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President Barack Obama an-nounced the death of Osama bin Laden late Sunday night, ending the 10-year search for the man responsible for the terror attacks Sept. 11, 2001. Cal State Fullerton students are react-ing to the victory.

“I was very surprised when first hearing of bin Laden’s death,” said Aida Cassillas, a psychology major. “After watching Obama’s speech, I was initially shocked then quickly relieved that the U.S. finally conquered one of their top priorities.”

Bin Laden, the most hunted man in the world, was not found in re-mote tribal areas where he has long been presumed to be sheltered, but in a large compound in the city of Ab-bottabad, about an hour’s drive north from the Pakistani capital, according to reports from CNN.

According to the Los Angeles Times this was not an execution; bin Laden resisted arrest. The al-Qaida leader was killed by U.S. gunfire after 40 minutes of continuous battle with the U.S. spe-cial operations team.

“Nothing of value was lost,” said Matthew Jarvis, Ph.D., assistant pro-fessor of political science. “He is a pretty bad man and majorly respon-sible for the death of thousands and suffering of many people. As far as people who deserve killing, he is kind of up there.”

As a professor who focuses on American politics, Jarvis is interested in what is going to happen to Obama’s approval ratings. He assumes they will probably jump up significantly, but there are also conspiracy reactions largely from the Birther crowd claim-ing bin Laden’s death to be a hoax.

While many students found the news of bin Laden’s death a triumph, some students, like Aundrea Rodri-guez, a criminal justice major, are over-whelmed with the ongoing coverage.

“I am a little annoyed. Of course ev-erybody is talking about it and all my teachers have to bring it up in class and I am a little skeptical,” said Rodriguez.

According to a recent report from The New York Times Monday, one of bin Laden’s wives, who was living at the compound with him, identified his body after the fighting stopped and questions needed to be dispelled whether bin Laden was actually killed.

In the first round of the South-western Lacrosse Conference Divi-sion II playoffs at Titan Track, the Cal State Fullerton men’s lacrosse club defeated Biola University, 21-8, and earned its way into a semifinal playoff game against UC San Diego May 7.

The Titans (10-5, 3-1) got on the scoreboard first with an attacking run by freshman midfielder Jeff Lyon, who made a quick pass to senior mid-fielder JR Grubert, which allowed him to score off a bounce shot to senior middie Andrew Hauke, who got an assist when he passed it off to senior attacker Mike Ansel near the crease. Ansel shelved a shot into the top corner of the net.

The Biola Eagles (7-10, 3-2) scored next off a shot from junior attacker Marc Morgan to cut the Titan lead to one. CSUF came right back with goals from middies junior Ryan For-rest, sophomore Chris Cole and An-sel to take a 5-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Titans won the faceoff to begin the second, and sophomore defender Kody Kareta made a run through the Eagles’ defense and scored off a point-

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While the end of the semester looms and students look forward to the extra cash gained by selling their textbooks, many college stu-dents look back on bad experiences with selling their books to compa-nies outside of school. One sketchy company in particular is Banana Textbooks. Their fliers and ads have circulated around Cal State Fuller-

ton in the past, but due to a possi-ble scam, they may soon disappear.

Meagan Senkbeil, a junior com-munication disorders major, has come forth to label Banana Text-books as a scam.

“They are a fraudulent company. They have you mail them your text-books but then you never receive your money,” said Senkbeil. “You can call but no one ever answers the phone. You can email but get no response. Throughout the research

of this company I found out that there is no name nor physical ad-dress to whoever owns it. Another site I found actually states it is a fraud.”

That site, BBB.org, run by the Better Business Bureau, gives Ba-nana Textbooks a C- rating. Along with the rating are 62 complaints against the company. The com-plaints parallel Senkbeil’s claim that the customers have never re-ceived payment and can’t get in

contact with the company. Scams like these are not confined only to Banana Textbooks, but to any com-pany that is not familiar or repu-table.

Kim Ball, course materials man-ager for Titan Shops bookstore, had never even heard of Banana Textbooks.

“The safest way to sell a book back is to go through a reputable company you’ve heard of,” said Ball. “Companies like Banana

come and go, and their promises to provide a higher payout reel the students in. It’s a way for people to scam students. I wouldn’t send books in the mail without seeing the money first. The companies get the book and also get to keep the money. It’s as simple as using com-mon sense. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.”

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blank shot on goal to put the Titans ahead by five.

After another goal by Grubert, Morgan responded for the Eagles past freshman goalkeeper Trevor Burns to bring the score to 7-2. Cole got an-

other goal off a shot from the middle of the field after a pass by junior mid-die Sean Wheeler, who was roaming the perimeter.

Freshman middie Austin Garcia, Lyon and Ansel chipped in more

goals to close out the second quarter, and the Titans took a 14-5 lead into halftime.

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Alumna makes it in fashion industry

It was a nostalgic trip back to Cal State Fullerton for Elana Pruitt. As she peeked into the Daily Titan newsroom and noticed the writers working diligently on their stories, she couldn’t help but remember the time she was a re-porter and making deadline was all that mattered.

But today, it was Pruitt’s wide-ranging and flourishing career in the field of fashion journalism that brought her back into the news-room to get interviewed herself.

She is the senior editor and edi-torial manager at PlasticSurgery.com, a search engine optimiza-tion site that provides information about the plastic surgery industry to its readers. She also writes a fashion column for Agenda Maga-zine.

And if that didn’t keep her busy enough, she also runs her own blog by the name of Good Girl Gone Shopping, through which she re-flects on social issues, provides fashion tips and shares interest-ing life experiences. She also offers her services as a personal shopper through her blog for people from all walks of life.

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Officials said the CIA analysis found a “virtually 100 percent” match between his DNA and that of several members of his family.

Students like Michael Teixeira, a political science major, agree that his first reaction was skepticism.

“At first I wasn’t sure if this was real. After listening to much of the media, I was convinced and proud of what our troops and our coun-try did and I felt like it united the entire nation again, which is some-thing we need,” said Teixeira.

The nation shared a sense of ac-complishment late Sunday night as Obama stated, “On Sept. 11, 2001, in our time of grief, American peo-ple came together, we were united as one American family ... We are also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice.”

Despite what some skeptics think, many students feel justice has been served.

“This is definitely a victory for the USA,” said Justin Aranda, an accounting major.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is on high alert after the recent announce-ment that Osama bin Laden has been captured and killed, accord-ing to CNN.

“Threats of retaliation” from al-Qaida are expected after the re-cent killing of their leader, as the United States has issued a global travel warning for all Americans as well as put diplomatic facilities on high alert.

“This is an organization that declared war on the United States more than a decade ago. Threats from al-Qaida are not a new phe-nomenon,” said a department of-ficial.

U.S. citizens that are in areas where bin Laden’s death could cause anti-American violence have been strongly urged to avoid mass gatherings and limit travel outside of their homes.

And although the country is at a “heightened state of vigilance,” there are no plans to raise the na-tional threat level, according to Homeland Security.

“We will only issue alerts when we have specific or credible infor-mation to convey to the Ameri-can public,” said secretary of the department of Homeland Secu-rity, Janet Napolitano.

Individual security at places around the world, such as the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Em-bassy in Pakistan, have been raised just in case.

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Titans who are parents and will be taking summer classes at CSUF can choose from a num-ber of youth summer programs to entertain their children with dur-ing class times.

The Titan Youth Sports Camp (TYSC) offers sports-related ac-tivities and will be available to children enrolling in kindergar-ten to eighth grade. There will be three time periods available for participation in the TYSC pro-gram.

Children may be enrolled in the Full Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., AM Only from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or PM Only 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. session. Families who need extended care can also enroll in Pre-Game and Post-Game care.

The full-day TYSC program includes a lunch, two snacks, and swim time in the pool. The morning program of-fers one snack and lunch but no swim time where as the afternoon program offers swim time and one snack only.

For those who want to enroll their children in other ac-tivities, there will be a Rock Wall Camp with five half-day sessions held Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. The Learn to Swim program will also be avail-able to ages six months old and up and will include 30 minute per day sessions for 10 days.

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TEXTBOOK: Website scams students out of money

In preparation for the next se-mester, Ball said, “The best time to sell your books back is during finals week.

Professors have submitted their book lists for the next semester, and we’re offering the most money during this time. Other companies

have the same ‘high time,’ which is when students are most susceptible to scams.”

Some CSUF students rely on oth-er means of selling their textbooks, besides the Titan Shops bookstore and textbook companies. Candy Eusebio, a junior kinesiology major, sells her books on the popular web-site Craigslist.

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...Continued from page 1store once, but they bought it a lot cheaper, so I turned to Craigslist. I’ve never had a problem with it.

I never mail my textbooks though. That’s why I only use Craigslist. Usu-ally locals contact me and then they just pick it up,” said Eusebio.

However, it is recommended that students proceed with caution when selling online because Craigslist can also be a hub for scams.

Senkbeil wants students to be in-formed about the possible textbook scams so they don’t become victims too.

“I’d love if more students knew about this scam so they aren’t cheat-ed out of their money. I keep tak-ing the ads down wherever I see them but that’s not good enough if (they) keep putting them up,” Senk-beil said. “I was told by the campus police that they will ask the person posting the ads to leave campus if they see them. If any students see the posters, take them down and if you see anyone putting them up, please contact campus police.”

With finals week approaching fast, students need to consider how and where they are going to sell their textbooks this semester, as well as what will be the safest and most reli-able way to do so. When selling to a new company, be sure to research the company and look for complaints or possible scams before putting those textbooks in the mailbox.

Cal State Fullerton Human Services students went the extra mile Friday, taking classroom lessons and applying them to the real world by giving a voice to AB540 stu-dents.

The Dream-a-thon, a walk-a-thon held in front of the campus Health Center, started as a class project and grew into something larger, reaching the hearts of students and igniting a passion for an equal education for everyone. The Dream-a-thon was hosted and organized by a student group set out to assist the AB540, or DREAM Act, com-munity by providing students with financial support to continue their education.

AB540 is a California law that makes higher education more accessible to qualified undocumented students wish-ing to pursue a college education.

“In the first two weeks of the course, what the students do is they align themselves with a community … (In) the group project course, they align themselves with a commu-nity and then that’s how they find their community. They all vote and then split themselves up into six or seven com-munities and anywhere from four to eight students will work on designing, assessing and implementing a commu-nity service project,” said Professor Charles Royston, the instructor who assigned the project.

Last semester, Royston allowed nine students to work on a project and they chose to focus on the community of undocumented students. The group created an integrated program of both fundraising and awareness to better serve their community. They designed this walk-a-thon and called it the Dream-a-thon after the DREAM Act.

“They have been working on the project since the fall se-mester of last year, and even after I had given them all their grades they continued to do the project, which inspired me deeply,” Royston said.

The event drew a number of students and community members in a one-hour walk to raise funds for scholar-ships that will be awarded to AB540 students. Sponsoring the event with free goodies for participants and attendees, along with donations, was Jarritos, Pinkberry and Panera Bread, to name a few.

“They’re raising money so they can afford student book

scholarships to help their education. I think there are $500 scholarships and their goal is raise $8,000 so they can have 16 different scholarships,” Royston said.

Students that registered for the walk received free T-shirts and raffle tickets to a variety of prizes, such as movie tickets and Target gift cards.

Aside from helping students from local communities, the class project created a sense of social consciousness. Some of the attendees were unaware of what AB540 was and who AB540 students were.

Sophia Le, a Fullerton College student, didn’t know about AB540 until earlier in the week and became inter-ested after hearing the story of a peer.

“When they told me about their story and the struggles and obstacles they had to go through, I felt like, ‘Oh my God, why would any parent let their child go through this?’ and so I heard about the Dream-a-thon through my professors and I wanted to come out for my own personal reasons, because I don’t want any human being having to suffer and not be able to do what they can do. Now I can put a face to that and not just go, ‘What is AB540?’” said Le.

After the walk and prizes were distributed, group lead-er Lorena Lopez took some time to share her story as an AB540 student.

“When I realized I couldn’t get financial aid, I felt I was being treated unequally. I cried to my teacher M. Gonzales and he said to continue applying for scholarships to be-come a teacher. When I was a junior I asked him if I could become a teacher when I graduate and he said no because I did not have nine digits. My mom didn’t know that my status would not allow me do to anything with my degree. I told myself I would change things and fight for equality,” said Lopez.

In 2008, 1.7 million undocumented youths were living in the United States and approximately 80,000 undocu-mented students reached high school graduation age, and from those graduates, 13,000 enrolled in public colleges and universities, according to a pamphlet distributed at the event.

“My vision of graduating from college is becoming a reality. Although my future is not promised, I know that I have to change things and I am as capable as anyone else, doing this not only for myself but future students I will have. The student I will advise to go college, to dream big, to never give up,” Lopez said as she ended her speech.

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Students hold an event on the Computer Science lawn to raise money for AB540 students who need financial assistance as children of immigrants

Dream-a-thon projectThe walk-a-thon event held Friday by the CSUF Human Service students was sponsored by such companies as Jarritos, Pinkberry and Panera Bread, who gave generous donations to the cause.

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Associated Students Inc. has rescheduled its previously can-celed outdoor cookout to take place Thursday. The event goes from noon until 1 p.m. in the central Quad where a variety of different foods and bever-ages will be offered to students. This will be the final cookout of the semester, therefore it is encouraged that students come out and take advantage of free food and the opportunity to hang out with your friends and ASI representatives. ASI is re-sponsible for many events and programs around campus. For more information about this event or other ASI-sponsored events, be sure to visit the web-site at Asi.Fullerton.edu or call 657-278-3295.

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After leaving thousands of stu-dents confused about the status of the annual Spring Concert, ASI Productions announced Monday the event will take place in the Ti-tan Stadium Saturday.

“We sincerely apologize about this year’s situation,” stated a press release on the ASIP Facebook page. “Spring Concert had to be post-poned because there were numer-ous difficulties in signing an artist for the original date, which was April 22.”

As a result of the delay, R&B singer Jeremih has been contracted to provide music for the evening. “Birthday Sex,” as well as “Down on Me,” are a few songs the Chi-cago native has made popular on his sophomore album, All About You. After being signed to Def Jam records, Jeremih topped the Bill-board R&B/Hip-Hop charts at No. 1 with his self-titled 2009 album.

“I didn’t even know they an-nounced it, but that’s funny,” said Travis Nieblas, a senior. “When I asked a while ago if tickets were available, they said that they were waiting to release the artist like they had someone big-time. Appar-ently Cal State Fullerton isn’t good enough to get anyone good.”

However, Nieblas isn’t the only student who is discontent about where his student fees are being spent. The ASIP Facebook page has been flooded with student respons-es ranging from disappointment to sheer frustration.

“I think he’s good as an artist, but he’s not someone that can be hyped up for a concert,” said Nigel Johnson, a business information systems major. “Compared to LM-FAO, Jeremih doesn’t have as big of a following and he has more slow songs.”

On a larger scale, each year the school budgets thousands of dollars to host the anticipated event. While only 3,500 tickets are available, stu-dents are encouraged to pick up a free ticket while supplies last. 500 guest tickets are also allotted for friends of students for $10 a ticket.

On the contrary, the announce-ment of a hip-hop artist rather than a pop/rock group has sparked the interest of other music lovers. While in the past two years main-stream rock groups have taken the stage, for some students it’s a re-freshing change.

“It’s kind of neat because we al-ways get pop or rock artists,” said Darnisha Turner, a human services major. “It’s cool to have something new.”

Despite the controversy, Jeremih will be performing in the Titan Sta-dium Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. To pick up tickets, go to the Titan Student Union information desk.

In a crowded newsroom amid edi-tors, writers and photographers, Los Angeles Times reporter and Cal State Fullerton alumnus Ruben Vives cel-ebrated with peers after he was an-nounced a Pulitzer Prize winner for

Public Service.Working as a beat reporter in the

city of Maywood, he began uncover-ing questionable information about salaries city officials were receiving in Bell, one of LA County’s poorest cities, after concerned residents raised probing questions about their prop-erty taxes being so high.

Vives was teamed with veteran re-porter Jeff Gottlieb and together they

found city officials were making ob-scene amounts of money, some of the highest reported in the nation.

Once Vives and Gottlieb got their hands on city documents and landed a few interviews, they broke the news July 15, 2010, that city manager Robert Rizzo was making $800,000 and as Vives puts it, the rest is history.

“The word ‘hero’ is too much for me,” said a humbled Vives of the gratitude he received from grateful Bell city residents. “I find it really re-warding that you can provide a pub-lic service to an area that has been ne-glected for so long and then suddenly your work starts to show that positive changes are starting to happen and

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Ruben Vives, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, won the Public Service award for uncovering the Bell scandal

Former Titan receives Pulitzer Prizepeople are thankful.”

Vives, 32, born in Guatemala and brought to the United States at 5 years old, never anticipated that his work three years into reporting would land him any type of award, let alone a Pulitzer.

Unlike many children growing up in the U.S., he spent his childhood moving around. His parents weren’t always in the picture; he dealt with trying to obtain citizenship at 16 and taking care of his mother when she got sick while trying to work and go to college.

Luckily, he has Shawn Hubler, a former CSUF student and LA Times reporter who employed his mother as her nanny, and along with her hus-band, looked after the Vives children from time to time.

Hubler and her husband also helped him obtain his citizenship and get a job at the LA Times as a copy kid.

“The Times had a tradition of pro-moting within and we knew that the kids with copy kid jobs (editorial as-sistants) got promoted,” said Hubler.

After encouraging him to apply for one of the available positions, he soon got a job as an editorial assis-tant.

He attended CSUF for two years after graduating high school until his mother got sick, leaving him no choice but to drop out while taking care of her because working and at-tending classes were too difficult.

“I attempted to go back, but it was just very hard for me to juggle both taking care of my mom and going to work, and school was just not doing me any justice at all,” Vives said.

For 10 years, Vives worked as an

assistant until he was assigned a gen-eral reporting position leading him to a beat and eventually his Pulitzer.

Of course, Hubler and her hus-band were astounded when they be-gan reading Vives’ coverage on the city scandal.

“When the first story appeared in the paper, my husband and I were just reading it out loud to each other and were really impressed,” Hubler said. “Both of us knew; we had both been in the business for such a long time, you know what a Pulitzer smells like.”

Anne LaJeunesse, Vives’ feature writing professor at CSUF in the fall of 2006, was always impressed by his interest in reporting, which differed from her other students.

“I see a lot of students wanting to do that flashy stuff – celebrity jour-nalism. He really took to heart what it really is,” said LaJeunesse. “This is the grunt work of journalism. It’s digging. It’s culling through public records. It’s the kind of stuff that’s in All the President’s Men. It’s grueling, back-breaking, eye-crossing, tiring, laborious work and that’s what got him this prize.”

Vives still feels like he has a lot to learn as a journalist, but knows that uncovering this scandal proves jour-nalism is very much necessary.

“This is a really prime example of why journalists are needed, why reporters are needed, why media is needed,” he said. “I tell people the reason why I am so honored about this Pulitzer award, or public service, is that I think it defines what jour-nalists do on a day-to-day basis and provides a public service to commu-nities.”

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A Compton Initiative volunteer works to remove old grass from a house in order to replant the area in an effort to beautify the area with new plants and trees. Photographs By LUCIO VILLA / Daily Titan

COMPTON: Group works together to continue cleaning, unifying and restoring the city

COMPTON (DT) — Thousands of volunteers in yellow shirts gath-ered Saturday at 7 a.m. with one vi-sion in mind: to beautify and change the negative image of Compton.

It all started in 2005 when people from a church in Paramount wanted to help their neighboring city by lending a helping hand to clean up, paint and gather the community to help one another.

Armed with paintbrushes, ladders and gloves, volunteers from vari-ous surrounding cities arrived early morning to paint away graffiti, pick up trash and plant flowers.

In less than five hours, more than 20 houses were painted, three mu-rals were created at Compton High School and a community grew more united.

The Compton Initiative was cre-ated with the mission to bring resto-ration and hope to the community of Compton. It is a 40-year commit-ment four times a year that will assist in the transformation of Compton.

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Volunteers gather at the end of the work day to give a thank-you prayer to those who participated. The day lasted five hours and volunteers painted over 20 houses.

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There has been so much hype ever since Prince William pro-posed to Kate Middleton.

The media made it seem as if the royal wedding was going to be the event of the century.

Even Yahoo put up a link on-line allowing people to give mar-riage advice to the picture-perfect couple.

Was all the publicity worth it, though?

In my opinion, yes it was. Although I did not wait until 1

a.m. to watch the spectacle, I did catch it the next morning.

It was hard not to catch it; it was basically on every channel.

The wedding was worth the hype because I truly believe many brides today are going to try recre-ating a lot of the ideas that were in Will and Kate’s wedding and in-corporate it in their own.

Kate Middleton’s dress was ab-solutely beautiful.

Even if some brides are not into the whole “traditional” style wed-ding dress, it is very difficult to deny the fact that it looked stun-ning on her.

The dress was made by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, who also designed the maid-of-honor dress of Kate’s sister Pippa.

Middleton has already created a buzz with her wedding dress.

I have a very strong feeling women who are getting married soon will consider wearing a tradi-tional bridal gown.

It is so difficult to find a dress with sleeves. Trust me, I am get-ting married soon and of every bridal shop I went to, not one of them had a dress with sleeves.

However, since the new princess

wore a dress with sleeves for the whole world to see, many design-ers are going to consider going back to the traditional style.

As far as the ceremony goes, it could not have been better.

The ceremony began with Mid-dleton, of course, walking down the aisle with her father by her side.

The royal couple was wed at Westminster Abbey and ex-changed vows in front of hundreds of guests, including Sir Elton John and Princesses Eugenie and Bea-trice, daughters of Sarah Ferguson.

Catherine Middleton now has the new title, the Duchess of Cambridge. The media attention for this wedding was understand-able.

The wedding of Prince Wil-liam’s mother, the late Princess Diana, and Prince Charles was televised as well.

Diana’s wedding was a huge spectacle and many television sta-tions wanted to compare the two weddings and see what William

and Kate did differently. Prince William and Kate’s wed-

ding has caused quite a stir. The couple really showed the

importance of having a traditional wedding and making it something beautiful.

It was not trendy, showy or cra-zy over-the-top. It was simple and gorgeous.

It is believed that many young couples will try to break the trend of modern weddings and turn to more traditional ones, which is very refreshing to hear, since the popularity of it has declined over the years.

It has been more about the “modern” weddings nowadays and strapless dresses galore.

To see something different is absolutely wonderful, not to men-tion exciting.

I truly believe people are getting back to tradition and the royal wedding has revived it.

The wedding showed being tra-ditional can be both beautiful and simplistic as well.

by KURT TELLEZ

“Read ‘em and Weep”

Literature of Life

They travel in packs, making up the rules as they goWithout a leader! No Peter Pan! No Emilio Zapata!Preying on the natural resources of the civilized across the nationAble to strip an ice cream truck of its spoils in seconds flat

Waiting patiently in trash dumpsters for unsuspecting bystandersNotorious for popping out of manhole covers to commandeer motoristsNight stalking the weak, the elderly, the young, the sick Daylight raids! Ambushing suburbanites from their mailboxes

But alas a new police unit was formed to combat this invasionAnd successful they were in curbing this ghoulish plagueA godsend! The Feral Children Federation was stopped cold Heroes of our time I say, the lot of them. Leaders of all mankind

Scientific examination of these beasts yielded appalling resultsThey were equipped with predatorial, sharp teeth and clawsPoor hygiene, fur for heat, mobile on all fours, killer instincts They had even developed a sort of grunting-type language of their own

We tried, we really did try, to do what was within our means to help themThe vision of an assimilated world with these degenerate tribal ingrates Curbing their primitive ways seemed a completely impossible feat God condemned these godless savages, that’s just how it’s meant to be

But of course their new exhibit is open at the zoo!Tickets are available at group discount pricingBe sure to get there early for a good seat at feeding times(Please don’t tap on the glass or taunt the animals)

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Summer is approaching faster than your body might be ready for, and if you want to look your best this summer, it’s time to con-trol your diet.

Exercising at least three times a week will help tone your body, but diet is where most people fail.

When I say diet, I mean your day-to-day food consumption, not a specific type of diet.

The word “diet” does not always refer to a period of time you de-prive yourself of what you really want to eat.

A healthy diet is one that every American should be on through-out their lifetime.

With the stress of the end of the school semester arriving more quickly than you might be ready for, your diet may be suffering.

Don’t let this happen to you: Maintain a healthy diet and be beach ready by the time you finish your final exams.

There are certain times during the day and the week when we tend to completely ignore what we should eat and what we shouldn’t.

The first problem we encounter is that our stressful schedules can cause us to skip breakfast com-pletely.

Breakfast is the most important part of your diet and skipping it will slow down your metabolism.

If you skip over breakfast, then you will be more likely to overin-dulge throughout the day.

The earlier you eat, you will then be able to control your food intake throughout the course of the day.

In our daily schedule, hunger cues may be overlooked or com-pletely ignored merely because we don’t get an A on an exam.

For example when my alarm doesn’t go off, or maybe I hit the

snooze button one time too many and now I am late for school, I have to rush to get ready and I for-get to grab something to eat.

I get to school and I don’t have time to eat so I keep putting off my body’s cry of “feed me.”

Finally I have a break and can grab something to eat quickly, so I rush to Starbucks and instead of grabbing the fruit bowl, I see the cinnamon roll I’ve been craving for weeks.

Being exhausted and stressed, I grab the cinnamon roll and eat it in less than three minutes.

According to Manuel Villacor-ta, R.D., the lack of sleep, height-ened stress, long work hours and inattention to our hunger cues cause us to crave sweets.

In order to avoid this in the fu-ture, try to pay more attention to your body and most of all, do not ignore hunger cues.

Portion control is destructive to our diet.

Even if you are eating a healthy meal, overindulging will increase the calories you intake.

Eating smaller snacks between breakfast, lunch and dinner is the best way to diet, as long as the snacks are healthy.

For instance, if you have break-fast, then a few hours later you can have celery with organic peanut butter.

This will help decrease your chances of overindulging during your next meal.

When finals come around, stay-ing up until ridiculous hours of the night or not sleeping at all causes us to eat more than we nor-mally would.

I know that when I have to stay up to study or write a paper, I crave a bag of potato chips or chocolate-covered anything.

The way I reduce my chances of craving anything with saturated fat is to eat a healthy dinner that fills me up so I am less likely to snack later in the night.

Another obvious way our diet can be destroyed is during the weekend.

During the weekend we all have our moments when we eat the most unhealthily, whether it’s go-ing out to dinner, going to a party, eating fast food after going to a party or just eating unhealthily for the simple excuse that it is the weekend.

Just because it is the weekend, does not give you the opportu-nity to forget about nutrition and health.

Although I do think you should always give yourself a few cheat moments, those do not include In-N-Out for lunch and then Chi-potle for dinner.

Instead, allow yourself a night during the week when you can cheat and eat to make your stom-ach happy.

If you are able to maintain a healthy diet throughout the week and exercise on a regular basis, you will be confident, healthy and physically fit.

Being a hippie, of course I do not believe that external looks des-ignate true beauty, but let’s be real.

We all want to look hot in our bathing suits, hippie or not.

The internal benefits from eat-ing healthy may not give physical results, but will help keep every-thing working the way it’s sup-posed to.

I hope that through this stress-ful time you are able to control your urges and fight off tempta-tions; it can be difficult but defi-nitely doable.

Peace, love and recycle!

Time for the summer diet Diet tips you should know to help look and feel your best this summer

by NICOLE FELTON

“How to Live a Greener Life”

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Over spring break, I had the op-portunity to go to Walt Disney World for the first time. From the moment I stepped outside the airport, I could not believe how beautiful the state of Florida really is.

Disney World consists of four dif-ferent parks, including Animal King-dom, MGM Studios, Epcot and of course Magic Kingdom (Anaheim’s Disneyland, basically).

If you love animals, Animal King-dom is the coolest place to go see live animals on a safari ride or even as you are walking throughout the park. I went on everything at this park, in-cluding the safari ride.

First you get into a Jeep, then go throughout bumpy terrain around a savanna that includes elephants, gi-raffes, rhinos, lions and a whole host of other wild animals. The most inter-esting part about this safari adventure is the fact that there is no barrier be-tween you and the animals.

It is pretty much all open so you can get a great view of the animals roaming around. At this park, there are also a few rides as well that fit into the whole jungle safari theme. One of the most popular rides includes a roll-er coaster called Expedition Everest.

This crazy coaster takes you up into the fake Himalayas on a journey through Mount Everest, and you have to try and escape the dangerous “Yeti.”

The ride seems pretty disappoint-ing at first by how slow it goes for a so-called high-speed roller coaster, but then you are surprised when all of a sudden it changes tracks and then you go backward at really, really high speed.

Just when you think it is all over, guess again. This coaster then plunges you into an 80-foot drop along with

many twists and turns that make Dis-neyland’s Matterhorn look pretty sad.

Animal Kingdom was not the only park that had a lot to offer. MGM Studios was my favorite park along with Epcot. It was so cool going to that park and being surrounded by old Hollywood movies as well as new ones. It included two major rides: Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster, also known as the Aerosmith ride, and Tower of Terror.

I have to tell you, the most fun ride I went on out of all the parks was Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster. That ride is insane. It is an indoor roller coaster that shoots you off into complete darkness at 60 miles per hour, then you go into three corkscrew loops and go even faster as the ride continues, all while Aerosmith’s music is blasting in your ear. Who could ask for a better ride? No one, that’s who.

Many of the shows are interactive as well. The Indiana Jones Stunt Show has you sitting on the edge of your seat. The show stars one of Harrison Ford’s stunt doubles by the name of Michael Landon.

Epcot is the biggest park to go to and it definitely has the most to look at. One section of the park includes the famous Test Track and Mission Space. Test Track is very exciting be-cause you actually get a feel for what it is like to be a crash test dummy. The ride starts off pretty slow, but by the end you are going about 80 mph around a real test track.

The front part of the park is fabu-lous to look at because around every corner there are different countries. Ok, well not the real country, obvi-ously, but pavilions of different coun-tries that give you a feel for what it is like to be there. Japan, Italy and Can-ada are just a few of the places that you can visit to get a sense of that country’s heritage.

Each pavilion includes a fast-food restaurant of that country and a nice, fancy sit-down-restaurant version. I ate in Japan and the food was out-standing, and I also had margaritas in Mexico.

A small lake sits right in the cen-ter of all the pavilions and gives off

an incredible firework spectacle every evening.

Mission to Space, I heard, is very realistic. I was too chicken to get on it. However, from everything I have heard about it, it is pretty intense. There are two versions of the same ride. One is called the orange version and the other is green. Orange is the more intense version and it includes barf bags next to every seat, which is one of the reasons why I changed my mind to get on it in the first place.

Apparently you are put into this room and then it closes in on you so the rider can feel like he is really about to go to space. Then it spins you so fast to the point where you do not know you are spinning; this creates pressure on your chest to make you feel like you are taking off. This all happens as you are watching a screen in front of you.

I would tell you this ride is either awesome or horrible, but since I did not get on it, I really cannot tell you. But according to everyone I went with, it is pretty awesome.

For those of you who have never been to Florida, let me tell you, it is not an exaggeration when people call it “swamp land.” Every where you turn, what do you know? There is a swamp.

It was so weird to look out and see no hills or mountains in the distance; Florida is by far the definition of a flat land. However, it is incredibly beauti-ful. If you are thinking about where to take your next vacation, look into Disney World. Yes, I will admit it is costly, but there are ways to save.

You do not necessarily have to go to all four parks. If you are on a budget but still want to go, try picking a park that is more interesting to you than the others. Also, if you ever want to do all four parks, they do have a park hopper option, just as they do at our local Disneyland.

It is quite difficult, though, to park hop in one day. Disney World is seri-ously like a city. It takes about 20 min-utes to get from one park to the other whether you go on the monorail, bus or boat. Yes, I said boat. This place is huge.

SARAH FERNANDEZDaily Titan

Student travels to Florida, visits Disney World parks, swamps and scenery

Traveling to Florida for a different Disney time

Loud Latin music penetrates speakers from all corners of a room where the walls are covered entire-ly by mirrors.

Rows of people gather as a packed room excitedly awaits the instructor’s direction.

The energy in the room is over-powering from the moment you walk in.

Some come for the workout while others show up to dance and let loose.

Either way, Zumba has proven to be a fast-paced cardio routine that is rapidly growing in popular-ity.

“Anyone can do Zumba,” said Angie Boelen, a Zumba instruc-tor. “You learn how to dance while getting fit and burn calories while having fun; where else can you do that?”

Boelen has been a certified Zumba instructor for over 10 years.

She teaches over 10 classes per week at 24 Hour Fitness and other studios throughout Orange Coun-ty and the Los Angeles area.

Boelen said an hour-long Zum-ba class can burn up to 1,000 calo-ries.

The fascinating thing about Zumba is that it attracts both male and female enthusiasts of all ages.

Classes are generally packed with people from all over the spec-trum.

Whether they be experienced dancers or those who have two left feet, Zumba is a fun workout that caters to everyone.

According to Zumba.com, Zumba originated in 2001 and has grown to become the world’s

largest and most successful dance-fitness program.

“Twelve million people of all shapes, sizes and ages take weekly Zumba classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries,” the website states.

Kristi Kanel, Ph.D., a professor from the Department of Human Services, has been taking Zumba classes for the past three years, ever since it started being offered at the gym.

She admits she loved it so much that she now owns Zumba shoes and proper attire.

“Members love Zumba because of its intensity and quick pace. The instructors are usually very enthusiastic too,” said Kanel en-thusiastically. “It is fast and time flies while you’re dancing. For an hour straight, you go from one five-minute song and onto another one right away.”

With hips shaking, feet striding and hands clapping to the beat, Zumba provides a rhythmic work-out through sharp movements in a fusion of Latin and international music.

Another factor that motivates people to continue going is the en-couraging atmosphere.

During the dance routines members cheer and laugh.

They mirror the instructors movements but with differing styles and experience.

Everyone appears to be doing their own thing and able to move at their own pace.

Nothing about this workout is typical.

Jessica Perez, a biology major, said she originally tried Zumba for the workout but it has made her a better dancer.

“I like doing it because it is ob-viously fun and there is no pres-sure. The music pumps you up and no one is judging you,” said Perez.

As a fun alternative to the stren-uously exhausting workout routine and with more people ditching the treadmill to dance, Zumba is a party-like workout environment that is quickly catching on.

Cal State Fullerton offers drop-in Zumba classes on both Mon-days and Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

AMY LEADBETTERDaily Titan

Zumba fitness at CSUF

Zumba is a fast-paced cardio routine that combines dancing and exercising with Latin music and fun, high energy levels.

ARIANNE CUSTER / Daily Titan

Bath salts: A new drug

While the term “bath salts” tends to bring images of relaxation and cosmetic pampering, it takes on a much different tone as the name of a designer drug growing in promi-nence in the United States.

A synthetic stimulant, the bath salt drug is similar to cocaine in dangers and effects, but with one major difference: bath salts are not illegal in California.

This is mainly due to the fact that sellers of bath salts market the drug online as just that, harmless bath salts.

However, with over 200 reports this year according to the Ameri-can Association of Poison Control Centers involving the drug, they are anything but harmless.

“The bath salts epidemic has caused quite a stir with the parent groups that we have been work-ing with in our target cities,” said Irene Umipig, health educator with Community Service Programs in Orange County. “Parents have been reading about bath salts and have been inquiring in regards to their dangers and their accessibility.”

Umipig is just one of many con-cerned health educators who have documented the alarming rise of the drug.

“Bath salts are a central nervous system stimulant, so it will increase your blood pressure, increase your heart rate (and) can cause any-thing from chest pain, heart attack and stroke. Those are just physical symptoms,” Umipig said.

Sean Hogan, assistant professor and admissions coordinator to Cal State Fullerton’s Department of So-

cial Work, said of the other symp-toms:

“It is my understanding that these drugs are stimulants. How-ever, in large doses they can also induce psychotic features such as paranoia and hallucinations,” said Hogan. “It concerns me a great deal that businesses would intention-ally market an unsafe product and knowingly target youth and sub-stance abusers.”

With their current status as le-gal, Umipig says the online sales of bath salts are especially attractive to younger, more impressionable audi-ences.

“They believe they are invincible and they want to experiment,” Umipig said. “The idea that they are able to get these drugs ‘legally’ and that they are able to of-fer a ‘safer high’ make this drug even more ap-pealing.”

That idea of a “safer high,” however, has been proven a fallacy.

“Because it is legal, people may confuse this with think-ing the drug is safer than il-licit drugs. There is no known safe dose, and long-term effects have not been studied,” said Mary Becerra, CSUF’s director of Health Education and Promo-tion. “People are showing up in emergency departments with severe health issues after taking the drug, insinuating the danger this drug may cause the body, specifically, the potential for overdose and death.”

Bath salts’ growing popularity has also grabbed the attention of lawmakers.

Becerra likens them to salvia, a drug also currently legal in Califor-nia.

“The medical community is quickly advocating for states to make these substances illegal due to the toxicity of these drugs,” Becerra said.

According to the American Asso-ciation of Poison Control Centers, few of the reported incidents of bath salts have occurred in Califor-nia, but Umipig said it is important to spread awareness of the drug’s growth.

“You should never wait for a dangerous drug to become ‘ p r o m i n e n t ’ before doing s o m e t h i n g , ” Umipig said. “It is important for people to understand the dangers of this type of drug and if the DEA deems it to be important to make the drug illegal as soon as possible, they have strong evidence to sup-port that deci-sion.”

But the in-herent dangers of the bath salt drug may also prove its undo-

ing long before that. Hogan said, “In my opinion, the

bath salts will fade away quickly.”Hogan likened bath salts to a fad

that, if found dangerous, would fall out of favor with drug users.

“Substance abusers are not stu-pid,” Hogan said. “They just want to get high.”

Cal State Fullerton students partake in Zumba classes at the Student Rec Center

A new synthetic drug grows in popularity, along with health consequences

It concerns me a great deal that businesses would intentionally market an unsafe product and knowingly target youth and substance abusers.

-Sean HoganAdmissions Coordinator to Department of Social Work

RICARDO GONZALEZFor the Daily Titan

But before venturing into a success-ful career, she was just a 17-year-old freshman at CSUF with a passion for writing.

“I always knew I loved to write. I didn’t know if it was English or po-etry or what, but I knew I wanted to write. That’s always been my thing,” said Pruitt. “I remember going to the newsroom and asking how can I write for the paper … I was so eager.”

In 2001 she started writing for the Daily Titan in her sophomore year as an arts and entertainment beat re-porter. And then came the major op-portunity of being the editor-in-chief of the second issue of Tusk magazine the next year. It was the experience of working for a promising new publica-tion that made her realize that her true passion was working for a print maga-zine. Although she knew it would be a lot work, she took it as an opportunity to learn about the magazine industry. From appointing photographers to making important editorial decisions, her role as the editor-in-chief prepared her for her future career.

“I had the time of my life and that’s why I know that I eventually want to go back to print. Everything I am do-ing right now is online, which is a won-derful experience, but my goal is to be in a print magazine,” Pruitt said.

As the adviser of Tusk magazine at that time, Brody saw a great potential in Pruitt because of that “sparkle and the know-how to be a great editor.” Pruitt was also invited by him to speak to his feature writing class last year, and he said that he is certainly proud of her accomplishments.

“Generally instructors can see the certain students who have that inner drive and that talent. However, some people are later bloomers. But there are some people who you say are des-tined for success, and Elana was one of them,” said Brody.

Besides writing, fashion has always been one of her interests. It was at the age of 20 while working at Nordstrom that her love affair with fashion began. It was also during this time that she met her future boss. While working at Nordstrom she also interned at the Hollywood Scriptwriter magazine as a requirement for her major. She inter-viewed a filmmaker by the name of

Kaylene Peoples for an article, but after the internship was over she realized the editor never printed the story.

“As I was going through my notes, I felt really bad. That woman was so nice to me so I decided to call her to apologize. She told me that’s fine and asked me if I ever wanted to write for a fashion magazine. And I was like, ‘I would love to!’ She told me that she was starting a fashion magazine and wanted me to write a fashion column,” Pruitt recalled.

That was it. She has been with Peo-ples for seven years now, writing a col-umn for her Agenda Magazine, attend-ing fashion shows and store openings.

“She has an amazing spirit. I have never seen anyone so excited to dress someone up. Seeing a college student who really loves fashion was exciting. I was really impressed when she inter-viewed me; her interview skills are very good and very professional. And then she even followed through when the article didn’t run,” said Peoples.

For Peoples it has been a “thrill to watch” Pruitt grow from a student journalist to a professional. Over the years, Pruitt has built a name for herself amongst readers and industry insiders with her unique take on social and fashion trends. Recently she was able to meet Steve Madden, one of many designers she had been able to meet through Agenda.

“Most people are in awe of celebri-ties. I am more in awe of designers,” Pruitt said.

She explains that at the end of the day designers are people too, and once you get to their level and realize they are just artists who want to express themselves, then there is no nervous-ness. The majority of the people she has come across in the industry have been quite friendly and open to her.

The idea of starting a personal blog came to Pruitt over years of giving fash-ion tips to coworkers and friends.

“One day I thought that maybe I (was) on to something because I sure do help people a lot. I said to myself, ‘You know what? I am going to start a personal shopping business.’ When I was at Nordstrom I loved helping people shop, so I kind of took that and created the Good Girl Gone Shopping blog in 2007,” Pruitt said.

Being a personal shopper is another one of her ventures. She has different packages that she offers to her clients

on her blog. She visits their homes for consultation, looks at their clothes, figures out what is lacking from their wardrobe, what they want and she goes to the mall with them to shop within their budget. She aims to keep it a very casual experience but is committed to treating them in a special way.

“You know what’s interesting? I learned everything at Fullerton,” she answered.

Being a reporter and a copy editor for the Daily Titan and then editor-in-chief of Tusk taught her a lot and she attributes her ability to handle things so well as a professional to the dead-lines she had to meet as a student.

“Deadlines, you don’t mess around with. And I’ve learned as a professional now that not making deadlines can do you more harm than good. But I learned at Fullerton the importance of that,” Pruitt said.

She advises aspiring journalists to believe that their voice is very impor-tant and that they should trust in their talent.

“It is very easy to question your worth, but you just have to trust in your talents and take an extra step and be proactive. If I never would have called Kaylene to tell her that the story didn’t run, I never would have been with Agenda,” Pruitt said.

Her own experience in the profes-sional world has made her realize that CSUF students are trained to compete with students from the best colleges in the country. The UC tag may look good on a resume, but it does not al-ways guarantee success.

“CSUF is known for its commu-nications program,” Pruitt said. “I’ve been in many interviews and I’ve never seen someone give me a certain look of ‘Oh, you went to Fullerton.’ The fact that you have a communications de-gree and that you came from a school that is hardcore communications and journalism is all that matters. The ex-perience students get here, every single, tiny thing they do prepares them for their future.”

But sometimes she wishes she could just go back to her college days and just worry about her assignments.

“It is a different kind of pressure (in the real world),” Pruitt said. “But all the experience I got at Fullerton, I took it to my career. It doesn’t feel hard be-cause it is my field. It’s work, but if it’s your passion then it’s fun.”

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Taurus (April 20--May 20) Differences of opinion have restricted forward movement until now. As you perceive the situation from a new perspective, oppor-tunities arise.

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Cancer (June 22--July 22) Take time to pay the bills and clean your desk. Now’s the time to complete transac-tions and formulate a plan for the future.

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Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) Take your bright ideas with you into a private space, where you can integrate intu-ition with reason. This is surprisingly easy today.

Libra (Sept. 23--Oct. 22) Passionate effort applied to the needs of your partner achieves greater success than you’d have thought possible. It’s not about you today.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) You’d go a long way to find just the thing to please someone. Luckily, you don’t have to leave your own neighborhood for this today.

Capricorn (Dec. 22--Jan. 19) Open your mind to all the possibilities of the universe. There really is no limit to what you can accomplish if you apply inspiration and logic.

Aquarius (Jan. 20--Feb. 18) Your favorite person wants you to work with them on a project that emphasizes logic. A female provides a softer touch for harmony.

Pisces (Feb. 19--March 20) Don’t start anything new today. Instead, polish projects already in the works. You get plenty of help from just about everyone.

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Cal State Fullerton women’s ten-nis climbed up the quarterfinals in the 2011 Big West Conference Tournament by defeating the UC Riverside Highlanders before be-ing eliminated by top-seeded Long Beach State 49ers. This was a simi-lar outcome in the 2010 Big West Tournament, where the Titans won against the Highlanders before los-ing to the 49ers in the quarterfinals.

The Titans, with a 7-17 overall and 1-7 Big West Conference re-cord, entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed.

The Titans had a trio of players with wins in double digits before heading off to the tournament. Freshman Morgan McIntosh (14 wins), sophomore Tiffany Mai (11 wins) and sophomore Monica Ro-driguez (10 wins), had a combined total of 35 wins, the most since a 2007 trio who had a combined to-tal of 37 wins.

The Titans began the tourna-ment by earning a victory over the No. 9 seeded Highlanders Thurs-day with a score of 4-2. Titans hit the ground running with an early lead, earning the doubles point as sophomore duo Tiffany Mai and Monica Rodriguez at the No. 1 spot and senior Karina Akhmedova and sophomore Malorie dela Cruz at No. 3 both scored 8-6 wins.

The Highlanders responded with a win at the No. 3 and No. 4 singles spots. The Titans countered immediately with back-to-back wins by freshmen Megan Sandford (6-2 and 6-4) and Morgan McIn-tosh (7-6 and 6-0), putting the Ti-tans on a one-point lead.

UCR’s Jamie Raney hit back with a straight-set victory at the No. 3 spot, but Titan dela Cruz won at the No. 6 spot with scores of 7-6 and 6-2, defeating Highlander Kate Bergeson.

CSUF bumped up to the quar-terfinals to go against the top-seed-ed 49ers.

Titans would fall once again to the 49ers, however, moving them up to the semifinals. The 49ers won the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches and No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 singles victories in straight sets.

Tennis Falls Short in BWC Tourney

Brief by Christopher Park

In a first-place showdown be-tween the Big West Conference’s best teams, the Cal State Fullerton softball team lost both games of the doubleheader Saturday by way of mercy rule at Anderson Family Field.

The two losses to the University of Pacific by final scores of 10-0 and 8-0 came to end early because Pacific had an eight-run lead at the conclusion of the fifth inning.

The Titans began the double-header Saturday tied with the Tigers for the Big West’s top spot, but allowed Pacific to domi-nate both games and gain control of the conference along with Long Beach State as the first-place teams, now at 11-4.

In game one, the Tigers cracked out two runs in the first inning and got three more off senior starting pitcher Ari Cervantes in the sec-ond.

In the top of the fourth, two more Tigers came across home plate and forced the Titans to bring in sophomore right-hander Aly Fascetti to the circle to stop the bleeding. Fascetti stranded runners on first and second base and got the Titans out of the inning with a ground ball to third. The Tigers clawed their way to a 7-0 lead at the end of the frame.

The Tiger offense was fierce Sat-urday, and they plated three more runners in the top of the fifth to force the threat of a mercy rule loss if the Titans didn’t score in their half of the fifth. However, the Ti-tans couldn’t rally in the bottom of the fifth and suffered their first shutout loss since their 5-0 defeat from the University of Texas March 19.

Titan freshman second baseman Lauren Mario, senior first baseman K.C. Craddick, sophomore catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama and junior short-stop Adriana Martinez each con-tributed with hits, but couldn’t bring one another home.

The Tigers put together an excel-lent performance to claim game one

of the first-place showdown and got 11 hits as a team in the 10-0 vic-tory. Junior first baseman Nicole Matson led the Tigers with two hits and four RBIs, including a two-run home run in the fourth.

“You got to really give the credit to the players on that because they’re the ones who took care of business. Sometimes there is not a lot of coaching going on in situations like that,” said Tiger Head Coach Brian Kolze of his team’s victory.

After a 20-minute pause in be-tween games, the Titans took the field again in game two looking to bounce back with their hard-throw-ing sophomore starting pitcher Kat-ey Laban in the circle.

The Tigers could not be chained

though, and got off to another early lead in the first inning and never looked back. They got two more runs in the second inning with RBI-singles from freshman Megan Foglesong and Matson to go up 3-0.

Laban kept the Tigers off the board in the third inning but ran into trouble in the next set.

Pacific led off with a single and Laban allowed a walk, then sopho-more catcher Amy Moore bunted toward first base, which caused a collision between Laban and junior first baseman Morgan LeMond.

On the play, Laban took a shoul-der to the head and was taken out of the game, so Cervantes came in to pitch and got the Titans out of the bases-loaded jam with a double play

and a line out for three quick outs. LeMond smashed a two-out double to left field in the fourth, but was stranded at second by freshman pitcher Tori Shepard, who only al-lowed two hits and a walk to the Titans.

“We just didn’t come out to win,” said Laban, who suffered her first loss in Big West play, allowing only two earned runs on nine hits.

The offense got rolling again for the Tigers in the top of the fifth, plating five runs off four hits and sending nine batters to the plate.

The Tigers gave Shepard an 8-0 lead to work with as she faced the Titan batters in the bottom of the fifth. Shepard didn’t let any of the three batters get one past her in-

field and secured the 8-0 victory and doubleheader sweep over the Titans.

“We came out probably not as strong as we could have come out; they definitely jumped on us real quick,” said junior third baseman Nicole Johnson.

The Titans took the game Sunday by a final score of 8-1 to avoid the sweep and now sit in third place in the Big West standings at 10-5, just one victory behind the Tigers and 49ers.

The Titans will travel across town to face conference rival Long Beach State for a three-game set before wrapping up the regular season with a home series against Cal State Northridge.

CSUF tacked on another goal as did Biola early in the third quarter.

Cole got open again in the middle of the field from an Ansel handoff, which allowed Cole to cage the shot to bring the score to 16-6.

Titan freshman attacker Gabe Alamillo, who scored off a no-angle shot from the right side of the field, took the Titans to a 17-6 lead into the start of the fourth quarter.

Biola managed to get two more shots into the back of the net in the fourth, but the Eagles were de-feated by the Titans for the second time this season and their playoff hopes were crushed in the 21-8 loss.

“We came out prepared, moved the ball well, won a lot of the fa-ceoffs and had a lot of good looks,” said junior defenseman Greg Koehler of the team’s performance on the night.

Cole led the team again with five goals and four assists. Ansel finished with four goals, Grubert

three and Lyon and Alamillo with two apiece.

The Titans will faceoff next against the UC San Diego Tritons (9-5, 5-0) in a semifinal battle at the University of Arizona in Tuc-son, Ariz.

“We get a shot at two teams we lost to previously in the season in a two-game slide, and to just get a shot at redemption and hopefully head on to nationals in Denver feels good,” said Kareta.

The winner of that game will face either Long Beach State or Concordia as they square off against each other in the other semifinal match. The winner of the final game will earn an invite to Denver, Colo. to compete in the Div. II Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Champion-ship starting May 17.

Looking to what stands in front of them, the Titans are eager to get some revenge and a three-peat as the SLC Div. II champs.

“Yeah, we’re looking forward to our next games because both Con-cordia and UCSD we lost to, and those were losses that we should not have gotten,” said Grubert.

Junior Morgan LeMond, top left, went 1 for 2 in game two of the doubleheader, and senior first baseman K.C. Craddick contributed with one of four Titan hits in game one.

Photographs by CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan

Softball drops to third after series loss

The Titans lose two of three but are still in the hunt for the Big West title nonetheless

JEFF PRENOVOSTDaily Titan

We came out prob-ably not as strong as we could have come out; they definitely jumped on us real quick.

-Nicole JohnsonJunior third baseman

TITANS: Advance to second round

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Sophomore midfielder Michael Ballantyne works his way upfield in the Titans’ 21-8 victory.KELSEY LANEY / Daily Titan