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"Euphoria" star captivates sold-out crowd City to build lowincome housing LUIS VIZCAINO Staff Writer

Fullerton City Council earlier this month unanimously approved the development of new affordable housing on city-owned land at 1600 W. Commonwealth Ave This housing project comes at a time when California is facing a housing shortage as the cost of living increases and wages stay stagnant. Many low income families saw a drop in income, as much as 7% from pre-pandemic levels. The housing complex, named Pointe Common, will include 65 total housing units, including 29 one-bedroom, 19 two-bedroom and 17 three-bedroom units. Parking for the housing will include 108 parking spaces — seven for guests — six of which will be equipped with electric vehicle charging capabilities with additional 38 parking spots that will be adaptable to accommodate more charging stations. Curtis Gamble is a local Fullerton resident who used to experience homelessness. Now, he advocates for unhoused people within the city. “We have the Citrea apartments, that’s a low-income unit that we helped get here so many years ago,” Gamble said. “And so many homeless and low-income people get a chance to have different options now, and I think that housing project brings a great opportunity.” Pointe Common will have 37 units available for residents that make 30-50% of the area median income. The land for the housing will be accompanied by a deed restriction that will make it so that 10% of the units in the housing project will remain affordable indefinitely. The council approved resolutions on April 4, changing the zoning of the 2.5 acre land from industrial use to residential space to enable the development of the apartments. In 2020, the land off of Commonwealth Avenue was declared surplus by the city council, making it available for development. In 2022, the original 62-unit housing project was proposed and later modified into the current 65unit project.

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Hunter Schafer, who plays Jules Vaughn in HBO Max's "Euphoria," spoke to a room full of students about advocacy for representation through artistic expressions. DOMINIC SAMANIEGO Staff Writer

Rising TV and film actress Hunter Schafer spoke with Cal State Fullerton students about the importance of transgender representation and

advocacy through the arts and entertainment industry on Thursday. The event was hosted by Associated Students and the Division of Student Affairs at CSUF. ASI President Lydia Kelley took the stage as the moderator for the event and asked

Schafer a series of questions. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Schafer started her career modeling in New York City for companies such as Marc Jacobs and Dior. She had plans to attend a fashion design

school before landing her first acting role in the hit HBO Max series “Euphoria,” where she plays a high schooler named Jules Vaughn. SEE MEDIA 4

Water polo loses on Baseball leads Big West; sweeps UC Riverside senior night, 16-8 JEREMY JIMENEZ Staff Writer

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Freshman Delaney Wilder recorded one goal and one assist in Saturday's match.

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In a match that saw the Titans honor their seniors, Cal State Fullerton women's water polo team lost 16-8 against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday in their final home match of the season. Despite the final score, CSUF left the game with five exclusions, while UCSB had four, producing a heated game. Delivering half of the goals for CSUF was Titans freshman Gabrielle

Zaretskiy, who also leads the team in goal with 64 on the season. Gauchos senior Caitlyn Snyder led UCSB to victory scoring 6 goals and leading the game in points, with seven. The Gauchos were quick to set the pace with a goal from Juju Amaral within the first 30 seconds. Quickly rushing to score again, the ball was stolen by Gauchos Leigh Lyter as she extended her team’s lead less than a minute later. SEE STEAL 7

Dominant starting pitching was the story of the series as Cal State Fullerton baseball’s did not allow an earned run in a 3-game series sweep of UC Riverside over the weekend. Titans Evan Yates started the series finale on Sunday and threw six scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and striking out six. Up four runs through seven innings, the Titans looked to take the series sweep uncontested. However, UC Riverside, looking for their first conference win of the year, made it interesting as they scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score. The Titans would prevail, as Moises Guzman’s RBI double in the ninth proved to be the game-winner. Pitcher Seth Tomczak secured the series win as he recorded his first save of the season in the 5-4 victory. On Saturday the Titans secured the series win in a blowout victory by the score of 13-1. CSUF was on the board early, as third baseman Zach Lew hit his first grand-slam as a Titan in the first inning to give the Titans a 4-0 lead. The four-run cushion was enough run support to allow starting pitcher Fynn Chester to settle in.

Chester, making his second start of the year, tossed eight innings of one run ball, zero earned, and tied a career-high striking out eight Highlanders. Titans outfielder Carter White continued his breakout season at the plate, going 5-11 in the first two games of the series. White has emerged as arguably the Titans’ best hitter, leading the team in multiple categories including batting average, hits, runs and OPS. On Friday, Tyler Stultz tossed his first complete game as a Titan, in a 3-2 victory over the Highlanders. Stultz allowed two runs, zero earned, on four hits while striking out five batters. With the win, Stultz’s record improved to 4-2, with a 4.14 ERA on the season. Following their fifth straight conference series win, the Titans now sit atop the Big West standings with a conference record of 12-3. Entering this series, CSUF baseball entered the weekend having won every series against Big West opponents. Following the victory over UC Riverside, the Titans moved into first place in the conference standings. Next, the Titans will play a non-conference game against Loyola Marymount University at home on Tuesday before hosting Cal State Bakersfield for a threegame series next weekend.