three-way meet against Cal State Northridge and Fresno State.

The Titans set to compete in the Steve Scott Invite Friday

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Softball hits road to face Aggies

The Cal State Fullerton men’s lacrosse team is gear-ing up for another playoff run in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference.

The Titans are entering the tournament after another dominant season where they

went 14-1 under second-year Head Coach Mike Ansel. CSUF earned the No. 1 seed in the SLC North Division and a first-round bye.

CSUF has been a power-house in the Division II SLC playoffs since 2010, reaching the championship each year and winning two titles. How-ever, the Titans have been de-nied the title the past three years and have developed a ri-valry with Concordia over the past two years, after the Ea-gles snatched two champion-ships away.

The Titans are on a crash course to meet the Eagles again in the finals, but first they have to take care of busi-ness against Northern Arizo-na in the Final Four Saturday. The Lumberjacks advanced to the Final Four by defeating Cal State San Marcos 13-11 last weekend.

Fullerton looks to have the upper hand, having defeated NAU 12-5 back on March 8. Seven different Titans scored in that game, while only two Lumberjacks were able to get on the score sheet.

The Titans will look to two of their young stars, Alex Kowalski and Micah Willis, to step up and be the catalysts of the team in the playoffs.

After Kowalski’s stellar freshman campaign that in-cluded 47 goals, he was named one of four captains and has increased his production in his second year. Kowalski has tal-lied 57 goals this season to go along with 22 assists.

Willis has been the breakout freshman this year. The Hun-tington Beach High School product has burst onto the

scene by flashing versatility in both goal scoring and setting up his teammates. Willis has notched 45 goals and 41 assists for a team-leading 86 points.

Senior goalie Chris Lauri-no will be protecting the Ti-tan cage. The Lake Forest na-tive has been strong in front of the net, allowing opponents to score an average of 4.57 goals per game. Laurino has made 112 saves on the season and owns a .642 save percentage.

Faceoff against NAU is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Chapman Stadium.

The Titans will play NAU in the Final Four of the SLC playoffs

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Cal State Fullerton softball will look to stay in the win col-umn when they take on the UC Davis Aggies in a three-series game this weekend.

The Titans are current-ly on a winning streak after a three-game sweep against the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Mustangs last weekend and will be looking to build on that upward trajectory as they try to overtake Long Beach State for second place in the confer-ence standings.

The Aggies, on the other hand, are trending downward. They were swept by the UC Riverside Highlanders, end-ing their weekend with a 5-3 loss. The Aggies will be enter-ing their next Big West series against the Titans with with a 17-26 overall and 5-10 Big West record.

The two teams last faced each other in May 2014, when

the Titans won two out of the three games in the series.

In this matchup, the Titans will need to keep the momen-tum going in order to domi-nate the Aggies for the second year in a row.

Backing this effort will be Samantha Vandiver and Courtney Rodriguez. Vandiv-er currently leads the Big West with a .460 batting average, while Rodriguez is right be-hind her with a .412 average. In the Cal Poly series, Van-diver went 4-for-10 while also scoring two runs. Rodriguez, for her part, scored four runs

and recorded three runs batted in against the Mustangs.

Fullerton will also be an-chored by a pitching staff that currently sports a 3.76 overall earned run average. However, that number dips in conference play, where the Titans have a 4.03 ERA.

The Aggies also sport some tough players. Sophomore Christa Castello’s team-lead-ing .314 batting average has produced 24 runs and 17 RBIs. Senior Amy Nunez holds a batting average of .287 and has a team-high 24 RBIs.

The Aggies’ pitching, though, leaves much to be de-sired, as the team has collect-ed a 4.36 ERA. Junior Leah Munden has pitched at a 2.82 clip, but her teammates in the circle have not fared nearly as well. The next most-used pitcher has been Justine Vela, but she has amassed a 4.73 ERA.

The series against UC Da-vis seems to be Fullerton’s for the taking. First pitch for Sat-urday’s doubleheader is sched-uled for noon at La Rue Field and is followed by the series finale on Sunday at noon.

Titans looking to extend winning streak after Cal Poly sweep

RANDA AKEELFor The Daily Titan

Outfielder Samantha Vandiver watches a pitch go for a ball. The freshman is coming off of a 4-for-10 series against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and will look to improve on her team-leading .460 batting average when the Cal State Fullerton softball team travels north this weekend to tame the UC Davis Aggies.

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