Tick tock, tick tock. The clock bellows its distracting song in the silence of a full room, signaling the approach of the 90-minute marker. Students glance at the screaming clock and back at their papers trying to make sure their last point will be supported with evidence. There may even be time left to squeeze in a conclusion.

The sounds of pens rushing, swishing and flicking on the smooth surface of the paper almost seem to be in tune with the screaming clock, creating some abstract melody until the song is interrupted by someone calling “time.” Pencils down, the clock is still ticking but the exam is now over.

The Examination in Writing Proficiency (EWP) is an examination taken by students with junior status who have completed 60 units toward graduation. It aims at demonstrating proficiency in English writing and is a part of a requirement set forth by the CSU Board of Trustees to show competence in writing.

According to the Testing Services website, “At CSUF, you must demonstrate proficiency in written composition in English

by passing the EWP and by completing an upper division writing course specified for your major.”

The test consists of an essay question designed to test writing proficiency and is administered over a period of 90 minutes. Essay graders evaluate exams based on logic, grammar, spelling, punctuation, organization and development.

Suggested preparation for the exam includes doing practice essay questions available on the CSUF Testing Services website, as well as taking advantage of the University Learning Center.

“I used a book Introduction to Academic Writing: Level 3, and also I had help from University Learning Center,” said Kunal Mawade, a graduate student in computer science, who passed the exam June 2011.

Students who take the exam and fail two or more times are eligible to apply for enrollment to the English 199 course that will be the equivalent of passing the examination.

For some, initial expectations of the exam have been defied upon taking the examination.

Junior Kwame Vaughn and soph-omore Isiah Umipig each scored 18 points to take Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball to a 71-56 victory over Cal State Los Angeles in a home exhibition game Friday night.

It was Vaughn’s first game as a Titan. The guard sat out last season after transferring from San Francis-co University. He looks to be a key player for CSUF this season, knock-ing down shots and orchestrating the offense. He also had a game-high eight rebounds.

“It was a lot of nerves from not playing over a year, obviously,” said Vaughn of his debut game. “I love my teammates. It’s the best team I ever played for. All the coaching, the staff is optimistic at all times. They have great confidence in me so that helps me out there.”

Umipig found himself in early foul trouble and missed most of the

first half. But after the break, the sophomore guard was found early and often, contributing 16 second-half points, including four treys.

“I didn’t play much the first half when I was in foul trouble and that was frustrating. When I got in there, my teammates did a good job look-ing for me,” said Umipig.

CSULA sophomore Quinton Watkins and senior Leland Jones led the Golden Eagles in scoring 11 and 10 points, respectively. CSULA shot at a very low 22 percent in the game.

It was the first time the fans got to see the Titans on the court this season. CSUF played a closed-door game against UCLA already this pre-season, but the team still had trouble shooting from the onset. Their first basket came four minutes into the game and already down by six until senior forward Andre Hardy scored a layup.

The Titans would score 16 of their 26 points inside the paint as noth-ing was working from outside. They missed all five of their three-point shots.

“The first half looked like a foot-ball game. I didn’t think we were going to score. I thought this high-

octane offense we have looked really bad. I think the main reason was it was their first time out to shoot,” said CSUF Head Coach Bob Burton of their anemic first-half offense.

CSULA would keep the lead for most of the first half because of

the Titans’ ability to commit fouls. CSULA was 4-22 shooting (18 per-cent) but scored 14 points from the foul line to keep them in the game.

It’s Friday and there are six canopies and 30 colorful tents at the corner of Alton Parkway and Harvard Avenue at Irvine Civic Center. While Occupy Orange County participants are protesting for many different reasons, most participants feel as though money has a corrosive effect on the American political system.

Abdur–Razzaq Outlaw, a restaurant host from the city of Irvine, said, “I choose to stay with my brothers working for a better future, not against the government, not against the corporations, but with my villagers.”

Outlaw participated in the movement from the first day.

“I sleep here pretty much like I call this place my home. I sleep in my mom’s house when I have to work,” he said. “Everybody thinks we don’t

have jobs. There are so many of us who have jobs.”

Outlaw added that roughly 70 percent of public reaction to the movement has been positive, such as honking, donating food and other items, and

stopping by to give support. Yet there have also been negative reactions, such as a man who was apparently upset at all the sounds of car horns blaring and laid on his horn for 20 minutes.

Occupy Orange County started with a few people Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m., and grew into a 30-

tent community within a week. There has been a march every Saturday since Oct. 14, where 400 to 1,500 participants have showed up. Saturday was the “International Bank Transfer Day” march and rally, where participants said they

were encouraging people to transfer money from “Too Big to Fail” banks to community banks and credit unions. A general assembly meeting is held every day at 7 p.m.

Joey Cadavid of Lake Forest has been a participant from the beginning of the movement.

“With a lot of the things that are wrong, I just wanted to help be part of the movement,” he said. “As far as what I want to focus on at

this point, I just want to see where the general people and the general assembly decide what the causes are and help with whatever that is.”

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Fifth annual event promotes experimentation and friendly competition at the athletic fields

Saturday was the only dry day of the weekend, creating the perfect setting for this year’s annual Pumpkin Launch event at Cal State Fullerton.

By Friday afternoon, over 7,000 people had pre-registered to attend the event Saturday. Families filled the athletic fields where children could create lava lamps and launch ping-pong balls on mini-launchers. A sea of food trucks lined the fields, giving attendees a large assortment of tasty foods to enjoy.

“This year’s turnout was huge,” said Keith Brooks, director of education at The Discovery Science Center.

Roupanshee Sharma, vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, helped run one of the most popular activity tables at the event: the lava lamp station. This year Sharma and the SHPE members made sure they were prepared for a large crowd since last year many children were turned away

after their materials quickly ran out.Every one of the six tables, four

more than last year, was surrounded with dozens of children anxious to make their very own, unique lava lamps.

“They’re seeing how household products can be used in making stuff like lava lamps. This way they’re going to start experimenting more and get more into science, which is good for them because we need more scientists and engineers,” said Sharma.

At the mini-launcher tables was Laurie Toledo, a special education teacher at Rancho Cucamonga Elementary School who came to this year’s event for the first time with her family, including her 4-year-old daughter.

“I think it’s awesome; they have so many events for the kids. She’s young so she’s probably not getting the physics part of it just yet, but it’s a starting place,” said Toledo.

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I just want to see where the general people and the general assembly

decide what the causes are and help with whatever that is.

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Business professionals from a variety of fields came to Cal State Fullerton Thursday to share their real-world business expertise and give advice to students as a professor for a day.

“Professor for a Day,” an annual event that has been held for more than 10 years, took place in the Mihaylo College of Busi-ness and Economics, where more than 40 business professionals shared their success stories and informed students about what will be expected of them as they apply for jobs.

Students were told ahead of time that a guest would be speak-ing in their class and all seemed eager to learn about how their classes related to post-graduate jobs.

Most of the stu-dents were concerned with interviewing skills and résumé building.

Joel Baudanza, 25, a business marketing major, asked a lot of questions during the lecture of Nazih Yehya, a New York Life Insurance Company partner and recruiter,

and would like to see more “professors for a day” in the future.

“I think it’s good for students to know some specifics about industries and jobs so they can make a better choice for them-selves,” said Baudanza.

The event was coordinated by Terry Grant and Kim Tarantino, associate deans of Mihaylo College; Ola Carr, associate director of development; and Alice Rodri-guez, events coordinator.

Each business professional was sent to a class session where they spoke to students for the duration of the class.

The business professionals and profes-sors had an opportunity to meet and network on Steven G. Mihaylo Hall’s third floor in the Dean’s Suite, where snacks and refreshments were avail-able.

“Not all of the guests are alumni of CSUF. Most of those that did not graduate from the Mihaylo College are connected to the college in other ways. Many of

them serve on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. Some are interested in partici-pating because their firms have had a great

deal of success hiring Mihaylo graduates,” said Terry Grant, associate dean for Aca-demic Programs and Faculty Development.

One of the classes that marketing Pro-fessor Catherine Atwong teaches is Market-ing Information Technology, a class where students learn about important tools and databases needed by marketers for decision making.

During her 10 a.m. class session, Yehya spoke with students about his education, past business experience, his current posi-

tion and gave advice for students looking for work in his field of expertise.

Yehya graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from CSUF in 2003. He has 14 years of business experience on the manage-ment side of Mimi’s Café and has been with New York Life Insurance for six years.

“As a recruiter, I do about 10 interviews a week and I’ve gotten a lot of responses from the students already. They want to come in-terview and gain the experience,” he said.

In response to a student’s question about

work culture, Yehya described working on the front-end and back-end.

“The back-end you’re there 9 to 5, going through files, processing paperwork; you know exactly what your schedule’s going to be. The front-end – or sales side – we love it. The money is really good and you decide when you want to work and when you want to take off,” Yehya said.

The business professionals lectured in classes that ranged from accounting to real estate investments, and more.

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Red Bull Media House and Brain Farm Digital Cinema presented the The Art of FLIGHT at the Regency Lido Theater in Newport Saturday evening. Newport was the final des-tination on the film’s North Ameri-can tour. It was directed by Curt Morgan, a former pro-snowboarder and one of the most well-known cinematographers/directors in the action sports world.

Before the sold-out showings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. began, Travis Rice walked the red carpet, making him-self available for photos and quick conversations with the press. Rice earned Rookie of the Year in 2002 and since then has stacked up the awards, including TransWorld and Snowboarder Rider of the Year in 2005 and 2009 and two X Games gold medals. Many sportswriters consider him to be one of the best snowboarders in the world.

“What we hope people take away (from this film) is just more self-empowerment to go out on a whim, go out on a limb and put themselves in uncomfortable situations. I think that’s when we really grow as a per-

son,” said Rice.The film’s runtime of approxi-

mately one hour and 20 minutes fol-lows Rice and his friends, also pros, while they travel to different coun-tries and show off their more-than-impressive skills.

With incredible cinematography and a complementary soundtrack, The Art of FLIGHT encompasses all the elements involved in snowboard-ing, such as unpredictable weather conditions, the relationship between the boarder and the mountain, and

the beautiful wildlife and nature that surrounds the riders.

“The concept to make the film and the reason we wanted to make the film was kind of a natural pro-gression,” Rice said. “We always wanted to do something a little bit better and it finally came to a point where we realized we wanted to make a movie for people who aren’t die-hard snowboarders … We want-ed to bring the viewer along on our adventures, that’s why we shot it the way we did and edited the way we did to look like more of a story.”

Grant Goldstein, 20, student

brand manager for Red Bull and a business major at Cal State Ful-lerton, got the word out about the event on campus. He went to the Associated Students Inc. board, the snowboarding club and Greek or-ganizations he thought would be interested in the premiere. He said most students who were going to the event had tickets for the 8 p.m. showing.

“It appeals to every snowboarder; it’s just the dream to jump off a he-licopter in uncharted territory,” said Goldstein.

He said every snowboarder in this film is a professional and has won awards. Rice’s fellow riders featured alongside him in the film were John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago and Jake Blauvelt, just to name a few.

“They went to different countries and showed the kind of environment they can’t snowboard in. It was crazy altogether,” said Nicole Jackovich, 19, a business major who attended the event.

Even though she is not an avid snowboarder, Jackovich said she was very impressed and enjoyed the film. In awe of the stunts they can pull off, she admitted they must be born with the trait of being fearless.

“My biggest accomplishment is more or less what I’ve been able to do personally as far as travel,” Rice said. “The amazing people I’ve met around the world and getting the opportunity to work on projects like the Art of FLIGHT.”

For more information visit ArtOf-FlightMovie.com for videos, trailers, news and interviews with the pros.

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The pretrial hearing for the two Fullerton police officers charged in connection with the death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man who died of suffocation in July, has been de-layed until Dec. 16, reported the Orange County Register.

The hearing was delayed by Su-perior Court Judge Erick Larsh at the request of the defense attorneys for Jay Cicinelli, 39, and Manuel Ramos, 37, the two officers charged with felonies.

Ramos, who is charged with sec-ond-degree murder, faces a charge of 15 years to life if he is convicted. He could also be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which would carry a potential sentence of four years.

Cicinelli is charged with invol-untary manslaughter and excessive force under the color of authority for alleged excessive use of his stun gun to subdue Thomas.

The pretrial hearing could select a date for a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evi-dence to warrant a trial.

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Residents of Berkeley, Calif. were on heightened alert after an email that said geologists had predicted a major earthquake in the coming weeks was circulated throughout the community, according to The New York Times.

Geologists, however, had not reported any predictions of earth-quakes in the coming weeks, and the email, although it seemed au-thentic, was not factual.

The email was sent to friends and colleagues by the chairwoman of the Department of Administra-tion at San Francisco State Univer-sity, Genie Stowers, Ph.D., after she spoke with a student who claimed geologists were saying there was “a 30 percent chance of an earthquake above a (magnitude 6.0) on the Hayward fault in the next two to three weeks.”

The original correspondents then forwarded the email to parent, school and neighborhood groups. Eventually the email was posted to the city’s Disaster Prep Neighbor-hood Network, a local network that helps Berkeley residents prepare for earthquakes.

After several small earthquakes in the last month, residents were especially alarmed. However, Keith Knudsen, Ph.D., deputy director of the Earthquake Science Center, told The New York Times the email had some truth, but not the facts.

“Our best science tells us there’s about a 30 percent chance over the next 30 years — not the next two or three weeks — of a 6.7 or greater earthquake somewhere along the Hayward fault,” he said.

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Nazih Yehya, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus from New York Life Insurance Company talks to a marketing class during “Professor for a Day” on campus. ROBERT HUSKEY / For the Daily Titan

Travis Rice, professional snowboarder and two-time X Games gold medalist, poses on the red carpet at the premiere of The Art of FLIGHT. Grant Goldstein, a business major at CSUF, promoted the event on campus for Red Bull.

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OCCUPY: Movement strong in Irvine

As the rain subsided, Tom Yi, who had also been a participant from the first day, grabbed a marker and began writing “No Oligarchy” and “Tax the Rich” on a white poster board. He then went to the front of the lawn and started walking with his sign.

“We are here to support Occupy Wall Street; that is the first reason,” he said. “The second reason is that we feel

the whole country being ruled by 1 percent is not fair.”

Another participant, J.B. Wagoner of Temecula, who studied political science at UC Irvine, had spent every other night at the center since the start of the protest.

“We are not anti-capitalists, but we don’t want to just be domi-nated by the capitalists against the better interest of the people,” he said. “We are here for the people. It’s a democratic movement.”

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On campus, the Associated Stu-dents Inc. Association for InterCultur-al Awareness (AICA) council is striving to better our world, starting with one college student at a time.

AICA will be hosting its biggest event on campus, Rally Against Hate, Wednesday from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. in the Quad. This will be its fifth annual event and is one of the most highly at-tended events at Cal State Fullerton.

AICA Administrative Chair Rozely Barbero said the reason the event was created was in response to a hate crime incident that occurred between CSUF students back in 2006.

“We hold a rally every year against these incidents to promote diversity. We also want to promote tolerance and educate our CSUF community,” said Barbero.

Rally Against Hate is intended to help CSUF students to embrace dif-ferent cultures on campus. Everyone is asked to participate in the various events during the occasion. There will be guest speakers at the event, such as Jed Middlebrook, CSUF students and faculty. An open mic session will be present for anyone who wants to stand up and perform.

“We have a lot of diversity on cam-pus at CSUF. We are trying to embrace the diversity and encourage students to be activists. Their voice matters against causes they believe in. Also, we want students to know about resources on and off campus that can help them,” said Victoria Ford, AICA public rela-tions coordinator.

There will be a “Clothesline Project” for all students to contribute to. For the project, students can write personal stories of discrimination that they have experienced or witnessed. The shirts will be exhibited throughout campus to put a face to the victims of hate and encourage students to think twice about stereotypes and racism.

A “Wall of Hate” will display im-ages of racism and prejudice that are still present in our society. Students can

write their thoughts and aspirations on the Wall of Hope.

From 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a silent rally throughout campus to show unity within the student body. This is to honor and pay respect to vic-tims of all hate crimes.

AICA Advocacy Coordinator Car-los Navarro said Rally Against Hate is trying to spread realization to the col-lege campus.

“We try to raise awareness of differ-ent hate crimes and negative stigmas of other people’s cultures. We want to bring attention to students and em-power them to do something about it at CSUF and in their own communi-ties,” said Navarro.

For more information on the event, please visit their Facebook page or Asi.Fullerton.edu/programs/aica.asp.

While Veterans Day is usually a single-day celebration, at Cal State Fullerton the holiday is a week-long event.

Veterans Student Services Coordinator Joseph Chang said the entire week will have affairs for students to join.

“There is at least one event every day, starting Saturday, Nov. 5 until Sunday the 13,” said Chang.

Veterans Celebration Week began with the commemo-ration of the 70th anniversary of WWII. It was sponsored by Latino Advocates for Education and took place at the Titan Student Union.

A “Wall of Heroes” display will be located on Titan Walk Monday through Thursday. Jeremy Bowden, CSUF vice president of Student Veterans Association (SVA), said the wall is important for students to see.

“The Wall of Heroes is CSUF’s own military tribute to the campus veterans and their military family members. The Wall will display a photo and biography of each service member past and present located on the Titan Walk,” he said.

A workshop titled “Veteran Leaders: The Secrets of Their Success” will take place Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Women’s Center. Chang will be speaking at the event.

“The workshop will educate veterans. It will also exam-ine the many issues and challenges, but also many strengths

and possibilities for our student veterans to succeed. We will discuss successful veterans in our community,” he said. There will also be a Veteran Bake Sale at the Wall of Heroes to raise money for the SVA scholarship program.

“Veterans Celebration Week is recognizing the large number of student veterans on our campus. There are cur-rently around 600 student veterans attending CSUF,” said SVA President Scott Thompson.

The gourmet food truck Spudrunners will donate part of its proceeds to support SVA Wednesday. You can meet the SVA board, dine and spread awareness on campus.

A lecture titled “Entrepreneur Lessons From a Former Green Beret” will be held Thursday in Steven G. Mihaylo Hall Room 3230 from noon to 1 p.m. Larry Broughton, a former U.S. Army Green Beret and founder/president of Broughton Hospitality, will be speaking.

A Veteran’s Day Parade and Ceremony hosted by the city of Fullerton will be held Friday in Fullerton’s Down-town Plaza at 10:30 a.m. The parade will end at Hillcrest Park and a ceremony will be held at the Veteran’s Memo-rial.

The guest speaker will be Clinton J. Reiss, a regimental command sergeant major for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel next to campus is the last event: a Women Veteran’s community brunch.

Veterans Celebration Week will feature several veteran speakers, including a former U.S. Army Green Beret and a command sergeant major for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

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Running around the event with walking billboards were some sixth graders from Russell Elementary School in Santa Ana. For over 12 years, each sixth grade class has taken a trip to an outdoors science camp, but due to the state of the economy and lack of funding, this year’s trip had been canceled at the last minute.

The Pumpkin Launch event con-cluded with the Pumpkin Launch contest. The CSUF team from the Society of Women Engineers jumped and screamed with joy as they were the first team to hit a target.

“We were so excited. This is the first year we’ve ever built a launcher,” said Ashley DeLuca, CSUF engi-neering student and president of SWE.

After a few rounds, a team of en-gineering students from Cal Baptist University were able to launch their pumpkin and hit one of the farthest targets in the competition.

Once all rounds were completed, Cal Baptist was pronounced the winner. The all-girl Society of Wom-en Engineers team ended up taking second place after a shootout with the Angry Eagles, a team of middle school students, who came in third.

DeLuca and her team ended up

winning a gift basket containing 13 tickets to an Anaheim Ducks hockey game. Their success, however, did not come without some mechanical problems in the middle of the com-petition, which tested their on-the-spot quick response, a valued skill for future engineers.

“Our seat-belt mechanism got jammed because there was too much tension and we tried doing a pull string mechanism, and that didn’t work either because there was still too much tension, so in the end we just ended up tying a rope together and cutting it,” DeLuca said. “It’s been awesome to do so well.”

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LAUNCH: Attractions included food trucks, lava lamps

Teams from all different backgrounds put their launching devices to the test in the Pumpkin Launch competition. One team displayed its engineering skills and competed using a trebuchet-style launcher.

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November 7, 2011

Have you ever woken up on a Mon-day morning, checked your balance and thought, “What the hell?!” In just less than three days, you managed to blow your entire paycheck, which you barely deposited Friday. If I had a dol-lar for every time I pulled that move… well, let’s face it, I’d probably spend all those dollars too, and still be sitting here lamenting over squandered cash.

I remember long ago when I opened my first checking account. The banker slipped me this notepad-looking thing called a “register.” I was given a quick tutorial on how to use it–something about debits and credits, running bal-ances and reconciliation. But seriously, when was the last time you ever saw someone under the Social Security-collecting age use a checkbook register?

Unless your level of hipster-inspired fondness for retro trends should re-quire you to use one, I’ll tell you how you can keep track of money without looking like an accountant, hoarding all your receipts, filling out your trans-actions, and waiting for your bank statement in the mail like it were a dis-tant lover’s letter.

Advances in online banking and mobile phone applications make keep-ing tabs on your accounts easier than ever. Most of the big four (Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo and Citi) have a great arsenal of online and mo-bile banking platforms for depositors to use. Even some of the smaller banks and credit unions have made strides at keeping up with the Joneses.

But before I explain the drawbacks of using your bank’s online features, you should know of a strategy banks use on customers. It’s called cross-selling; the idea that any customer is only as good as the amount of bank products owned. This could be any combination of checking, savings, credit cards, loans, CDs or brokerage accounts; the point is, the bank’s em-ployees will not relent until all your banking “needs” are “satisfied.”

Imagine you’ve been cross-sold and now you have a checking account with the bank your car loan is serviced at (said the banker, “You can open a checking and have your payments di-rectly withdrawn each month”), a sav-ings account where your retirement CD is housed (also said the banker, “If you open a savings we can give your ac-count a bonus interest rate”), and two or three credit cards at different banks.

Under this scenario, any one bank’s online platform only reveals a partial picture of your overall finances. You’ll have to keep up on multiple user IDs, passwords and emails. So how do you consolidate every bit of your finances into a neat, manageable space?

Enter Mint. Recently purchased by Intuit (the techies behind TurboTax and Quicken), this free personal-finance website has been offering consumers a no-cost, comprehensive solution to money management since the late ‘00s. Because of Intuit’s savvy in the software arena, Mint.com has added apps for Android and iOS de-vices. Other sites exist which perform the same duties, and also for free, but I’ve been using Mint for years now and the company has great reviews online.

When you create your free account at Mint, you’ll be treated to a clean, simple interface flush with informative yet intuitive graphics, combing data across all your accounts everywhere. You can break down your spending by category to view what you spend most on, or by time to see when you spend the most. Mint will even label all your transactions automatically, and in a way that makes sense, instead of a series of merchant IDs and bank codes.

The website can be used to set a budget, either on overall spending or to put spending limits on certain cat-egories. You can even adjust these bud-gets to accommodate one-time expens-es you know won’t happen frequently (birthday presents, Acoustic Christmas tickets, etc).

My favorite aspect of this website is the net worth tracker. I never really paid attention to my net worth before it was presented to me in the form of an infograph. Your net worth (the dif-ference between what you own and what you owe) is the real measure of wealth and to see that number steadily rise, or fall, is motivation enough to get in good fiscal shape.

Mint will even make recommenda-tions on financial products. Keep in mind, some of these recommendations are from banks who pay Mint to be featured on the site, so do your due dil-igence and shop around. Bill remind-ers, top-notch security and the most hassle-free user experience round out why Mint is worth taking a test drive.

Having this arsenal of money-track-ing utilities provided by Mint should be your first strategy in staying on top of your finances. By using Mint’s info-graphs, you’ll be more likely to spend wisely because you’ll anticipate what, when and how you do most of your spending. And if you approach your preset spending limits, the alerts you programmed to be delivered to your smart phone will prevent you from dumb charges.

Imagine for a minute that you drank some gasoline then doused yourself with it and set yourself on fire. I certainly can’t and I definitely don’t have the guts to even take the first step to pour gasoline all over myself, even if I had a point to prove by attempting to kill myself through self-immolation.

When I heard about the self-immolation act that hap-pened March 16 in Tibet earlier this year, I was shocked and saddened. The New York Times reported that the selfless act by Phuntsok Jarutsang, a 20-year-old monk at Kirti Monastery, was “the first time that a monk pro-testing against China had killed himself through self-im-molation, according to the historians of modern Tibet.” Though I felt inspired to make a difference in the Tibet-an struggle for freedom, I felt powerless at the same time.

There was more news about self-immolation occur-ring, the recent one being Oct. 17 when Tenzin Wang-mo, a 20-year-old Buddhist nun in Tibet, set herself on fire while calling for freedom in Tibet.

Tibetan communities nationwide marched through the streets of San Francisco Wednesday as part of a global campaign before the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, to raise awareness and hope that their voices would be heard worldwide.

In the last six months, nine Tibetan Buddhist monks and one nun—many of whom are between the ages of 17 and 20—have lit themselves on fire to protest the re-pression of Tibetans by the Chinese government. At least five are known to have died of their wounds.

This made me wonder what triggered them to act in such a way. Under what conditions would cause one to commit to such acts of self-violence? Desperation per-haps? The words that erupted out of the many lives that were risked in fighting against the People’s Republic of China were simply “Long live the Dalai Lama,” asking him to return to Tibet and calling for religious freedom.

Unfortunately, China has responded to these inci-

dents by refusing to hand over bodies to families for last rites, sentencing family members of the deceased to long prison terms, and issuing a decree stating, “Local leaders and family members will be held responsible in the event of monks saying prayers for the dead.”

According to Human Rights Watch, Beijing is re-sponding to Tibetan calls for basic rights and freedoms by ratcheting up “security measures designed to curtail the right to free expression, association and religious be-lief…”

Recently smuggled video footage from American Free Press shows an under-siege Ngaba County (where most of the self-immolation acts took place). Large contin-gents of Chinese security personnel in full riot gear roam the streets, carrying automatic weapons and iron batons, laying bare China’s military occupation of Tibet.

China is cracking down particularly viciously on re-ligious freedom in Tibet. Monks are forced to renounce their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, attend intense ideological “education,” study communism and repeat Orwellian statements such as “I love the Communist Party” and “I recognize the Party’s great kindness.” When monks voiced their opposition, the Chinese authorities placed police stations inside some monasteries, cut off water and electricity supplies at others and detained monks en masse (over 300 monks from Kirti Monastery alone were taken away to an unknown location by mili-tary trucks).

For me and maybe for others as well, these acts of re-sistance are an apparent sign of desperation for freedom. They brought up enough courage to sacrifice their lives, not just through slogan-shouting as they have done in the past, but through self-immolation to show the world their desire is still burning within and asking us for help. For us who have enough freedom in this country, this should be a wake-up call to help those without the luxu-ry of living freely and happily.

Visit StandUpforTibet.org to learn more and pledge your support. It is the least we can do as citizens of the world we all share.

I’m going to let you know I’m a pes-catarian, and I’ve gone in and out of a vegetarian and carnivorous state for the past six or seven years.

I first became a vegetarian because I toured for a living and my food choices mainly consisted of fast food. Being a broke musician left me with low-grade meat options and I wasn’t into it, so I would substitute beans for meat at Taco Bell or order the grilled cheese from Jack in the Box, which at the time was less than 70 cents.

Then I stopped touring and moved in with my girlfriend—who is a veg-etarian, works on a vegan food truck and loves to cook—so it was conve-nient and mostly delicious for me to eat the vegetarian and vegan meals she would prepare.

I went on a rampage a few months ago when I was in Indiana and ate meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but that lasted for a short time period. I felt sick after a few weeks, whether it was psychological or not, who knows?

So why did I tell you my lame, di-etary life story? Because I want you to know that my stance on animal rights comes from someone who has delved into many food-consuming lifestyles. I’m not a “meat is murder” guy and I understand and respect every person’s decision on what they choose to eat.

The animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) promotes a very strict lifestyle that is unrealistic for today’s society.

In a recent legal case involving PETA and SeaWorld, the activist group took things to an extreme level, claiming the theme park’s orcas, who were taken from their natural habitat

as babies, should have the same rights as humans.

An article from PETA.com stated, “In the first case of its kind, PETA, three marine-mammal experts and two former orca trainers are filing a lawsuit asking a federal court to declare that five, wild-caught orcas forced to per-form at SeaWorld are being held as slaves in violation of the 13th Amend-ment to the U.S. Constitution. The filing—the first ever seeking to apply the 13th Amendment to nonhuman animals—names the five orcas as plain-tiffs and also seeks their release to their natural habitats or seaside sanctuaries.”

My main problem isn’t the fact that PETA is trying to provide SeaWorld’s aquatic life with a better and natu-ral lifestyle—it’s the fact that they are spending so much time and money on animals when there are millions of humans in much worse circumstances.

According to the StopTheHunger.com population clocks, over 20,000 people died from hunger and over $33 million was spent on pet food in Europe and the United States com-bined—just yesterday.

Animals are of a higher priority than humans in this sense, but it’s impos-sible to be truly cruelty-free.

To be truly cruelty-free toward ani-mals, one wouldn’t be able to take part in a majority of one’s daily routines. We’ve been accustomed to a carnivo-rous way of life for too long to change.

An animal rights website, Born-FreeUSA.org, describes the numerous, often unavoidable things containing animal products.

“With the rendering process, every bit of farmed animals (and sometimes even our dog and cat companions) is used in an astonishing variety of items — lubricants, polish, soap, cement, ink, lipstick, pharmaceuticals, Jell-O, gummy candies, pet foods and agri-cultural feed, to name just a few. The rendering industry utilizes a ‘witch’s brew’ of animal parts: spinal cords, brains, eyeballs and intestines, turning whatever’s not wanted by the food and clothing industries into the compo-nents of a thousand useful products,” states the site.

If PETA puts animals that provide us with nutrition and a comfortable way of living on the same pedestal as us, then so be it. But if they fight for an orca’s “natural-born right” to be set free instead of being provided with food and shelter in a theme park, they will also be held accountable for man-slaughter should the orcas forget how to survive on their own in the wild.

by GILBERT GONZALEZ

“Because your money matters”

Titan Money Matters

But seriously, when was the last time you ever saw someone under the Social Security-collecting age use a checkbook register? Unless your level of hipster-inspired fondness for retro trends should require you to use one, I’ll tell you how you can keep track of money…

Time to Mint your money

PETA: Petty Efforts Totally Asinine

TSERING WANGDENFor the Daily Titan

Don’t forget about Tibet

SeaWorld faces a lawsuit with five orcas as plaintiffs and PETA as their lawyer

JUSTIN SHANNONDaily Titan

PETA believes animals deserve the same constitutional rights as humans, as they point out that the 13th Amendment doesn’t specify what species it applies to.

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November 7, 2011

Nicaragua is described by surfers as the Wild West of Central America. Large and intimidating surf, banditos roaming the countryside and a fairly stable government make up what’s known as Ni-caragua.

As surfers, my father and I decided to take a trip to Nicaragua. Taking one step out of the air-condi-tioned airport, I could immediately tell I was in a very different country.

The heat slapped me in the face like a wet towel as the sun beat down on me with relentless force. We dragged our large surfboard bags to the old rickety vans waiting to take us to the coastal town of Popoyo.

The streets of Managua are crowded; people curiously stared at our van as we passed by with surfboards stacked on the roof. Signs that lined the street range from random political rants to fried-chicken restaurant chains.

Life in the city is hurried like any other western city. But debilitating poverty is rampant as beggars and thieves cover the streets, hands extended look-ing for any kind of hope.

The countryside is much more quiet with large, grassy plains stretching across the horizon. Im-mense volcanoes covered in thick foliage menac-ingly pierce the sky with the craters remaining hid-den behind wispy clouds.

Small towns litter the countryside where locals go about their daily lives without the worries of a job, iPhones, computers or the general turmoil sur-rounding the world. Their houses consist of noth-ing more than a concrete slab and aluminum walls.

Farmers on large horses casually gaze into the distance, carefree and oblivious to their surround-ings. Children run through the plains and hide in trees as they scream and yell in hurried Spanish slang.

As the road winds through the endless fields, the asphalt slowly disappears into dirt and eventually into a dried riverbed with cobblestones and pot-

holes that make up the path to the coast.As the coast approaches, the jungle creeps in and

surrounds what’s left of the dusty road. Rays of sun-light gently pierce through the gaps in the large, deep green trees that hang overhead.

Distant sounds of deep, frightening roars rip through the jungle. The bellows belong to the howler monkeys who hang in the trees 50 feet above. They are relatively small creatures but their roars suggest something different.

Once the coast comes into view, the beach is vast, stretching hundreds of yards to the shoreline. The ocean is a deep-blue hue under large waves that pound the white, crushed-shell sand and the wind blows strong from the east, causing waves to un-leash a massive spray at their crest.

Pearly white sand dunes hide thousands of turtle

eggs waiting to hatch. The turtle eggs are valuable in the Nicaraguan trade market and therefore need protection. Jeeps from the Nicaraguan Army patrol the beaches constantly looking for poachers.

In the coastal town of Popoyo, fishing is the main source of income for the locals. Master fisher-men load up their nets and rods every day, bringing home dozens of lobsters, yellowtail fish and the oc-casional tiger shark.

The night proves to be just as unusual and for-eign as the day. In the darkness through the endless chatter and chirping of the insects, a distant boom from a looming thunderstorm shakes the ground.

Nicaragua is a very interesting and different destination, full of natural beauty and a certain rawness. As far as vacation spots go, it’s a bit on the wild side.

Ladies: Imagine not having to deal with your boyfriend the next time he dismisses your premen-strual syndrome (PMS) as “made-up.”

Men: Imagine being one step ahead of the game by being able to know which days to pamper your girl.

Ladies, rejoice. Your exaspera-tion of men misunderstanding your menstrual cycle is no more. Thanks to TheDailyCramp.com, a website offering education and humorous methods of commu-nication between couples about the woes of a woman’s menstrual cycle, tensions between partners during that “special time of the month” will be erased with the help of this site.

Suraj, a founder of the website, who didn’t want his last name re-leased because of the controversial nature of the service, said the pur-pose of the website is to facilitate education and communication between couples about PMS in a humorous way.

“Every strong relationship needs communication as a base,” said Suraj.

TheDailyCramp.com was cre-ated as a result of monthly prob-lems between two other founders of the website, Jon and Amy, who also didn’t want their last names released. Jon used the affection-ate nickname “Crazy Bear” to de-scribe Amy during certain times of the month.

Suraj said the website came about because Amy would set up alerts on Jon’s calender to let him know when to watch out every month.

The homepage of TheDaily-Cramp.com website features the “Crazy Bear” logo, a grotesquely angry-looking bear wearing red high heels and a pink T-shirt read-ing, “I’m not possessed, it’s PMS,” aside a helpless little man being mauled.

The site also boasts tongue-in-cheek phrases to men like “know her flow” and “master her cycle” in order to protect them from the

“Crazy Bear.”The process of gaining immuni-

ty from emotional flares as a result of PMS is easy. Men only need to enter their email address, the date of their girlfriend’s last period and the length of their menstrual cycle. Once the information is en-

tered, the subscribers receive eight emails a month highlighting the days their woman will be a “Sexy Bear” or a “Crazy Bear,” as well as information about why women act the way they do on their period.

Angelica Velasco, 23, a human services major at Cal State Fuller-ton, feels men are insensitive when it comes to how women feel when they are on their period.

“I think all guys need a little les-son in how to treat a woman when she’s not feeling great,” she said. “Make me laugh or a little kind gesture out of nowhere will make my day.”

Velasco has also had a problem with men in the past dismissing PMS as a myth.

“PMS is a real thing. Guys think that it’s a myth but it’s true. Hormones really do get unbal-anced and moods do get changed,” Velasco said.

Her boyfriend Steven Angulo, 26, said he likes the idea behind the website.

“I do think that guys need to make a more conscious effort to help them get through times,” said Angulo.

Suraj stresses that the website makes an effort to be humorous as well as informative. From the vivid landing page to the slightly crass wording of the emails, the packaging of TheDailyCramp.com strives to make menstrual cycles less taboo.

Traveling through the country, Van Johnstone and his group came across local children playing in a river. After stopping traffic, they began climbing onto the 4x4 asking for chocolate.Courtesy of Van Johnstone

Nicaragua is known for its incomparable surfing and beautiful beaches many travel miles to. VAN JOHNSTONE / Daily Titan

After submitting your email address and the date of your girlfriend’s period, you will receive emails notifying you when your girlfriend is a “Sexy Bear” or a “Crazy Bear.”

Courtesy of TheDailyCramp.com

Is your girl mad at you or is she PMSing?

JOEY BECERRADaily Titan

VAN JOHNSTONEDaily Titan

TheDailyCramp.com charts your girlfriend’s menstrual cycle to educate men and help couples communicate, improving relationships

I think all guys need a little lesson in how

to treat a woman when she’s not feeling great.

Angelica VelascoHuman Services Major

Nicaragua

EWP: Students test to get into college and test to get out of college

“Initially I thought the EWP would be easy and unnecessary for a graduate student,” Mawade said. “But the EWP really helps you in improving your English writing skills.”

Others who have yet to take the exam find it redundant.

“It’s interesting because you have to take two competence classes in writing already, so it would seem that you’re already proficient in writing,” said Jessie Frietze, a political science major and Associated Students Inc. chief gov-ernmental officer.

Some students understand the reasoning be-

hind the test, but are wary of the $20 fee that goes along with it.

“It makes sense for them to see how far you’ve come,” said Karen Hilva, a child and adolescent studies major. “I don’t like that you have to pay for the tests though.”

Despite the cost, students find both benefits and disad-vantages in the EWP.

“The positive side of the EWP is that it shows you how much command you have on basic English writing, it tests your basic understanding in

English grammar,” Mawade said. “The draw-back is that you cannot take the EWP continu-ously. If you fail three or more times, you have

to take an English language course apart from your reg-ular courses.”

EWP registration is avail-able online via the Student Portal or in person at the University Testing Center, located in UH-229. The deadline to register for the Feb. 25 test is Feb. 10 and special accommodations are available to students who need them.

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It’s interesting because you have

to take two competence classes in writing already, so it would seem that you’re already proficient in writing.

Jessie FrietzePolitical Science Major

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One CSUF student escapes on a surfing trip and enjoys the lush jungles and quaint countryside

The Titan women’s volleyball match Saturday resulted in a disappointing 3-0 loss to the visiting 49ers of Cal State Long Beach.

The match consisted of hard and soft blocks from the 49er defense that the Titans were unable to overcome. Ahead and in control of the tempo for the the majority of the match, the Titans lost the first set 18-25, almost won the second 24-26, and embarrassingly lost the third 8-25.

The 49ers, now 11-2 in the Big West Conference, 17-6 overall, clinched the conference title with at least a tie as their defense at the net seems impenetrable. Ranked fourth in the nation for blocking, the 49ers had a total of 11 team blocks for the match. In addition, they hit .296 for the night, in stark contrast to the Titans’ .063 percentage.

The 49ers also have defeated CSUF in women’s volleyball for the 59th consecutive time since 1982.

With the advantage at the net by the tenacious 49er de-fense, the Titans were unable to set up an effective offense. The Titans combined managed to get 28 kills, only three in the last set, whereas Long Beach landed 48. Virtually every hit in the first and third sets were slowed or shut down by middle blocker Alma Serna, who stuffed the ball eight times, and outside hitters Caitlin Ledoux, Bre Mackie and middle blocker Haleigh Hampton, who combined for another nine for the match.

In the first set, the Titans held an early lead as they came out with energy and greeted a large and loud CSUF audi-ence of 682 total in attendance.

Their serve-receive game had early success as setter An-drea Ragan was enabled to rack up 10 assists, allowing the Titans to gain 12 kills. But the 49ers held their poise and put up their famous block, stopping the Titans with five team blocks for the set. The 49ers put the Titans away with 17

total kills and allowed only 18 points.The second set seemed hopeful for the Titans as outside

hitter Kayla Neto found a way around, over and sometimes through the huge block of CSULB. She had seven kills for the set, more than half of the Titans’ overall 13. It looked like the Titans were going to take the set late, but the 49ers’ resilience proved too much. A few controversial calls by the referees also seemed to contribute to the Titans’ loss.

“A couple of missed calls that were generic … nothing was going our way,” said Titan Head Coach Carolyn Zim-merman when asked to comment on the set-two loss.

With two service errors for the Titans and the 49ers down four points, the Titans had a chance to catch up. CSULB ended the set with a kill from the middle and the Titans, demoralized, switched sides for the third set in hopes of ex-tending the match.

Still down with the bruising 26-24 loss in the second set, the Titans seemed out of gas in the last and deciding set of the night. The 49ers pounded away at the ball, coming up with 16 kills against the Titans’ triple. At 23-8, the 49ers gained an ace, making a statement to the Titan onlookers that the night was finally over.

“We’re still trying to win as many matches as possible. What our place is in conference isn’t totally under our con-trol ... We’re not really caught up with all the losses we have, we’re just trying to add to the win column,” Zimmerman said.

Despite the disappointing loss, former Big West Confer-ence Player of the Year and Titan All-American Erin Saddler was honored with her No. 23 jersey hung from the Titan Gym rafters. As an outside hitter and middle blocker, she led the Titans in 2010 to their first Big West Conference title. Her jersey shares the skyline with other Titan greats like Brit-tany Moore and Bruce Bowen.

The Titans finish their season with only four matches left, beginning with two against UC Davis and Pacific this week.

Their blue hats are unmistakable. Across the campus, Dodger fans are still supporting their team after an abysmal season both on the field and off. But after a season of feuding between the team’s owners, the Mc-Courts, and the eventual liquidation of the franchise, fans are excited to start over.

Alex Pantoja, a radio-TV-film major, said he hopes the change in ownership will lead to a new start for the team, and that this will change the team’s image, especially after the Brian Stow beating in March.

“Maybe the Dodgers could have a new image, start over again, become a better team, have a better fan base and have more security,” said Pantoja.

For the boys in blue, the sale could not come at a better time. In this last season, attendance to Dodger Sta-dium has been at an all-time low not seen since 1992.

According to ESPN, the team is lowering the price of season tickets for the 2012 season to attract fans back to the park.

Nathan Nguyen, a business man-agement major sporting his Dodger blue cap, said he went to one game last season, but will be happy to re-turn when the new owner is willing to spend some money on the bench. Nguyen said when the team was “not

doing well, it’s no fun watching the game.”

Another die-hard Dodger fan, Naim Bayaa, said the sale was great news.

After going to a single game this season, Bayaa said he chose to join the boycott movement, ending his support of the McCourts’ control of the team.

“I was part of the boycott, after I spent $50 on a round of beers for me and three people. With the way the team was going, I didn’t feel the need to go back.”

When asked if he would return, Bayaa said he was excited for the new season.

“Oh yeah, definitely, I really can’t wait. This is probably one of the greatest things I’ve heard in sports all year,” he said.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the team is searching for a

new owner, possibly former owner Peter O’Malley.

Bayaa said if O’Malley bought the team it would be great.

“They definitely know what it takes to run the team, and they’ll definitely do a service to the people,” he said.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Vil-laraigosa wrote a letter to MLB com-

missioner Bud Selig asking for the next owner to be a Los Angeles na-tive. Nguyen agreed that outside owners would be bad for the team. “Baseball is American, you don’t want a foreigner to buy the team.”

Villaraigosa wrote, “Dodger fans and all Angelenos deserve an owner who loves and believes in this city, who understands that the Dodgers and their historic baseball stadium are not just a team; they are a col-lective community asset,” he wrote. “I understand that Major League

Baseball is a business first and the outcome of any auction and final decisions must be fiscally successful for all. However, I urge you to weigh heavily the merits of local owner-ship.”

“When the Dodgers are play-ing well it’s better for not only the city, but for the whole league, for the whole sport of baseball,” Bayaa said. “There’s a lot of history with the Dodgers; you can’t just throw that away. When Dodgers are doing good, baseball is doing good.”

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49ers strike goldDAVID HOODDaily Titan

The players of Cal State Fullerton’s volleyball team (white) meet the Long Beach State players at the net during the match Saturday.DAVID HOOD / Daily Titan

A new beginning for Dodgers fans

Dodger Stadium became a ghostland last season as attendance dropped from nearly 44,000 per game to just over 36,000. Many fans stayed away due to McCourt’s ineptitude and use of the team as his own ATM. It was announced the team would be sold last week.

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LUKE CHERNEYDaily Titan

Hope springs after it was announced Frank McCourt would sell team

Oh yeah, definitely, I really can’t wait.

This is probably one of the greatest things I’ve heard in sports all year.

Naim BayaaCSUF student

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.Aries (March 21-April 19) There’s passion in the air today. It could be an artistic awakening, calling you to create. Or it might be a more personal connection. Words come easily. Indulge.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Don’t hold back. You have no trouble getting the message across. Express your deepest feelings. Leave your money in the bank. You won’t need it anyway.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Be careful what you wish for. Others want to do what you ask. Now’s a good time to consult with your partner. Someone’s sharing kindness. Spread it around.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Stop putting it off, and get what you need for your home! You’ve been making do, and it’s time to break down and get it. Direct action is called for.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Send support to someone on the front lines today. Even simple words of encouragement go a long way. Whatever the battle, let them know you’re on their side.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Listen to your core values. There could be a big change at home. The money will come for what you need. Let your community know, and put it in action.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may not like to admit it, but you are probably avoiding responsibility somewhere. Check what your true commitments are. Prioritize those. Reschedule the rest.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) It’s a good time to ask for money. How’s that marketing campaign going? Express the value. Get very clear about it. Do it all for love.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Let go of a presupposition, and abandon yourself to romance. What if you had no idea how it was going to be? Embrace the mystery. Discover harmony.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Love is in the air (and not only in a romantic way). Bring passion and creativity to your work, and to your play. What you have to say is important.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A new collaboration with a family member is possible, even if it requires some time to work things out. Set up a long-term plan. Words come easily now. Write a love letter.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Your finances are on the upswing. If you play the game and choose your next moves well, you could also move ahead in love through open and clear communication.

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TITANS: Win exhibition against Cal State Los Angeles

Vaughn’s reverse layup with 1:27 left in the first half gave CSUF its first lead at 24-22. CSUF led after the first half 26-24.

CSULA would stick around at the start of the second half with the score at 36-34. CSUF went on a 14-1 run with back-to-back threes by Umipig and senior guard Orlan-do Brown to put the game to bed. CSUF led with at most 19 points and would see out the win with the final score 71-56.

“We were getting great shots to-day. We could have moved the ball a little more I thought. We have to keep shooting. The second half we had a lot of transition buckets. The defense started to break down a little bit, fatigue hit them and that

helped,” Vaughn said on the win.The Titans found their scoring

touch in the second half, shooting a very high 56 percent and bumping their game average to 40 percent. CSULA’s 29 of its 56 points came from free throws. It’s a problem Bur-ton would like to work on.

“At times (our defense) was really good but the thing is the fouls and if you’re fouling you’re not playing good defense. If we can get that foul thing cleaned up we can be pretty good defensively,” he said.

The big surprise of the evening was junior John Underwood’s ap-pearance in the game. On the same day, the 6’9” center won his appeal against the NCAA to be eligible for this season. He finished the game with seven points and four rebounds.

Because of injuries, CSUF started a small lineup, with last year’s start-

ing point guard Perry Webster start-ing at forward. He finished the night with a game-high eight assists. The two players out for CSUF are UC Berkeley transfers Omondi Amoke and D.J. Seeley. The two are ques-tionable for the next game.

The Titans’ season opener is against the University of Redlands Friday at 7 p.m. in Titan Gym.

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Junior guard Kwame Vaughn (number 5) sizes up a defender during the exhibition against Cal State Los Angeles at Titan Gym Friday. Vaughn, playing in his first game for the Titans after transfering from the University of San Francisco, led the team with 18 points.

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan

Senior Night spoiledThere was nothing much to play for. No matter the re-

sult, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team was going to end up last in the Big West conference with no chance to advance to the postseason.

There was more to the last game of the season than just a win or loss for the Titans.

The night was focused on the players that would suit up for the Titans one last time.

Titan seniors were honored before the game in the 2-1 loss Saturday against Cal State Northridge on Senior Night.

Goalkeeper Trevor Whiddon and midfielder Kevin Venegas were among the eight seniors honored before the game.

The other six were midfielders Oscar Medina, Oscar Aguero, Nate Fischer, Michael Denny, forward Nick Posthuma and defender Lucas Clardy.

“They got a special place in my heart,” said Titan Head Coach Bob Ammann.

Ammann added that it was the first group since being head coach that he recruited. He also noted the impact and impression they left for future returners.

“I think all in all, they left an impact and something for the returners to emulate,” he said.

Despite missing the Big West tournament this season, the Titans finished with a .500 record. Last year, they made a surprising run into the tournament, upsetting UC Irvine and losing to UC Santa Barbara in a close 2-1 match.

“I think it’s an example of where this program is

headed. They’ll (returners) learn not to slow down after a quick six wins and keep it going into conference play,” said Venegas.

Ammann compared the success the team had at the start of the season to the unfavorable finish at the end of the season.

“One thing we had in non-conference play that we never had in conference was continuity. We never had the same lineup or two or more wins. It definitely affects fluidity,” he said.

The Titans underwent a series of games without key starters due to cards assessed and also injuries suffered throughout the season.

Once the ceremony was completed, the Titans revis-ited past issues with two defensive mishaps that resulted in goals for CSUN.

The Titans allowed a quick goal in the 40th minute when CSUN was able to execute a quick counter-attack that left a one-on-one opportunity between the Titans’ defender Fermin Villalba and the Matadores’ Brian Beh-rad.

Behrad gained control and was able dribble past Vil-lalba and drill it past Whiddon.

The second goal came at the expense of a misplayed ball by Whiddon. CSUN’s Alberto Rosas dribbled in the box and drove a low shot that looked like a routine save for Whiddon. Instead it was bobbled and Christian Gonzalez Diaz tapped it in on the rebound.

Clardy pulled CSUF to one after scoring his only ca-reer goal off Venegas’ assist from the left side. The goal came with 55 seconds left in regulation to avoid a shut-out for CSUF.

Clardy talked about his two-year career at CSUF after transferring from UC Irvine.

“It was enjoyable. I made friendships that will last a long time,” said Clardy.

The Titans entered the game without three regular starters in lineup due to cards assessed. Mark Vasquez, Bobby Reiss and Aguero all missed after a chippy game before at UC Davis.

CSUF entered the game out of postseason contention after managing only one win in conference play, despite winning six in the first eight games.

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Junior forward Jesse Escalante (left) plays the ball off his head during the match Saturday against Cal State Northridge.

Fullerton’s seven seniors were honored before the game Saturday. The match represented the last of their collegiate careers.

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...if you’re fouling you’re not playing

good defense. If we can get that foul thing cleaned up we can be pretty good defensively.

Bob BurtonCSUF Head Coach