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Social work degree expands

Slapstick play to open Friday

Jury convicts man in murder of student

Titans surf to win over Waves

Samuel Lopez was con-victed by a jury Tuesday morning for the 1994 mur-der of former Cal State Ful-lerton student Cathy Torrez and is expected to receive

his sentence May 1. Lopez will not be consid-

ered for the death penalty because it was a first degree murder with no aggravating factors. Instead he faces 26 years to life in prison, Dis-trict Attorney Matt Murphy said.

Torrez’s mother and other family members were there to witness the verdict, tear-ing up when the verdict was given at about 11:05 a.m.

The verdict was deliv-ered after three weeks of

trial, two days of closing arguments and two-and-a-half days of deliberations. Most of the evidence Mur-phy presented the jury was circumstantial.

There was no physical ev-idence that placed Lopez at the scene of the murder and there was no murder weap-on found. The only finger-print and DNA found in Torrez’s car, other than her own, were that of Xavier Lopez, Samuel’s cousin.

Xavier Lopez is being

tried separately for murder and his trial is scheduled to begin March 20.

Defense attorney Lew-is Rosenblum told the jury numerous times that all the prosecution had was a story to convict Samuel.

He referenced the lack of physical evidence and the conflicting witness testimonies regarding the whereabouts of Samuel the night of the murder. Samu-el and Torrez’s relationship status was also brought

into question. Samuel killed Torrez over

a rejected marriage propos-al and jealousy, Murphy said throughout the trial and in his closing statements. He acknowledged Xavier was a part of the murder, but maintained that Samu-el was the mastermind be-hind it.

Murphy also told the jury during closing statements that Samuel isn’t a “shed-der” of DNA. He also point-ed out the possibility that

Samuel cleaned Torrez’s car or used a different car. He referenced Samuel’s behav-ior in the police interroga-tion room footage.

Samuel “does not shed a single tear,” Murphy said.

Rosenblum did not want to speak at the press con-ference following the ver-dict in order to “respect the family,” but took a few min-utes to speak to reporters off-camera.

Samuel Lopez found guilty in 1994 killing of student

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Masters program will offer aging concentration

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Cal State Fullerton’s Master of Social Work pro-gram will be offering a new concentration that will equip its students to deal with challenges of a grow-ing elderly population.

The degree concentra-tion in aging, which comes after years of planning and research, will be offered in Fall 2015 for master’s stu-dents in social work.

“Particularly in Orange County, one estimate is that by 2030 one in five people in the population will be 65 or older,” said David Chenot, Ph.D., de-partment chair and associ-ate professor of social work at CSUF.

Social workers are in-volved with several fields that help older adults, such as caregiving services and protective services, Chenot said.

In addition to a periodic need for help and protec-tion, elderly people have needs for medical, mental health, substance abuse, poverty, homelessness and even sexually transmitted diseases.

“Social workers particu-larly have a heart for, and are dedicated to helping folks who are low on re-sources,” Chenot said.

The Master of Social Work Association, a stu-dent organization at CSUF, provides community op-portunities for students in the Master of Social Work program.

The organization is cur-rently advocating that stu-dents, who are coming into the social work program, consider doing work with older adults.

CSUF professors David Cherin, Ph.D., and Dennis Kao, Ph.D., will be teach-ing classes in aging as part of the concentration. The pair have done extensive research in the aging pop-ulation field.

Cherin specializes in Palliative care, which is the care of people with chron-ic and terminal illnesses and also teaches the Death and Dying class, which is a popular elective in the So-cial Work program.

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Shakespearean comedy The Comedy of Errors opens Friday in the Young Theatre. Director Eve Himmelheber has kept the original text but has placed the show’s setting in a circus. The show features an abundance of physical humor to go along with the circus theme. The Comedy of Errors runs through March 22.

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Cal State Fullerton’s De-partment of Theatre and Dance will put on a slap-stick Shakespearean play, The Comedy of Errors,

Friday. The show is about two pairs of twins sepa-rated at birth, who reunite years later—leading to a hilarious case of mistaken identities.

The students involved in the play have been mem-orizing their lines since December and began re-hearsals a week before the spring semester started, said Eve Himmelheber, as-sociate professor of theatre and dance and the director

of The Comedy of Errors. Everything in the play

was put together by stu-dents in the theater depart-ment. The set design, set construction, costumes, make-up, lights, sounds and the acting is all done by CSUF undergrad and graduate students, Him-melheber said.

The Comedy of Errors has been been adapted by Himmelheber and some CSUF students to fit into

a more unique modern setting.

“Our goal was to create a truthful adaptation; some-thing that is very hard to do with Shakespeare is to conceptualize things out-side of an Elizabethan kind of setting,” Himmelheber said. “We wanted to do a circus setting, like a dark circus, a little like Cirque du Soleil—so it looks like fun on the surface, but un-derneath it’s crazy and a

little scary.” To match the theme, all

of the cast members will be dressed up as some sort of clown that would be seen in a circus, Himmelheber said.

Miguel Torres, first year graduate Masters of Fine Arts student, will be one of those clowns. He is playing Antipholus of Ephesus, one of the twins.

Shakespearean comedy to open with circus theme

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Cal State Fullerton ex-tended their winning streak to four games and are now over .500 for the first time this season with their 3-0 shutout victory over the Pepperdine Waves at Goodwin Field on Tues-day night.

Freshman Connor Seabold got the starting nod against the Waves and shined, going four innings and allowing only two hits while striking out six.

“I thought that I kinda got away with some pitch-es, but I felt like I was able to keep guys off bal-ance and do a good job out there tonight,” Seabold said of his performance. “I’ve been itching to get the start at some point this season. It feels pretty good that we’re winning and that we’re above .500 now and that weight’s off our back.”

The Waves threatened to score with two runners on second and third with only one out in the top of the seventh inning against sophomore reliever Max-well Gibbs, but the Titans were bailed out by fresh-man Scott Hurst’s spectac-ular catch while slipping to end the rally.

“I thought Connor did a really good job, he came in throwing two pitches for strikes, pounding the strike zone with his fastball and for me that was just setting the tone and he passed it on to the next guy and they kept doing it for the four guys that pitched tonight,” said Assistant Coach Jason Dietrich of his pitchers.

The Titan bats were alive early and gave Seabold and the Titan bullpen all the run support they need-ed, jumping out to a 3-0

lead on eight hits over the first four innings. Collec-tively, the Titans racked up 11 strikeouts against the Waves.

“I thought our pitchers

threw strikes and for the most part played really good (defense),” Dietrich said. “We had some good at-bats, we left some guys on base with runners on

third base with less than two outs, but our guys are battling and thats all we can ask.”

Four pitchers combined for an eight-hit shutout

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Junior second baseman Jake Jefferies rounds first base after his single snuck through the left side in the third inning of the 3-0 victory over Pepperdine Tuesday at Goodwin Field.

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The Mexican govern-ment has called on the United States Depart-ment of Justice to inves-tigate three police killings of its citizens, including the fatal shooting of a Santa Ana resident, ac-cording to the Orange County Register.

Ernesto Javier Cane-pa Diaz, was killed af-ter police stopped his vehicle, which matched the description of a ve-hicle in the robbery of a 63-year-old woman.

Diaz became uncoop-erative during the stop and it was during this time that the shooting occurred.

The other cases in-volving Mexican citi-zens include 31-year-old Texas resident Ruben Villalpando and 35-year-old Washing-ton resident Antonio Zambrano-Montes.

A 30-year-old man, who murdered mem-bers of his ex-girlfriend’s family was given the death penalty Tuesday afternoon, according to the Orange County Register.

Iftekhar Murtaza beat, stabbed and abducted the family from their Ana-heim home in 2007.

Murtaza burned the bodies of Jayprakash and Karishma Dhanak, the father and sister of his ex-girlfriend, Shayo-na Dhanak, and disposed of them near a bike trail in Irvine.

Leela Dhanak, mother of Shayona Dhanak, was found unconscious on a neighbor’s lawn with her throat slashed and the family’s home on fire.

Murtaza believed that the family led to their break-up over differenc-es in religious beliefs.

Murtaza is expected to be transferred to San Quentin within the next 10 days.

El Dorado High School students resumed class-es on Tuesday after a teacher was found hang-ing in a classroom Mon-day, according to the Or-ange County Register.

Grief counseling will be offered all week on the campus for all stu-dents coping with the death of teacher Jillian Jacobson.

Teachers at the school were all encouraged to create an open dialogue with students on the ap-parent suicide before re-turning to lessons.

A candlelight vigil was held Monday night, where students gath-ered in remembrance of Jacobson.

The alleged suicide is being investigated by po-lice with no apparent mo-tive or note left behind.

The room where Ja-cobson was found is now indefinitely closed.

Community group awarded $20,000

Issues with campus Wi-Fi should be cleared up by the end of next week, said Amir Dabirian, vice president for information technology.

During winter break, IT upgraded the campus’ wire-less technology, but older, existing routers caused con-nectivity issues once the se-mester began.

“It was very stable for a while, until the students got here,” Dabirian said at Thursday’s Academic Sen-ate meeting.

Dabirian suggested using the Wi-Fi settings in devic-es to “forget” the CSUF-Guests wireless network and to connect to the CSUF-Ti-tans. Forgetting the network should alleviate the con-nectivity issues caused by

bouncing back and forth be-tween networks.

The department will re-place about 110 access points over the next two weeks.

“My apologies to

everyone who had to go through this, I know this has been a little bit irritating,” Dabirian said.

The CSUF-Titans network was introduced in December when the Students-Secure

and similar networks were decommissioned.

Last semester, the IT divi-sion began upgrading cam-pus Wi-Fi using revenue from the newly-imposed student success fee.

All three phases of the fee, which will be fully im-plemented by 2017, will concentrate on different as-pects of the campus Wi-Fi network, including Wi-Fi in outdoor areas.

Replacing outdated access points to improve connection

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Outdated access points will be improve connectability. More than 100 access points will be replaced, and Wi-Fi access should improve by next week.

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A Cal State Fullerton group working to provide students with commu-nity-based, hands on re-search was awarded the New York Life Higher Education Civic Engage-ment award for its work in sustainable nutrition and agriculture.

CSUF’s Urban Agricul-ture Community-based Research Experience pro-gram was one of five uni-versities nationwide to win the award for 2014. As part of the award, the program received $20,000 in schol-arship funds to send up to four students to take part in the Washington Cen-ter’s Academic Internship program.

The Research Experi-ence program gives groups of students the chance to work with Ladera Vista Junior High School, Path-ways of Hope transitional living center, the Orange County Food Access Co-alition and other groups to help address real-world issues while simultane-ously gaining real-world experience.

“I think it’s a really good opportunity for students to

not only get involved in re-search, but actually apply that research to the com-munity,” said Lidia Oroz-co, a psychology major in the U-ACRE program.

As criteria for winning the award, the Washington Center requires awardees to show leadership and in-novation in defining and addressing issues of public concern, vision for change that is systemic and sus-tainable and depth and breadth of institutional commitment, according to the center’s website.

Andrew Shensky, a ge-ography and anthropology major, works with Ladera Vista Junior High School in the school’s garden. Us-ing the garden, students can participate in agricul-ture tutorials.

Shensky created an app for students to record their data and find plant in-formation. Through that app, he said, students will be able to get more out of their time in the garden.

“There’s kind of a sep-aration between their food and where it actual-ly comes from,” Shensky said. “Having the app and the garden, they’re expe-riencing the garden and looking at things, but now they can look up informa-tion about the plant that’s right there.”

Other program partici-pants have extended their research beyond the garden

to help students put health-ier food on the table.

Xiomara Solis, an an-thropology major, is aim-ing to instill better eating habits through cooking classes, she said.

“The whole idea of my project is to be able to make healthy meals in the same amount of time that it would take you to go to Jack in the Box,” Solis said.

Solis became interest-ed in researching this top-ic when she noticed many people her age lacked ba-sic cooking knowledge, she said.

“I see cooking skills as such a primary thing,” So-lis said. “There’s a percep-tion that cooking is hard, that it can be frustrating, it can be expensive thing to do, and it can be if it’s not properly thought about.”

Solis is in the process of contacting local chefs to get involved in the project, she said.

U-ACRE has been nation-ally recognized for helping facilitate student research—the program has helped more than 13,000 students become involved in the com-munity by facilitating cours-es and volunteer service.

“Sometimes you think you have to go somewhere else to make a difference,” Solis said. “It’s kind of like, ‘create the community you want to live in’ and that’s part of U-ACRE.”

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Associated Students, Inc. will lend a willing ear to students at various days and times through-out the semester as part of campaign geared to-ward increasing student outreach and face-to-face interaction.

The “Ask me about ASI” campaign will encour-age students to share their questions and concerns with one of 16 members of the Associated Students Board of Directors either by speaking with them in person or filling out a comment card on Associ-ated Students’ website, sais

Associated Students Board of Directors chair Neha Ansari.

Each student on the As-sociated Students Board will have his or her own time, date and location to field questions and con-cerns from students, Ansa-ri said.

Board officials are hop-ing to hear from at least 100 students a month to better understand what stu-dents perceive as problems, she said.

“This time is used to talk to students about their likes and dislikes about Cal State Fullerton and ar-eas of improvement that they see,” Ansari said in an email. “Associated Stu-dents represents the stu-dent voice on campus so we are using the campaign to figure out how our stu-dents are feeling and what we can do to help.”

The campaign, which members of Associated Students came up with last semester, was titled “Ask Me About ASI,” because the members also wanted to use this time to intro-duce themselves as student leaders, she said.

The campaign’s pur-pose is not just to foster a greater dialogue, but also to facilitate change, Ansa-ri said.

Board members will follow up with whatev-er concerns were brought up during table sessions and work to address those identified difficulties, she said.

”The campaign allows us as ASI student leaders to go back to the roots of student government, where we actually go out and talk to students whom we serve and represent each day,” she said.

Murphy’s claims that Samuel is not a DNA shed-der, that he may have cleaned the car or that he used a sep-arate car should have been tested and submitted as evi-dence, he said.

“We had six witness-es placing him at different times … at places other than the murder,” Rosenblum said. “I think the emotional component of the case was too difficult to overcome.”

“There was never a doubt in our mind,” Murphy said at the press conference regard-ing conflicting testimonies and the amount of circum-stantial evidence submitted. “(The jury) put together all of the different pieces of the puzzle.”

Murphy told reporters that juries have been working on murder cases long before DNA testing and said juries had to put in the work, con-sider all the evidence and ar-rive at a verdict, just like this jury did.

Xavier has been cooper-ative with investigators for the past four years, Murphy said. The prosecution hopes to reach a resolution soon, but Murphy would not com-ment further on Xavier’s case.

“I respect the verdict,” Rosenblum said. “We felt we presented the facts.”

“Cathy’s life made a great impression on many peo-ple. We will carry that im-pression she made on us,” said a spokesperson for the Torrez family at the press conference.

Kao has done work on location for services pro-vided to older adults, aging friendly communities and the accessibility of these services. In his research, Kao found that in general, minority populations tend to live in areas that don’t

have a lot of services or resources.

“The challenge in Orange County is that it’s so spread out (as a city) that the ser-vices also tend to be spread out as well,” Kao said. Kao will also be teaching at least one of the two concen-tration classes.

The importance of the

concentration rests in the fact that there will be many more elderly in the future, Kao said.

“Given the population and demographic trends, our population is rapidly ag-ing and there’s going to be a desperate need for more so-cial workers and other pro-fessionals,” he said.

Trial: Lopez found guilty in Torrez case

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Degree: Credential to focus on aging

Samuel Lopez, then-boyfriend of former CSUF student Cathy Torrez was found guilty of her 1994 Murder Tuesday.

July 3, 2007 • Cousins Samuel Lopez and Xavier Lopez were

arrested in connection with the 1994 death of former student Cathy Torrez.

February 10, 2015 • Opening statements begin

March 1, 2015

• Closing statements conclude

March 3, 2015• Samuel Lopez convicted of first degree murder

March 20, 2015• Trial to begin for Xavier Lopez

Trial Developments

Sixteen members of ASI will be available to answer student questions over the coming week as part of a new campaign to increase student outreach.

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Dear White People, a film written and direct-ed by Justin Simien was screened last week in the Titan Student Union.

The film spreads the message that personal identities should be con-structed by the individuals who possess them, and not asserted onto them by soci-ety’s assumptions.

“(Just because) you hap-pen to like Star Trek, or listen to this music, or wear these type of jeans, or date this person—it sucks that (you) have to answer for your entire race for de-cisions that just have to do with who you are and what you want,” Simien said during a Q&A after the screening.

Before the film began, the seats started filling up

slowly, then all at once. At least one hundred seats were already filled when the hosts of the event brought out an additional mass of chairs.

Many of those who were in attendance were inter-ested in the serious, racial identity issues being pre-sented in the film.

“Being half black, I can completely relate to a majority of the char-acters there, not being black enough, or being too black,” said Kevin Gar-rard, 19, radio-tv-film ma-jor. “It’s really what soci-ety is trying to label you as and trying to fight those labels.”

Others there were also interested in Simien’s work from an artistic, thematic standpoint.

“I just wanted to come see the guy, see the movie, understand a little bit how the whole industry works a little bit more,” Garrard said.

Simien wrote Dear White People with four protagonists: a rebel, a

token, a poster child and a diva. Each of these char-acters struggle internally with issues that are exter-nal and being thrust upon them by those surrounding them.

Simien’s film is not in-tended to point any fingers, but rather to serve as a con-versation starter for an in-tricate, serious issue.

“If you leave a movie that in any way, shape, or form is dealing with race, and you leave that mov-ie feeling like things have been wrapped up and re-solved, that movie lied to you,” Simien said.

The film manages to re-main balanced, never tip-ping too far across the line separating humor from racism.

If an important conver-sation isn’t being done, it’s up to individuals to start that conversation, Simien said.

Dear White People opened up that conversa-tion last week on campus, but in no way is that con-versation over.

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Life after college can be daunting for most people, and radio-television-film majors are no exception.

However, Cal State Ful-lerton Alumnus Carlos Cortes isn’t wasting any time trying to break into the industry that he loves.

“I’ve been working on several productions do-ing freelance productions, assistance work and also worked as a videographer for a small production company here in Orange County,” Cortes said.

Even more exciting, Cortes is also working on a project of his own. He and his crew are beginning to work on an original short film titled Rex.

“It’s way bigger than anything I’ve done, so it takes a lot of preparation,” Cortes said.

Cortes wrote the script and collaborated with oth-er CSUF screenwriters for the film.

Cortes describes the film as a zombie western that follows a zombie named Rex.

Rex is not your typi-cal flesh eating, brainless zombie that most people are used to in films.

Instead, he is a harmless zombie who—along with his companion a vigilan-te named The Shadow—is on the hunt for whiskey in a post-apocalyptic world.

While on their whis-key-hunt, they become the prey of a ruthless group of savage, human zombie hunters.

Cortes wanted the film to humanize zombies as some recent films, like Warm Bodies, have tried to do.

“It’s a very human sto-ry about a zombie trying to find his place in this world,” Cortes said. “The zombies are the most hu-man element of the whole story while the humans are more of the savages. We switched those roles to make it a more enticing story.”

This is not Cortes’ first original project. Last year his original short film, dis-connected., won the Cal State Fullerton Associated Students, Inc. Productions Student Film Festival.

“(Winning the film fes-tival) felt great,” Cortes said. “When we made the film, we knew we had something special as soon as we stopped filming.”

Since the film’s win, it has received huge recog-nition online and is now available for viewing on Direct-TV.

Those who have watched disconnected. will recog-nize a few actors in Rex once it is released.

Most of the crew that worked on disconnect-ed. are now working with Cortes to produce Rex.

This time, the crew will also include members from

Chapman University. The crew plans on go-

ing into production in June. Until then, Cortes will be focusing on getting fund-ing for the project.

Originally, he had hoped to raise all of the funds through IndieGo-Go, a site that allows peo-ple to donate money to a start-up. However, the deadline to donate was Feb. 19 and only $1,441 of the estimated $5,500 goal

was raised. The next step for funding

the project is to apply for grants.

Cortes doesn’t want to take any shortcuts in the production process, mean-ing he wants to have access to the best make-up, props and crew.

“It’s very exciting, it’s new territory for all of us,” Cortes said.

Once production wraps, Cortes plans on submitting

Rex to a few film festivals in Southern California. He originally planned to sub-mit it to the Sundance Film Festival, but decided it would be best to hold off.

Cortes hopes his zombie western flick will surpass the success that discon-nected. had.

This time, his dream to break into the industry be-gins and ends with deter-mination with the help of a zombie named Rex.

Breaking the zombie-movie mould

Screening sparks racial conversations

ASIP Film Festival winner to begin new western zombie film

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Former Titan and winner of last year’s Student Film Festival, Carlos Cortes, is set to begin production of his zombie western movie, Rex. The film is an adventurous story that will portray zombies in a more humanistic light.

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The zombies are the most human element of the whole story while the humans are more of the savages. We switched those roles to make it a more enticing story.

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Justin Simien speaks about his social satire Dear White People

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Writer and director of Dear White People, Justin Simien, answers questions after a screening of his film in the Titan Student Union. The movie is a comedy about the issues that young black people face today.

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ASIP Concert: Summer Twins• Becker Amphitheater

• Wednesday Noon • Free

ASIP Films: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

• TSU Titan Theater• Thursday 4 p.m., 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.

• Free

Fullerton Jazz Orchestra & Big Band• Meng Concert Hall

• Thursday 8 p.m.• $15, $13 with Titan discount

Smash• Hallberg Theatre

• Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. • $11, $10 with Titan discount

The Comedy of Errors• Young Theatre

• Friday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.• $11, $10 with Titan discount

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Torres described the hu-mor of the play to be very slapstick and very visual.

“A lot of the humor you will see is slapstick, it’s body humor. It’s either us hitting our servants, the

Dromios, or jumping. It’s a lot to do with our bod-ies and a lot of things with props—things you would see Charlie Chaplin do-ing or you would see the three stooges doing,” Tor-res said.

The Comedy of Errors

will be held in the Young Theatre inside the CSUF Clayes Performing Arts Center.

The play opens Friday at 8 p.m. and runs through March 22. Tickets are $11 at the door, or $10 with a Titan discount.

Comedy: Conceptual play to open in the Young

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Cal State Fullerton alumna and supervising producer at MadJack Entertainment, Nicole Black, is now involved in a documentary series about former criminals and keeping them out of prison.

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When it comes to reality television, it may be hard to decipher what truly is reali-ty or what is scripted.

When it comes to Nicole Black, her work involved with a reality show gets ex-tremely up close and per-sonal with individuals that are desperate for help.

That’s where reality steps in.

Black, current execu-tive in charge of production and supervising producer at MadJack Entertainment and adjunct lecturer of the radio-TV-film department at Cal State Fullerton, is actively involved with the Investi-gation Discovery Network’s show, Breaking Point.

Breaking Point, a show similar to Intervention, fol-lows the lives of individu-als around the country who have a criminal history in order to bring them to real-ity about the consequences of their lives if they contin-ue down the wrong path.

Breaking Point intervenes in the criminal’s life and in-volves their families to help stop their life of crime and

change their life for the better.

Black received her bach-elor’s degree from the Uni-versity of California, San Diego in communications and visual arts.

She then came to Cal State Fullerton and earned her master of arts degree in communications with an emphasis in film. She grad-uated in 1999.

While at CSUF, she was able to teach the multi-cam-era production class as a graduate assistant, where she earned an award for the graduate student of the year.

She began her career, while still a graduate stu-dent, in television and film as an intern at Codigo Films. Black was the assis-tant to a producer within the company.

After graduation, Black received her first job oppor-tunity at a magazine called The Daily Variety, with-in the classified advertising department.

Black was later offered two jobs on the same day, one working with a coun-try music video production company and the other was for a company that does clip clearances for reality television.

She chose to pursue a job within reality television.

Black worked her way

up the ladder and received high professional titles and promotions.

Finally she landed a job at MadJack Entertainment as a supervising producer. As supervising producer she works on the logistics of the television show.

Some of her duties in-clude managing the bud-get, structuring the show’s schedule and overseeing the staff and crew.

Black also goes out in the field to see what the crew is filming and expresses her empathy for viewing the raw footage.

“It’s shocking because it’s not part of my day-to-day life … it’s a sneak peek into a world that I don’t know on a personal level,” Black said. “I think that’s what viewers … like about the show.”

Black explains that the viewers get invited into a world they have never seen before and experience something that they are not normally involved in.

“That’s the scariest (thing), there are huge stakes because the criminal could end up in jail or even dead,” Black said.

Breaking Point airs on the Investigation Discovery Network every Thursday at 10 p.m. Full episodes are also available online at in-vestigationdiscovery.com.

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It’s difficult to under-stand how little reality shows are based in reality, given their name.

Many of the situations and conversations in these shows are scripted. What’s actually happening on screen has been planned far ahead in advance.

Americans are addicted to reality shows and many make sure to never miss an episode of their favorite series. But do they really believe the content on TV is true? The word “show” strung along with “real-ity” should be enough to explain that everything is planned.

One show that’s par-ticularly guilty of this is MTV’s Pimp My Ride, ac-cording to the Huffington Post.

This show is no longer airing, but while it was, the mechanics in the show transformed people’s old and damaged vehicles into cool, tech-filled versions of themselves.

After they finished over-hauling the cars, they re-vealed the cars to their owners. Every big reveal was met with loud and

energetic reactions. However, these reactions

weren’t entirely genuine. The people behind the

show oftentimes told par-ticipants what kind of emo-tions they needed to pres-ent on screen.

There were also times after cameras stopped roll-ing, where upgrades to the vehicle that were only there for filming purpos-es were removed. Editing is also a big part of reali-ty shows that people don’t take into account.

Someone watching the show at the time might have thought people got their cars back a week or two after dropping it off, but the reality was far from a few weeks; it was more like half a year.

This is not only disin-genuous for the viewers watching the show, but also for the participants that might have seen this show and later became part of it only to realize they would be out of a car for half a year.

A small but notable

example can be seen on E!’s Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Kim Kar-dashian recently revealed the exteriors of both her and the Jenners’ house are not actually their homes.

This is for security’s sake but still, it shows nothing can be believed in reality television; not even something as simple as an exterior shot of a home.

Reality show audiences are only growing every year since 1948’s Candid Camera, TV’s first reality show.

Thousands of reality shows occupy a space in Americans’ everyday lives and have shown networks they are here to stay.

But this only forces out quality programming on television.

Networks and producers will now fill their sched-ules with more and more reality television, loving the low production costs and high viewer ratings they garner.

It seems audiences some-times know the reality pro-gramming being shown is not completely real, yet they still enjoy watching these shows every week.

Maybe it serves as a dis-traction from every day life, but it’s sad that qual-ity programming has to suffer. But if it’s what the people want, it’s what they’ll get.

So let the shows sadly continue.

The people behind the show oftentimes told participants what kind of emotions they needed to present on screen.

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Amid the buzz over the impending release of the Ap-ple Watch this spring, the hype over smart watches de-serves a more scrutinizing review.

Sure, the idea of hav-ing text messages filtered through your watch face sounds fun and quirky, but that’s really all it is.

Smart watches are a

novelty item, created by phone and tech companies to swindle cash from today’s tech-obsessed consumers.

There’s no doubt of the technological feat a smart-watch embodies; email, text, social media and fitness tracking, packed into a de-vice less than 2 inches wide and half an inch thick. It’s an extraordinary achievement.

But in its nascent state to-day, a smart watch is nothing more than a limited accesso-ry to a smartphone.

It doesn’t help that smart watches are larger than a typ-ical watch, making the novelty of wearing one about as cool as wearing a calculator watch.

It’s fun for a second and then it’s just a clunky play-thing soon to be relegated to a box in the attic.

Smart watches won’t come at a cheap price, either.

One of cheapest smart watches, the Kickstart-er-backed Pebble, runs for $99.

The low-end Pebble watch is pretty basic. It offers a small black and white elec-tronic paper screen, a lack-luster plastic body and no

touch screen. Anything remotely decent

looking and feature-filled will cost a small fortune.

LG’s G Watch is priced at $229, the Samsung Gear S is

$349, the Moto 360 starts at $249, Sony’s SmartWatch 3 is $229 and the Apple Watch is estimated at $349, accord-ing to Apple.

However, some analysts project the actual cost will be close to $500.

It’s absolutely nuts to be

paying such an exorbitant amount of money for noth-ing more than a glorified wristwatch.

Smartphones have become a fabric of modern society, inching close to becoming a necessity.

The inseparable relation-ship between consumers and their smartphones won’t change.

Although a smartwatch might make things like mes-saging, social media, or fit-ness tracking easier, the pros don’t outweigh the cons.

Right now, the smart-watch is new, unchartered technological territory.

Let it work itself out and

keep advancing with every year.

Despite what tech compa-nies want you to think, the smart watch isn’t worth it.

It’s not to say smart watches won’t become use-ful in the future, but right now, save your money and future regret by waiting for the market to run its course.

New companies are de-veloping affordable smart watches every day in an ef-fort to make purchasing this accessory more reasonable and less wallet-breaking.

Sit back and let the tech-nology race begin; it’s a buy-er’s market now.

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ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19):

You’re ready to hit the accelerator and show the world what you can do now, but a more rational voice advises you to be responsible.

TAURUS(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

It seems as if you are being covered by a warm and cozy security blanket now that your key planet Venus is taking up residence in a fellow earth sign.

GEMINI(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

Beware of unnecessary detours when it comes to relationships, since you may have a few weeks of complications ahead. You naturally prefer splashing around in the surf

CANCER (JUNE 21 - JULY 22):

You might think romance should be like a walk in the park with charming Venus now strolling through your 7th House of Partnerships.

LEO(JULY 23 - AUG. 22):

It’s not that the party is completely over yet, but you might catch glimpses of a more serious future. Although all good things must come to an end.

VIRGO(AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22):

It’s not always easy to let someone get to close to you, but resourceful Venus now rides to your rescue as she travels through your 5th House of Love and Romance.

LIBRA(SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22):

You’re in for a round of self-criticism as you ex-amine the reality of your feelings, your home and those structures that cannot easily be changed.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - NOV. 21):

Your professional trajectory may not be progress-ing as you wish. Fortunately, you’re quite willing to jump in and deal with the issues.

SAGITTARIUS(NOV. 22 - DEC. 21):

You may be somewhat unsure of your emo-tions today, even if you thought you knew how you felt yesterday. You normally lead with your heart, inspiring yourself and others with your passion.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19):

In your heart of hearts, you might not believe that money and love should come without a cost. You’re accustomed to working hard for what you receive and, luckily, your efforts will be rewarded.

AQUARIUS(JAN. 20 - FEB. 18):

You’re more attracted to fantasy than to reali-ty now that Venus is hiding out in your 12th House of Escapism.

PISCES(FEB. 19 - MARCH 20):

Even your most meaningful encounters now take on an air of casual friendship. Passions are subdued with Venus the Goddess of Love visit-ing emotionally conservative Capricorn.

Titan women’s basketball has an opportunity to shake off their latest losses to Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State by conquering UC Irvine and Hawaii in their last two regular sea-son games this weekend.

The final two games leading up to the Big West Conference Tournament are crucial for Fullerton. The Titans’ overall season re-cord is 10-17 and their con-ference record sits at 4-10.

CSUF is currently holding the seventh seed in the Big West, tied with UCI.

The Titans could still punch their ticket to the tournament if they lose both games this week-end and UC Santa Barba-ra fails to win a game this weekend, but it would ben-efit them to win and carry some momentum into the tournament.

Thursday night, the Ti-tans will host UCI at 7 p.m. Both teams will fight for sole possession of seventh place and a secured posi-tion in the Big West tourna-ment. Irvine has been vic-torious in its last two games against UC Santa Barba-ra and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Earlier this season, the Titans were victorious in their first game against UCI, with a 62-51 win. The Titans put on a compact defense that the Anteaters could not barge through.

The first half of the game was record breaking for the defense, UC Irvine only managing to score 12 points, which put the Titans at a huge advantage for the win.

The Titans will travel to Honolulu for the last regu-lar season game against Ha-waii Saturday at 7 p.m. The Rainbow Wahine are on a 12-game winning streak dating back to Jan. 17.

Hawaii, the regular sea-son conference champion, has proven to be a tough

matchup against Fuller-ton, both physically and mentally.

After their first game against Hawaii, Head Coach Daron Park said their opponent was in con-trol of the mental aspect of the game and natural-ly dominated the physical side.

Hawaii’s leading scorer, Shawna-Lei Kuehu, could not be stopped in the sec-ond half of their previ-ous game. She managed to score 15 points in the last 15 minutes of the game against the Titans.

Fullerton struggled from the 3-point line that night, as Hawaii towered over them with eight blocks. The Titans lost to Hawaii by a

score of 54-43. Fullerton’s offense con-

tains versatility with their high-scoring guard, Chante Miles, and forward Kath-leen Iwuoha.

Miles is the second high-est scorer in the Big West, averaging 20.2 points per game.

Iwuoha is known to crash the boards and grab as many rebounds as she can on offense and defense. Iwuoha is the leading re-bounder in the Big West, averaging eight boards per contest.

The Titans will pow-er through these final two games of the regular sea-son, carrying high hopes of a deep run at the Big West Conference Tournament.

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team is in search for a boost this weekend to catapult them into the Big West Conference Tournament with confidance. The Titans will host UC Irvine Thursday before traveling to Honolulu for a matchup with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine.

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Women’s hoops seeking momentum

Softball to face top competition

The Cal State Fullerton softball team’s mettle will be tested when it takes on three nationally ranked opponents as it plays the University of Michigan Wednesday and hosts the Judi Garman Clas-sic over the weekend.

The Titans will face an up-hill battle against the Mich-igan Wolverines, who are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the nation by ESPN.com/USA

Softball and USA Today/Na-tional Fastpitch Coaches As-sociation, respectively.

The Wolverines are rid-ing high on the back of a 17-game winning streak that has them sporting an 18-1 overall record. Meanwhile, the Ti-tans enter Wednesday’s game riding a two-game winning streak after having recov-ered from last Friday’s blip against Northwestern at the Long Beach Louisville Slug-ger Invitational.

Whichever pitcher Head Coach Kelly Ford gives the starting nod will have to be at her absolute best to com-bat the Wolverines’ Sierra Romero and Kelsey Susal-la. Romero has started all 19

Michigan games this season, compiling a .500 batting av-erage to go along with six home runs, 23 runs batted in and a .976 slugging average. For her part, Susalla sports a .407 batting average that has yielded five home runs, 20 RBIs and a .889 slugging percentage.

By comparison, the Titans are only batting at a .287 av-erage. While leading hit-ter Missy Taukeiaho’s seven home runs, 18 RBIs and .407 batting average are nothing to scoff at, they are still eclipsed by Romero and Susalla’s numbers. The Titan pitching staff are also trailing Michi-gan; Fullerton carries a 4.65 earned run average, while

the Wolverines sport a much more impressive 1.44 ERA.

After the Michigan game, Fullerton will return to action Thursday in its first of four games at the Judi Garman Classic.

Thursday will see the Ti-tans take on another nation-ally ranked opponent, as they face the Arizona State Sun Devils, ranked No. 22 by USA Today/NFCA and No. 23 by ESPN.com/USA Soft-ball. The Sun Devils are cur-rently batting at a .303 clip led by Amber Freeman, who has registered six home runs and 21 RBIs to go with her .368 batting average.

Fullerton will have to con-tinue weathering the storm

Friday, when it faces off against Auburn University, ranked No. 14 by USA To-day/NFCA and No. 18 by ESPN.com/USA Softball. Tiffany Howard’s .559 bat-ting average currently leads the War Eagles, but the real threat will come from Emily Carosone, who has record-ed seven homers to go along with her 30 RBIs from 54 at-bats.

The Titans will finally get some reprieve Saturday, when they play the Univer-sity of Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa will be the only team the Ti-tans will face with a worse ERA than that of their own. The Hawkeyes carry with them a 4.81 ERA, and their

6-11 overall record reflects their propensity for giving up runs.

Sunday will see the Titans close out the tournament by facing off against the San Di-ego State Aztecs. San Diego has had a rough time at the plate, compiling a .278 bat-ting average on the season. Fullerton will also be buoyed by the fact that they have three batters with a better batting average than leading Aztecs batter Lorena Bauer’s .345 average.

First pitch for the Michi-gan game is scheduled for 6 p.m., while the Judi Garman Classic kicks off Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Anderson Fami-ly Field.

Junior second baseman Samantha Galarza gives high fives during pregame introductions. The Cal State Fullerton softball team will be tested this weekend, hosting three top-25 teams in Michigan, Arizona State and Auburn. The Titans will also face Iowa and San Diego State during the Judi Garman Classic at Anderson Family Field.

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The Titans’ fortitutde will be tested by three top-25 teams

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Offensively, the Titans were led by junior designated hitter David Olmedo-Barrera, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI sin-gle, a run scored and a stolen base.

“I was trying to keep the same thing, just staying on top of the ball, beat their infield-ers and try to get your pitch, not chase a lot of stuff,” Ol-medo-Barerra said of his ap-proach. “I got away from it a few at-bats, but came through when we needed it I guess.”

The aggressive, yet focused, approach at the plate has been effective for Titans over the winning streak, as they have collected 47 hits and 31 runs.

The offensive onslaught will need to continue this week-end if the Titans (6-5) hope to continue their winning streak against visiting powerhouse No. 5 Texas Tech (10-1). The baseball clubs will meet for a three-game home stand start-ing on Friday at 7 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

“We need to do what we do and, like I said, keep it simple, and not try to do too much. Just kinda go out there and ... throw strikes, trust our de-fense, put quality at-bats to-gether,” Dietrich said of the upcoming series. “We like challenges and that’s why we have this schedule—to play the good teams to see where we’re at, to challenge our-selves before conference.”

Titans hope to find groove before Big West Tournament

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