Winter Week 10 - Issue 205.10

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INSIDE: -Surviving Finals PG 6, 7 -Importance of Student CommitteE Representatives PG 2 -Periodismo en español: LA ONDA PG 8 -GOLDEN EAGLES GET TWO ON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS PG 5 -WOMEN’S HERSTORY MONTH PG 10 -procrastination SOLUTIONS PG 9 -HOMOSEXUALITY IN SPORTS PG 11 -ASI’S POSITION ON AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PG 4

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Issue 205.10

Happiness and Technology in a Rapidly Changing World

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Angeline Bernabe Staff Reporter Former Google Glass Team Member and eccentric YouTube Host, Nicki Sun, stopped

by CSULA. She visited Communications Professor Mylen Yamamoto’s Comm 478 Class on Tuesday, March 5th for a small group conference titled, “Let’s Talk About It.” Sun spoke about her experiences as a college student pursuing an unconventional path, gave advice on being a self-starter and never giving up, and how she found happiness to be her north star in everything in life.

As a former member of the Google Glass Team, Sun talked about how she left Google because it didn’t give her a sense of fulfillment or happiness. Although she was able to learn about the corporate world and a sense of security, she felt that it wasn’t worth sacrificing her main love. Her love consists of entertainment and her passion for other people’s stories.

Sun first discovered her love for entertainment as a student at UC Davis while she worked with the campus news outlet.

Her work has been featured on CNN and she reported about a student sit-in during the rise of student fees. When Sun was featured on CNN, it helped her realize pursuing a media-related career was something she could potentially see herself doing. So Sun embarked on an unconventional path of developing a career as a host.

In the past, Sun’s inter-

Nicki Sun with Panel Attendees| Photo by Angeline Bernabe viewed recording artists like Far East Movement, YouTube stars such as the members of Wong Fu Productions and Michelle Phan, several athletes such as Kristi Yamaguchi and Jeremy Lin.

Sun is currently pursuing a main career in entertainment as an actress and continuing being a self-made host. Sun compared her experiences and what she’s learned to everyone’s own journeys in the conference.

The first set of advice Sun gave was about not regretting anything you’ve done or failed to do in the past ten years down the road. Sun explained, “Now’s the time to make mistakes. So ask yourself, what makes you happy.”

Even though quitting Google meant losing a stable job, it meant she’d be able to find her happiness despite the risk.

Even though everyone’s journeys are all different, Sun encourages everyone to take those risks.

The second set of advice to the audience of Communications Students was to be indis-

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pensable. As a firm believer of being multi-faceted in the media field, Sun said, “No one else is going to do it but yourself.” She urged students to do things on their own and learn how to do a variety of things.

Sun explained that sticking to knowing only one thing could hinder you from being great.

The conference included a simulated press conference where Communications Students were able to practice skills learned in class and led discussions generated by students’ questions.

The discussion centered on the benefits of social media, whether or not social media is affecting society positively or negatively. The consensus the student panelists came up with is how people utilize social media, and to educate people to use social media positively.

Although social media can be seen as a good thing for Communications students, some believe that Social media is seen negatively. Panel member and Communications student, Lauren Rome, emphasizing in Interpersonal Communications said, “It’s (Social

Media) changing the way we communicate and it’s putting a distance between people. “ However, Rome said that if used correctly, social media could be a good thing.

Nicki Sun, who has relied on social media to build her hosting career commented that social media is “definitely a great source of communication.

With social media, it gives you the chance to meet people from all over the world… and that’s what I love most about social media.”

The main “take-away” from the conference would be in a world that is rapidly growing with technology, many adapt to the time and utilize these devices and programs in order to survive in society. The panelists explained that those who do not use social media “are at a disadvantage and are not progressing forward.”

For more information on Nicki Sun, please visit: www. nickisun.com

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Importance of Student Committee Representatives OPINION

Luis Antenzana Contributor Luis Antezana is the 20132014 A.S.I Vice President for Academic Governance. He works together with the Cabinet of Academic Senators to recruit student representatives. This year thus far, they have fulfilled 109 out of 166 committee seats. For more information about what committees you can get involved in, please email Luis at asivpag @calstatela.edu and/or visit: www.asicsula.org.

My pitch begins with one question: “Want to bulk up your resume, make a difference on campus, and get paid?

If so, I have the opportunity just for you.” This is followed by a brief introduction of myself and an overly simplified explanation of what campus-wide committees are, and why student involvement is crucial. I don’t know how persuasive this hook is or how accurate it is for that matter. The pay I mentioned before will not come close to paying your bills, sorry. However, I wholeheartedly mean it when I say student involvement is crucial in creating a student-centered campus.

My vision of a student-centered CSULA is a campus where students take ownership of student life; a community where students are genuinely involved in all decision-making on campus. Once students are involved in the decision process, then find student-oriented solutions that instill pride, belonging, and success.

We will all thrive.

Here’s an example: We all hated orientation, right?

We’ve all had that student experience about how bad it was.

Now that we know what the problems were, we know what could make it better. Instead of a one-day orientation (where grownups push tons of information down our throat), why not have an overnight-weekend orientation where the information can be actually be digested? Then we can provide a realistic college-life experience. The result: a memorable experience that increases pride for new incoming Golden Eagles (and it’ll probably increase freshman retention too).

A few other notable problems we wish we could change are: extending library hours, establishing 24hour study rooms, cheaper bus/train passes for commuters, changing academic curriculum, diversifying faculty, creating scholarship funds for Dreamers (undocumented students), strengthening the Greek community (frat row anyone?), etc. The possibilities are only defined by one’s creative cap.

The question is: how can we actually realize these changes?

One can easily and logically, point to A.S.I and new campus president Dr. Covino to “do” and “accomplish” these goals.

But that would be unproductive and impractical when you have 20-30 A.S.I elected students doing work for 20,000 students, some full time.

To clarify, A.S.I is legally a non-profit that is literally run by students, for the students.

As an executive for A.S.I, I can testify that we put tremendous hours and effort to run the daily operations of this organization while chasing ambitious goals such as organizing music festivals, extending library hours and creating a 24hour study room that runs year around (and that’s barely the tip of the iceberg). Though we do get scholarship grants for our work, it is far below minimum wage. Regardless of the crappy pay, we do this work because it is rewarding on many levels. The tension on my shoulders goes away instantly when I know I made a difference in a student’s life.

However, achieving these ambitious goals is extremely difficult when there are only one or two students taking on this entire work load.

The truth is the issues on campus that can only be solved if we, the students, get involved. And no, I’m not talking about joining student organizations -- getting involved in clubs and orgs is important, but it is not going to solve systemic issues on campus. The involvement that I am referring to is campus-wide committee involvement.

Now, this is the part you really need to pay attention to: Did you know that there are over 50 committees throughout our campus that make decisions regarding student life?

Interested in education? There are dozens of committees that deal with academics, colleges, department budgets, etc. The library? There are library committees. Graduation? Housing? Student Equity? General Education? Alcohol? The University Student Union has committees; there are even Semester Conversion committees.

The good news? Every committee has a seat for at least one student representative (for both undergrads and graduate students).

The bad news? We don’t have enough students wanting to get involved in these committees.

The ugly news? Committees are forced to make decisions without any student input.

But is there hope? As long as there are students willing to get involved, there is hope.

Yes, this is a call to action.

CSULA needs YOU. . . to get involved in one (or more) of these committees. We have one more quarter, Spring Quarter. Let’s finish this year with a bang. Let’s get as many students as we and make a change within these committees.

I often hear students saying, “Man, it’s a commuter campus, you CAN’T get the full college experience here.”

Those students are right. You will never get the college experience if you wait for someone to give it to you. That is why YOU get it yourself. Let’s go get that college experience for ourselves and future students. Let’s make CSULA a better campus.

In the words of Michael Jackson, “If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and join a committee.” #Hashtag #CSULA #BiggerAndBetter #StudentCentered #MakeThatChange

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Contributors Luis Antezana Talia Bagnerise Mercedes Barba Seam Buer Nicolas Carillo CSULA Athletics Nurya Fuentes Alex Johnson Jesse Landaverde Mayra Montoya C.J. Tuttle Marrian Zhou Columnist Roxana Hernandez

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Mar. 10, 2014 Pros & Cons: Student Opinion Surveys Going Online Pros Cons -Saves class time

-More effort on students’ part

-Saves paper

-Easy to for students to forget

-Easier to manage -Gives students more time to answer -More privacy/less peer pressure to write true opinion -No awkward 5 minutes of professor trying to find a student that wants to be in charge and knows where the opinion boxes are

Hello UT Readers!

This is it, Golden Eagles! The Winter Quarter is (finally) almost over! While we all need to push through the dread known as Finals Week, just remember the horizion of Spring Break awaits all. For those of you looking forward to the opportunities residing in Spring Quarter, may I suggest coming to volunteer for the UT? We are looking for dedicated editors, writers, graphic designers, photographers, you name it! You can get internship credit or just great experience for your resume and your portfolio! If you aren’t interested in any of those things, but would like to chat with us and offer story ideas, stop by our office in King Hall C3098 or email us at csula.ut@gmail.com!

-Random student opinion survey boxes around campus

Specific volunteer positions we are looking for: -Copy Editors -General Reporters, Columnistsw -Graphic Designers (familiar in Adobe InDesign or Illustrator) -Photographers -Public Relations (running social media accounts)

-Students may not be willing to go out of their way

Corrections: Issue 205.9

-No way to enforce survey in a classroom setting -Possible decline of student responses

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From last week’s issue 205.9, Jillian Bell’s article, “Academic Senate Comes to Consensus” has a few errors that need to be corrected.

In the fourth paragraph, the wording was not readable and therefore should be clarified. Bell means that when it came to the GE policy, alternating speakers based on pros and cons of a motion and this kind of speaking wasn’t done in the past. Also, it was not voted to use iClickers in the meeting, it was decided in December.

In paragraph eight, the “new” Porter motion means the only Porter motion. There was no “new” Porter motion besides the original Porter motion.

In the last paragraph, what the students wanted and rallied for was not the pass of the Talcott motion, but the pass for the Abdullah motion.

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Golden Eagle Radio President Receives Golden Eagle Award of Excellence FEATURES

Mercedes Barba Contributor If you have been living under a rock the last 3 quarters, you would have failed to notice that Golden Eagle Radio has been in full swing since it’s launch back in April 2013.

President of the club, Nicolle Fedor and her Golden Eagle Radio team have turned this nonexistent radio station into one of the newest and fastest growing clubs on campus.

Golden Eagle Radio, also known to its club members as “GER,” is coming up to its one-year anniversary with some outstanding progress.

“Golden Eagle Radio started April 1, 2013 so it’s almost been a year. We are in the process now of ordering the equipment to be installed in the studio to be streaming live.” Fedor said.

There has not been a radio station on campus since

“CoolState” in 2008 and had only lasted a few quarters.

GER is the first time since then that any radio station has gotten this far.

“We don’t have a studio as of now. We are using a converted dark room as our studio. We are looking for a space on campus to be renovated into our radio studio and are talking with IT and the CSULA Arts and Letters Department and offsite entertainers to get our equipment.”

By next quarter, Fedor hopes to get GER to steam a live radiocast.

“I figured it would take two years to be a live and upcoming radio station but for us to complete this in a year is really remarkable. We are doing podcasts right now but are hoping to be up and running very soon.”

Because of her incredible effort to begin this club, Fe-

A.S.I.’s Position on the Affordable Care Act NEWS

Nicholas Carillo Contributor Recently the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare, was signed into law. The law puts into place comprehensive healthcare reforms like prohibiting insurance companies from denying an individual because of a pre-existing condition.

The part of the law that affects students the most is the fact that it mandates everyone to have health insurance by March 31, 2014. This means that the 30% of CSU students who are currently uninsured will be required to purchase health insurance.

Many students at California State, University Los Angeles are reliant on financial aid and unable to afford healthcare.

Our students need to be informed about the new healthcare options available to them.

The CSU System received a Covered California grant of 1.25 million dollars in order to educate CSU students on

the new affordable healthcare options.

The project is called the CSU Health Insurance Education Project (www.calstatela. edu), and is spearheaded by Dr.Zelman, Public Health Department Chair. Those that do not qualify for Medi-Cal or a government subsidy may also access Covered California, an online health insurance market place. Covered California (www.coveredca.com) is not insurance, as some believe, but a tool that students and families can use to determine the most affordable healthcare option for them.

The emergence of a federal law that affects every CSULA student has led your student government, the Associated Students, Incorporated (A.S.I), to pass a resolution. The resolution is a statement of position from A.S.I on why it is important to educate students on the healthcare options available to them. The resolution is not a statement of support for any particular ideology but instead strives to inform students of law that will affect them.

dor was recently awarded the Golden Eagle Award of Excellence. On March 5th, Fedor was acknowledged, along with 20 other students on campus, for excellence and outstanding student achievement on campus.

“It’s nice to feel recognized for something that you put hard work into. It’s nice to know that the school is receptive so that you know that the school is taking pride and interest,” Fedor said.

Fedor says her hard work and dedication for GER allow her to take this award on behalf of her team. She says that without her staff, GER wouldn’t be where it’s at now.

“Networking and branding has put us on the map and our team has used networking to sustain us for the year. One of the biggest milestones that we have had with Golden Eagle Radio is starting our GER radio class. This is the first radio

course that has been taught at CSULA. Professor Cox and Professor Jane McKeever are the advisors behind the classes. It feels good to pilot something that has never been there before [because] it makes us feel like we’ve hit a milestone. We’ve been networking with ASI and other groups on campus. Our motto is unity through community and we aren’t just talking about it; we are being about it.”

Fedor is graduating in the Spring quarter and hopes to

see GER keep progressing in the direction that it’s heading.

“We are here for the students. We are here to represent a different kind of look and a different attitude to campus.

This is really a great way to end here. A thing I envisioned came to life. I hope Golden Eagle Radio brings some awareness and life back into the campus.”

Golden Eagle Radio can be found in King Hall C3098.

Nicolle Fedor (right)| Photo by Anna Lopez

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Catching His Dreams SPORTS Talia Bagnerise Contributor

CSULA Student Nick Davenport is the grandson of former San Francisco Giants third baseman and 1962 AllStar, Jim Davenport. He is also the son of San Francisco Giants coach Gary Davenport and moved to the United States from Rome, Italy with three goals in mind. He wanted to play baseball, get an education, and get drafted to the Major Leagues.

He is now at CSULA, fulfilling one of those dreams. Davenport transferred from Mount Mercy University in Iowa and has had an interesting experience his first year here as catcher for the Golden Eagles.

Davenport, who has been around baseball ever since he could walk and describes how baseball in America differs from international baseball.

He stated, “In Italy, they don’t have sports associated with the school. They have clubs. In college in America, you play with players that are 18 to 25 and it’s hard to find a team that has many foreign players. In Italy, you can play with guys that are 18 to 35 years old…It’s like independent ball and if you’re a good

player you will get paid.”

Most players in America get drafted out of high school or college, whereas in other countries, players have the opportunity to play and get paid at an older age.

Davenport now feels he might be too old for the draft.

However, he has earned the chance to play professionally in Italy for the Nettuno Baseball team with a one-year contract.

He says, “I rather go back to Italy to start my new career at twenty-two and play every day and get paid.”

Unfortunately, Davenport will be leaving CSULA, but with the opportunity to do what he loves, to play baseball professionally.

Davenport plans on coming back to America on his off-season and will follow in his father’s footsteps by doing baseball clinics and private lessons with kids.

When asked what he will miss the most about CSULA, Davenport said, “I will miss being a student athlete and my teammates.” With this amazing journey ahead of him, CSULA wishes him the best.

Golden Eagles Get Two On All-Conference Teams SPORTS CSULA Athletics ond-team All-Conference ONTARIO -- Cal State honors as a sophomore in L.A.’s men’s basketball team had two players earn 2012.

All-California Collegiate Tillman, in his second Athletic Association honors outstanding season for the for a sixth consecutive year.

Golden Eagles, also received conference honSenior guard Quinton Watkins earned first-team ors for a second time. He earned first-team honors All-CCAA honors and sein 2013 after leading the nior forward James Tillman team with a 14.2 points per earned second-team honors game average. He was secin voting by the conference coaches. The awards were ond on the team in scoring in 2014 with a 14.0 points announced Wednesday night at the CCAA Champi- per game average. He also came up big for the Golden onship Tournament banquet Eagles on defense down the at the Ontario Airport Hotel. stretch, making several key plays against UC San Diego Watkins, who led the Golden Eagles and was in a 71-70 win that clinched a spot in the CCAA Chamsecond in the conference in scoring during the regular pionship Tournament for the Golden Eagles. season with an 18.5 points per game average, was honLacy Haddock of Cal ored for a second time in his State San Bernardino was three-year Cal State L.A. career. He also earned sec- named the CCAA Player of the Year, whilie Adam Klie

of UC San Diego was the CCAA Freshman of the Year and Chris Read of Cal State Stanislaus was the CCAA Newcomer of the Year. Jeff Oliver of Cal State San Bernardino was the CCAA Coach of the Year.

Cal State L.A. (15-11, 12-10 CCAA) is making its sixth consecutive appearance in the CCAA Championship Tournament. The Golden Eagles will get the tournament underway with a first-round game against No. 4 seed Cal State Stanislaus at 12:05 p.m. at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.

Golden Eagles Place Two On All-Conference Teams SPORTS CSULA Athletics ONTARIO -- Cal State L.A.’s women’s basketball team was well represented Wednesday night when the All-California Collegiate Athletic Association teams were announced at the Ontario Airport Hotel during the championship tournament banquet.

Junior guard Paige Melville earned first-team honors, while senior center Destinee La Fountain received second-team honors in voting by the conference coaches. Cal State L.A. (1610, 13-9 CCAA) earned the fifth seed in the championships and will face No. 4 seed UC San Diego on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.

Nick Davenport| Photo by Talia Bagnerise

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Melville led the Golden Eagles in scoring during the regular season with a 14.5

Cal Poly Pomona’s Jada Blackwell was named the CCAA Player of the Year, Ana Burch of Cal State Stanislaus was the CCAA Freshman of the Year and Kersey Wilcox of Humboldt State was the CCAA Newcomer of the Year. Cal Poly Pomona’s Danelle BishLa Fountain led the team op was named the CCAA and the CCAA in rebound- Coach of the Year. ing with a 10.1 per game avCal State L.A. will be erage. She averaged a double-double for the season as making its third straight she scored 10.3 points per appearance in the CCAA game. She earned CCAA Championship Tournament.

Player of the Week honors The Golden Eagles will also during the season after a be facing UC San Diego 26-point, 13-rebound dou- in the tourney for a third ble-double in an 83-71 win straight year. The Golden over Chico State on Feb. 14. Eagles beat the Tritons in a 2012 semi-final game, The Golden Eagles have 77-76, while the Tritons now had a first-team se- prevailed in last year’s title lection in three consecu- game, 66-61. tive seasons for the first time since 2002-04. The two all-conference selections equal the most since Cal State L.A. had three in 2002. points per game average.

She started all 26 games for the Golden Eagles during the regular season and also earned All-Tournament honors at the CSULA Thanksgiving Classic. Melville is in her second season with Cal State L.A.

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Surviving College Finals ADVICE

Nurya Fuentes Contributor CSULA students are prepping and studying for the upcoming finals week. College finals can debatably be the most difficult time of the quarter, especially if studying is left to the last minute.

For students who have a hard time strategizing their studying techniques, here are a few suggestions that can help.

Jennifer Cornejo, senior, is feeling anxious when it comes to finals. She says, “I know that everything will be over soon, I know the spring quar-

ter is just around the corner but I will enjoy my mini vacations as much as I can.”

Cornejo says that finals week is the most stressful because she has to submit papers, work on group projects and present in class.

These days are terrible for her because she needs to study and work on projects in a short amount of time. She stated, “Finals week is bad because I tend not to go out or do something fun.” Cornejo is also positive concentrating all of her energy for finals. Cornejo locks herself in her room for hours and likes to eat a latenight snack. After her snack

and an hour break, she continues studying. When it comes to finals, Cornejo tries to avoid the distractions of TV and radio.

if you are tired. Obsessing about stressing will ruin your whole studying process. The most important tip is to review before going to bed.

Alma Espinoza senior, Sociology major stated, “I feel excited because school is almost over and finals are something I do not worry about, because I know what I have to do to pass all my classes, which is study, study, study.”

Jesus Salas, senior, Broadcast Journalism major, is taking four classes for the first time this winter quarter. Salas stated, “I repeat my notes for like 10 minutes to see if I can remember it, then I recite it and after that I write it down on a paper, repeatedly, until I have it fully memorized.” Depending on the test, Salas studies for about three hours, but within those three hours, he takes breaks. Salas is confident he will pass all four classes.

Espinoza offers this advice to freshmen when it comes to finals. “Try to study ahead of time, answer your study guides ahead of time, give yourself breaks in between.”

Espinoza also advocates naps

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While the majority of the students want to make it all go away, the key is how to strategize your studying techniques to make sure to get sleep.

Make sure to take light snacks such as carrots, bananas, strawberries, and apples. A little bit of caffeine, green tea or chocolate will keep you awake when you need to study.

If you have no energy to study and no time to sleep, a good tip is to have your window open. If that doesn’t work try a cold shower or exercise for five minutes to boost your energy. Make sure to be organized and good luck with finals!

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How do you prepare for Finals Week?

“It depends! I’m a theatre student so most of my finals are monologues or scenes so I usually rehearse. For my GE’s, I just go over my notes.”

-Capri Harris, junior, Theatre Arts major

“I prepare for finals by studying with a small study group and reviewing any notes from the course.”

-Towan Adams, junior, Political Sciene major

“Well, I don’t usually have finals...I have projects because I’m an Animation major. We have a final group critique and teacher evaluations on our project for the quarter.”

-Jessica Deveata, senior, Animation major

“Flashcards! They helped me get a B on my biology midterm. It helps because you have to write the notes from your PowerPoints to the flashcards.”

-Flin Wilson, senior, Communications major “Meditation!” -Brian Cuyuch, freshman, Television Film and Media major (center) Nick Cross, sophomore, Kinesiology major (left) agreed as well.

“I mentally prepare myself and get all the distractions out of the way. I take a week to relax before Finals Week.” - Juan Galvan, sophomore, Television Film and Media major (right)

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LA ONDA

Vuelve un clásico: Los Dodgers vs.

Los Padres de San Diego DEPORTES

Vanessa Parra Contributor Fanático y amante del béisbol: prepárate ya que comienza la temporada para apoyar a tu equipo favorito, los Dodgers. El domingo 30 de marzo, a las 7:10PM los Boys in Blue se enfrentarán con sus archi-rivales los Padres de San Diego. Aunque ya la mayoría de los boletos se han agotado, todavía puedes asistir a otros juegos.

Puedes comprar los boletos por teléfono, en el sitio

losdodgers.com, o en el estadio mismo de los Dodgers.

Y si te gusta el cantante Robin Thicke, no olvides comprar los boletos para ir a verlo porque dará una presentación en el estadio el sábado 5 de abril para el “pre-game” contra los Giants. Inscríbete en la página de Los Dodgers para que puedas recibir las noticias de último minuto del equipo, así no te pierdes absolutamente de nada. ¡No te pierdas ni un juego, este año será fenomenal!

Estadio de los Dodgers. Credito: Emilce Peralta

This could be us

Pero Siempre esta lleno

Qué Happen? El Spanglish como Idioma OPINIÓN

Viviana Duarte Contributor “Qué tienes planned pal weekend?”, “No sé todavía, I’m still thinking about it.” Así podría oirse una conversación entre dos chicas en la biblioteca de CSULA. El Spanglish consiste en la mezcla del inglés y el español.

En la actualidad todo mundo está teniendo conversaciones en Spanglish. Incluso personas en posiciones de autoridad y ya destacadas en sus carreras utilizan el Spanglish como

forma de comunicación.

Para algunos el Spanglish tiene connotaciones negativas porque revela pobreza en el lenguaje. Últimamente se han sostenido debates sobre este dialecto que para algunos se presenta como una amenaza para la tradición hispana en tanto que para otros llega a ser motivo de orgullo cultural.

Muchos afirman que hablar de esta manera revela un bajo nivel de educación y una incapacidad por dominar ambos idiomas. El Spanglish, sin embargo, para algunos expertos como la profesora Domnita Dumitrescu del

departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Modernas de esta universidad, es una marca de identidad entre los latinos bilingües en Estados Unidos .

Pero más allá de este debate, es un hecho que el Spanglish ya se ha establecido entre los hispanos. El efecto, bueno o malo, que vaya a tener quedará a juicio de la historia y del futuro. Cuál es your opinion?

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Corazón del Pueblo Calendario por Xanni Valentín

Contribuir con la comunidad es parte de nuestro desarrollo intelectual. Actividades didácticas como el arte y las tradiciones culturales son un método que abre nuestros ojos y amplía nuestra mente. Corazón del Pueblo es un centro de arte comunitario sin fines de lucro en el área de Boyle Heights. Este establecimiento promueve justicia social, paz y entendimiento cultural a través de la educación, el arte y la movilización social. Corazón del Pueblo fue inaugurado en el 2009 por y para la comunidad de Boyle Heights con el fin de promover un ambiente seguro y con libertad de expresión. Actualmente un sinfín de organizaciones comunitarias han adoptado este espacio para llevar acabo eventos y contribuir con el aprendizaje del pueblo latino. Corazón del pueblo es más que un simple centro comunitario: es refugio, hermandad y solidaridad en uno mismo espacio artísticocultural. Corazón del pueblo cuenta con clases y actividades completamente gratuitas para personas de todas las edades. Dirección: 2003 East 1st street, Los Angeles CA, 90033.

Calendario: Lunes-Miércoles: Clases de Zumba 8:30-9:30am/Lunes: de 7:00-8:00pm Lunes: clases de Ukulele 5:30-6:30pm Hoy lunes 10 de marzo: Círculo de hombres 8:00-9:00pm Martes: Clases de Náhuatl 6:00-7:00pm/ Clases de dibujo 7:00-8:00pm Martes y jueves: Clases de Jiujitsu para mujeres 9:00-10:00pm Estudiante de Rehabilitación, Brenda Parra, posa con su hijo en el estadio de los Dodgers, lista para la temporada. Credito: Vanessa Parra.

Miércoles: guitarra clásica 6:30-7:30pm Jueves: Clases de Yoga 12:00-1:00pm/Clases de danza azteca 7:30-8:30pm Sábado: Jiujitsu para niños 1:00-2:00pm/ Clases de Yoga 11:00-12:00pm

Mar. 10, 2014

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From Procrastination to Dedication LIFESTYLE

Jesse Landaverde Contributor I have always been the type of student who took pride in procrastinating. I am also aware that many students think it is okay to procrastinate as long as the work has been done on time. However, procrastination has adverse effects on a student and on your grades.

Procrastination, as a result, causes some people to rush through work and make obvious mistakes. Since you procrastinated, you may not have time to revise your work, earning a lower grade than anticipated.

As I mentioned earlier, I am a master procrastinator and this has affected my educational goals. However, I’m working on improving myself as a student. Here are a few tips to become a master scholar rather than a master procrastinator.

Keeping a homework plan-

ner is one of the easiest ways to keep track on your schoolwork to schedule assignments.

If you have a huge project coming up, plan enough time to work on the assignment.

You probably won’t be able to complete any project in one sitting effectively. The planner will not only help you organize your schoolwork but also your personal time. I highly recommend every college student to keep a planner.

have at least a couple days to get the paper together and another couple of days to consider the essay, reread, and edit.

Often after writing an essay our brains are exhausted and are not capable of editing. I

usually write my essays within two or three days and then let the essay have a vacation for a day or so. The next day, take a look at the finished essay, polish it up and make it the very best work you can turn in.

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Procrastination will always be whispering in your ear.

It is up to people to have the self- discipline, especially as students to get our heads in the game and give our best to our work. Don’t procrastinate studying for finals! Start now!

Essays are common assignments that students receive in college, however, writing an essay does not always come easily. Although I am a firm believer of Thomas Bernhard’s quote, “Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it will be lost.”

To wait to the very last day to begin an essay is not the proper time. Essays must be carefully written. I advise students to begin writing their essays at least a week before they are due. This way, you

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Mar. 10, 2014

Women’s Herstory Homosexuality in Sports Month: “It’s My OPINION Body I Can Wear What I Want To” C.J. Tuttle Contributor

Michael Sam’s announcement of his homosexuality, prior to the upcoming NFL draft, and Jason Collins, who recently became the first openly gay player in the NBA with the Brooklyn Nets has been noticed.

EVENTS

Alex Johnson Contributor Women’s Herstory Month is a series of three seminars discussing feminism. On Wednesday March 5th, I attended the “It’s My Body I Can Wear What I Want To” seminar at noon in the Student USU. This session had a dialogue about women and how they differed in perspectives. We had to write on post-its whom we thought women’s bodies belonged to in the eyes of women (self-identified), men, family, religion, the media and gender norms. Everyone’s answers were quite similar and didn’t shock me, in fact it hurt.

It hurt to see what I was already aware of. Women are looked down upon on all aspects of society. Like women have no value unless it’s being reduced to a sexual object. Women are pressured to fit this mold. A woman could be described as perfect and wouldn’t be good enough still.

We all wrote that we felt a woman’s body belonged to her self. Unfortunately this is not the case because according to others a women’s body does not belong to them. In a man’s eyes a woman’s body belongs to them.

There is a stigma that men have to “get with” as many women as possible, the more women they degrade the more masculine men become. His self -worth lies in the hands of my despair.

For family, I thought that a woman’s body belongs to her children. When she is pregnant she sacrifices her body for nine months of excruciating pain in order to give life. What others pointed out was the opinions

of their families toward them.

One person stated that it is normal to have her body be scrutinized by family. If she were to get “too fat” then she wouldn’t find a husband. I failed to realized how the people who are supposed to love you can be the same people hurting you.

I don’t understand how someone could say that about his or her child. However, I know it happens.

Even though people may not mean it to hurt their female companions, this statement is just treated as a fact; women have to be physically beautiful to be loved.

This idea is definitely enforced by the media in my opinion. The reason “sex sells” is because women are treated like commodities. The media constantly objectifies women and raises the standards of beauty to unreachable heights. Media only points out a woman’s vices and never her victories. There are so many intelligent, hard-working women in this society who go unnoticed because her clothes are still on.

It’s devastating how normal this has become in our society.

Though it’s seminars like this that help people appreciate women. We need to be aware of a problem in order to fix it and together we can change norms positively.

It’s important to develop a critical conscious so that we don’t normalize the degradation of women. Instead, stand up for women against society’s oppressive gender norms.

We need to accept women as strong, intelligent and beautiful beings.

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Did I mention Sam and Collins are African-American?

Don’t get me wrong, two openly gay athletes on male team sports making history at the same time is massive, but the underlying story here is that American’s are more interested in seeing the athlete’s perform and less about with whom they choose to have a relationship.

The focus should remain on both men sharing such a per-

sonal matter with the world and much can be said about the rapidly progressing views regarding homosexuality. It focuses on how such an announcement shouldn’t be perceived as that big of a deal.

The evolution of such an ideology comes from our youth, mainly whose education formulated opinions on this topic.

This carries over to all facets of social issues and will continue as long as the powers that be continue to understand that sexual orientation plays no bearing on whether someone is a good human being.

Prior to the most recent Olympic games in Sochi, Russia, President Barack Obama delegated a group of openly gay athletes to lead the U.S. during the processions of the opening and closing ceremonies of the two-week event.

This came after constant public decrees against homosexual people by the Russian government. Nonetheless, the athletes were present when the ceremonies began and everything went off without any problems. This was another step towards treating people equally.

Both Collins and Sam will continue to break down boundaries built out of fear and the unknown. We will continue to raise the bar and break down boundaries of tolerance and acceptance.

Regardless of what a few vocal talking heads have to say, our society’s youth is the driving force behind change, and recent events show that, homosexual, straight, or transgender orientation seem to be the norm.

Michael Sam | Photo courtesy of a.abcnews.com

Tonight, You Can Swing With Us: CSULA Jazz Orchestra Winter Concert CAMPUS

Marrian Zhou Contributor The Cal State LA Jazz Orchestra will hold their Winter quarter concert at the CSULA State Playhouse next Tuesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m., with free admission. At the end of each quarter, the band always holds a concert for our students and community with no charge. Therefore come to the concert because next Tuesday night, you can swing with us!

Cal State LA Jazz Orchestra has a remarkable history when albums were made and golden eagle pride was high in the sky. Although it has been a long time they stay silent and understated, now the band is trying to bring back the glorious days and hopefully to

bring the pride back into our student body. However, they would not be able to accomplish this goal without our peers’ support.

Nowadays, the younger crowds have shown very little interests in jazz, which truly is the fundamental base of R&B, Pop, and more. Our love for music should not be restricted by genres or the “cool” ideology, just like equality should not be restricted by ethnicities or gender. So break through the barriers that are made up in your own minds, support equal love for all great music, embrace the classics, and therefore we will eventually carry empower positivity back into our society.

In addition, stay tuned with Cal State LA Jazz Orchestra!

Our Facebook page is Cal State Los Angeles Jazz Ensemble, and our Instagram is CSULA_JAZZ. Stay connected and be in love with Jazz!

Contact Information: Marrian Zhou, Publicist Phone Number: (626) 688-0974 E-mail: marrian166@gmail.com

Mar. 10, 2014

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Healthy Blends FOOD

Mayra Montoya Contributor \With finals just around the corner, study sessions will begin to consume our lives.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and delicious fruit smoothies can help energize you for what’s ahead.

These delicious smoothies from yummly.com are a fantastic morning “pick me up” that will help you get through finals week.

Superpower Morning Smoothie:

1 handful of kale (roughly chopped) 1 banana (frozen, peeled and cut) 1 cup of coconut water 2 tbsps of almond butter 1 tbsp oil (flax) 1/8 tsp of ground cinnamon

Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until completely smooth. Serve immediately.

Tropical Avocado Smoothie:

1/2 avocado 1/2 cup lite coconut milk 1/2 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt 2 ice cubes 1/2 frozen banana 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons coconut Add everything to the blender except for 1 tablespoon of coconut. Blend until smooth.

Garnish with remaining coconut and sliced bananas.

Oatmeal Smoothie 1 cup of ice ½ of frozen raspberries ½ cup of plain low fat yogurt 1 banana ½ cup of rolled oats (old fashioned) 1 tbsp of honey 1 cup of coconut water Place ice and raspberries in the bottom of blender add remaining ingredients on top. Blend until completely smooth. Serve.

Tropical Tea Smoothie 1 cup boiling water 2 Lipton Cup Size Regular or Decaffeinated Tea Bags 1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in natural juice, undrained 1 small banana 1 Tbsp. honey 1 cup ice cubes (about 6 to 8)

FASHION

Roxana Hernandez Columnist Fashion designers look for inspiration to drive their creativity. The Fashion Design Processes (ART 459) class, under the Fashion and Textiles Program, has been given the opportunity to use Ghanaian inspiration in order to create a mini-collection of designs.

The idea of using African fabric prints originated from a guest speaker coming in the first week of the Winter quarter. Molly Keogh from Osie Duro, spoke about her work, her clothing line, and the Ghanaian culture.

Osie Duro is an LA based brand that produces textiles and garments in Accra, Ghana.

How cool is that? The brand seeks to incorporate Ghanaian textiles in a sustainable way in order fully embrace the aesthetic of the culture.

With such immense inspiration, the students of ART 459 managed to jump in this assignment, “Gold Coast West Coast Bricolage” with a great mind-set. Before anything

else, students went to a DTLA fabric store, “Ashanti” to shop for authentic African prints textiles. This mini-field trip was helpful for the students and refreshing. It allowed them to receive suggestions and comments from their peers and their professor.

Mainstream western design is all around us and it becomes quite challenging to be fearless of the bright, bold, multi-patterned textiles used in Ghana.

Student Bridget Gomez mentioned, “I was a little bit afraid of using such bold fabrics, I’m so used to working with more subtle ones, but the challenge made it more exciting.”

With only 2 weeks to complete the three look collection, designers looked for more inspiration and a deeper understanding of the culture with research. To name a few things the designers looked at: Danba dance, Dashhiki Shirts, home structures, bright colors, variety of shapes, movement, among others.

The grand and certainly most exciting aspect of this assignment is having the design-

Historic Italian Winery Proves to Be LA Hot Spot

Pour boiling water over Lipton® Cup Size Tea Bags; cov- REVIEW er and brew for 5 minutes. Let Sean Buer chill. Blend tea, pineapple, Contributor banana, honey and ice cubes If you’re over 21 and interin blender until smooth. ested in discovering the origin If you are the red bull type, of Los Angeles’ wine making, and are looking for an extra The San Antonio Winery is for you. The winery offers comkick try this smoothie: plimentary wine tastings, and a free tour for patrons. LocatEnergetic Strawberry ed in the heart of Los Angeles Smoothie on 737 Lamar St, 90031, the winery has bteen in business 8 1/3 ozs energy drink for over 90 years. The original (citrus flavored founder Stefano Riboli, still energy drink, red bull) 2 cups strawberries (frozen) visits with guests. His wife, Maddalena Satragni, runs Combine the energy drink the kitchen of the adjoining and frozen strawberries in a restaurant even today. blender. Blend until smooth.

The Maddalena® Restaurant Add water if necessary. Serve. offers Italian-inspired lunch and dinner from the countryside daily. It ties with the European ambience of redwood aging casks and a line-style gourmet trattoria in the restaurant. There are no printed ers’ third look taken to Ghana menus and the food is plated for production. Instructions, before ordering. The Maddalepatterns, and fabrics will be na serves generous helpings of sent to contractors working pasta, ravioli, fresh herbs, and in Ghana. But how will it get organic vegetables. The meat there, you may ask? selection includes sausage, chicken, beef, and turkey.

Professor Carole Francis Lung, who will be taking a The tour schedule begins trip to Ghana this Spring, will from 12PM to 4PM every hour also be taking their work to be and from 11AM to 5PM on completed in the Gold Coast, the weekends. The interactive and returned back by the end tour guide begins with a short of next quarter. How exciting history about the founding of is that! the first winery in Los Angeles, through the economic and The purpose of this assign- legal struggles of prohibition ment was to work with other during the 1920’s. textiles, be inspired by other The tour guide leads groups cultures, while constructing something contemporary with something deeply rich in color and background.

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through the massive oak and stainless steel fermentation tanks behind the store, and then leads to the barreling room where casks are stacked to the ceiling.

The wine store and tasting room offers 3 free samples from a selected list, including: Stella Rose, San Simeon, and Riboli. If you are interested in a higher quality wine flight, or a sampling of several types of wine, they offer a $12, 4-wine flight from regions of California, France, Italy, Portugal, Africa, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, as well as an extensive selection of imported spirits and artisan craft beer.

If patrons are interested in booking an event, the restaurant Vintage Room books parties of 8 people or more. The San Antonio winery also uses the space for wine seminars for those curious about learning more about the complexity of winemaking and tasting.

The winery hosts special events for tasting and dinner.

These include: Wines of Spain, Winemaker’s Barrel Tasting, and a Tri-Tip Oak Wood BBQ Festival and imported wines and beer from around the world. These events typically cost $45 per person and start at 1PM on weekends.

I believe these designers have done a great job with this assignment and I know the designers of Art 459 will do the same in the future.

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Calendar

week TEN 12Wednesday 13Thursday

MARCH 10-16

10Monday 11Tuesday 12PM Cup of Culture:

Black Women Rock: An Afternoon with Ms. Sho’ King Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

Basement, U-SU

7:30PM Jazz Orchestra

3:30PM University

Concert State Playhouse

7:30PM University

15Saturday

Times Meeting King Hall C 3098 Bands Concert State Playhouse

14Friday 1PM

TV, Film and Media Center Open House TV, Film and Media Center

6PM Golden Eagle Baseball

vs Chico State Reeder Field

7:30PM Winter Dance Concert King Hall Studio 1

7:30PM Commercial Music

3PM Mystery Prize Bingo

Ensemble Concert State Playhouse

16Sunday

11AM Golden Eagle Baseball

1PM Golden Eagle Baseball

vs Chico State Reeder Field

vs Chico State Reeder Field

12PM Happy Hour in the Pit The Pit, U-SU

2PM

De-Stress Fest U-SU Plaza

7:30PM Winter Dance Concert King Hall Studio 1

7:30PM Mariachi Ensemble Concert State Playhouse

Finals Study Sessions at the University Student Union

7:30PM Winter Dance Concert King Hall Studio 1

11, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13 Thursday 14, Friday 15, Saturday 7am-11:30pm 7am-11:30pm 7am-9:30pm 7am-9:30pm 7am-6:30pm LA Room B & C LA Room B & C LA Room A, B & C LA Room A, B & C LA Room B & C San Gabriel San Gabriel San Gabriel Alhambra Alhambra Alhambra

Zoey and Annabelle

Piñata Punishment

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