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Chancellor White visits Cal State LA, meets angry faculty
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Chancellor Timothy White conducts a campus visit to Cal State LA in the midst of mounting tensions between the CSU system and the California Faculty Association.
Campus kidnapper arrested late Friday night Call Public Safety, even for minor threats. Nico Triunfante Copy Editor
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A subject accused of attempted kidnap of a minor was reported to be on campus grounds on Friday, Jan. 22nd through an Eagle alert sent out by the Department of Public Safety late Friday night.
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CSU Chancellor Timothy White arrived at Cal State LA last Tuesday, Jan. 19th making one of 23 stops on his “Innovations in the Learning Environment” tour. Chancellor White seeks to understand each campus’s unique qualities and challenges while presenting his strategic vision for the future of the CSU. “I believe in keeping a finger on the pulse of our campuses by visiting and staying connected,” Chancellor White said. A large part of the Chancellor’s day was spent experiencing the many innovative achievements that had taken place on this campus, greeting and chatting with students before witnessing their intriguing range of skills.
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campus, and watched the acting out of social work, crime solving, and investigative journalism while attending a demonstration of the Residential Simulation Lab. In addition to touring the many impressive accomplishments within the Cal State LA community, Chancellor White used both a press conference with Golden Eagle Television, the University Times, ABC7 and an open forum to lay out his vision for the future of the CSU while gaining insight from students, faculty, and staff.
to form the ideal CSU system that Chancellor White pictures for the future. “If you take these touchstones and you glue them all together, you get the founding principle of inclusive excellence. We are at our best when a university can come together,” Chancellor White said, “When we bring that pluralistic society together, we can tackle just about anything.”
threatens to tear our campus environments apart. Chancellor White’s presence stirred to life the long existing anger within both students and faculty who are frustrated by a seeming lack of meaningful dialogue or respect from the CSU system. This anger resounded through the campus on Tuesday as California Faculty Association (CFA) protesters gathered outside the Chancellor’s forum in the Golden Eagle Ballrooms with red shirts, drum beats, and loud chanting--shouting out their anger at the stand-still negotiations on faculty salary raises.
According to the campus-wide text message, “The minor escaped without injury and left campus with her group. The minor later notified authorities of the incident.” The suspect was believed to be a male Latino, standing between 5-feet-7-inches to 5-feet-10-inches tall, wearing a dark navy pea coat, red scarf and dark jeans. While searching for the suspect, the University Police cautioned students that he was lurking around University residential housing.
“I’ve had a chance to be on eight campuses this year, setting down a set of touch stones to create a strategic vision, an umbrella, on each campus that its unique strengths can fit underneath,” Chancellor White said.
The many factors that Chancellor White outlined in his plan for inclusive excellence comes down to a common fact: student access to effective faculty with the ability to give out individual attention, resources, and to provide the face-to-face interaction that will teach soft skills and practical career skill sets to Cal State LA students.
These touchstones--which include quality, student success, diversity, sustainability, and access--are meant to come together
The ability to achieve this future hangs in the balance as continually escalating tensions between the CSU and its faculty
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Through this tour, he was able to perform karate moves in a motion capture suit that the Television, Film and Media Center later turned into a one-minute animated film, meet with enthusiastic members of the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) to learn about their efforts in fostering mental health and wellness on
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The forum, moderated by Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA, was meant as an open stage for dialogue between the Chancellor and the audience.
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Later that night the suspect had been arrested. Details of the time and location of the arrest are currently unknown and are still undergoing investigation. The University Times made an attempt to reach a statement but they could not comment at the time. Currently, there is no threat to the campus. To report any suspicious activity on campus, contact the Department of Public Safety, located on the North End of Lot 1, or call (323) 343-3700.
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It’s not always sunny in Los Angeles, fixing leaks and damage from the rain El Niño damages prepare the University for the next storm. Pablo De La Hoya Web Editor
Although the skies have been bright and sunny recently, El Niño is not over and the worst is yet to come. Here on campus we have already seen the results of the powerful rain brought by the storm, and the recovery is well underway. The parking structure between Salazar Hall and the Physical Science building were heavily affected after the week long rain. The Greenleaf Plaza was renovated in order to accommodate for the heavy rain. The turf has now been replaced with a new tile that guarantees to be a lot more waterproof.
Grounds and Custodial Manager, Michael Rodriguez said, “the small turf area which was installed 8-10 years ago turned into a [large] pool of water.” This not only affected walking for students but also the parking structure below as water began to flood in. The water managed to find its way down two levels into the student lot. Water flooded the parking structure due to the continuous flow within joint extension between the roof and walkway. Those expansion joints are now being replaced and will be completed sometime this week. Another reason for the excess rain is that when the expansion joints were being removed, it began to rain again. Although wooden planks were put down to stop the rain it wasn’t enough at the time and the water was flowing in heavily.
“In the future we hope to cover the whole plaza with the new tile,” Rodriguez said. “But we have to do it in sections because of price.” This will ensure that the plaza will be water tight and less water will drop into the parking structure. Along with the major flooding there were also smaller pools of water collecting throughout campus. Some of those flooding’s, such as the pool of water near LACHSA, were easily fixed by simply unplugging the drains. There were also minor leaks scattered throughout campus buildings, which are being addressed to prepare for what the storm that is scheduled to arrive. “We have to go out to the buildings and assess the leak before any fixes are done,” Rodriguez said. “The source of the leak may not be where the leak is actually occurring.” Rodriguez explained that finding the source is sometimes a long
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process and a temporary fix is often the solution. For example, the roof of the B wing in King Hall may have to be “water tested” to find the leaks. This means they will have to flood it and find the source in that matter to complete the fix. Another thing to keep in mind is that often times the solutions have to be done by contractors. Tremco is the main company that does a lot of the roof work on campus, who also perform tests in order to make sure the roofs are in good condition. A test was conducted in the fall of 2015 along with “jetting” the drains. Jetting is done in order to
Potential shooting locks down Alhambra schools Three Alhambra schools locked down after a possible shooting near the 10 Freeway. Taylor Preza
Production Manager As a precaution, Marguerita Elementary, Ramona Convent High School, and Fremont Elementary were placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 20th, after Alhambra Police received a call of a possible shooting near the area. Alhambra Police department received the call at 1:23 P.M. and responded to what is known as a “shots fired” call. According to the on-duty Watch Commander, authorities had then searched between Atlantic and Fremont along the 10 Freeway for a possibly armed suspect. When the search concluded, authorities found no actual threat to the community. There was no proof of a shooting and no reports of any injuries. “After receiving the call and searching, we found that there were no victims, no witnesses, and no evidence,” said Alhambra Police Department’s Watch Com-
mander, Lt. Ponce.
Authorities said the lockdowns from the three nearby schools, was lifted around 2:15 P.M. and campus was notified they were in the clear. The proximity of the possible shooting left some students at Cal State LA wondering why they were not notified of the situation, leaving them questioning their safety. “I’m happy that the other schools were locked down, but the fact that ours wasn’t locked down, made me feel a little unsafe,” said Pascual Melendez, 26, a Junior Accounting major. “What if the suspect came over here? They didn’t even mention it or send out an alert.” Although the scare occurred a few miles away from Cal State LA, the college was not placed on lockdown because it did not appear to be a threat to the campus. According to Cal State LA’s Department of Public Safety, they did not even know about the situation. Chief Wall and his lead dispatcher were not notified. And the fact that they did not even hear about it, proposed that it was not one that suggested any danger to Cal State LA. Cal State LA’s Chief Wall has been in communication with the Chief from Alhambra’s Police
Department on a week-to-week basis. On that day, he did not receive any notification from the Police Department.
“Because of our working relationship, I have absolute confidence that if at any time the Alhambra Police department thought that there was a threat to our campus, then I would have been notified and since that did not happen,” Chief Wall said. “I am comfortable saying that that situation did not pose a threat to our campus, to our students, or our community.” Chief Wall has made clear that there is a protocol set in stone for these types of situations. When questionable incidents occur, the first step is for his team to sit together to assess whether or not danger or a threat is posed to campus. If it does, an Eagle Alert will then be sent to everyone at Cal State LA, via text message or email. “We have a procedure where if something proposes a credible threat to the campus, we have a system in place to send those notification blasts out to everybody,” Chief Wall said. Although no actual shooting took place last Wednesday, the Department of Public Safety still stresses the importance of knowing there is a protocol set in place to ensure the safety of the campus.
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clear out the drains of any debris that may have collected inside the drains. Despite these efforts there are still leaks that occur due to the old infrastructure. A lot is being done right now to prepare for the next rainstorm, including fixing the leaks that occurred in week one from the heavy rain. “Preparation for El Niño began in the summer including King Hall’s D wing, which we are happy to report there were no leaks.” The work that has already been done to the building is holding up well and with the new repairs on the way Rodriguez hopes there will be even less leaks during the next storm.
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Continued from cover “You can never have too much dialogue, you can never have too much interchange between people in positions of authority and the communities they serve,” Sonenshein said. While questions touched upon a multitude of subjects--including the extension of undergraduate resources, Cal State LA’s obligations as a Hispanic serving institution, semester conversion, and work study programs--the forum was soon framed by the palpable anger among CFA protesters who filled the room with their signs and their voices, rising up to express that, for months, they have felt ignored and disregarded by the CSU system. The ‘never too much dialogue’ opening of the forum quickly changed its attitude in the face of the heartfelt pleas and blunt questions rising from the faculty. “We can’t eat at the end of the month, and you’re denying us even three percent,” one protester shouted, “How dare you.” After the first outpourings of fervent speeches, Sonenshein made the rather disappointing decision of shutting down faculty questions and statements, treating them as naughty school children rather than as equals with real concerns and valid emotions. Chancellor White responded to accusations by bringing up the 2008 recession, which threatened to cripple California’s economy. “Let’s be honest about the impact of that recession, it was profound. This system went through a very difficult four years. There were furloughs and there were no pay raises. We lost staff and we lost faculty. A lot of bad stuff happened and it happened over time, so I can’t unwind anything that was before my time,” Chancellor White said. A psychology professor rose to argue against this stance, laying out his points while many in the crowd cheered and clapped in support.
“Faculty is critical to the success of students. The two most important parts of the university are the students and the faculty,” he said, “Yet, according to the Sacramento Bee, there are 50 administrators on this campus who make 6-figure salaries, and through the recession many of those administrators got raises, and they were significant raises. Why is it that so many administrators are making more money than faculty who have been here for all these years?” According to studies by the CFA, administrative positions have indeed been increasingly choking out faculty positions as they grow in numbers and salaries. In 2004 to 2014, the number of managers and supervisors in the CSU grew by 19.2% system wide, while the number of tenure-line faculty fell by 3%. And these suit-and-tie positions come with a hefty price. In 2014, the average full-time salary for a CSU manager or supervisor was $106, 479 while the few full-time CSU faculty left made an average salary of $64, 479. Chancellor White explained this away as a necessity due to the labor market. “When you’re looking for certain skill sets, there’s a market out there and that has to be met because, otherwise, you’re not going to get the people who can do those jobs,” Chancellor White said, “What I’m committed to doing is, despite the naysayers who want to be critical of me, I’m absolutely committed to getting more permanent resources to raise the compensation of our faculty, to make sure that all the facilities are able to support the students. It may take longer than any of us want, but I work every day toward this goal to get enough resources.” The question remains: why must faculty wait for the arrival of “enough resources”, while the administration must be chased after with prices corresponding to the labor market? What about the labor market for faculty positions? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for post-secondary teachers
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was $70,790 in 2014. In addition, job opportunities in this area are actually increasing at a faster than average rate. By chasing the labor market of administrators rather than that of faculty, the CSU system actually endangers Chancellor White’s future vision of inclusive excellence by threatening to lose excellent and dedicated teachers to college systems which promise to give them what they deserve rather than commanding them to calm down and hold their tongue. “I want you to search your soul to see if you’re doing all that you can do,” a faculty protester said to Chancellor White, “I give my students all my love, all my heart. I go to work when I’m sick and when I’m tired. Ask yourself down to the core of your spirit: have you done all that you can do and, if not, will you?” Chancellor White is not a bad man. In fact he presented the picture of a genuine and relatable figure as he toured the campus and had heart-to-heart chats with the students he works for. As a first-generation college student, he came from a background of adversity and climbed his way up the educational ladder, struggling to make difficult decisions in an ambiguous and complicated world. This, however, is not an argument that can be simplified through ‘on paper’ logic. Chancellor White cannot come down from the world of six figure salaries and suit-and-tie clad meetings to calmly tell a crowd who buy their work outfits from the clearance section at Target while struggling between the decision to eat dinner or pay the rent that a livable paycheck may ‘take awhile.’ It is time that the CSU system sincerely realizes that their people are angry and they are tired of being told to wait for another Sacramento handout, for another year, for another lifetime to make a living wage while their administrative counterparts stride past them on the sidewalk, on to better cars, better houses, and better lives.
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Cal State LA’s Residential Simulation Lab Grabs Chancellor White’s Attention
Harkmore Lee, Director of the Simulation, Research & Training Program, presents the value of hands on learning to Chancellor White Hannah Jacobsen Staff Reporter
Cal State LA’s interdisciplinary Simulation, Research & Training Program, located in the Gerontology Institute, was one of the programs that received Chancellor Timothy White’s special attention during his campus visit last Tuesday, Jan. 19th. Cal State LA has numerous on-campus simulation laboratories, including a nurse skills lab and a mock courtroom, reinforcing the increasingly popular notion of preparing for a future career by taking a hands-on approach to learning the necessary skill set while in college. “We want to increase student competence and confidence, increasing student self-awareness so that they can know how they
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look and act in a situation while in a safe and supportive learning environment,” said Harkmore Lee, Director of the Simulation, Research & Training Program, in a presentation to Chancellor White. “Mistakes happen, and we encourage those mistakes here in order to let students learn about themselves.” The residential simulation lab that Lee demonstrated is a built to scale, one bedroom apartment. The simulation lab actually found its beginning in Lee’s own building project in 2013, when it was constructed from leftover wood from his own household renovations. When he encountered administration after the project’s completion, they decided to support the project and have the structure rebuilt to its current state. “Our union and the Universi-
ty-Student Union really invested themselves in this project, and that really shows the innovative learning climate that we’re entering into right now,” Lee said. The residential simulation lab delivers practical learning experience to social work, kinesiology, nursing, criminal justice and forensic science majors, as well as creating opportunities for learning that incorporates multiple disciplines, mimicking the melding of fields that occurs in the actual world. “Since 2013, over 715 students across 7 academic disciplines have been a part of our simulation lab,” Lee said. “We’re trying to integrate all the faculty and students from various disciplines so that they can collaborate, learn, and develop key skills together. We’re also trying to teach skills such as cultural competency. In
our simulations, students never know what they’ll be walking into, so we give them a chance to observe their own reactions.” In the presentation to Chancellor White, just two simulation demonstrations involved a handful of different disciplines: television and film, journalism, criminalists, social work, and criminal justice majors all melded together to learn skills vital to their field. An undergraduate student in social work, who acted the part of social worker to an acting student playing the part of an intoxicated and emotional single mother, recounted that learning to interact in this environment was vital to job competency in the future. “I have a lot of experience doing home visits, hospitalizations, and visiting the mentally ill. Going to the field with freshly graduated students, even Ph.D.s, never felt safe because they panicked and just didn’t know what to do,” Lee said. “I would feel safer in the field with people who had gone through simulations such as this one.” The crime scene simulation demonstration provides the same kind of practical experience for dealing with emotional trauma that is often not realistically touched on in course work. Criminal justice and criminalist students learn how to cooperate with each other within the crime scene while also handling the journalism students who arrived to shout out questions at both the scene of the crime and through a press conference.
Mitzi Roberts, a homicide detective with the LAPD who assists students with this simulation, stressed the importance of practical simulations for understanding the stress involved, and understanding how to balance law enforcement and your personal life. “This is one of the great struggles in law enforcement,” Roberts said. “How do you see what you do at work and then not ruin your relationships and your personal life? We lose a lot of officers to alcohol and other methods of improperly handling stress.” In a press conference earlier that Tuesday, President Covino professed that the practical application of learning soft skills, such as face-to-face interactions, would be a major goal for the semester conversion occurring in the next academic year. “During semesters, we will be revising our GE program to require more work that will get students out in the community giving back, interacting, and learning these soft skills,” President Covino said. With a large percentage of employers complaining of a lack of skill sets in college graduates, projects such as the residential simulation lab and its counterparts will provide students with the tools that simple coursework has obviously failed to provide, creating Cal State LA graduates who understand the value of soft skills such as the handling of stress, face-to-face interaction, and cultural competency.
ASI preps early for elections With elections in May, workshops for potential candidates has begun. Taylor Preza
Production Manager Time is ticking. The deadline to submit a candidate application online to run for Cal State LA’s Associated Student Inc. (ASI) is 5 P.M. on Thursday, Feb. 25th. In order to encourage more students to get involved and step up to the plate, ASI has begun holding election workshops earlier than ever. Students who are hungry to serve and represent of the University and fellow peers have already stopped by the election workshops. The first workshop was held in fall quarter. In comparison to the winter quarter, Ishan Shah, the Elections and Orientation Commissioner, believes that their haste in hold-
step-by-step. It’s recommended that students interested attend a workshop to get any questions they have answered. Then, they are to submit a “Letter of Intent to Run for Office.” After that, they need to verify if they are in good standing with the University and even meet the requirements to run.
ing these workshops will improve the overall efficiency of the elections. “We started earlier this time than before, so that we could be on time with everything,” Shah said. The next session will be held on Feb. 8th from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. at the housing, Phase II Lounge. Hosted by Shah, students are briefed on the process of running as a candidate. These sessions help to serve as an outlet for students with questions about running for office to get answers. So far, three out of five workshops have been held. And out of those three, Shah has already seen an increase in the number of candidates from last year. He says there have been more than 10 students who have attended the workshops. And this year, a greater number of students are even showing interest in representing their colleges. Although it is an increase, Shah expects more students to stop by and hopes that it just has to do
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with timing. “The campaigning starts in April and elections are in May, so I’m guessing there will be more people who will attend the next two workshops as it gets closer,” Shah said. Others think the supposedly low turnout may have less to do with timing and more to do with advertising. “They need to boost up their numbers,” said Kannie Pham, 34, a senior Biochemistry major. “All the fliers are around the U-SU and they have to get it
more towards the natural science buildings and be more visible.” After their third workshop was held on Jan. 20th, the very next day, ASI had posted more fliers and advertising stands throughout campus. With the application deadline coming soon, and ASI also hungry to serve the student body, the search to bring in more candidates heats up. The process to run for office is one that needs to be followed
During the process, students are then encouraged to review the Election Season Timeline of Important Dates. Then, they need to submit an application. This is due by Feb. 25th. After that, comes the eligibility verification and following that is attending the mandatory briefing and debate. Lastly, comes the clean campaigning season from Monday, April 21th, through Wednesday, May 11. For more information on the process, contact Ishan Shah, Elections and Orientation Commissioner, at asieoc@calstatela. edu or visit www.asicalstatela. org/elections. General election voting will be from May 9th through May 11th on GET.
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ASI and U-SU, know the difference
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Women’s basketball team ride the Broncos to victory Golden Eagles Snap 6 Game Losing Streak.
also helps my teammates like we all have something we do on the court. It’s just one of my parts,” Orlich said.
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The gamechanger, Franeka Hall, came off the bench with energy and caused turnovers. She didn’t play in the first meeting of the season against Cal Poly Pomona Broncos.
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Students are uninformed of the assets within the University. Vanessa Osio Contributor
Associated Students Inc. (ASI) and the University-Student Union (U-SU) have been around the Cal State LA campus for 50 years. ASI provides an opportunity in student government, a voice for student’s opinion and community leadership. Overall it is the voice for the campus, and our only representatives. On the other side, the U-SU provides a safe setting for the diverse university student body in which they host events around campus to get the students involved in college life. Noemi Espadas, 20, junior Communications major has been at Cal State LA for three years and did not know what ASI or U-SU were. “I think I have an idea…the U-SU is just the whole building itself and ASI is a center inside the building,” Espadas said. “I don’t really know what is going on in ASI or the U-SU but I would want to know more information about both.” And students like freshman Reana Ybona, 18, who is an undeclared major, said she would get involved if she only knew more about the organizations. “I would be involved if I knew more information. If I got more information through our campus email ahead of time then that would be great. Some students do not even know about events ahead of time
they just see them around campus and keep walking. “I have never attended an event that either U-SU or ASI event, I just always pass by them,” Ybona said. Students like Ybona would like to get more information through the school email account. They would also like to get information when first starting at Cal State LA. Colburn Junus, a Center for Student Involvement member and Greek life assistant agrees. Junus, 23, a senior TVF Major also suggested that it should be introduced at freshman orientation. “I feel this should be addressed in freshman orientation. Going into my freshman year I did not know a lot of different things including the position that I have now.” But students like Andy Hernandez are aware of the existence of the U-SU and ASI, but believe that they are not marketing well enough. “They should have little campaigns along the walkway to help spread the word about them. I have been to some activities they host, but I am not sure if they are U-SU hosted or ASI, I mean how can you tell?” says Hernandez, 19, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major. ASI has been the voice of the students since 1959. “ASI is an advocacy body and is going to the students to find out what they want. And taking those wants and trying to turn them to tangible reachable goals,” Samuel Garza, 23, a senior Biology major said.
Vice President for Administration for ASI Garza got involved by talking to people he knew that were already involved. “I decided to run and get more involved and find out what is out there.” If students would like to get involved, “I would recommend looking at our meeting calendar first to familiarize themselves with the process that goes along with everything we have to do because it is a lot of structure and order.” ASI representatives continually advocate for student issues, while the U-SU only provide an office space for ASI to work under to perform those duties. Sasha Perez, 23, a senior Political Science and Economics major who has been involved with ASI before clarified, “ASI is the student government and the student union operates a little bit differently because it is not necessarily student run. Whereas, ASI is entirely run by students. The Student Union has a student board who makes decisions on what is done within the Student Union, but they are for smaller level decisions and with ASI everything is a student decision and everything comes down to the students at the very end of the day.” If you would like to get involved with ASI check out the link http://asicalstatela.org/, which includes a list of the many open positions available to all students. The U-SU also has employment opportunities available and open to all students for fulltime and part-time work.
In the first meeting with the Broncos earlier this season, the Golden Eagles lost by 37 points, but Friday night was a new game for the women’s basketball team, who was off to a rough 4-10 start and came off of 6 game losing streak. It was a close and tough battle to the end. The Golden Eagles, found their spark in Bree Parsons, who got the team off to a 6-0 start, hitting back-toback 3 pointers, but was benched early with the 2 personal fouls. Parsons, led the Golden Eagles with 15 points 4 for 8 from the field, 3-3 from 3-point land, 4-4 from free throws, 8 rebounds, and 4 personal fouls in 20 minutes. “At the beginning it was frustrating, but it was my own fault,” Parsons said in regards to her foul trouble. Another big tribute to the team’s win was Ali Orlich. She was off to a slow start, but came alive towards the end of the second quarter with a big steal and hitting a 3. As the vocal leader on the court for her team, Ali Orlich scored 13 points of her own 8-10 from the field, 3 coming from behind the arc, 2 steals in 35 minutes. After the game Orlich commented about being the vocal leader. “It helps me as well, it
In the second quarter with 6:46, Hall hurt her knee but that didn’t stop her from coming back in the second half helping out her team to victory. “I stepped on my teammates foot, it buckled three times,” Hall said. “I felt like I couldn’t use it right after. I’m good. “While she might not have scored much, shooting 3 for 14 from the field, she came up big with 7 rebounds and 4 steals in 19 minutes. It was the only one game, but Cal State LA, who was previously embarrassed by Cal Poly Pomona, built up confidence with this win. “The same energy and effort we had tonight we are definitely going to need that tomorrow,” said Shawn Berina, Assistant Coach for the Golden Eagles. “We played together like a team tonight and everyone who came into the game contributed. We are for sure going to need that tomorrow.” As the clock ran out, Head Coach Carter Shaw of Golden Eagles fist pumped as his team beat the Broncos, 74-61.
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TECNOLOGÍA
Avances tecnológicos Los beneficios de los carros del 2016 Por Jessica Magaña
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Los daños del famoso “commute”
Pasar más de una hora viajando diariamente afecta la salud
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Por Graciela López El viaje rutinario causa estrés. Este último tiene como resultado dolor de cuello o espalda, presión alta y ansiedad. Un estudio publicado en Huntington Post expuso que 10.8 millones de estadounidenses pasan más de una hora viajando de la casa al trabajo o escuela y viceversa. La mayoría son residentes de Nueva York, Atlanta y Los Ángeles. El mismo estudio concluyó que viajar a diario impide pasar más tiempo haciendo actividades agradables. Pasar tiempo con la familia y amigos, hacer ejercicio o dormir pueden contribuir a una buena salud. Pero transportarse no permite llevar a cabo tales actividades con frecuencia. Sin embargo, las personas pueden aprovechar el “commute” realizando actividades que contrarresten sus efectos
En este año, se han diseñado ocho nuevas tendencias tecnológicas de modelos de autos que prometen favorecer y facilitar nuestras vidas. La Opinión publicó la lista de algunas marcas que ofrecen nuevas innovaciones de alta definición.
Pasajeros del tren subterráneo en Nueva York leen los diarios locales. Fotografía | Crédito: en.wikipedia.org
negativos. Cando se viaja en auto, por ejemplo, es posible escuchar música o libros auditivos que estimulan y despejan la mente. Si el medio de transporte es público, los pasajeros pueden leer, trabajar en un proyecto o anotar pensamientos en un diario para calmar la ansiedad. La meditación también es recomendada. Cuando los “commuters” caminan o viajan en bicicleta previenen más los problemas de salud ya que realizan más ejercicio. Estos mantienen un cuerpo activo y hasta pueden aumentar la intensidad caminando o pedaleando más rápido.
La Onda hace una cordial invitación a todos los estudiantes de español que deseen publicar artículos, noticias, anuncios o cualquier otro escrito sobre temas relevantes para la comunidad estudiantil. Nuestro objetivo es mantener informados a los alumnos de esta universidad y nuestra misión es conservar el legado de nuestra página periodística en español con la participación de ustedes. Nota: tener trabajos publicados no sólo les ayudará a reforzar su español, sino también a construir un currículo más fuerte. Además, si están trabajando en su licenciatura, pueden agregar sus publicaciones al portafolio para que sea más convincente.
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Los fabricantes de Tesla crearon un carro conocido como “Modelo S”. Éste incluye un sistema que mantiene el vehículo en un solo carril sin necesidad de un piloto. Se programa para que tenga control de velocidad y cambios de carril. Esto se puede implementar cuando hay emergencias personales, por ejemplo. BMW El modelo BMW Serie 7 tiene un llavero con una pantalla de video. Dicho
Foto de un BMW Serie 7 del 2016 Fotografía | Crédito: www.hypebeast.com
rasgo tecnológico ayuda al conductor a mover su vehículo automáticamente. El llavero moderno tiene el propósito de ayudar en especial a aquellos que no recuerden en donde se estacionaron. Honda Los nuevos diseños Honda CR-V, HR-V y Sedan Accord vienen con un sistema llamado “Lanewatch” que permite que el conductor tenga acceso a una vista amplia de los costados. Esto puede prevenir accidentes ya que hace el punto ciego visible. Ford
Los nuevos modelos más eficientes de Ford son el Ford Edge y el Explorer. Los autos incluyen cámaras con una visión de 180 grados en la parte delantera al igual que en la parte trasera. También poseen un sistema de lavado que limpia los espejos, en especial durante el mal tiempo. Cadillac El nuevo Cadillac CTS estará a la venta a principios del año. Este modelo tiene un espejo retrovisor que permite mirar a lo ancho de la parte trasera. Posee un streaming de video de alta definición. El nuevo sistema puede evitar choques o raspones cuando se estaciona en espacios reducidos.
COLUMNA DE OPINIÓN Ser madre y estudiante a la vez Un desafío que trae muchos contratiempos Por Claudia Landeros Muchas madres estudiantes se verán obligadas a abandonar la escuela por no tener quién cuide a sus bebés. Esto ocurre si no existe una guardería cercana a la universidad y que brinde un servicio de calidad para el cuidado de los pequeños. Por fortuna, el plantel de Cal State LA tiene un centro que brinda servicios de guardería para los hijos de profesores y alumnos, Anna Bing Arnold Children’s Center. Éste es un centro acreditado por La Asociación Nacional para la Educación de Niños Pequeños (NAEYC por sus siglas en inglés). Ser estudiante y ser madre son responsabilidades muy grandes. Más aún si se llevan juntas. Muchas estudiantes universitarias, o son madres ya o están embarazadas, lo que resulta en una reorganización total de su calendario de actividades. Esta es una
Salón del centro de cuidado infantil en Cal State LA. Fotografía | Crédito: www.calstatela.edu
realidad bastante común y no es nada fácil enfrentarse al dilema de seguir estudiando o atender a los hijos, sobre todo si son pequeños. Hay muchas madres muy valientes que deciden continuar con sus estudios pese a la gran responsabilidad que esto significa. No es tarea fácil. Una estudiante embarazada, tendrá que lidiar con todas las complicaciones de su estado. Las molestias que provoca el embarazo les impiden muchas veces continuar con sus actividades normales. Sobre todo en los últimos meses de gestación. El rendimiento ya no es el mismo y es necesario ausentarse de clase muchas veces para acudir a las visitas médicas. Todo esto implica que la joven mamá
haga un sacrificio extra para pasar las clases. Una vez nacido el bebé, la madre debe hacer coincidir los tiempos para atender la alimentación de su hijo y buscar quién lo cuide mientras ella asiste a clases. No es fácil desprenderse de su bebé recién nacido para asistir a la escuela, además que toda la rutina de la madre cambia con el nacimiento del bebé. Es un desafío que se vuelve muy agotador. Si desean obtener más información sobre los servicios que el centro de Cal State LA ofrece, pueden llamar al (323)343-2470 o visitar la página de la institución: www.calstatela. edu/abacc
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A lesson from a royal Teitelbaum Bill Teitelbaum’s keys to success. Matthew Gonzalez Advertising Assistant
The college of Arts and Letters ASI representatives Ashley Foskey and Gregory Bates hosted the career development workshop “What’s Your Degree Worth”. During the event, alumni guest speakers were asked to give feedback to current students on how to make the best of college experiences through internships, juggling their personal life and dealing with stress. The panelists included Frances Chee, Isabel Rojas Williams, Chantel Solomon, Ben Caron, Alisha Tycer, Paul Gomez, Richard Reyes and Bill Teitelbaum. Bill Teitelbaum is an alumnus from the class of ’77, known for his programs in the entertainment industry. Teitelbaum was Vice-President with CBS and Kingworld TV, directing with merchandising and licensing properties. Some of his works in-
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clude working with “The Newlywed Game”, “Jeopardy”, “Wheel of Fortune”, “The Little Rascals”, Marvel’s “X-Men”, and “Power Rangers”. Teitelbaum was also a cartoonist with the New York Magazines, and along with his brother co-created the newspaper version of the Pink Panther. Some of the advice that the panelists gave to undergrad students was to not wait until your last year to start an internship. Best way to find out if the field for you is to experiment. Being in tune with yourself is the key to finding anything you wish to accomplish in life. Another guideline that the panelists advised students was to find time to be still citing that some of the biggest CEO’s in the world practice meditation. Social life is an important aspect to have as an undergrad and to plan to balance school, sleep, and social life accordingly to maintain those relationships. Find things you love and prioritize. Find out your own personality. Discover hobbies. Sleep is
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important and essential, and make actionable goals for yourself. Richard Reyes mentioned to prioritize your life for what is important to you. “Key to a miserable life is trying to do what everyone else wants you to do instead of what you want to do for yourself” said Richard Reyes. Prioritizing was a key factor toward Chantel Solomon’s success. “For me I had to choose between school and family,” Solomon said. “Say sorry friend’s- but
my boyfriend’s more important. Honor whatever you prioritize. Drink water. Schedule time off. Book an event in your calendar titled 'nothing' and that means on that day you do what you want to do.”
that you earned your diploma,” Teitelbaum said. “That shows me that you started something and you finished it. Employers look at that and say ‘I want you on my team if you can start something and finish it.'"
As an employer, Teitelbaum expressed his guidelines for what he seeks in potential employees.
Overall the event was inspirational as it was informative. The best way to overcome the undergrad struggle was to understand that you are doing it for yourself and treat your education as if it were a job. Set goals and achieve them. Try to find the best balance between your personal life and your academic life.
“If I’m an employer looking at your resume and I see that you have a beginning, middle and end, I would consider you. Your beginning can be you start school, your middle would be you had classes and your end should be
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EVENT CALENDAR MONDAY 25 th
Exhibit: Unveiling the Truth About the #Modelminoritymyth Until January 29, 2016 - 10:00am Cross Cultural Centers, 2nd Floor, U-SU Muffin Monday 2:30pm U-SU Plaza, 1st Floor, U-SU Cup of Culture: An Afternoon with Ben Guillory 3:15pm U-SU Theatre
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
TUESDAY 26th Mindfulness & Relaxation 2:00pm to 3:00pm U-SU, Reflection Room (3rd floor) The Shaming of Sexuality: A Talk by Dr. Heidi Riggio 3:15pm Los Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor, U-SU The Claudia Baltazar Lecture on Women of Color, Thought and Activism
4:15pm San Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU
Jean Burden Poetry Reading: An Evening with Juan Felipe Herrera 5:30pm Golden Eagle Ballroom FAB's Glow it Up Dance 7:00pm The Pit, Basement, U-SU
(Queer) Sex Ed: A Talk by Planned Parenthood 12:00pm San Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU Winter Involvement Fair 12:00pm
U-SU Plaza, 1st Floor, U-SU
Winter Warmup 2:00pm to 4:00pm Salazar Hall Plaza
FRIDAY 29th
THURSDAY 28th Men of Color Success Network: Defining Masculinity 12:00pm San Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU
WEDNESDAY 27th
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Pain Point Schicht 12-5 pm Luckman Gallery Exhibit: Unveiling the Truth About the #Modelminoritymyth Until January 29, 2016 - 10:00am Cross Cultural Centers, 2nd Floor, U-SU