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The Department of Theater and Dance’s annual Spring Dance Theatre show opened Friday in the Little Theatre. The show consists of six different dance pieces, each choreographed by student dancers. The dance piece Ataxia features dancers performing in three confined spaces.

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Cal State Fullerton’s De-partment of Theater and Dance wowed audiences Thursday with their annual Spring Dance Theatre.

Gladys Kares is the coor-dinator of the show, which consists of six pieces that bring their own flair.

The opening piece, A Duke Groove, is a fun, jazzy number that leaves the audience ready and wanting to see more. The exciting piece features cho-reography by Alvin Ran-gel and music by Duke Ellington.

To kick off the second

act, the dancers perform a piece filled with energy and emotion titled Atax-ia. The term ataxia means “an inability to coordi-nate voluntary muscular movements,” according to the Merriam-Webster dic-tionary online. The danc-ers bring great amounts of emotion to this piece and gave it their all.

Aside from the phe-nomenal dancers, the mu-sic brings a chilling, eerie feel to the dance. The mu-sic featured in the dance is Stilhead by Mike Sheridan and Fog by Nosaj Thing. The scenic design by Ash-ley Strain features three rooms that are blocked off, confining the dancers during the piece.

CSUF junior Nadine Tran is one of the dancers in the piece Sehnsucht.

Dance show in the Little leaves audiences amazed

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SEE DANCE 4Spring Dance Theatre is coordinatated by Cal State Fullerton professor of dance Gladys Kares. The show runs through Sunday in the Little Theatre.

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The first of two candidates aiming to fill the position of Director of University Out-reach and New Student Pro-grams presented Tuesday, speaking on his experience and goals for the position.

Tim Rooney currently works at Arizona State Uni-versity as associate director for first year programs. He’s responsible for readmission decisions, advising, orienta-tion and putting together vari-ous student support programs. The director position he’s ap-plying for has similar respon-sibilities regarding orientation and recruitment.

The office of University Out-reach, which is under Student Affairs, focuses on increasing the number and diversity of freshmen and transfers who enroll in and graduate from Cal State Fullerton, according to the office’s website.

Rooney would like to fo-cus the outreach programs on more veterans, underrepre-sented freshmen, transfer stu-dents and returning students, he said.

During his presentation, Rooney said if he is hired, he would like to do major, or col-lege-specific welcome weeks, similar to what he has done with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU.

He is a big proponent of mandatory advising, especial-ly for first-time freshmen, he said. He added that he sup-ports semester progress re-ports for lower division cours-es. Those reports would give new students a chance to see where they stand, and what action they may have to take in order to increase their grade if it was in jeopardy, he said.

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Associated Students, Inc. and Cal State Fullerton are urging students to take the “It’s on Us” pledge to stop sexual assault and create an environment in which it is not acceptable.

Last month, Dean of Stu-dents Tonantzin Oseguera emailed the campus a vid-eo of Associated Students President Harpreet Bath and members of the Associated Students Board of Directors calling on members of the campus community to stand against sexual assaults.

“When you chose to be a Titan, you chose to be a part of a community,” multiple stu-dents in the video said. “This is our campus, this is our

problem, but we are also the solution.”

The campaign, a nation-al effort launched by Presi-dent Barack Obama in Sep-tember, is designed to raise awareness and put an end to sexual assault on college campuses, according to a White House report.

One in five women have been sexually assaulted while in college, according to the report.

Associated Students and CSUF are creating ways to make sure victims of sex-ual assault receive the help and justice that they deserve, Bath said.

The video, produced by As-sociated Students, is the first step the organization sought to use to educate students about sexual assault.

“The video that we created was in line with those efforts, where the Associated Stu-dents, student government on campus along with students affairs and the campus came together to create a video

with a powerful message,” Bath said.

There are two parts to the initiative; the first is educat-ing students of the resources

available throughout campus. The second part is the inves-tigation piece, which makes sure students receive justice by having each report properly

looked at, Bath said. “All of that is something

that the university is work-ing really hard on,” Bath said. “In revamping our Title

IX committees and revamp-ing the way they go about doing that.”

National campaign to prevent assault comes to CSUF

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“It’s on Us,” a campaign to put an end to sexual assault will come to CSUF. As part of the program, Associated Students and the university are working together to provide victims receive the help they deserve.

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Recent welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather is being sued by his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris, with a def-amation lawsuit, CNN reported.

Harris is the mother of three of Mayweather’s children, and is asking for $20 million in damages.

The lawsuit filed Tues-day claims Mayweather lied in a recent interview, claiming that Harris was on drugs the morning of a 2010 domestic violence incident between them.

The filed lawsuit also claims intentional inflic-tion of emotional dis-tress and negligent in-fliction of emotional distress.

Mayweather stat-ed during the interview that he was just trying to hold her back during their altercation, which allegedly occurred in front of their children.

The Walking Dead actor, Seth Gilliam, was arrested Sun-day in Peachtree City, Georgia, CNN reported.

Peachtree City po-lice found Gilliam speeding at 107 mph in a 55-mph zone with a small quantity of mari-juana in his vehicle.

Gilliam was trans-ported to the Fayette County Jail and was charged with reckless driving, driving under the influence, illegal drug possession and speeding.

He was arrested near Senoia, Georgia, which is where the cr i t ica l ly-accla imed AMC series he stars in is filmed.

Gilliam joined the cast during its most recent season to play the morally conflicted Rev. Gabriel Stokes.

The Orange Coun-ty Water District will reach a decision be-fore the end of the month regarding who should pay for the cleanup of a contami-nated water basin be-neath Anaheim and Fullerton, according to the Orange County Register.

This move could re-open an ongoing dis-cussion of how pol-lutants, which were allegedly dumped into a shallow aquifer in the northern section of the Orange Coun-ty Groundwater Ba-sin, could threaten all of Anaheim and Ful-lerton’s drinking water basins.

The Environmen-tal Protection Agency could soon step up to resolve the contami-nation and later ren-der an investigation to identify those guilty of the contamination.

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Often times with sexual assault, victim blaming oc-curs, Bath said, and society focuses a lot on prevention, but the role of students, fac-ulty, staff and campus com-munity to make sure sexu-al assault doesn’t happen is underplayed, Bath said.

“Everyone plays a part, and I think that’s what the video is getting at with a powerful message—that it’s not the fault of the (victim),

it’s our responsibility as a campus to create a safe en-vironment,” Bath said.

Every individual on this campus deserves a safe space, Bath said—a space where they can feel open and safe in attending their classes.

“On our hand as students, we want to make sure we’re communicating the resourc-es, we’re communicating the message and educating each other as a communi-ty to prevent sexual assault

and raise awareness about it,” Bath said.

To take the pledge to put an end to sexual assault, visit itsonus.org/pledge.

Students who believe they have been a victim of sexu-al assault can report it to the WoMen’s Center in Uni-versity Hall room 205 or at (657) 278-3928.

Victims can also report as-saults to University Police at (657) 278-2515, or the Title IX Administrator, Michelle Tapper, at (657) 278-4207.

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New associate VP for IT hired

After searching for can-didates across the nation, Vice President for Infor-mation Technology Amir Dabirian announced Tues-day the new associate vice president for Information Technology and Academic Technology.

Kenneth Kass, Ph.D., former director of Academ-ic and Emerging Technol-ogy at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, will be-gin in the position June 8.

Berenecea Johnson Ean-es, vice president for Stu-dent Affairs, led a search committee to find a po-tential candidate for the Information Technology department.

Kass held several differ-ent positions in Drake Uni-versity, including director

of Client Services, systems administrator and instruc-tor at Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration.

Kass also earned his master’s degree in public administration at Drake University after receiving his bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Kass holds a doctorate degree in curriculum in-struction technology from Iowa State University.

As senior Information Technology leader at Drake University, he led a team of educational technologists to help assist and support the technological needs of the faculty, staff and stu-dents of Drake University.

During his five years as systems administra-tor, he helped train fac-ulty members on how to use newly integrated in-formation technology and provided support for dis-tance learning classes that implemented video

conferencing systems in their curriculum.

Kass tries to simpli-fy technology by focusing on the outcome goals then finding ways to make the system easier to use for ev-eryday users, according to

his LinkedIn profile. For instance, he applies

techniques, such as usabil-ity testing and survey re-search, to find ways to ex-plain problems in systems and find ways to fix those problems.

As a director of Client Services at Drake Univer-sity, Kass remodeled the client support space, rede-signed the IT website, cre-ated a service catalog and made training programs for faculty members.

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Rooney discussed a Uni-versity 100 class for incom-ing freshmen, to give incom-ing students an opportunity to learn what type of aca-demic support they have as well as the skills of time management and note taking that are essential to college success.

The course could be taught by upper-division students in order to bolster high-impact practices on campus, he said.

A junior and senior check-in with the advising center would be beneficial, he said, adding that a soft hold would be put on their account at the end of the semester if they fail to meet that require-ment. A soft hold won’t in-terfere with registration, but would merely serve as a re-minder, he said.

A possible Univeristy 200 class could be beneficial to the transfer students, Rooney said. It would help them learn about the different high-impact practices they

can get involved in both on and off the campus.

During the Q&A section, Rooney said orientations should include student tes-timonial about what their

positive perceptions of the university.

“I think the interactive piece is very important, too. So, you want to try to avoid that point where they start

to glaze over and bring them back,” he said.

An employee from the WoMen’s Center said 17 to 18 percent of the student population is non-tradi-tional or re-entry students. Those students feel alone on campus and going to orientation seems to fur-ther alienate many of them from the rest of the cam-pus, she said.

Rooney commented on multiple items to help reme-dy that.

“I think the in-person

experience is really import-ant,” Rooney said.

It would also be benefi-cial to encourage students to be involved with groups as well, he said.

He added that those in-coming students could have their own orientation that would have student mentors who are also apart of the non-traditional population on campus.

Transfer students should have mandatory advising also, he said, at least during their first year.

Forum: Search for outreach director begins

The Cal State Fullerton University Honors Program held an open forum Tuesday for the first candidate in its search of a new director.

Susan Jacobsen, Ph.D., an associate professor of En-glish and current director of the University Honors Pro-gram, discussed her can-didacy for director of the program with roughly 25 attendees including campus administrators and Provost Jose L. Cruz.

Jacobsen opened the fo-rum with a brief speech about her background and explained why she wants to be director for another term.

A concern for the program was balancing resources for mentoring, co-curricular ac-tivities and assessment, said

Gayle Brunelle, Ph.D., histo-ry professor and one of orig-inal collaborators in the cre-ation of the Honors Program at CSUF.

Jacobsen’s goal is to better the program through hiring people to new positions that relieve the burden from stu-dent assistants, establishing a peer tutoring program and communicating better with the campus community, she said.

Currently, 765 honors stu-dents are enrolled in the pro-gram, which makes it one of the biggest on this campus.

“I think that Honors re-ally is one of the best-kept secrets on this campus and I hope that through this di-rector’s search, that the val-ue of Honors to the campus will become more apparent,” Brunelle said.

The program is seriously under-funded and under sup-ported, Brunelle said.

“I am hoping, as a conse-quence of this search pro-cess, not only will the profile of Honors on the campus be raised, but that this will also

inspire the administration of the university, which is so relatively new, to devote some more resources to this program,” Brunelle said.

Jacobsen graduated from Buena Vista College with her bachelor’s and mas-ter’s degree from Syracuse

University, and doctorate from University of Iowa.

She has been the standing director and chair of the pro-gram since 2005.

In addition to directing the program, Jacobsen taught numerous courses for both undergraduate and graduate

students.On Thursday, candidate

Sandra Pérez-Linggi, Ph.D., will host her forum from 10:15-10:45 a.m. in College Park room 550. On Monday, April Brannon, Ph.D., will present from 10:45-11:15 a.m. in College Park room

Honors program starts search for next program director

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First Honors director forum kicks off

Susan Jacobsen, Ph.D., associate professor of English and current director of the University Honors Program, presented at the first open forum Monday in the search for the next program

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TIM ROONEYCandidate for Director of University Outreach and New Student Programs

I think the interactive piece is very important, too. So, you want to try to avoid that point where they start to glaze over and bring them back.

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Sandra Pérez-Linggi, Ph.D.

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• Coordinator of Latin American Studies

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April Brannon, Ph.D.• Associate

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• English education coordinator

• Forum Monday from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. in College Park room 1060

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Orchestra and chorus to play the Meng

Women’s Choir to sing with Men’s Chorus

Comedian cracks up TSU pub

Cal State Fullerton’s Women’s Choir and Men’s Chorus will perform tonight in the Meng Concert Hall at 8 p.m.

The performance will be conducted by music pro-fessor and alumnus, Rob-ert Istad, Ph.D., and in-structor of music, Angel M. Vázquez-Ramos.

Istad is the conductor of the University Singers and the Women’s Choir, in ad-dition to teaching music courses.

Vázquez-Ramos teaches music courses at CSUF, and is also an assistant profes-sor and director of Choral

Music Education at Chap-man University.

The performance Wom-en’s Choir will feature a wide variety of classical songs from a diverse group of composers.

They will be singing Sing Creation’s Music On by Grammy Award-nom-inated composer Stephen Paulus, Ave Maria by En-glish composer Gustav Holst, Suite’ de Lorca by Finnish composer Eino-juhani Rautavaara, The Call of Wisdom by English composer Will Todd and Music Down In My Soul arranged by American composer Moses Hogan.

The Women’s Choir will also pay tribute to female artists of the 1960’s that released music through the Motown record label with songs such as Will You Still Love Me Tomor-row, Baby Love, Stop in

the Name of Love and You Can’t Hurry Love.

The Men’s Chorus will perform a larger selection of classical pieces that vary in tempo and feeling and offer some religious undertones.

Some of the songs include: The Last Words of David by Randall Thompson, How Can I Keep from Singing by Gwyneth Walker, I Am in Need of Music by David Brunner, O My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose by René Clausen.

The Men’s Chorus will close the show with a ren-dition of Crazy Little Thing Called Love by the rock band Queen, arranged by Christopher Peterson.

Tickets can be purchased at the Clayes Performing Art Center box office for $10, or $8 for advance sales to students, seniors, CSUF staff, faculty, Alumni Association, OLLI and support group members.

The University Sym-phony Orchestra, accom-panied by the University Symphonic Chorus, will be performing in a series con-cert in the Meng Concert

Hall on Saturday and Sun-day evening.

The concert is scheduled to feature two french com-posers, Gabriel Faure and Francis Poulenc. Faure’s piece is titled Requiem and Poulenc’s is called Gloria.

Both in the Latin, Re-quiem dates back to 1887 while Gloria is more mod-ern and was composed from 1959-1960.

Requiem is a composi-tion of religious work set in

a romantic tone and contains seven different sections.

Gloria is another work of religious purpose set in a modern tone. There are six sections in this composi-tion, which include various different instruments such as piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, trombones, tubas and even a harp, to name a few.

The University Sympho-ny Orchestra is directed by associate professor, mu-sic director and conductor

Kimo Furumoto. Furumoto currently di-

rects and conducts for the Huntington Symphony Or-chestra in West Virginia and is the former music di-rector for the Concert Or-chestra for the University of Cincinnati.

Furumoto will be con-ducting the performance along with professor of mu-sic Robert Istad.

Istad is the conductor for the University Singers and

teaches courses at the School of Music.

His master’s degree from Cal State Fullerton is in cho-ral conducting.

Istad also conducts the Women’s Choir. He has col-laborated with the Los An-geles Philharmonic, the Pa-cific Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Ba-roque Orchestra.

The Symphony Orches-tra is a group of student in-strumentalists that strive to

obtain a wide range of of style within the orchestra range.

The Symphonic Chorus is known as one of the na-tion’s most renowned colle-giate chorus ensembles and has performed all over the world.

Single tickets for the con-cert are sold at the Performing Arts Center box office for $13 in advance for students, and for $15 immediately before the concert commences.

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“The definition of the word (sehnsucht) itself, it’s a German word, and it means something along the lines of wanting some-thing, but not knowing ex-actly what that is, whether that be a person, a place, or a thing,” Tran said.

In this piece, the audi-ence sees one man strug-gling as he sees anoth-er man and woman happy together.

“He’s just going through that struggle and trying to find out what he wants, and

then he see’s it, but then he can’t quite get to it, and can’t quite … allow himself to get to that,” Tran said.

Chelsea Neiss choreo-graphed this contemporary, modern dance.

To close the show, the dancers perform a piece called The Chosen One, choreographed by Tamara Teragawa. This piece cap-tures attention with its creepy, witch-like charac-ter in the beginning. After the audience sees the dark character, they are intro-duced to the dancers, who bring the audience into a

happy, magical world. The dancers take the au-

dience on a journey with the witch-like character who tries to take control of the other characters.

The set design that helps bring this piece to life was by Ana Martinez.

There are four more per-formances of Spring Dance Theatre happening Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., and on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are available at the Clayes Performing Arts Center box office for $11, or $10 for stu-dents and faculty.

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Dance: Annual spring show wows audiences

Meng Concert Hall to host classical vocal performance

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Comedian Brandon Vestal performed his comedy routine in the Titan Student Union Underground Pub on Tuesday. Vestal has appeared on Last Comic Standing and was named “Best of the West” at the Detroit Comedy Festival. The comic has headlined at comedy clubs and college campuses all over the country.

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Plans This Week?

Mother’s Day is this Sunday and drug stores have undoubtedly filled their shelves with cheap, ordinary presents for mom. However, for those who want to put a little more ef-fort into Mother’s Day, Or-ange County offers a va-riety of fun events to take mom to on her special day.

There are a multitude of Mother’s Day brunch-es across Orange County. The Vue restaurant at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott is holding a special Moth-er’s Day brunch. Diners can enjoy an ocean view, along with an all-Ameri-can breakfast, that includes made-to-order omelettes, jumbo shrimp and a prime-rib carving station. Those

interested should call and make reservations.

For those who prefer to be entertained as they eat, Don the Beachcomber’s is offering a brunch that in-cludes build-your-own om-elette stations and coco-nut pancakes. There will be three live Polynesian shows throughout brunch, and each mom will receive a special, free gift.

Old World German Restaurant, the OC Mining Company and El Adobe San Juan Capistrano will also have Mother’s Day brunches.

After brunch, some op-tions for mom include a Mother’s Day Coastal Cruise at Dana Point Har-bor with Dana Point Wharf Sportfishing. The cruise is $49 for adults and $29 for kids.

For those on a budget, a visit to the beautiful Carls-bad Flower Fields is a great choice. It is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $6 for children ages three to ten. It is a further drive, but is

worth it. The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch will be hosting a special Mother’s Day Celebration for all of those in attendance.

Those looking for some-thing more familiar to do, Knott’s Berry Farm and Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament are safe choices.

At Knott’s Berry Farm, adults are $43 online chil-dren and seniors are $37 online.

At Medieval Times, adults are $61.95 and chil-dren 12 and under are $36.95 plus tax and a pro-cessing fee online.

There are plenty of events going on this Moth-er’s Day. There is no need to rush to the drugstore for a $10 gift. Orange County is full fun activities every weekend and this Sunday is no different.

So skip the drug stores and the grocery store-bought flowers and spend some well deserved time with mom, she gave birth to you after all.

Avoid last-minute plans and take mom somewhere nice

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Resturants all over Orange County such as The Vue, Don the Beachcomber’s and OC Mining Company will be having special Mother’s Day events perfect for making mothers feel appreciated.

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Veronese Gallery Café oozes charm

Stay home this summer, travel in the winter

Very few places have the right qualities for a great study café. Some are loud and crowded and many don’t have the best food.

Veronese Gallery Café is the notable exception and goes above and beyond the typical Starbucks or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Tucked away and dis-guised as a house on Com-monwealth Avenue, Ve-ronese Gallery Café is a true hidden gem in downtown Fullerton.

Whether you’re looking to eat, study or just relax with a cup of coffee, it’s the perfect spot to unwind.

Parking and entering the café is a breeze. There’s an entrance on Commonwealth Avenue as well as behind the establishment.

Parking is ample near both entrances. Upon enter-ing the café, you’re instantly greeted with a peaceful and serene ambiance.

The café is large and spacious, with a blissful

atmosphere that consists of unique greenery, and flow-ers planted throughout the premises.

Succulents, cacti, inter-twining vines and luscious plants permeate the café grounds.

A flowing waterfall dis-play with small fish creates a soothing sound of run-ning water near the back patio. Adding to the am-biance, there are different types of abstract art dis-played throughout the café. Statues, figurines, three dimensional art and paint-ings make for a vibrant vi-sual experience.

Both indoor and outdoor seating is available. There are even a few separate study rooms, which are great for group projects or hang-ing out with friends.

The tables, chairs and eclectic furniture provides a lot of character. The floral print table cloths and cush-ions create a feeling of be-ing at home. The music is always easygoing, tranquil and in tune with the mellow vibes of the café.

As if the ambiance wasn’t enough, the food and drinks at Veronese Gallery Café are always fresh and delectable.

The food is always on point

and cooked with fresh ingre-dients daily. The service is friendly and efficient.

The homemade spaghet-ti dish will give any Italian grandmother a run for her money.

It comes topped with a layer of baked cheese and a choice of meat or seafood marinara sauce. It includes a choice of either a side sal-ad or a drink, including smoothies, slushies, teas and iced or hot coffee.

One of the most popular coffee drinks is the Kore-an-styled coffee.

It’s the perfect fusion of sweetness, yet retains a sol-id roasted coffee flavor. On a hot summer day, an iced Korean coffee is wonder-fully refreshing, while the hot version is perfect for the winter.

The café also serves Kore-an-style dishes such as spicy barbeque pork with rice.

It tastes exactly like a homemade Korean plate; very authentic. From the se-rene ambiance and the eclec-tic furniture, to the tasty dishes and satisfying coffee, Veronese Gallery Café is the whole package.

Consider this a must-stop the next time you’re looking for a place to relax, unwind and enjoy some tasty bites.

Local café serves tasty coffee with plenty of ambiance

JACKIE TAMBARADaily Titan

As graduation creeps up on us, most everyone is look-ing forward to that beautiful monolith of summer break. Summer is a great time to relax, spend time with friends and waste away your days as you desire.

The one thing almost ev-eryone will do is go on va-cation, and that’s a mistake. Now, I’m not talking about taking a short road trip or going camping; those are perfect summer getaways.

When I say vacation, I mean buying plane tickets, booking hotels and hitting all those tourist spots on your bucket list. Summer is not the best time to do these things; it’s actually the worst time.

The best time to travel is

during winter break, after the new year. As college stu-dents, our winter break lasts about a month. During this time, you should seek out any adventures you’ve been planning on doing for the summer.

First off, you’ll save a ton of money. January is con-sidered a lull in the travel season.

“The last two weeks of January and the month of February offer a reprieve from the holiday crowds,” according to USA Today Travel.

All the kids will be back in school, parents will be back at work and the holiday season is officially over.

This means fewer peo-ple are traveling and many things will be cheaper than you could imagine. Airfare will be low and planes will be half empty.

Hotel rates will be min-iscule and many may come with freebies like spa pack-ages, dinner credits or room upgrades. Cruise rates are at

their lowest point, making it an extremely affordable op-tion for college students.

You’ll also enjoy your va-cation because the weather will be great. If you’re trav-eling somewhere tropical, the weather will always be

fair, but in summer, every destination will be swelter-ing. Who wants to spend their hard earned money just to sweat a gallon everyday?

There’s also the lovely bonus of minimal crowds during winter. You won’t be standing in ticket lines stretching out the door, leav-ing more time to enjoy that cool museum, fancy restau-rant or expensive theme park.

What you should defi-nitely do this summer is

stay local. Easy trips like mountain hikes, going to the beach or taking a road trip are both accessible and affordable. For some, may-be summer offers the only

opportunity to travel. Gath-ering everyone together for a trip is always challenging, but looking to travel during the winter break is well worth your consideration.

The next time you’re plan-ning a vacation, keep winter break in mind and you could save a ton of time and mon-ey, while making the most of your travel activities.

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Although it’s a popular time to book vacations, students should consider traveling in the winter. The low season will offer plenty of discounts, minimal crowds and comfortable weather.

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As the spring semester comes to a close, the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team has already begun preparing for its 2015 season, which begins August 21.

In order to bolster his team and defend the side’s Big West Conference ti-tle, Head Coach Demian Brown has added eight new recruits to to the program. Included among the new crop of fresh faces are two out-and-out midfielders, two midfielders that double as forwards, one defender who can play forward, one out-and-out defender and a goalkeeper.

Janelle Garcia will be making her way to

Fullerton from Oxnard High School, having also collected international ex-perience along the way. Garcia has spent time with the Mexican Nation-al Team, a feat she shares with fellow Titan Connie Caliz, who played for the under-20s squad.

Like Caliz, Garcia has speed and creativity on her side. If Garcia hopes to replace Caliz, who has shown great ability on ei-ther wing and in the cen-ter of the pitch, she’ll have to produce the goals that made her the leading scor-er in her junior year of high school.

Garcia could be paired with fellow midfield-er Costa Mesa native Al-bamaria Barrios. Barrios played four years of varsi-ty soccer at Estacio High School and provides vision and passing ability in the center of midfield.

Her ability to pick out teammates might allow

her to make her way into the first team; since de-parting senior and captain Chelsey Patterson were in-jured midway through the 2014 season, the holding midfield spot has been up for grabs. Amanda How-ard did relatively well fill-ing the position, but after her second ACL surgery, she has been plagued with knee injuries that may see her spend extensive spells on the sideline.

Natalie Oronoz comes in as a striker and midfield-er from Whittier Christian High School. Brown de-scribes the Northridge na-tive as “strong” and “pow-erful,” both words that can also characterize cur-rent redshirt senior Rebec-ca Wilson. If Oronoz is to bench the 15-goal Wilson, she will have to carry over the 18 goals she scored in her senior year of high school.

Paige Smith can also play up top or in midfield.

Hailing from Serrano High School, the Phelan prod-uct scored 15 goals as a freshman and captained a league-winning side to the CIF finals as a junior. With speed and the abili-ty to get behind defenses, Smith is similar to Chris-tina Burkenroad. A highly skillful and creative player, Burkenroad can occasion-ally be wasteful in front of goal, a fact that may open up room for Smith.

Devin Spolsdoff is a rare breed who can fit into both the back and the front line. Brown praises Spolsdoff’s speed and endurance and sees her as capable of play-ing in any of the wide po-sitions on the field. This may be an indicator that the Alta Loma High School product may see minutes as a fullback.

It will be tough for Spolsdoff to unseat Jazzmin Mancilla on the left, so her best bet might be on the right. Sophomore

Dominique DeCoy has been getting looks as a right-back, but her position is far from assured, as she spent the 2014 season rid-ing the pine behind depart-ing Colleen Ortega.

Brooke Ligtenberg is listed as a forward, but played forward and mid-field in back-to-back Haci-enda League championship teams in 2014 and 2015.

Brown plans to use the Chino High School play-er on the left wing, where departing senior Adriana Gjonovich—who scored the game-winning goal at the Big West Tourna-ment final—will leave a huge hole. Tala Haddad often filled in on the left, but seems more comfort-able playing on the right. Should that trend continue, Ligtenberg may find her-self in the starting lineup.

Swedish native Amanda Larson is capable of play-ing both center-back and right-back. She’ll have to

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The Cal State Fullerton softball team will take the momentum of winning five of their past six games into their final series of the sea-son against Big West Con-ference-leading Cal State Northridge Matadors.

CSUN (40-13 overall, 15-3 Big West) clinched a share of the Big West Con-ference title with their win over Hawaii Saturday. A possibility of sharing the title with Long Beach State still lingers.

Freshman Zoe Conley (19-4) went the distance against Hawaii and record-ed her eighth shutout of the season, allowing three hits and striking out five. She holds a 1.34 earned run average.

Sophomore Taylor Glov-er lined an inside-the-park home run, her sixth home run of the season. She is batting at a .387 clip.

The final run of the game came courtesy of a run batted in by sophomore catcher Katie Hooper, who went 3-for-3 at the plate. She is batting .394 and is second in runs scored, be-hind Glover, with 33.

Hooper leads the team in home runs (14), RBIs (54) and slugging percentage (.745).

One win against the Ti-tans (32-21 overall,10-8

Big West), or a loss by Long Beach State clinch-es the title outright, some-thing the Matadors haven’t accomplished since 1998.

Over their last six games, the Titans amassed 26 total runs, one more run than their previous seven games combined. The Ti-tans swept Cal Poly San Luis Obispo before taking two out of three against UC Davis.

In the series against San Luis Obispo, Fuller-ton collected 25 hits to the

Mustangs’ 20. Fullerton freshman Sa-

mantha Vandiver contin-ued to impress at the plate. Vandiver earned four hits on 10 at-bats over the se-ries. She leads the confer-ence in batting average, boasting a .463 clip. She is tied for second in runs scored on the team with 31.

Junior Courtney Rodri-guez boasts a .406 batting average and leads the team in hits (76), runs (40) and is tied for first with Missy

Taukeiaho in RBIs (40).Over the span of the Cal

Poly series, she scored four runs with one homerun and three RBIs. She also went 3-for-3 the last game of the series.

Redshirt sophomore Ce-rissa Rivera (2-2) recorded two wins over the series. She pitched a complete game in the second game. Rivera allowed one run and three hits on 9.1 innings pitched over the series.

Sophomore Christi-na Washington (16-6)

recorded multiple wins over the six-game span.

The first came in a three-run victory over San Luis Obispo. In 6.2 innings pitched, Washington al-lowed three runs on seven hits. The second came in a phenomenal performance against UC Davis. She pitched a two-hitter, went the distance and allowed one run.

Redshirt junior Desiree Ybarra pitched five innings against the Mustangs and received the no decision.

She collected her 10th win of the season against UC Davis, pitching 3.1 innings and allowed two runs.

With a sweep against the Matadors, the Titans have a chance to move into sec-ond in the Big West, the best possible outcome for them. It won’t come easy, as the Matadors are 14-3 on the road and the Titans are 19-8 at home.

First pitch is Friday at 5 p.m. The season will end with a doubleheader start-ing at noon on Saturday.

Softball will take on conference-leading Matadors in series

JUSTIN PATUANODaily Titan

The Cal State Fullerton softball team will close out its season with a home series against Big West-leading Cal State Northridge. If the Titans can secure a sweep, they can end the season in second place in the Big West Conference. Freshman Samantha Vandiver will also look to improve on her Big West-leading .463 batting average.

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