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CSUF baseball to host Toreros Tuesday

Birding for peace and conservation

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Owners gather to flaunt and fly antique wartime aircraft

Retentionfocus of STEM program

De Leon flourishing in second year

Funding to be used to stem attrition from two colleges

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Military training planes that were used during flying practice in the ‘30s and ‘40s are now owned privately and are displayed monthly at the Fullerton Municipal Airport. James Norman owns the yellow 1952 Cessna 170B aircraft (above).

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Cal State Fullerton has started a new program to bolster retainment and in-crease graduation rates in two of the university’s col-leges by getting science, technology and math stu-dents engaged with their coursework.

The Academic Success through Curriculum En-hancement and Nurturing program, also known as ASCEND STEM, will use $375,000 received through a grant to foster a variety of initiatives.

These initiatives are meant to challenge students in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Engi-neering and Computer Sci-ence to think about their majors differently, said Rob-ert Koch, special assistant to the provost.

The ASCEND STEM pro-gram is part of a larger Cal State University STEM Col-laboratives Project, which will play out at seven oth-er campuses in addition to Fullerton. The overarching program is funded by a $4.6 million grant from a charita-ble trust.

On a yearly basis, a large proportion—roughly 25 per-cent—of first time students from the two colleges move to different colleges within the university or leave the university altogether, Koch said.

The end goal of the AS-CEND program will be to increase retainment of stu-dents going into their second year in science, technology, math and engineering pro-grams to about 90 percent.

Motors blared in an oth-erwise calm Orange Coun-ty sky. The sounds comple-mented aircraft that stalked over runways and others that basked in the sun capturing the sight and sound of avia-tion lovers.

The Fullerton Municipal Airport held its free monthly antique aircraft display, Sun-day, where visitors, pilots and aviation enthusiasts marveled at a blend of retro and con-temporary aircraft models.

About 24 aircrafts over 35 years old roamed the sky and landed on the elongated runway to park in a “festi-val seating” style throughout the transient lot. A plethora of yellow, white, blue, grey, red and even zebra prints pigmented the exhibited air-crafts that carry historical

and meaningful stories be-hind them.

The 86 acres of land the planes are displayed on was once a pig farm established in 1927 and also a former sewer for the city according to the Fullerton Municipal Airport website. It currently accommodates 600 planes essential to departments within the community, in-cluding the Anaheim Police Department and the Fuller-ton Fire Department. The California Highway Patrol also has a base within the airport, said Chuck Davis, 65, the aircraft event coor-dinator of four years.

Three military training planes from World War II were present. One of them, a Piper Cub, that the U.S. Navy used to practice flying during the ‘30s and ‘40s, Davis said. Despite its sim-ple exterior, a vibrant vin-tage pinup painting was exposed as the glass win-dow opened. The military aircraft with room for two, goes up to 70 mph, Davis said.

Davis’ wife, another

aviation pilot Jackie DaCos-ta, is the owner of a small training 1972 Cessna 150 aircraft model named Olly. Olly’s luminous white exte-rior is stroked with red and

blue lines throughout its body and wheels. DaCosta learned to fly in 1986 at the Fullerton Municipal Airport, where she completed 4,000 flight hours, granting her a

private pilot license. She lat-er obtained an instrument fly-ing license and upgraded to a commercial license, she said.

Fullerton airport hosts monthly historical show

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“Ace, fault, love, scratch, topspin.” These terms may be foreign to the average person, but to Camille De Leon, these words are sec-ond nature.

De Leon is an active member of the Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team and has grown up with a passion for the sport.

In her younger days, De Leon was heavily influ-enced by her father and uncles. Her father would take her to the park and hit balls on the court, De Leon recalls.

De Leon became in-trigued with tennis after watching the sport with her father and thought it-would be a fun and intense challenge. After her father

realized the talent she had, she began playing compet-itively at 8 years old—in tennis academies and indi-vidual tournaments.

Once she began attending Troy High School in Ful-lerton, her skills began to show. De Leon played on the varsity squad all four years under Head Coach Donna Judd. In 2012, as a senior at Troy, she won the Freeway League girls’ sin-gles championship.

She had previously won the Freeway League girls’ singles championship as a sophomore in 2010. As a junior at Troy, De Leon was a finalist in the Free-way League girls’ singles and was also named league player of the year.

When it came to the re-cruiting process, De Leon kept in constant contact with former CSUF Head Coach Bill Reynolds.

De Leon emailed him as to when her high school matches were. Reynolds gave De Leon two dates that he would come out to

officially scout her. When it came to deciding

where to continue her edu-cation and tennis career, De Leon had a criteria when searching for the right fit. The two most important things were what the tennis program had to offer and a major within her interest.

Reynolds offered her a scholarship for CSUF, which she would later com-mit to and accept.

At CSUF, De Leon has had to learn to balance a rigorous schedule, workout sessions and game days, es-pecially when gearing up for a game on the road.

“You just need to be on top of your (studies),” De Leon said. “It’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of time management.”

Now a sophomore at CSUF, De Leon plays high-er up on the lineup, holding the No. 2 spot for singles and the No. 1 spot in dou-bles with her partner Me-gan Sandford.

Tennis star bucking the sophomore slump trend

CECILY MEZADaily Titan

Sophomore tennis star Camille De Leon has stepped up this year, competing in the No. 2 singles slot and the No. 1 doubles spot with Megan Sandford. De Leon is 6-3 this season as the No. 2.

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SEE STEM 2 SEE AIRCRAFT 4

The U.S. Navy used this Piper Cub for practice in the ‘30s and ‘40s. The craft (above) has a pinup painting inside that can be seen when the window opens.

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Toddler reported missing

Stabbing suspect identified

Tourists carve up colosseum

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A one-year-old child was reported missing after his father entered the San Pedro residence of the child’s mother and violently attacked the child’s mother and her boyfriend early Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol report.

Giovany Santiago-En-riquez, the child’s father, has not been seen since fleeing the mother’s resi-dence after stabbing her boyfriend. He is believed to be travelling with his son, Jayden Santiago, in a 2006 gray Nissan Al-tima with a license plate number of 5UCF010.

Santiago-Enriquez is considered armed and dangerous and has known contacts in Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.

Anyone with informa-tion can contact the Los Angeles Police Depart-ment, Harbor Division, at (310) 726-7700.

The identity of an Orange County wom-an shot to death Sun-day night by Anaheim police was confirmed as 43-year-old Mo-nique Jene Deckard, according to an Or-ange County Register report.

Deckard was killed inside her Anaheim apartment complex by officers who fired on the woman after they claimed she tried to attack them with a pair of knives.

Deckard, who was suspected of stabbing an unrelated woman earlier in the day at a laundromat, died at a nearby hospital.

An unknown num-ber of officers fired at Deckard. Footage from body cameras worn by officers will be investigated by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Two California tour-ists in Rome were cit-ed Saturday for carv-ing their first names into the Colosseum, the Or-ange County Register reported.

The two women, ages 21 and 25, carved the names three inches high on an upper level of the Colosseum.

Both have been re-leased on their own re-cognizance and will face charges of ag-gravated damage to a monument.

A previous act of van-dalism by a Russian man who carved his initials into the Colosseum re-sulted in a four-month suspended sentence and more than $20,000 in fines. That instance was the fifth such last year.

Both women have apologized for the vandalism

It’s usually before a stu-dent’s second year that they leave to pursue other options, Koch said.

“Some leave because they’re not ready for the rig-or of the disciplines, some leave because they don’t have the basic skill sets they need and some leave because they think that if they came in with one career objective, that they can’t switch to another career objective within the STEM field, so they look elsewhere,” he said.

One of the first initiatives of the program will be a two-day summer orientation session to familiarize students with their colleges and choice of major.

Getting students familiar-ized with STEM coursework over the summer is import-ant because it helps bridge a gap between high school and the very complicated math and science work that first time freshman in the Engi-neering and Computer Sci-ence program need in order

to graduate, said Raman Un-nikrishnan, Ph.D, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

ECS students are unlike some other majors on cam-pus in that their coursework is heavily based around a series of prerequisite courses and students must get through spe-cific prerequisites at specific times during their college ca-reer before they can move on to more advanced classes.

“You cannot arbitrarily take a course here,” Unnikrishnan said. He added that failing a course in calculus—a Natu-ral Science and Mathematics course that is very import-ant to first semester ECS stu-dents—can be a great setback for students.

Summer orientation ses-sions and academic school year support sessions, both of which will be funded through the program, will help to give those students the boost they need, Unnikrishnan said.

Another addition slated for the fall will be two gen-eral education courses with

an emphasis on science and math. The courses will be a part of a pathway that al-lows students taking their general education courses to focus on a science and math track that will ultimately help them in their majors.

Students will have to learn to think like scientists

by analyzing problems rel-evant to their major, Koch said.

“It’s not so much that you have to memorize the facts that have already been col-lected,” Koch said. “Yeah, you do need a body of facts, but if you don’t know how to work with the facts and

you don’t appreciate how they were developed in the first place, then you don’t know how to apply them.”

Unnikrishnan looks for-ward to seeing the effects of the grant, which he said marks one greater step toward creating a culture of success for STEM students.

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A grant apportionment of $375,000 will create initiatives dedicated to helping students in majors related to science, technology, engineering and math.

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The challenges—and suc-cesses—of transgender wom-en will be the focus of one part in the LGBT/Queer Resource Center’s Thinking Queer Se-ries this week.

Cal State Fullerton histo-ry professor Brian “Jennifer” Thompson, Ph.D., will address the current challenges facing transgender women during “Challenges and Advances: American and Global Trans-gender Women in Contempo-rary Times” Thursday.

Thompson will be speak-ing on how transgender wom-en have been treated and em-phasized the play on public fears.

Current events have pushed Thompson to speak out. Af-ter learning of a number of murders carried out against transgender women in the U.S.—including at least eight murders of transgender wom-en reported in 2014—Thomp-son felt compelled to speak out.

“I thought it was a violation of human rights,” she said. “I couldn’t be on the sidelines anymore.”

Thompson contacted the LGBT/Queer Resource Cen-ter coordinator, Brianna Sér-ráno to be a speaker in the

Thinking Queer Series. She will also be highlight-

ing the success of transgender women today, including Ac-tress Laverne Cox from the television series Orange is the New Black.

“They can be both eventual role models for people who are also trans and who are just in general human beings that are contributing positively to com-munities in the world,” said Thompson.

In addition, Thompson will address the positives for trans-gender women, focusing on celebrating the transgender women who have been suc-cessful in the arts, politics and other fields.

Highlighting and ad-dressing these topics, she said, may help transgender

students or faculty who are intimidated by the larger so-ciety to feel comfortable and proud.

The CSUF LGBT/Queer Resource Center holds talks like this three times each semester.

Sérráno organizes these events with Associated Students, Inc. Leader and Program Development di-rector, Anthony Ragazzo. Members of the queer stud-ies minor faculty as well as students involved in the LGBT/Queer Resource Center also help organize these events.

The event will take place in the Gabrielino room at the TSU. It will begin Thursday at 7 p.m. and will end with a 20 minute Q&A session.

CSUF professor will highlight transgender achievements

FRANCHESKA TORRESFor the Daily Titan

Talk to focus on transgender rights

The LGBT/Queer Resource Center will host a talk with Brian “Jennifer” Thompson, Ph.D., a history professor, as part of the center’s Thinking Queer Series.

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STEM: Program to prepare students

Speaker• Brian “Jennifer” Thompson, history

professor• Speech will address the achievements of and

challenges facing transgender people

When• Thursday • 7 p.m.

Where• TSU Gabrielino

Challenges and Advances: American and Global Transgender Women in

Contemporary Times

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Cal State Fullerton’s In-formation Technology De-partment is considering the elimination of old on-line courses to strengthen security, cut maintenance cost and improve system performance.

TITANium, the system which used to host online courses, currently holds four years worth of class-es, said John Carroll, Ph.D., director of the Academic Technology Center.

There are 6,685 course sections on TITANium as of Spring 2015, and 4,857 of those are still active in some way, Carroll said in an e-mail interview.

The lack of space for the data-based courses, which require hardware space and protection, has become an issue and eliminating the older courses can lower se-curity risks, he said.

TITANium runs on a software protocol called Moodle, which operates on a new computer server ev-ery year, Carroll said.

He explained that during the process of transferring Moodle from one server to another, vulnerabilities are developed that make courses on the previous year’s server susceptible to attack.

Hackers could potentially make their way into student’s courses and attain sensitive and otherwise private infor-mation, Caroll said.

“We don’t think it’s a

good position for the cam-pus to be in, to have these security holes,” he said.

Deleting older courses can also save the universi-ty a significant amount of money, Carroll said.

Each academic year on TITANium costs about $50,000 in hardware that could be reused if data was eliminated, he said.

The growing amount of

data also slows TITANium down, said Rommel Hidal-go, assistant vice president for information technolo-gy and IT division financial manager.

This is in part because the system records every type of activity, including a paper upload or forum post, which in turn constantly ex-pands the database, Hidal-go said.

“The longer you go with-out going into a new envi-ronment, the bigger the da-tabase and file system gets, and the slower the perfor-mance of the system,” he said. “So it makes sense to limit the number of years we’ve got there.”

Carroll and Hidalgo said old course materials could be of value for students and teachers, but there are

alternative ways to pre-serve this information, such as personal computers or cloud storage like Dropbox, which is now offered to stu-dents and faculty for free.

Chuck Grieb, a professor and program coordinator in the Department of Visu-al Arts and Chair for Aca-demic senate IT committee, doesn’t have a problem with

backing up his courses, he said.

“They don’t have to keep that data, because I’ve got a backup of that individu-al course,” he said. “Let’s say something dramatic happened to TITANium. I could rebuild my class right now.”

Currently there is no ur-gency in dispensing of old

courses because recent ex-ecution of Shibboleth secu-rity authentication provides for better protection, Hidal-go said.

He added that the proj-ect as a whole will take more consideration before anything can be put into place.

“There might be some-thing we haven’t thought

of, that we might not run into until we turn those machines off,” he said.

The IT department would also need to make a number of decisions on how to properly notify stu-dents and faculty before deleting any courses, and find ways to back up old data in case of emergency, Carroll said.

Old courses to be removedPast courses will be removed to speed up, secure TITANium

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TITANium courses from previous semesters still maintained on the site will be removed in coming months to create a more secure and faster system, said Rommel Hidalgo, assistant vice president for Information Technology.

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ROMMEL HIDALGOAssistant Vice President for Information Technology

The longer you go without going into a new environment, the bigger the database and file system gets, and the slower the performance of the system.

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Listening for birds, ex-ploring their habitats and learning bird identifica-tion methods were all part of Breeding Behavior, an outdoor education program held Saturday at Cal State Fullerton’s Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary.

It was an ideal morning for bird sighting due to the clear blue skies, peace and quiet. The program was led by birding expert Kurt Mi-ethke, who has worked at Tucker Wildlife Sanctu-ary for over three years. He guided a group of about a dozen attendees around the entire sanctuary explaining key characteristics in point-ing out the different species of birds.

The landscape of Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary is cov-ered with lush green trees, bushes and plants. There is a bird porch that provides an up-close view of several

habitats, an Amphitheater where staff can talk to large groups and numerous trails that bend around the sanc-tuary complimenting ponds, lilac trees and an abundance of squirrels.

“We are just starting to get the first arrivals of the spring migration,” Miethke said. And although the birds are in transition from winter to spring, the group spotted over 15 different species of birds.

Some species included the Western Scrub-Jay, an intelligent bird with a blue body and round, crestless head and the Band-tailed Pigeon, the wild and largest native pigeon with a bright yellow beak and a gray body.

Another bird spotted was the White-breasted Nut-hatch, a common winter vis-itor at Tucker Wildlife Sanc-tuary. The White-breasted Nuthatch gets its name be-cause they will grab a seed and then hammer the nut with its bill until it hatch-es and then eat it, Miethke said.

Birds display a large ammount of diversity in their behaviors and their

activities, Miethke said.The Modjeska Canyon

provides a relaxing environ-ment as only the sounds of birds chirping can be heard. Birds sustain plant life by transferring seeds and pol-linating plants. Howev-er, birds have decreased in population due to major habitat loss, Miethke said.

“Certain birds like grass-land birds have been affect-ed the most because most grassland has either been used for farming or has been built on for housing, so they have been impacted drastically,” Miethke said. “Some birds are adapting to urbanization well, others ar-en’t, and biologists have had to quickly figure out which birds need help.”

Tucker Wildlife Sanctu-ary is in the process of de-veloping more birding and nature programs that will be available to the public. The calendar of events can be viewed on the website at TuckerWildlife.org.

“We are trying to just get the young people aware of it and interested,” Miethke said. “We want it to be a place where people can have that interface with nature.”

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DaCosta’s evident pas-sion for flying traces back to her youth, when she used dolls as airplanes, she said. DaCosta and Olly have en-joyed trips to Oregon to-gether and served as part of the United States Civil Air Patrol, where she rescued one person.

“I’ve done a lot of search and rescue for Civil Air Pa-trol, and I did have one find and that was pretty spec-tacular,” she said.

The Fullerton Municipal Airport is the last general aviation airport in North Orange County, Davis said. Many aviators exhibit their

aircrafts 12 times a year to waive the county’s prop-erty tax. The coordina-tor further added that the tax prices range from each

plane. A bi-plane trainer from World War II can cost $5,000 in property taxes, while DaCosta’s smaller plane is $50, he said.

The airplane exposition is done wholeheartedly in order to preserve a passion

for vintage planes and community intersect Davis said. It’s also the only time where the airport is open to the public to walk on the

ramps, look in the aircrafts and talk to the pilots.

“Most of these people don’t fly but they show up anyways just to socialize, this is like ‘Cheers’ … it’s a congregating place for us,” Davis said.

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Sanctuary aims to bring awareness to declining numbers

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Birding for peace and conservation

Fullerton grows in local marketplace goods

Sandwiched between Fullerton’s Carpe Diem Ex-perience and Heroes Bar & Grill, lies the Mercantile Flea Market.

On the first Saturday of each month, 40 local ven-dors set up shop behind the stores located on Har-bor Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue.

Vintage clothing, blue shelves, used vinyls and ceramic knick-knacks are some of the wide variety of antiques that can be found while walking through each stand. Many vendors also display their side busi-nesses of handmade jewel-ry, soaps and refurbished vintage items

Sabrina Contreras, own-er and creator of the Carpe Diem Experience and the Mercantile Flea Market, has created the event to support the local artists and build interest in the down-town area.

“My favorite aspect is resonating with the com-munity to celebrate all the artful designs and objects that can be found in our market,” Contreras said. “Supporting objects made in the U.S. by local arti-sans—having something more than products from Target—it enhances our community.”

The market has been running for seven years and

is constantly adding new artisans to the family. A quarter of the vendors are new and are rotating with market veterans, Contreras said.

Cecilia Terranova start-ed Terra Nova Soap and Bath Essentials two years ago after making soap as a hobby.

“My goal is to look out for what’s good for peo-ple and help people with their problems,” Terranova said.

Terranova creates soaps that cater to people with skin issues, such as acne and even some that pro-vide sinus relief through a variety of natural oils and herbs. The aroma that blows from the booth stopped many passer-bys, including local Savannah Maske.

“(At the market I want to) discover, since I just start-ed working down here,” Maske said. “The soaps smell really good.”

Franco Franco and An-drea Decieto, who have owned Bath and Beauty Co. for three years special-ize in hats. From day one, they knew this was a busi-ness they could put their heart and style into.

“A hat is much like per-sonality, its unique in it-self,” Decieto said. “Our hats are personality enhancers.”

The duo promises friend-ly and knowledgeable ser-vice and enjoy seeing faces light up when customers try on their hats.

“The more people we meet, the more we start to identify what kind of style

this person is interest-ed in,” Franco said. “They come into the shop and say well my grandfather had that kind of hat and we pro-vide that hat.”

Felipe Dorantes is the artist behind the hand-crafted wire and gem jew-elry stand of Sol de Co-bre. When he was young,

Dorantes was around a lot of artisans and enjoyed the experience of working with them.

“I have been doing this for 15 years and this is my work,” Dorantes said. “I just grab the pliers and use my imagination.”

This weekend, the Carpe Diem Experience

celebrated the grand open-ing of The General Store, which displayed handmade and repurposed goods, and welcomed The Flower Cart to their crafty and vintage environment. Owned by Kari Throop, customers can create their own bou-quets from the luscious se-lection of flowers displayed

in white baskets. The Carpe Diem Expe-

rience also hosts Adorned, owned by Armira Contre-ras, who provides bridal consultations, designs and accessories.

For more informa-tion on upcoming mar-kets, visit facebook.com/MercantileFleaMarket.

Designs and collections bring together community

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Cecilia Terranova (right) stands behind her display of assorted soaps made for multiple different skin issues. Local customer Savannah Maske (left) tests out the product.

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I’ve done a lot of search and rescue for Civil Air Patrol, and I did have one find and that was pretty spectacular.

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The antique aircrafts are displayed once a month at the Fullerton Municipal Airport. An airport that matches the crafts it holds with a rich history of it’s own.

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Aircraft: Engines, wheels and tales

Scientific name• Calypte anna

Markings• Magenta colored• Medium sized• Long black straight

bill and slightly rounded tail

Located• The most prominet

hummingbird along the Pacifc Coast

• North America

Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary birds

Scientific name• Baeolophus

inornatusMarkings

• Greyish-white• Small sized

Located• Year-round• Woodlands

around the Pacific Coast in oak and pine oak woodlands

Scientific name • Melanerpes

formicivorusMarkings

• White patches on its wings and red atop its head

Located• Year-round• Commonly found

where several different oak trees cohabitate

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Remember hanging out with friends or family, spending time with one an-other and feeling content with everything?

When there was no need to take a selfie or post a sta-tus to Facebook or Twit-ter? It seems like a distant memory.

It’s plain to see from the generations before, that life has changed in many more ways than one.

Happiness doesn’t look like what it used to. It’s harder nowadays for mil-lennials to find happiness in a world with a whole new view on life, work and love.

Since early childhood, millennials have been raised on the idea that any-thing is possible and it’s up to us to take every opportu-nity the world has to offer.

Millenials have been en-couraged to have more, want more and be more.

Unfortunately, this has made us selfish. We give precedence to our needs and don’t take into account the

needs of others. This has ultimately

steered this generation to redefining happiness.

In a world where we’re constantly waiting on the next big thing, the next iP-hone or the newest dating app to keep us on our toes, it can be overwhelming to feel the need to be in the know at all times. If you’re not in the know, you’re missing out.

Social media influences every decision millennials make and it can be exhaust-ing to constantly catch up with the latest and greatest trends.

The Internet itself pro-vides us with unlimited resources that we rely on heavily.

It’s like having an all-ac-cess pass to the entire world. This is something the earlier generations didn’t have and honestly, it makes all the difference in the world.

First dates used to mean driving together to dinner and a movie afterwards.

Now, it usually doesn’t get as far as a first meeting after one person Facebook or Instagram stalks the oth-er and isn’t satisfied with what he or she sees.

Finding love is hard enough and it’s becom-ing increasingly diffi-cult to communicate with

members of the opposite sex, making the possibility of building relationships an almost impossible feat.

We’re constantly inun-dated with images of what we should or shouldn’t look like due to our constant connection to the Internet.

This takes a major toll

on our self-esteem if we don’t match up to those standards.

Maybe it’s time to look back at the previous gener-ations and follow in their footsteps and make the transition to a more simple life.

Back then, people seemed

to be happy even when they knew they had less.

They were grateful for their good health, a loving family and a roof over their heads.

That’s all they ever want-ed, and it was enough for them. It should also be enough for us.

Back then, people seemed to be happy even when they knew and had less.

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Political divide remains wide

The web makes happiness elusive

It’s no secret we live in a highly politicized country today.

Parties on the left love to make fun of the old-fash-ioned, gun-loving, bi-ble-toting party on the right. Conservatives love to make liberals out to be amoral, radicalized hippies.

With each year, it seems politics are creating a larg-er divide among Americans and that’s a big problem.

When you turn on the news, it seems every day there’s some sort of polit-ical attack going on, espe-cially when it comes to po-litical pundits.

Whether it’s Fox News and Bill O’Reilly or Ste-phen Colbert and Jon Stew-art, political disparity be-tween the left and the right have hit an all-time high.

Republicans and Demo-crats are further apart ideo-logically today than at any other point in recent histo-ry, according to a year-long study by the Pew Research

Center. The study also re-vealed antipathy between opposing parties has dou-bled in the last 20 years, with the majority believing opposing policies repre-sent a threat to the nation’s well-being.

This sort of animosity

can be seen in our day-to-day lives.

It’s easy to hear some-one say they would hate the idea of dating some-one of the opposite party or would never even consider befriending someone who didn’t hold their views.

I have to be honest and admit I used to be one of those people.

I was so set on validat-ing my own ideals that to even hold a discussion with someone who contradict-ed my beliefs made for an endless session of sarcastic eye-rolling.

Although college stu-dents are known for pro-gressive thinking when it comes to social activism, it’s important to remember that coming together for civil discourse is a lot more conducive to change.

An us-versus-them men-tality doesn’t help anyone, especially when it comes to creating political reform.

But there is still hope for millennials.

A survey found that about 50 percent of millen-nials describe themselves

as independents and about 29 percent say they have no religious affiliation, mark-ing the highest levels of disaffiliation ever, accord-ing to the Pew Research Center.

It seems the political ide-ologies of millennials are more consistent through-out, which is a good thing.

Millennials also share a mostly liberal view when it comes to social issues like same-sex marriage or mar-ijuana legalization, bridg-ing the gap between par-ties, according to the Pew Research Center.

Yet, in my personal ex-perience, there has still been quite a political divide when it comes to students at CSUF.

Political ideolo-gy is a product of our

environment. It doesn’t make someone

better or worse because they don’t identify with a certain party.

We reflect what we’ve been taught and politics ar-en’t a litmus test for the kind of person someone is.

It’s important to remem-ber that when encounter-ing someone holding views dissimilar to yours, hear what they have to say and then make a decision for yourself.

It’ll open up a construc-tive discourse that will

ensure we can work togeth-er in harmony.

It’s up to us to create a more unified future, so in-stead of tearing each other apart, let’s put aside poli-tics and reach out to build ourselves up and empower one another.

Political disparity causes harm to everyone involved

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Tenure fosters complacency

It seems that professors don’t think very much of their students’ opinions nowadays.

Just recently, I ended a class with this reassuring quip from a professor, “I used to read these evalu-ations you know, but now I have tenure. I can pret-ty much do whatever the hell I want!” as he exit-ed the room during teacher evaluations.

The whole class shouldn’t be laughing at such a state-ment, they should be worried.

It seems many professors don’t pay much attention to their student evaluations.

This is not because they are uncaring or lazy, but be-cause the evaluating system is flawed.

Why should a university

professor care about what some undergraduate has to say?

Evaluations are random and professors may not know which student wrote what, making the whole process even less helpful.

To be fair, not all profes-sors operate this way and many do actually strive to improve their courses.

But it seems the easy and popular thing to do would be to go through the mo-tions of handing out eval-uations without actually taking the time to consid-er what they say. It would explain the amount of apa-thy some teachers display during class.

Perhaps students should not be the ones doing the evaluating.

Perhaps Cal State Fuller-ton should bring in some sort of third party to evalu-ate teachers.

It might cost some money, but after all, this is a univer-sity and education should be the priority.

It might not be the eval-uations that make teachers

less effective, but the tenure itself. If a person feels like they can not be fired, he or she may be less inclined to work hard.

A professor holds an im-portant job. If he or she does not perform his pro-fessorship adequately, there young minds will be short-changed of the quality edu-cation they deserve.

A common argument is that tenure actually makes teachers perform better. Teachers propound that when they feel secure in their position, they are able to do a better job.

That seems ridiculous. Competition is at the heart of capitalism, which is at the heart of America. And with tenure there is no competition.

Without the pressure of being able to lose one’s job, one will begin to slack. Ev-eryone is familiar with the feeling, except tenured pro-fessors of course.

CSUF needs to begin as-sessing professors with some sort of efficiency and find a way to make these

professors take the assess-ments into account, so they can perform their job better.

The idea of tenure should be taken away so that these

professors feel the need to perform well to stay aboard, otherwise we might find ourselves riding a sinking ship.

If these professors are

afraid of evaluations or the idea of losing their ten-ure, they need not be; all they need to do is their job adequately.

That is all we ask.

Tenure is a flawed notion that needs to be extinguished

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Sanford, a redshirt se-nior, believes the two have an intense but focused dy-namic between them on the court.

“(Camille) is a lot of fun to play with,” Sanford said. “I’ll set her up, she sets me up, it’s how we complement each other well.”

Sanford also believes that De Leon’s aggressive-ness and the way she takes it to her opponents is what stands out about her.

“She’s like a flying mon-key sometimes,” Sanford said. “She is everywhere.”

Dianne Matias, head coach of the CSUF wom-en’s tennis team, also recog-nized De Leon’s aggressive-ness, along with her passion for the game.

“You can always count on her to show up that day and fight for the team,” Ma-tias said. “She’s one of the

hardest working players on the team ... we’re real-ly lucky to have her on the team.”

Matias also described De Leon as a coachable team player who listens to the constructive criticism when it’s given to her.

Matias believes De Leon will become one of the leaders that the incoming freshmen can look up to in the upcoming years.

With the encouragement and support from her team-mate and coach, De Le-on’s goal is to stay patient and mentally tough when it comes to game time.

Now that De Leon is play-ing competitively at CSUF, she feels a deeper connec-tion with her teammates. “It’s really cool to share the same interest (with 10 oth-er girls),” she said. “Being really competitive together, pushing each other … it’s a really good experience.”

Two rounds of action have the Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team in 12th place after one day at the third annual Sacramento State Invitation-al on Monday.

The Titans finished with a score of 38-over-par 614 on the par-72, 7,064-yard Val-ley Hi Country Club in Elk Grove.

Host Sacramento State currently leads the pack with a two-under 574, while Uni-versity of the Pacific is sec-ond at five-over 581 and Chi-co State is third at nine-over 585.

Sacramento State’s Robert Parden is the lead-er in the clubhouse with a six-under 138, while sec-ond-place Byron Meth of Pacific is four under at 140. Parden’s teammate Luke Kristo is in third with a two-under 142.

Mark Cobey is Fullerton’s leader, as the freshman to-taled a nine-over 153 to knot him with teammate Nico Mendoza and six others in 49th place.

Mendoza carded the top round of any Titan on Monday as the junior shot a three-over 75 in the first round with seven pars through his back nine.

Senior Ryan Tetrault, who shot three birdies in his first-round front nine, and sophomore Kyle De Silva are next for Fullerton with scores of 11-over 155, while redshirt senior Josh Park finished with a 17-over 161.

Fullerton began with a first-round score of 15-over 303, which was good for fifth place, but carded a 311 in the day’s second round to fall to 12th.

The Titans are four strokes behind a two-way tie for 10th between South Dakota and Northern Colo-rado at 34-over 610.

The Titans will commence final round action of the 16-team tournament Tuesday morning at 7:42 a.m.

The Titans are in 12th after posting a +38 through two rounds

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Titans to host Big West Tourney

Men’s golf looks to climb at Sac St. Invitational

Baseball looking to keep win streak alive

A shaky start has given way to a strong surge for the Cal State Fullerton base-ball team, which looks to continue its pace Tuesday evening.

The Titans have won seven straight, including a three-game sweep ver-sus Baseball America No. 14-ranked Texas Tech over the weekend, and will now entertain the University of San Diego at Goodwin Field.

Fullerton enters with a 9-5 mark, with its entire winning streak having taken

place at home. The Titans also re-entered the Baseball America rankings this week at No. 23.

Tuesday’s contest marks the end of Fullerton’s 11-game homestand, which be-gan Feb. 17 and has thus far produced an 8-3 record.

Against Texas Tech, Ful-lerton showed an ability to win in a variety of ways.

The Titans rode the arm of junior pitcher Thomas Eshelman (2-2), who tossed a five-hit, complete-game shutout in the team’s 4-0 victory Friday.

On Saturday, Fullerton scored three runs in the fourth inning, with a pair on a two-run single from Scott Hurst, to hold on for a 3-2 win.

On Sunday, the Titans were outhit (8-5) but still won, 6-5, thanks in large

part to the walks produced by Texas Tech’s pitching.

Against San Diego, the Titans will face a team with a less-than-stellar 6-7 record.

The Toreros can’t be dismissed.

San Diego is coming off an impressive 2-1 road se-ries victory against No. 15 Mississippi State that cul-minated Sunday with a 9-6 win for San Diego.

The Toreros opened with a 2-1 victory Friday and fol-lowed that with a 4-2 set-back Saturday.

Before they took on Mis-sissippi State, the Toreros also swept a doubleheader versus the No. 22-ranked University of Texas in Aus-tin on March 1.

While a pitching match-up has yet to be announced as of Monday afternoon,

Fullerton will likely see San Diego’s P.J. Conlon or David Hill or perhaps both.

Hill enters with a 2-2 re-cord and a 2.96 ERA over 24 1/3 innings pitched, while also striking out 26 batters. He was named the West Coast Conference pitcher of the week for March 2 and is coming off a gem in which he allowed no runs and only four hits in seven innings pitched in the Toreros’ 2-1 victory over Mississippi State on Friday.

Conlon is 1-1 with a 2.61 ERA and has allowed six earned runs and 11 hits over 20 2/3 innings with 21 strikeouts.

As for Fullerton, they will likely employ a staff day as is the case normally during midweek games.

First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

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Titan Gym opens up its doors on Tuesday to host the Big West Women’s Basketball Conference Tournament.

The Titans are the No. 7 seed and will take on No. 6 UC Riverside in the first round of the tournament in a show-down that will feature the top two scorers in the conference, Fullerton’s Chante Miles and UCR’s Brittany Crain.

The Titans enter the tourna-ment with a 5-11 conference record. Fullerton split the sea-son series with UCR this sea-son, winning its home game against the Highlanders in January before losing on the road in February.

The first game against UCR ended in a 58-49 Fullerton vic-tory. In that encounter, Miles tied with Crain as the leading scorer on the night, record-ing 18 points. Miles, however, edged out Crain by also regis-tering nine rebounds and two assists.

Seniors Tailer Butler and Kathleen Iwuoha drained 12 points apiece in their team’s victory over UCR, while Michelle Curry scored 12 points of her own for the Highlanders.

However, the second game went differently. In the away fixture, the Titans ended up on the wrong end of a 77-69 loss at SRC Arena.

In that game, Miles and Crain once again led all scor-ers with 20 points apiece, while Iwuoha scored 19 of her own. Annelise Ito was River-side’s second-best scorer with 14 points.

Unfortunately for Fullerton, the team’s non-starters failed to score a single point, as op-posed to the Riverside bench, which contributed 20 points.

Since their second encoun-ter, the Titans and the High-landers have gone 2-7 and 3-5, respectively. In their most re-cent game, the Titans were blown out, 61-38, by the con-ference-leading Hawaii Rain-bow Wahine. Riverside is also coming off a loss, succumbing

to Long Beach State, 76-66, on Saturday.

If the Titans are to find any success the third time around, Miles and Iwuoha will have to come up big yet again.

Miles currently is currently the second-best scorer in the Big West. In the 29 games she has played this season, the se-nior guard has averaged 19.7 points. The only player eclips-ing her accomplishments is Crain, who is scoring at a 22.1

points per game clip. Meanwhile, Iwuoha leads

the Big West in rebounding. The senior forward is cur-rently grabbing 8.2 boards per game.

Tipoff is scheduled for Tues-day at 8:30 p.m. in Titan Gym. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3.

If the Titans win, they will play either Long Beach State or Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Wednesday.

Titans to host the University of San Diego Tuesday

DREW CAMPADaily Titan

Cal State Fullerton baseball will look to ride the momentum of their current seven-game winning streak when they host the University of San Diego Tuesday. The Titans will face a Toreros squad that has recorded big wins against Mississippi State and Texas.

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Women’s basketball will face UCR in the first round Tuesday

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Cal State Fullerton will rely heavily on senior guard Chante Miles if they are to find success in the Big West Tournament. Miles is the second-leading scorer in the conference, averaging 19.7 points.

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