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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
February 25, 2010
INDEXNews ....................................................... page 2,3Opinion ................................................ page 4Sound-Off................................................. page 5 ,6Classifieds .................................................. page 7 Sports ...................................................... page 8
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Musink 2010 invades OC
Johnny 2/3 of Yer Cheat’N Heart Tattoo in Gardena, Calif., one of over 300 artists from around the world at Musink, puts needle to skin as he creates a freehand traditional tribute piece.photo By shruti patel/For the Daily titan
Searing. Stabbing. The white-hot cen-ter of pain becomes a focal point as your brain struggles for distraction. After a while, you’re no longer sure if the inces-sant droning in your head is the hum of the tattoo machine puncturing your skin some 30,000 times per minute, injecting its indelible ink deep in your dermis or the swan song of the sonically-receptive hair-cells of your inner-ear after the last punk band to take the stage.
Welcome to Musink.“The great thing is once somebody
gets a tattoo, typically, they become one of us,” Johnny 2/3 said.
While not the first, the damage
Johnny did inside the hangar-turned-convention-hall would certainly be the most meaningful so far. The initials of loved ones lost were inscribed as part of a traditional piece – the kind Johnny is famous for. The sign outside the hangar summed it up. “Ink.”
Johnny, re-nowned for his traditional and re-alistic work in the South Bay and be-yond, was one of over 300 artists from as far away as Switzerland and Japan.
Only half of the attraction, the ink-
slingers worked to a soundtrack provided by the likes of punk bands spanning three
decades. Friday night
saw a slow start as crowds trickled in and ’80s post-punk legends The Cult took the stage. Before they had their chance, however, a man whose name transcends all boundaries of sports, music and art repre-
sented over the three-day convergence of counterculture took the stage.
Mike Vallely, better known as Mike V.,
first made a name for himself as a profes-sional skateboarder and has fronted the hardcore outfits, Mike V. and the Rats and Revolution Mother. After hosting an all-star skate-jam on the mini-ramp, he lead his latest, By the Sword, in as-saulting audiences with an array of Black Flag and Minor Threat covers, a concept he said was originally for Rev Mom and only temporary until By the Sword had more material.
“When punk rock came along, hard-core came along, it became very acces-sible,” Vallely said backstage after his set. Covered in ink, mostly from the notori-ous Kat Von D., Vallely somehow seemed to be a walking summation of the spirit of Musink.
By DonalD C. steFanoviChDaily Titan News [email protected]
Third annual tattoo and music festival blends body modification and punk rock for a three-day event in Costa Mesa
Medical mission takes students to VietnamBy Melissa Maldonado Daily Titan Staff Writer
See MUSINK, Page 5
See TRIP, Page 3
Wrestling ready for Pac-10 championships
Junior wrestler Adin Duenas grapples with his opponent. Duenas placed third in the Pac-10 championships last season.
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By niCholas FortesDaily Titan Staff Writer
The Cal State Fullerton wrestling team (2-9-1, 0-6-1 Pac-10) will travel to UC Davis this weekend to take part in the annual Pac-10 Conference Championship on Friday and Saturday. The Pac-10 will determine who goes to the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
The Titans will be competing in an individual match tournament against No. 12 Boise State, No. 15 Oregon State, No. 16 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and un-ranked Cal State Bakersfield, Stanford, Arizona State and host UC Davis.
It will feature 25 wrestlers ranked in the top-20 of their respective weight classes, according to InterMat Div. I college rankings.
See WRESTLER, Page 8
Twelve undergraduate students, one graduate teaching assistant and one pro-fessor will be traveling over 8,000 miles to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam for Cal State Fullerton’s first in-ternational field trip.
Communications professor and mem-ber of the Asian American Studies Pro-gram Council Jeffery Brody has teamed up with Project Vietnam to expose broadcast and print journalism majors to an international setting and give them the chance to be foreign correspondents.
“I thought it would be an excellent program, considering I have researched Vietnamese Americans and Vietnam, to take a group of journalism students there so they can participate in the program and write stories about the program as well as feature stories about Vietnam,” Brody said.
Project Vietnam has aided needy re-gions since 1996, aiming to improve healthcare assistance and services, as well as provide medical training for profes-sionals.
The 14 travelers will participate in pro-viding medical aid to the rural poor and will document their experiences on their Web site, Vietnam.dailytitan.com.
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huntington Beach band draws CsuF students to Becker
Moostache rocked out at the Becker Amphitheatre for another one of Associated Students Inc. Produc-tions’ Wednesday Concerts, performing in front of a crowd of significant size.
Despite the difficult weather, Moostache managed to put on a free show that had some crowd members mov-ing their feet and clapping their hands to the rhythm. Students strolling by took a break from the commotion of getting to class to enjoy a few seconds of the perfor-mance.
See MOOSTACHE, Page 5
By osCaR RoMeRoDaily Titan Staff [email protected]
Baseball prepares for TCU after 1-2 startHopes are still high as the Titans return to Goodwin Field for another three-game weekend against a highly-ranked opponent. SPORTS, Page 8
Hispanic CSUF student is the leader of Mandarin clubNEWS, Page 3
Can the USA Olympic hockey team pull off another ‘Miracle on Ice?’OPINION, Page 4
Dao Thi Kieu, 57, works her rice field, Sept. 19, 2009, outside of Bien Hoa, Vietnam, where her fields were sprayed with herbicides by Americans during the Vietnam War.
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INterNAtIoNALGreeks strike agianst austerity measures
President of Toyota apologizes for 34 deaths
California must sell investments held in Iran SACRAMENTO - More than two years after california required the sale
of investments in foreign companies operating in Iran’s defense and energy industries, the state’s biggest public pension fund still hasn’t sold any of its $900 million in holdings in those firms.
on Wednesday, legislators heard criticism from Jewish groups and an Iranian torture victim contending that the california Public employees’ retirement System and to a lesser extent the State teachers’ retirement System are flouting a 2007 law designed to bring pressure on the Islamic republic.
The United States government has identified Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism and is rallying international support to tighten economic sanc-tions against the Middle eastern country, which is believed to be developing a nuclear weapon.
Iran claims it is enriching uranium to produce fuel for nuclear power plants to generate electricity.
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ATHENS, Greece -Protesters and police officers clashed in the heart of the european capital on Wednesday, as Greeks took to the streets to voice their discontent at the government’s plans to impose tough measures aimed at reducing the deficit and regaining market confidence.
two of Greece’s main trade unions, the private sector, GSee, and the public sectorm, AdedY, declared a general strike, and members of the communist workers’ group PAMe also joined.
No flights took off from or landed at Athens International Airport on Wednesday. The city’s subway system was also shut down.
In downtown Athens on Wednesday, thousands of people marched near Syntagma Square, where the Parliament building is located.
WASHINGTON - The president of toyota apologized Wednesday for acceleration problems in his company’s cars as Japan announced that it has launched an investigation into the issue.
A contrite Akio toyoda, grandson of the founder of the giant Japanese automaker, apologized to the house committee on oversight and Govern-ment reform for the flaws that have been responsible for at least 34 U.S. deaths and the recall of 8 million toyotas worldwide.
“We pursued growth over the speed at which we were able to develop our people and our organization, and we should sincerely be mindful of that,” toyoda said in written testimony released before the hearing. “I regret that this has resulted in the safety issues described in the recalls we face today, and I am deeply sorry for any accidents that toyota drivers have experi-enced.”
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By serena WhitecottonDaily Titan Staff Writer
CSUF reacts to Marjah offensiveThe U.S. Military launched its
first attack on taliban havens in Marjah, Afghanistan Feb. 14.
Almost 6,000 U.S. Marines are leading the joint campaign, called operation Moshtarak (“moshtarak” means together in the dari lan-guage), with the Afghan National Army.
This operation is in response to President obama’s dec. 2, 2009 call for 30,000 more troops in Afghani-stan.
While some feel the president’s decision to bring more troops into Afghanistan goes against his campaign’s promises, choudhury Shamim, a cal State Fullerton po-litical science professor, thinks Pres-ident obama had no other option.
“Whether there is a pro or con or not you have to do it, you cannot sit idle,” Shamim said. “They (the tali-ban) have become more powerful in the last eight years ... the province was the hide out or base of the tali-ban and (where they) grow the most opium and from that opium trade the taliban gets money... Not doing anything is not an option.”
Some may feel that international conflicts don’t concern them, but Scott Spitzer, an assistant professor of political science, feels differently.
“(It’s) always important for young people to know where our money is going and what the president is do-ing on behalf of the U.S. and it is important for us to know that it has long term effects,” Spitzer said.
“The world is a closely inter-twined place; the success or failure we have in fighting terrorist forces could make the world safer or un-stable.”
Since the Feb. 14 launch, U.S. troops and Pakistani forces have captured two important taliban leaders: Mullah Abdul Salam and military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The taliban’s spiritual leader and supreme commander Mullah Mo-hammed omar has yet to be cap-tured, according to the LA times.
When asked what she thought about the offensive’s capture of these
taliban members, elaine Yetemian, a 21-year-old english major, ex-pressed her fear of what the taliban’s retaliation might be.
“Sometimes if they capture them, it creates more danger because we’re going to piss them off even more and then they’re going to try and do something to attack us,” said Ye-temian. “It’s going to bite us in the butt, I think.”
According to icasualties.org, the independent Web site that has tracked troop fatalities since 2001, the number of U.S. casualties is now at 1,006. There have been more than 100 deaths in 2010 so far.
Spitzer stressed the importance of not being apathet-ic, an education in world issues and of being respect-ful to others who may have relatives or friends in the military.
“Vietnam was far away as well. It (raised) concerns and turned into a tremendously emotional issue for young people in the late ’60s. I’m not saying Af-ghanistan is going to be like that, but any time the U.S. is involved mili-tarily someplace, it can destabilize the entire globe,” Spitzer said. “We are the world pow-er. We can use our power to improve and stabilize things in far-flung places or we can create a quagmire that will divide the coun-try. It is up to us to hold our leaders accountable, who’s to say they will do actions in our in-terest or according to our values.”
despite the number of casu-
alties, capt. Jocelyn Simmons, the reserve officer training corps. (rotc) battalion executive officer and assistant professor of military science, supports the president’s de-cision and is ready to go to war.
“As far as feelings of being sent to, or our fellow troops being in, Af-ghanistan, we are here to receive and execute missions. We stand ready to serve the commander-in-chief to the best of our ability,” Simmons said.
Peace won’t come soon for the troops in Afghanistan. The opera-tion is proposed to last at least 12 to 18 months, the latter being the
most likely.For Yetemian, peace doesn’t seem
probable.“There’s no such thing as peace
in today’s society,” Yetemian said. “That’s just unrealistic.”
Shamim has hope for the U.S. troops and believes they must try to defeat the taliban.
“This offensive may not go on for a long time but the strategy is to build an Afghan army that will be able to tackle the taliban. And as long as that is not done, the U.S. and NAto will have to be there,” Shamim said.
Students were picked for the trip based on their print, broad-cast and multimedia abilities as well as recommendations from other journalism faculty.
“Vietnam is so different from the U.S. and I am looking forward to being able to immerse myself in a culture that is so drastically dif-ferent from my own,” said senior broadcast journalism major Anna Gleason.
The majority of time spent will be at the Mekong Delta in Ben Tre where students will be visiting rural villages, orphanages, schools and dental and surgical clinics, as well building a home for a home-less person.
“While in Vietnam, we’ll be putting together videos for the Daily Titan as well as working with the different groups associat-ed with Project Vietnam that will be setting up for either the dental, surgical or medical teams, helping them with taking vital signs such as blood pressure and pulse and any other little tasks they need done while we are there,” Gleason said.
The students’ articles, pictures, blogs and videos will be updated regularly on the Vietnam Web site.
“I hope to gain some great pho-tos for my portfolio,” said senior photo journalism student Andrea Kellogg. “I’m excited to really put
February 25, 2010 3
13 Republicans cross party lines to OK job bill(MCT)The Senate on
Wednesday passed a jobs bill that one senator described as "modest," but one that Demo-crats hope will be the first in a series of attempts to jump-start hiring nationwide.
More notable, perhaps, than the bill itself was the fact that 13 Republicans crossed party lines to vote for it. The $15 bil-lion bill passed by a 70-28 tally.
The bill would grant em-ployers a "holiday" on their 6.2 percent Social Security payroll contribution for every new em-ployee hired through the rest of the year, as long as that employ-ee has been out of work for at least 60 days.
It also would make it easier for businesses to write off equip-ment purchases and would ex-tend federal highway and mass-transit funding programs.
"For the first time in a long time we have a bill that is sup-ported by both Democrats and Republicans," said Sen. Charles Schume (D-N.Y.) said shortly before the vote, but he cau-tioned, "This is not a magic wand that is going to be waved and all our joblessness will de-cline."
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the vote proved that bipartisanship in the Senate is "possible."
It also marked a victory for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) who has seen his chamber paralyzed by partisan warfare. Reid pushed for the vote counting on some GOP support and was rewarded ear-lier this week when several Re-
publicans, including the newest senator, Scott Brown of Massachu-setts, signed on.
The bill now heads to the House, where leaders there must decide whether to pass the Senate bill unchanged or attempt to rec-oncile it with a much more sweep-ing $154 billion bill it passed in December.
House Democrats have com-plained that the Senate's approach is too incremental and won't re-shape the employment landscape quickly enough.
Still, they may decide that Congress needs to show the pub-lic that it's moving forward on job creation.
Republicans opposing the bill charged that it was fiscally irre-sponsible and would add to the burgeoning federal debt.
"I don't think you get people back to work in this nation by loading more and more debt onto the next generation," said Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-N.H).
But others argued that the bill was necessary because it would pump up the depleted federal Highway Trust Fund.
"There are some things that we are supposed to be doing in America," said Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. "We need to start build-ing roads and bridges and repair-ing them."
Just the mere scene of two Re-publicans having an open dis-agreement on a piece of legislation on the Senate floor was news in a year where party discipline has been the norm.
Senate leaders will now develop further job-related measures and they hope the votes this week will
serve as a bipartisan model go-ing forward for passing a series of bills.
Those bills are expected to in-clude extensions of several indus-try-friendly tax breaks, such as a credit for biofuels and research and development costs.
The Senate is also expected to
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try and push through further ex-tensions on unemployment com-pensation and COBRA.
Many of those provisions were in a bill crafted by Senators Max Baucus, (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa) that was reject-ed by Reid earlier this month as too industry-friendly.
An unlikely Mandarin speaker leads clubBy JuAnitA vAsquez
Daily Titan Staff [email protected]
Beyond that, Democrats are pressing for federal aid for be-leaguered state and local govern-ments to help preserve public-sec-tor jobs, although that is likely to meet with significant opposition from Republicans.
Eight Republicans who Mon-day didn't support a procedural
motion to proceed with the jobs bill switched sides Wednesday to support it, including Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.); Thad Co-chran, (R-Miss.); Orrin Hatch (R-Utah; and Richard Burr (R-N.C).
Hatch was a co-author, along with Schumer, of the payroll tax provision in the bill.
Victor Hugo Miranda Jr.(third from right) and Mandarin Friends members during a Waxing Crescent Hike at Griffith Park.Photo Courtesy of MAndArinfriends.CoM
When Victor Hugo Miranda Jr., a Costa Rica native, answered his phone, the words that came out of his mouth were not English.
On the other side of the line was his wife asking – in Mandarin Chinese – if he would be home for dinner.
"I am Hispanic and I'm leading a group of Mandarin speakers,” Miranda, 35, said. “And I'm not a native speaker of Mandarin."
Miranda is referring to Manda-rin Friends, a Mandarin-speaking group based in the Los Angeles area. As the group leader, Miranda seeks to create a place where mem-bers can speak and practice Man-darin Chinese.
About three years ago Miranda, a linguistic student at Cal State Fullerton, was made club leader. He has since made the club an online meeting place for members who want to break down politi-cal barriers and enjoy each other’s company.
"We come together to interact with one another and at the same time have fun,” Miranda said. "Most of the events are outdoors, like hiking, but we also go to din-ners, bowling, wine tasting and tea houses."
Vu Nguyen, president of the Vietnamese Student Association, said that what Miranda is doing is a huge personal accomplishment. Nguyen, a 20-year-old marketing major, is learning Chinese on his own time.
"In the world that we live in to-day," Nguyen said, "knowing an-other language is not even a trend anymore, it's just the way of life."
Those involved in Mandarin Friends are united by their desire and ability to speak Mandarin Chinese.
As a result, members are ex-posed to the culture as they learn about the language.
Minh Le, a 24-year-old finance and accounting major, said that
Miranda could inspire other peo-ple to take advantage of language classes and really use it to their ad-vantage.
"It's amazing that he’s doing this,” Le said, “especially if he wasn't born there (Taiwan)."
Miranda worked as an English teacher in Costa Rica before win-ing a scholarship to study in Tai-wan. He studied Mandarin Chi-nese for three years andgeography for the next two.
Miranda, who also tutors chil-dren in Chinese and Spanish, says he is interested in creating a lan-guage exchange club on campus. Although he is not currently tak-ing Chinese courses, he wants to bring the atmosphere created in
Mandarin Friends to CSUF.This language exchange club is
meant to be useful in network-ing, friendships and practice for members. Miranda is interested in working with Chinese speakers as well as Spanish speakers.
“There is the possibility that I could be able to do it, although it would be very difficult,” Miranda said. “I think I could be more of a consultant or adviser but I am will-ing to dedicate some of my time to establish this type of club.”
Miranda said anyone interested in practicing their language skills outside of the classroom could be-come a member of this language exchange club.
“I think what he’s doing is so common in Southern California because we’re so mixed now,” said Meijuan Dong, part-time Chinese professor.
But if a club like the one pro-posed by Miranda was to be formed, Dong said students could really benefit.
triP: JournAlisM students trAvel ACross the world
what I have learned in school to the test and challenge myself.”
Brody’s 20-year relationship with pediatrician Dr. Quynh Kieu, the dynamic force behind the mis-sions, led to Brody’s interest in the nine-day field trip. To make the opportunity feasible, Project Vietnam gave the students a break on the room and board package. Brody also obtained subsidized funding from the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) commit-tee, which sponsors overseas trips.
“There are a lot of opportuni-ties because they’re going to see this country with fresh eyes. I told the students to jump in and do as much work as possible, far and beyond what they would normally do in a school week. They need to shine and excel, and work on their portfolio and show prospective employers that they can handle themselves in a foreign country,” Brody said.
This will be Brody’s fourth time to Vietnam. He would like to re-turn to Vietnam with students next year if funding allows.
Brody expressed that he hopes the students will learn a great deal from their experience.
“I hope they will learn what it takes to be a foreign correspon-dent in a developing country, establish some empathy for the people who are living there and experience a journalistic adventure and come back with very touching stories,” he said.
Temp jobs on the riseEmployment in the temporary help services industry has been on the rise the past few months, an indication to experts that employment in other sectors may also soon be on the rise.
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The idea of free higher educa-tion was reason behind the Uni-versity of California, Cal State University and community college systems currently in place. In the beginning, if you were in the top 10 percent of those in the state, you were allowed to go to a UC free of charge, other than process-ing fees etc. It was the same with the CSUs. The top 30 percent of those in California could attend a CSU free of charge. The remain-der went to community college.These programs were put in place at a time of economic prosperity in the late 1950s; Cal State Ful-lerton was founded in 1959.
Though on paper it seemed like a great idea, we weren’t going to able to afford nor wanted to keep sending thousands of peo-ple to school when we ran out of money. Economic ups and downs happen, and although today it may seem like we are paying out our ass to get through school, it’s a hell of a lot better than not having an opportunity to get an education.
The United States is a capital-ist society where money rules all. If you can’t afford it, you can’t
have it, and school is the absolute same thing. I don’t have the money for a new car, but does that mean that the government should give it to me? Hell no. There used to be a pride in this country, where you worked hard and you earned what you got, but somehow, we as a so-ciety feel as though we should be given anything we want.
Is it that we’re finding that capi-talism isn’t what we once thought it was? I don’t know. All I know is that I’d rather have myself struggle and earn what I have because that builds character. We can all use it, but we cannot just give up and not want to work for it.
We need to stop looking for handouts and start looking to make our lives better on our own accord. If you really want a higher education, you can go about it for cheap and free if you try really hard. When I went to Foothill College in the bay area, almost half my teach-ers had tenure at Stanford, which was a couple miles away, and they all said they like to teach at com-munity college on the side because the students have lived somewhat of a life and have so much more to offer in their essays and writing.
If you try hard, you can get a higher education, but we need to focus on not relying on the gov-ernment. Their job is to protect us and keep us safe, not ensure that we have a free opportunity to bet-ter ourselves with education.
We’re not all Yale caliber stu-dents and if you are, there are scholarships and help you can get to accomplish your goals. Unfortu-nately, most of us aren’t Ivy League material and we should be glad that we can get an education for the price we do today.
By Nick FortesDaily Titan Staff Writer [email protected]
By BriaN ZByseNskiDaily Titan Staff [email protected]
Should the ability to pursue a higher education be a right, regardless of finances?
Education should be a right for everyone. Those who wish to succeed in life and increase their efficiency throughout the work force by achieving a higher level of education, deserve it. How-ever, obstacles such as finances always seem to come to play with such controversial topics such as this. For those who are not finan-cially privileged, they don’t have many choices.
Those who do not have the funds to participate in higher-level learning, often turn to the military. Yet, according to an ar-ticle on Nybooks.com, the gov-ernment spends about $40 bil-lion every three or four months just to be in Iraq. See the irony? Wouldn’t it just be easier and morally sound to spend that money to help students by send-ing them to school and not send-ing those same people to war? I understand that there are reasons why we can’t just pull out of the war, but that’s a different story.
I realize that some colleges do offer help through financial aid, but only if you are approved. As luck would have it, you some-times need to be financially stable
to be approved for that as well. It’s like when trying to apply for your first credit card, you need credit to obtain it, but without someone’s help, you’re not going to get ac-cepted. It’s an endless cycle that can only be broken if you find financial means elsewhere.
Scholarships are great if you earn them early on in your educational career, but what about those who performed poorly earlier in their lives, but have recently found mo-tivation to do well in life? Should we really be restricting students with inspiration to succeed, after they just left a gang, or strayed from other unfortunate decisions that they had made earlier? These are the ones that need it the most. It’s hard to imagine someone who grew up in a gang hurting inno-cent people, who eventually saw their lives as appalling and attempt to make a 180, only to be turned down by the school because they can’t afford it. Sometimes mistakes are realized, but most turn away. Those who make the effort to cor-rect them should be eligible to do so.
Especially in this day and age and the current financial system that we are all in, college is becom-ing more and more substantial in peoples’ lives. We no longer live in an era where if you can find a decent job out of high school and stay there the rest of your life. These jobs are seldom found any-more and for the many who are currently unemployed, it’s still not easy to find another job. We should all have the right to earn a degree that we can put to use as a back-up plan. Money means everything in this world, but it shouldn’t impede our rights.
In his State of the Union address, Obama insisted on the “overwhelm-ing scientific evidence on climate change,” to which Americans grum-bled and retorted against scientists for creating theories of this supposed “air pollution.”
Why is the sky reddish orange as the sun sets? Oh hun, that’s just the beauty of nature. Atmospheric pol-lution caused by iron and industrial emissions? Never heard of it.
It’s all right if you don’t believe in global warm-ing. Those gusts of black smoke will eventually dissipate anyway, right?
It’s all com-pletely useless. The air is so fresh that it hurts to breathe, and that is why children all over Southern California are cough-ing up a lung due to asthma attacks.
With all that said, it’s understand-able why everyone is in an uproar over Obama’s attempts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Critics have a right to argue against Obama’s spending of tax credits for a clean energy economy that will ostensibly create 17,000 jobs. Their argument: The government’s plan to increase labor-intensive “green” power sourc-es is going to cost our nation a pretty penny that it can’t afford.
So what do they propose doing instead? Nothing. The air will even-tually clear, industrial pollution will disappear without a trace and the economy will fix itself.
Obama’s green plan may not im-mediately save our suffering unem-
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ployment rates, just like Roosevelt’s New Deal policy didn’t exactly kick the nation into immediate recovery from the Great Depression, but you can’t ignore the gray cloud of chemi-cals that you inhale everyday as you merely walk to your car. What it comes down to is: what’s more important, your money or your health?
Obama is calling for alternative power sources to cure our heavy dependence on fossil fuels, like oil. Thus, he will be paying favor to more “green” power plants (blanket-ing wind, solar and nuclear) and pro-ducers of electric plug-in cars. Mean-
while, he seeks to limit company’s carbon emis-sions through a “cap-and-trade” method that will tax businesses ac-cording to how
much they pollute our air. This will force companies to lower their pol-lution levels, or else they pay for it.
But if you’re still stressing about the national pocketbook, there is yet another positive economic tactic aside from the creation of new jobs: if we limit our dependence on for-eign oil, including oil from the mid-dle east and Venezuela, we can pull from our own domestic American-made energy sources, strengthening both our economy and our security.
Even if this new green technology plan doesn’t work out for our eco-nomic benefit, at least our children won’t have to inhale large doses of industrial poison on a daily basis.
Side effects include coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, fa-tigue, dry throat, chest pain, head-aches, migranes, nausea and asthma. Oh joy!
4 February 25, 2010
Can US pull another ‘Miracle on Ice’?By BriaN ZByseNski
Daily Titan Staff [email protected]
It was 30 years ago this week when the United States Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union, giv-ing them the opportunity to play Finland in their final round and eventually earning the gold medal. Can the U.S. team pull off another upset this year? This time, it would be against Canada’s elite team on their home ice.
In hindsight, the “Miracle on Ice” was completed by an American team comprised of amateurs and college players, hence the miracle.
Much has changed since then, as the 2010 Winter Olympics marks the fourth time that NHL players are allowed to represent their coun-tries.
Back in 2002, during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Canada eliminated Team USA. Now it may be time for the U.S. to return the favor. With the U.S. defeating Switzerland 2-0 and Canada upset-ting the Russians by a blowout score of 7-3 Wednesday night, it may be time for the U.S. to pull off another upset.
During Sunday’s Canadian defeat, U.S. Captain Jamie Langenbrun-ner scored a pivotal goal during the third period, leaving the Canadian team wondering why the scoreboard
read 5-3 as they stepped off the ice. Langenbrunner’s leadership as the captain of the U.S. squad is playing a crucial role in this team’s success. Not only is he playing consistently and performing well, he is putting up points when they really matter
However, according to ESPN, some are not convinced. “You guys are probably going to be shocked by this; I’m not happy with the way we’ve played to this point,” said Team USA’s General Manager Brian Burke.
He stressed how the team will have to play much better in order to reach the pinnacle of the tourna-ment, the medal round.
Despite the crude comments, the team has yet to lose a game. In fact, they are leading the entire 12-team tournament. With Ryan Miller in net, anything seems possible with this team. He has been playing phe-nomenal and is holding his com-posure well under the pressure of representing his team in Olympic hockey.
Either Canada or Russia were pro-posed to walk away with the gold.
Yet, Canada has only now started to wake up. They seem to be an emo-tional team; if they are winning, they win by a lot. Their positive attitudes on the bench tend to spur more scor-ing. Their 8-0 shutout over Norway, their 8-2 blowout over Germany and their dominance over Russia with a
7-3 score proves this. But when the opposing team is playing on edge, the Canadian team starts to collapse under the pressure.
This is not turning out to be such an easy gold medal like they origi-nally thought. Their statistics on pa-per and play on the ice shows that they are incredibly vulnerable right now.
Now that Russia is, surprisingly, out of it already, there will be less emotion in the tournament. In fact, it is said that when the Soviet Union lost to America during the “Miracle on Ice” game and won the silver medal against Sweden, the players were so disappointed they broke a time-honored Olympic custom.
When they received their silver medals, none of the team players brought them in to have their names engraved on them. Now that’s either passion, or an incredibly bitter sore loser. But it’s over now and nothing out of the ordinary has happened, so I don’t expect them to take off their skates and start slitting Canadian throats.
Now that Canada has defeated Russia, I think that the momentum will help them tremendously. They will get a huge boost of confidence not only from the win itself, but the fans as well. The red-clad fans will only fuel the fire that hasn’t been burning, but it’s not going to ensure the gold just yet.
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5February 25, 2010
Underground SoundsThe Olympic Playlist
By Skyler BlairFor The Daily Titan
I have been totally wrapped up in the Olympics this year, particu-larly the halfpipe snowboarding (Gretchen Bleiler is a total babe) and one thing I have noticed is that the Olympics have chosen to play an interesting set of music during the runs. Maybe they are trying to be more edgy or bring in a younger demographic of viewers by playing songs by popular artists Phoenix, Daft Punk, The Black Eyed Peas and – possibly the rea-son why the U.S. lost the gold in Ladies’ Halfpipe – Miley Cyrus. So humor me while I give a rundown of some not-so-mainstream tunes that could go well with some of my favorite Olympic events.
So what kind of music would be the best to go with boarders grab-bing huge air and busting tricks bigger and better than ever before, like the Double-McTwist (no, it’s not a hamburger) by Shaun White? I believe some old-school rap and hip-hop is in order. Local DJ collective, Abstract Workshop,
provide funky beats and tight rhythms. Snowboarders tend to embody the more laidback and kickin’ vibes these DJs provide. You can get down to the classic jams of the Abstract Workshop DJs as they unleash their sick flows ev-ery Friday night at Memphis Café in Costa Mesa.
Figure skating is a sport that requires a tremendous amount of athleticism, balance and skill. Sure, it may not be the most “masculine” sport in the Winter Games but you have to admit there is a beauty to what they are able to express on the ice. The song “This Is My Life” by Edward Maya is under the genre of minimalistic tech house but the moniker doesn’t quite give it justice. It’s a lovely melodic tune with folky bits that make it very organic, and accompanied with the driving beat make it perfect to keep rhythm for the ballet on ice. For this event, music choice is very important and perhaps playing something other than orchestral ballads might throw off the judges, but I’m sure it would get good crowd response.
On the opposite side of the Olympic spectrum is ice hockey. This is where the winter Olympics compensate with
their masculinity in a sport where gearing up and getting physical is just part of the game. Mind you, the rules in the Olympics are slightly less physical, and getting in a fight will get you ejected from the game, but there is still no shortage of stick-checks and hard hits into theboards. So obviously, something more brash and dirty is in order to go along with this rougher sport. I think the song “Conscience Killer” by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club epitomizes this attitude nicely. The Black Rebels have a sound similar to Kasabian and a real “don’t give a fuck attitude” in their musical styl-ings that has the makings to insti-gate a riot. Their new album, “Beat The Devil’s Tattoo,” featuring this track, will be out March 9.
Obviously, if I were on the Olympic Committee, things would be sounding significantly different (for better or worse) at the Vancouver games. But really, what better opportunity to shed some light on underground music than international sports?
MUSink: TaTTooS and TUneS From Page 1
“When I started getting tattooed, it was for outlaws,” Vallely said. “I’d like to think it’s still for outlaws, there’s just more outlaws, but I’m afraid it’s for pretty generic people now too. It’s a good thing for the people that make a living doing this kind of stuff, but maybe a bad thing for the spirit of it. But I think the real motherfuckers are still the real motherfuckers.”
Feb. 20 shot back to the ’70s and across the pond with English punks, Buzzcocks and The Damned.
Sunday, Musink reached its boil-ing point. Skate punk, which sur-faced in the ’90s and ironically now seems old-school, ruled the day as anticipation for NoFX and Face to Face began to build. However, hometown heroes Longway stole the show with their brand of rocka-billy punk.
“For us, we play these things because every time you go out and play it’s an opportunity to pull new fans,” said guitarist Trevor Jackson in their mislabeled trailer. “The Longways,” read the paper taped to the door.
There’s something to be said for a band when a guy with an eye-patch reading “Out of Order” scales the speaker stacks bookending the stage mid-song before descending into the maelstrom of the circle-pit whilst playing.
“There’s a bunch of people there that never would’ve saw us before, and they may never see us again, but at least we had a shot to go out there and play,” Jackson said. “And we’re lucky to be here,” sarcastic frontman Brian Longway added in a rare, humble moment amidst a steady stream of wisecracks, in-cluding that anyone who doesn’t like their music can, “take off their tattoos.”
Face to Face frontman Trever Keith had his share of quips.
“Hey, did you see that ONE GUY, with the black shirt and tat-toos?” Keith questioned from on-stage.
“This is rad and I was blown away when I walked in that room and
“Turned out to be a really great show,” said Francis Szykowski ASI Productions concert coordinator. “(We) had about a little over 200 people over for it.”
The band incorporated bass, electric guitar, keyboards, drums and a tambourine. The string instru-ments often engaged in distinctive solos throughout their songs.
Moostache is based in Hunting-ton Beach and is composed of the three Wardell brothers: Patrick on vocals and guitar, Brian on drums, Sean playing and bass and rounding up the lineup is their friend Scott
Trevor Jackson of the band Longway. The band performed at Musink on Sunday, alongside NoFX and Face to Face.
phoTo By ShrUTi paTel/For The daily Titan
MooSTache: Band rockS BeckerFrom Page 1 Zschomler on guitar and keyboard.
The band’s sound is quite unique and resembles Modest Mouse with a very soft melodic instruments and similar vocal style. They integrated jazz elements to their sound with simple scat singing and a walking rhythm bass.
As for their peculiar name, the band has some disagreement over the name Moostache, but they have an overall consensus as a memorable name for the followers of the band.
According to Patrick, the band uses a song writing style that is “al-ways changing.” He creates the mel-ody and the band gets together to
play it. Moostache started its performance
with an opening tune titled “Au Re-voir,” a song that features style.
Moostache played a cover ver-sion of The Beatles’ classic tune “I’ll Never Dance with Another,” a song that provided a change of pace for the crowd.
The band displayed their versatil-ity by playing Sean’s personal favorite song “High Walled Fortress.”
The band plans to record another in album to release this summer.
(for full story, visit www.dailytitan.com/moostache)
saw a mil-lion tattoo a r t i s t s , ” said bass-ist Scott Shiflett af-ter the per-formance. “But as far as bringing c o u n t e r -culture to the main-stream, it’s just been going on as long as there’s been ad-min min-ing the cool.”
K e i t h countered.
“I think it’s still c oun t e r -culture. I mean, it’s bigger than it once was, but you couldn’t probably have Mu-sink in many other places besides a place like Orange County and have this kind of a turnout. California’s the kind of place that you can go get a job … if you are sleeved. There’s a much more open-minded culture at large in California.”
“There’s a guy that works at my bank that’s covered in tattoos, so all
that stuff my mom was saying about, ‘You’ll never get a job at the bank,’ is just not true!” Shiflett added.
After being back on stage only a short while since their five-year hia-tus, and taunting the crowd in jest with new material (to surprising boos), Keith confirmed the rumors.
“We have about 14 or 15 songs kind of trumped up right now that are in various stages of completion,” Keith said. “We’re hoping to get into the studio in May and make an album out of it, see if we can make some chicken salad out of some chicken shit.”
After NoFX’s set added an am-plified exclamation point to the evening, a sea of bodies bandaged in plastic and masking tape, drip-ping blood and ink, slamming in the circle pit, it was clear that while it may still be a counterculture of sorts, Shiflett’s mom is closer to be-ing wrong than ever.
“Tattoos:” Johnny 2/3 explained, “not just for sailors and fallen women anymore.”
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Tour inspires bands to ‘Take Action’By allie moiser
Daily Titan Staff [email protected]
The Take Action Tour at the House of Blues in Anaheim Feb. 20 was about more than just music – it was about saving lives.
Each year, the Take Action Tour brings bands together to shed light on important issues like depression, suicide prevention and volunteerism. This year, Take Action partnered up with a charity called Driving for Do-nors to raise awareness about finding bone marrow matches for people in need of a transplant. Ten percent of each ticket sold was donated to the charity.
We The Kings, A Rocket To The Moon, Mayday Parade and There For Tomorrow and Stereo Skyline! played to a sold-out venue and each one of them took the time to encour-age the crowd to sign up for the Na-tional Bone Marrow Registry.
There For Tomorrow front man, Maika Maile, said the band has al-
ways believed in music transcending the simple things.
“Music for us is like a cure, so it’s awesome that we can use our music now for a cure and for a better rea-son because we’re saving lives, essen-tially.”
Power-pop group Stereo Skyline! opened the show with their synth-in-fused song “Heartbeat” which got the crowd moving. There For Tomorrow debuted songs from their upcoming first full-length album “A Little Fast-er,” “Backbone” and “Deathbed.”
A Rocket To The Moon started out their set with a verse from John-ny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and went straight into the crowd favorite, “Da-kota.” ARTTM showcased a range of songs varying from the acoustic “Baby Blue Eyes” to the more dance/synth song “Annabelle,” which front man Nick Santino described as “a song about hating someone’s guts.”
Mayday Parade played old favor-ite “When I Get Home Your Dead” from their first album and closed with their upbeat hit-song “Jamie All
Over”. Headliners We The King enter-
tained the crowd with stories from the tour. The WTK performance ranged from a piano-solo, “All Again For You,” performed by front man Travis Clark to a cover song from Jimmy Eat World, “The Middle,” the song that put them on the map, “Check Yes Juliet,” and their new hit-song “Heaven Can Wait.”
As the show came to a close, 14-year-old Patrick Pedraja, founder of Driving for Donors, made an ap-
pearance. Pedraja started the charity with his family a year after he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 10. He thanked ev-eryone for helping and encouraged everyone to help out in whatever way they could.
Maile said the tour’s atmosphere has been different from others.
“My favorite thing is that everyone is here for the same reason to listen to music and have fun,” Clark said.
Take Action Tour runs until March 2.
The Take Actior Tour went through Orange County at the House of Blues in Anaheim Saturday to raise money for the National Bone Marrow Registry.
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The Watson Twins – Talking to you, Talking to me
By Tanya GharamaniDaily Titan Staff [email protected]
For fans of: Jenny Lewis, Neko Case, The Whispertown 2000
It’s to be expected that a band who was able to successfully cover The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” on their 2008 debut album, Fire Songs, would produce an album to stun even the non-believers, but The Watson Twins’ Talking to You, Talking to Me is hardly above decent.
Sure, it had its moments, “Mod-ern Man” and “Give Me a Chance” are both excellent songs, but the al-bum in its entirety is bland, bland and bland with a side of – guess! – bland.
The problem isn’t really any of the songs themselves. They, with the ex-ception of “U-N-Me,” a horribly off-key track, can all stand on their own just fine. The problem is with the set-up. Listening to song after song, they all begin to blur together, thanks to the similar melodies and increasingly monotone voices of the twins them-
selves, Leigh and Chandra Watson. The variation is practically non-exis-tent – I wouldn’t be able to tell you the difference without a clear track list in front of me.
That being said, the lyrics are wonderful. “Devil in You,” with its sultry tones and unmistakable Southern vibe, stands out above the rest, with incredible lyrics that are expertly commandeered by the Wat-son’s equally entrancing voices.
Unfortunately, the rest of the al-bum isn’t up to par with the lyrics. I wanted to like this album, I really did. Alas, the songs will have to be saved for the occasional, individual listen.
Four Tet – There is love in youBy meGhan alFano
Daily Titan Staff [email protected]
For fans of: Caribou, Boards of Canada, The Books
Four Tet is at it again.While his previous release, Ev-
erything Ecstatic, was a much more upbeat dance album in which Ki-eran Hebden shed the tag “folk-tronica” given to him by music critics, fans who strayed away from Ecstatic should not turn their ears away from There is Love in You, Four Tet’s first full-length album in five years.
No longer distancing himself from the derivative sounds in his initial records, the new album sees Hebden once again creating a dark and organic blend of jazz and hip-hop fused with electronic dance beats. Minimalism seems to work best for Hebden: the tracks are smooth and by using everything from synths to acoustic guitar and flute in each song, he builds a beat that is fresh and not repetitive, unlike a lot of electronic artists today.
For the most part, the album is a melodic and at times hypnotic. However, tracks “Sing” and “This Unfolds” stand out from the al-bum as the type of song you would most likely hear at a party or on
the dance floor. “Sing” is the most energetic on the album, with Nin-tendo-like beats and choppy vocal samples. “This Unfolds” begins with a slow drum beat, but picks up pace rapidly.
“She Just Likes to Fight,” the final track on the album partially stands out because it doesn’t feel like it should be there. While the rest of the album keeps a gener-ally steady, somewhat fast pace, this track seems to hit the breaks and slow down tremendously. The track is equally, if not more, beau-tiful than the rest. However, it feels like it is something that should be on an Explosions in the Sky album, and seems a bit odd in comparison to the rest of the songs.
There is Love in You is out now on Domino Records.
You can catch Four Tet perform live at the Echoplex in Echo Park Feb. 27.
Ben sollee and Daniel martin moore – Dear Companion
By meC valleDaily Titan Staff [email protected]
For fans of: Pete Yorn, Langhorn Slim, Josh Ritter
Soothing music always helps when attempting to relax. When the mus-cles are tense and the mind just can’t stop running around with agendas and worries, take a break and pop in Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore’s new album Dear Companion. Your body will go from strained to tranquil in a matter of minutes. At least that’s what I first thought.
Although the instrumental back-ground serves as music one could easi-ly fall asleep to, the lyrics spark energy into the album.
When listening to the Kentucky natives, many musical influences come to mind. Tracks like “Some-thing, Somewhere, Sometime” and “Try” resemble fast-paced folk music with a country feel.
“Dear Companion” is the most exhilarating track. It strays away from the rest of the album with Sollee play-ing an intense cello set. The song sounds like folk music on drugs.
The songs “Needn’t Say a Thing” and “Flyrock Blues” resemble un-reached attempts of artists like She and Him and Jack Johnson. How-
ever, “Sweet Marie” did reach the level of Peter Yorn and Scarlett Johansson’s song “I Don’t Know What to Do.”
The lyrics along with the music are not necessarily ground breaking but that’s what was interesting about the album. The album hits sensitive top-ics, like in the song “Only a Song,” which hits topics such as reform, pov-erty and basically a better world. The tone is set in such a sarcastic mood, it is entertaining, with lyrics like, “this is only a song, it can’t change the world.”
The lyrics and tone of this track can set another theme for the album which is a desire to somehow make things better, but they cannot ignore the ugly reality and give into a pessi-mistic outlook.
Dear Companion almost says mean things, but in a nice way
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Junior Nick Jordan grapples his opponent to the mat as the referee watches for the pin.photo By camille tarazon/Daily titan Staff Writer
Junior 125-pounder Andre Gonzalez is looking to accomplish his goals on the season and break through to nationals.
“I’m using this as a stepping stone to get to Nationals,” Gonzalez said. “Obviously there’s a lot of tough competition at the Pac-10s and go-ing into the tournament I’m ranked fifth, but obviously I want to do bet-ter than that.”
Boise State is the defending cham-pion of the Pac-10 and all signs are pointing to a 2010 repeat.
The Broncos (14-3, 7-0 Pac-10) will bring five wrestlers ranked in the top-six of their weight classes, in-cluding the No. 1 ranked 184-pound
Senior John Drake watches for his opponent to make a mistake and go for the pin in a 197-pound bout at Titan Gym.photo courteSy titan meDia relationS
wrestler in the country, junior Kirk Smith, No. 2 junior 133-pounder Andrew Hochstrasser and No. 3 ju-nior 157-pounder Adam Hall.
The Titans have had a tough year but their hopes are not down leading into the conference cham-pionship.
“We’re not as good as we were in the last couple years. We’ve had some injuries and we’re a little younger than we have been,” said Head Coach Dan Hicks.
“Going in, we’re hoping to be
around the middle of the pack and hopefully qualify three to four guys through to nationals.”
There have been three Titan wres-tlers ranked in the top-20 all season,
including Gon-zalez, who’s won some big matches and was ranked No. 15 in the country, Hicks said.
Although the tournament isn’t a dual meet tour-nament – where each team com-
petes against each other at each weight class and wins and loses by team score – the championship is an individual meet based solely on how each individual wrestles and their performance contributes a score to the team for an overall conference championship.
The Titans will compete in Davis with Gonzalez, junior Aaron Na-varrete (133), junior Adin Duenas (141), junior Nick Jordan (149), redshirt sophomore Steven de la Fuente (157), freshman Blake Gins-burg (149), junior Todd Noel (174), junior Mark Savalle (184), freshman Ethan Weisrock (197) and senior Kurt Klimek (285).
“Adin Duenas at 141 pounds placed third in the Pac-10 last year and he’s a guy that’s been up there in the hunt with everybody,” Hicks said. “He’s been one take-down away
from a bunch of guys in the top-20,” Hicks said.
Jordan is a sleeper that could make it through to the national tourna-ment or even win the Pac-10.
“(Jordan) wrestled the Pac-10 champion and the kid’s ranked sixth in the country, from Boise, and (Jor-dan) went out and took him down twice and was ahead all the way to the last period ...” Hicks said.
“(Jordan) had him on the ropes, so he’s a sleeper and no one really
knows how good he really is.”Heavy-weight Klimek is ranked
No. 18, including five heavyweights in the Pac-10 in the top 20.
Klimek boasts with confidence go-ing into the tournament and knows what has to be done in order to qual-ify for nationals even though there are many highly-ranked wrestlers in the Pac-10’s heavyweight division.
“Going into it I know that we’re all ranked really close, but I know that through competing with them,
we’re all at the same level, we’re all equal and it will come down to who brings their A-game,” Klimek said.
If Klimek qualifies for the nation-al tournament at the University of Nebraska on Mar. 18 he’ll be more than prepared.
“If nationals were tomorrow I’d be ready for it, but I need to know that I came to wrestle tough and I know I can,” Klimek said. “I just have to win every match and wrestle to the best of my abilities.”
It’s going to be a long baseball season.
To all Cal State Fullerton base-ball fans who are screaming “the sky is falling” after the first three games of the season, just remember that it’s going to be a long season. A season comprised of 56 games that will take us on a ride full of un-expected ups and downs, so please don’t be so quick to press the panic button.
Think about what you’re doing and rationalize the situation. It’s only been three games.
Though the Titans lost their first two games at home for the first time since 1987, the season is still too young to be able to predict what lays ahead for this year’s team.
Despite the fact that the Titans lost 7-3 to the University of Or-egon and then fell 6-0 to Pepper-dine University, CSUF didn’t make a complete waste of last weekend’s opening series.
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“I just have to win every match and wrestle to the best of my abilities.
– Kurt Klimek Senior wrestler
Senior catcher Billy Marcoe had one base hit against Pepperdine at Goodwin Field.
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From left to right: The Titan infield of Joey Giddons, Christian Colon, Matt Orloff and Nick Ramirez wait for the game to start.photoS By camille tarazon/Daily titan Staff Writer
CSUF was able to pick up an 8-1 non-conference victory over hated rival Long Beach State to move to 1-2.
In fact, just one word that comes to mind when contemplating the start of the 2010 season, and that word is emotional.
The season opener against Or-egon, which was led by former CSUF skipper George Horton, was filled with all kinds of emotions.
The feelings that come with wel-coming back one of the greatest coaches in Titan history as an op-ponent, the eager-ness that comes with the first game of the sea-son and the emo-tions of having to deal with rainy weather just crept up like a cat on a mouse.
There’s no doubt that all of these things played a role in the way the team performed.
Against Pepperdine, the lack-luster hitting performance against lefty Matt Bywater led to feelings of frustration.
That frustration was exhibited when Head Coach Dave Serrano argued a call to an umpire in the seventh inning, which ultimately resulted in his first ejection as a Ti-tan skipper.
But that’s what happens in base-ball. Bywater, who pitched a com-plete four-hit shutout of the Titans, was just better that day.
Despite the whirlwind of emo-tions, the Titans were still able to put all those feelings aside and went out there and picked up a victory without their coach in the dugout.
The Titans, led by juniors Gary
Brown and Christian Colon, were able to pick up the pieces and pick up their first win of the season against the 49ers.
So, let’s all take a deep breath. Remember to take it one game at a time and let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Next up will be one of the toughest challenges yet for CSUF. Undefeated Texas Christian Uni-versity – ranked as high as No. 9 by the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Assoca-tion – will visit the Titans for a three-game series this weekend.
Unfortunately, Serrano will not there for the first two games of the series against TCU, as he was suspended for
three games after his altercation with an umpire in the Pepperdine game.
The challenge seems a bit daunt-ing for CSUF, which has been outscored 14-11 in the first three games.
On the other hand, TCU has outscored its opponents 31-9 in their first three victories.
The first game against the Horned Frogs will be Friday at 7 p.m., the second game will be Sat-urday at 6 p.m. and the last game will be Sunday at 1 p.m.
All games will be at Goodwin Field.
CSUF will play one more game at home against San Diego at 6 p.m. Tuesday before heading out on their first road trip of the sea-son.
The Titans will play a three-game series against University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. starting Mar 5.
So, let’s all take a deep breath. Remember to take it one game at a time and let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
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