The Hornet football team hosted Riverside City College in the Southern California Football Association's championship game and remained unbeaten (12-0) knocking off the Tigers, 23-14. With the win, the Hornets were crowned Southern California Champions and will face-off against Northern California Champion Butte College. The game will take place on Saturday, December 14 at Butte.

Fullerton began the game on the wrong foot with a terrible kickoff into the wind that had the Tiger's Kendell Moore return it to their own 41-yard line.  From there, RCC knifed through the Hornet defense with ease in four plays scoring the game's first seven points. With some work, FC got on the board on a 38-yard field goal by Ian Boozer with 6:25 left in the first quarter.

The Hornets defense came up big towards the end of the first quarter on Darius Lewis' forced fumble on RCC's Jordan Howard.  Treshon Broughton scooped it up giving the Hornets the ball on the Tiger 37 yard line.  Fullerton took advantage of their opportunity scoring in five plays on a Nick Norman run from the three-yard line giving the Hornets their first lead of the game at 10-7 (2:32 1st Quarter).

The second quarter was all defense as both teams were well matched on the line.  The score remained 10-7 FC until the end of the third quarter.

With FC up 23-14 in the fourth quarter and 1:55 left in the game, Riverside quickly hushed the excited Hornet crowd by moving the ball down the field. The drive was halted, and the game sealed for Fullerton, when Howard's next pass was deflected off of his own player's helmet allowing Hornet LB Shawn Stephens to come down with the interception.

Fullerton ran the clock down to the 8-second mark before Anthony Martinez punted the ball to the RCC 32 yard line.  The Tigers managed to get three plays off to their own 46 before time ran out ensuring the Hornet championship win.  

The North Orange County Community College District is kicking off this year's Innovation Fund with nationally-acclaimed speaker Dr. Terry O'Banion. The presentation, Your Next Bright Idea Could Change Everything, will take place on Monday, December 2 at 2 pm in the Cypress College Campus Theater. No RSVP is necessary.

Dr. O'Banion is the President Emeritus of the League for Innovation in Community Colleges and one of Change magazine's "Idea Champions." His presentation will inspire faculty, staff, and managers to bring their best ideas to reality and enrich student success.

The CSU Fullerton Educational Leadership Department is hosting an educational symposium, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: On Your Campus/ In Your Classroom, on Friday, December 6 from 8 am - 3 pm at the Embassy Suites Brea.   

The symposium will address the educational concerns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in K-12 schools and colleges. A panel of experts will lead the discussion. To register, click here.