Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF men's basketball's new-look squad tips off against No. 17 San Diego State

Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball enters the upcoming season dealing with their most drastic roster change in three seasons.

Only five Titans are returning from last year’s roster, with the most notable losses being their two top leading scorers, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. and Jalen Harris.Wrightsell and Harris led the Titans to a championship game appearance in the Big West Tournament last season, but the team lost to UC Santa Barbara, 72-62. Wrightsell, who averaged 16.3 points per game and was...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF women's soccer crowned regular season champs with 4-0 win over Bakersfield

Clinching their first regular season championship since 2019, Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer concluded their regular season on Thursday with a 4-0 road victory against Cal State Bakersfield.

In a match to clinch the first seed in the upcoming Big West playoffs, the Titans recorded their largest margin of victory this season and fifth consecutive shutout. 

Extending their unbeaten streak to nine, CSUF completed their 2023 campaign with an 8-4-7 overall record and a 6-1-3 record in conference pl...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF men's soccer ties against UC Riverside; stays atop Big West

Following a win against Sacramento State last week, Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer finished with a 1-1 tie against UC Riverside at Titan Stadium on Wednesday.

The Titans still hold first place in the Big West Conference standings with an overall record of 11-3-3 and 5-1-1 in conference play. They are currently three points ahead of UC Santa Barbara in the conference standings, who they will play in the season finale.

This is the third consecutive draw between the two opponents dating back to Oct...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Fullerton assembly member gains slim lead over opponent

Democratic candidate Sharon Quirk-Silva holds a marginal lead over opponent Soo Yoo in the race to become assembly member of California’s 67th District.

After being virtually tied on Wednesday, Quirk-Silva currently holds 50.6% of the 71,556 votes counted.Due to the 2020 Census vote to redistrict, the 67th District, which previously covered parts of Riverside County, will now cover parts of Orange County that includes Fullerton, Buena Park, and Cypress. Quirk-Silva has served four non-consecutive...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Titans men's basketball coach agrees to three-year extension

Titan athletics announced Wednesday that Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball head coach Dedrique Taylor agreed to sign a three-year contract extension, keeping Taylor under contract with CSUF through the 2025-26 season.

“I’m excited to continue growing our program and continue to be a part of these young men’s development. I’m truly thankful to our staff, the players and all the people that have helped us produce a successful program,” Taylor said in a statement. Taylor joined the program back in...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF men's track and field men repeat as conference champions

For the second consecutive season, Cal State Fullerton men’s track and field team won the Big West Championship hosted in Davis, California. With a scoring of 21 events, the men’s team finished at the top with 200 points, the highest total in school history and the second highest in the Big West.While winning back-to-back titles is an accomplishment worth celebrating, head coach Marques Barosso wants his team to remain composed.“It’s easier to come from the bottom to get to the top and it’s hard...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF begins forming water polo team

Since Titan Athletics announced the return of the school’s water polo program, the search for coaches on staff and player recruitment continues before the women's season is scheduled for Spring 2023. Kyle Witts, who began operations as head coach on July 18, comes to Cal State Fullerton with 13 years of head coaching experience. Prior to joining CSUF, Witts was the head coach of Loyola Marymount women’s water polo where he recorded a .619 winning percentage. The women’s water polo program will b...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Basketball alumna makes a play on entrepreneurship

From dunking hoops to running a business, former Cal State Fullerton basketball player Megan Richardson-Tiernan’s journey to entrepreneurship is quite remarkable.

Growing up in Manhattan Beach, California, Richardson-Tiernan was a multi-sport athlete as she played club soccer and basketball . Basketball later became her main sport as she watched Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.From 2004 to 2008, Richardson-Tiernan attended Mira Costa High School where she played basketball all four years....

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Pollak Library's exterior building gets new paint

After the reopening of its fourth and fifth floors, the Pollak Library is once again under construction with exterior painting projects expected to be completed by February.Sarabdayal Singh, director of Design and Construction said they are currently painting the east face of Pollak Library South. This follows the completion of painting on the west and south sides, which was done over the last five months.Despite the outer appearance of the library, Singh made it clear that no parts of the libra...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Fullerton honors veterans with ceremony and parade

Veterans marched down the sunny streets of Fullerton for the city’s traditional 34th annual Veterans Day Parade on Thursday.

This was Fullerton’s first Veterans Day Parade since 2019, as 2020’s parade cancellation was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Along with the city, Fullerton American Legion Post 142 and Emblem Club #469 were also present at the event. During the ceremony, a new Orange County memorial dedicated to the Korean War was unveiled in the northwest section of Hillcrest Park near the du...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Sacramento State hands Titans first home loss of the season

In a game that was decided in the final seconds, Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer suffered their first home loss of the season, 1-0, against the Sacramento State Hornets on Saturday.After Titans defender Mason Lamb committed a foul in the 90th minute, Hornets defender Genaro Alfaro kicked the ball into the penalty box toward defender Bryan Gutierrez, who headed the game-winning goal, leaving the home crowd in disbelief.“It has to be better marking at the end, you have to be able to win the momen...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Governor declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Hilary enters Southern California

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency Saturday as Hurricane Hilary approaches Southern California. The emergency proclamation was ordered during Newsom’s visit to San Diego’s Emergency Operations Center earlier on Saturday, where he met with Mayor Todd Gloria. “Today, Governor Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for much of Southern California to support Hurricane Hilary response and recovery efforts as the state continues mobilizing and coordinating resources ahead of the storm’s f...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

Fullerton City Council pauses Pacific Union Trail project

Public outcry broke in Fullerton City Hall on Tuesday after the city council voted 3-2 to reallocate funding from the second phase of the Union Pacific Trail project. This trail project is part of a Union Pacific Right-of-Way Trail and Park Project that was approved by Fullerton City Council in September 1999. The first phase was completed in 2006 as a half-mile bikeway and trail running from the Transportation Center to Highland Avenue, according to the agenda report. The second phase started f...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

CSUF men's basketball defeats Life Pacific, 96-64

In their only preseason game, Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball breezed past Life Pacific University, 96-64, on Saturday at Titan Gym.CSUF had three players scoring in double-digits, with guard Max Jones leading with 26 points on an efficient 10-for-15 shooting from the field. Max Jones also dished out three assists. The Titans’ bench kept the offensive output going as they outscored Life Pacific’s bench, 47-32. Newcomer Beril Kabama led the Titans’ bench with 13 points and shot a perfect 5-o...

Daily Titan • 10th December 2024

California Faculty Association holds strike within four CSU campuses

“Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions,” read some of the picket signs that were raised on the first day of strikes at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday.

The California Faculty Union held strikes at four different CSU campuses. The faculty union represents over 29,000 tenure-track faculty, lecturers, counselors, coaches and librarians across the state. After going through the statutory fact-finding process and months of negotiations for a contract with the CSU, a deal has yet to be r...