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University Bookstore announces price match guarantee on textbooks
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Hogwarts comes to SoCal
Beginning this quarter, the University Bookstore will offer a new Price Match program, set to save students more money and time on books. Students and staff on the bookstore’s email list received an email on February 29, stating, “we price match our online competitors.”
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Price matching is a system the University Bookstore is attempting to use to save students more money and time. To benefit from this offer, students must present verification of the lowest price offered at an online retailer or local bookstore and they will receive the competitor’s price instead of the bookstore’s original price. Implemented in spring, the new Price Match program will only match select stores and online retailers. Originally, the email sent out only listed Amazon, Chegg and BN.com (Barnes & Noble’s online site) as price match retailers. According to Elaine Reed, the General Manager of the University Bookstore, the prices for textbooks advertised, offered from a local brick-and-mortar bookstore or online retailer (like the ones previously mentioned) will be honored. “Saving money is one of the
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major concerns for all the students at Cal State LA and now that price matching is here, it will for sure benefit all students around
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campus,” says Norman Martinez, 21, sophomore TVF major.
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Business Pitch 2016 Semi-Finalists Chavez Prepare for Final Competition in April Cesar Fun Facts Hannah Jacobsen Staff Reporter
While the majority of our Cal State LA community wandered back on campus after a much needed Spring Break, a select group of students spent the past few weeks--spring break included--preparing for the opportunity of a life-time: a monetary prize and a month-long stay in a Downtown LA workshop to make make their business idea a reality. Business Pitch is an annual competition that provides handson training and the possibility of start-up funding for the winning team. It is coordinated by Barney Santos, a Cal State LA alumnus with a knack for business and entrepreneurial endeavors. He came back to his old stomping grounds in order to give students the practical knowledge and presentation skills that can make their ideas
The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has nurtured our imagination since we were children- enchanting spells, monstrous books, magical creatures, Marauder’s map, and so much more. I remember daydreaming about my own life in the world of magic. “Perhaps my parents were not muggles,” I thought to my 12-year-old self. “Maybe one day I would receive the acceptance letter from Hogwarts.” Of course the letter never came, and within that process of endless waiting, I’ve grown up. I’ve toured the shooting sets and been to the Harry Potter studios in suburban London. But I wasn’t satisfied- perhaps seeing the lego size Hogwarts was instead a destruction of my imagination. Therefore, when I read Continues on page 6
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Every March, the University commemorates Cesar Chavez by closing down the campus for the 31st to celebrate the Chicano activist’s work for farmworkers rights, social justice and Mexican-American empowerment. Here are some fast facts about California’s most recognized activist.
come to life. “Students here in this community, with that type of information, can really change things,” Santos said during the filming of Business Pitch 2015. “Not just for themselves, but for generations behind them, their families, their kids kids. That’s why I think it’s important to bring this type of methodology, this type of thinking to Cal State LA.” While the six semi-finalists are chosen from an online application to the program, the real test comes as these future entrepreneurs par-
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ticipate in an intensive four week program at the Nongshim Innovation Lab in the College of Business and Economics (CBE). “Right now, we’re in the idea refining process, where we’re trying to identify our problems and generate solutions based on a scientific method,” said Jose Trinidad Castañeda III, who is competing with his non-profit idea called Xinampa Farms. “We’re using this amazing startup program at the Nongshim Innovation Lab, which is a creative space for Continues on page 3
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President John F. Kennedy offered Chavez a position as a head of the Peace Corps for parts of Latin America but he turned it down to continue his farm worker’s cause.
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In 1972, Chavez and Huerta coined the term “Si se puede,” quickly becoming the United Farm Workers (UFW) official motto, and acted as the inspiration for President Obama’s “Yes, we can” 2008 campaign message.
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Chavez was a well-known vegetarian and remained one for the rest of his “after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do.”
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Chavez had a condition known as Venus de Milo foot where his second toe was longer than the first, causing great pain when he marched. In addition, JFK’s personal doctor claimed Chavez suffered from an abnormality where his left side was bigger than his right side.
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At the age of 61, Cesar Chavez fasted for 36 days in 1988 to protest the use of pesticides in the field as a result of high rates of cancer from farm workers working in the grape fields. Many reports claim he was on the edge of death with him losing 30 lbs. and constantly losing consciousness.
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Before dropping out of school to help his migrant farm worker parents, Chavez attended more than 38 schools before the 8th grade.
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Brussels attacks leave 31 dead, officials follow trial to identify bombers
a new attack. During the March 25 raid in Schaerbreek suburb of Brussels, there were reports of at least three explosions and gunfire. One man carrying a bag of explosive materials was wounded and arrested in the raid.
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ISIS bombings becoming the norm.
This attack on the Capitol of Europe is the first of its kind. It is the first time in European history that a repeat terrorist attack has occurred at the hands of a wanted and known terror cell. This cell has so far claimed the lives of over 160 people across Europe.
A string of bombings occurred in Europe following the capture of Belgian national Salah Abdeslam, the lone Paris attacker who has been on the run since the November 13 massacre of 130 people. On the morning of March 22 at 7:58 A.M., gunfire was heard at a departures terminal at the Zaventem airport in Brussels, and was followed by two suicide bombs exploding within ten seconds of one another. A third assailant who dropped a bag of explosives at the airport fled the scene, and due to the instability of the bomb, it went off before it could be neutralized. This suspect is currently on the run. Just over an hour later at 9:10 A.M., another bomb was detonated near the headquarters of the European Commission at the Maalbeek metro station. Authorities have confirmed 20 deaths on site with the seriously wounded transported to the Thon hotel nearby. A controlled explosion of an undetonated bomb at the station was conducted by a Belgian bomb squad. Both attacks resulted in a total of 31 deaths and 316 injuries. At least a dozen Americans were injured as a result of the two airport blasts. A New York couple known to have been at the airport are still missing, however a U.S. official
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traveling with John Kerry said two Americans had died in the attacks. The U.S. European Command announced that an Air Force officer and his wife and four children were injured at Zaventem Airport. A trio of U.S. missionaries ranging from the ages of 19 to 66, were seriously injured during the airport attacks as well. One of the airport suicide bombers was Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, who was detained in Turkey last summer under suspicion of being an Islamic State fighter. Unfortunately at the time of his arrest on the Syrian border, Belgium could not provide evidence for a concrete link between el-Bakraoui and ISIS. Turkey let Ibrahim return back to the Netherlands as a free man. He was identified by his fingerprints found at the scene in the Brussels airport.
The suicide bomber at the metro station has been identified as Khalid el-Bakraoui, a Belgian national with an extensive criminal history comparable to his brother Ibrahim’s. Both have been convicted of robberies, multiple counts of auto theft and evading police. The pair’s apartment functioned as a safe house for the ISIS terrorist cell. The other twin suicide bomber at Zaventem airport was recently identified by his DNA found on the suicide vest, as Najim Laachraoui. Laachraoui was recorded on CCTV cameras in September while driving from Hungary to Austria with Salah Abdeslam in the driver’s seat. Najim is also suspected of making the suicide belts used in the November Paris attacks. Following the attacks in Brussels,
the Islamic State (ISIS) released a propaganda video on March 24, praising the Belgian militants who carried out the bombings at Zavatem airport and Molembeek metro station. Released by the proISIS al-Battar Media Foundation, the nine minute long video was also shared through social media by sympathizers of the jihadists. The video features scenes from the attacks and quotes from our country’s Republican candidate for the Presidential 2016 race, Donald Trump. Since the attacks, multiple raids have been conducted across Europe resulting in the arrest of seven suspects in Brussels, two in Germany and one in Paris. Reda Kriket, the suspect arrested in Paris on March 24, was arrested last year with the ringleader of the Paris attacks and is accused of planning
All the talks about the Communication Department Pablo De La Hoya Web Editor
Winter quarter speaking showcase success is just the start. The Arts and Letters College hosts a lot of events on campus, but the most successful by far is the public speaking showcase. This quarterly showcase is ran by the Communication department and brings together all of the COMM 150 classes to find the best persuasive speeches. During the winter quarter, there was approximately 575 students in attendance of the showcase, which is a new record according to Dr. David Olsen, current Chair of the Department of Communication Studies. This is thanks to the 50 sections offered by the department of the COMM 150 class aimed to teach students the principles of oral communication. Although the amount of sections of COMM 150 is to thank for the new record numbers it is possible through other facts. The department has a total of 733 total majors in both
the Bachelor’s and Master’s program, which adds up to the largest department in the Arts and Letters College. Of those 733 students, 46 are in the MA program, which offers the most amount of TA’s. That is where the increased number of sections comes from and is the only way it is feasible. Director of the Communication Department, Dr. Olsen says, “We are thrilled with the growth of our major. We have tripled in size in the last 10 years.” They continue to grow, but there is another reason the communication department should be very proud this year. The Forensics Speech and Debate team has had an outstanding year. President and team captain Lane Schwager qualified 5 events for nationals and earned the top speaker award for the district.
Dorothy Garcia, a fourth year Communication major, qualified 3 events and is also the team’s historian. Dani Soibelman, a student in the Early Entrance Program, qualified 6 events as the student representative for the district. Monica Roldan, Marilu Bustamente and Alex Zhou all also qualified an event and are heading to
nationals in Florida this year.
Lane Schwager is excited to partake in nationals this year where hundreds of competitors will meet for the toughest tournament of the year. “I know everyone on the entire team is nervously looking forward to the coming weeks and I am so proud to be a part of such an amazing and talented group of students,” Schwager said. Students with similar events like Soibelman and Schwager will have a difficult task at hand by giving multiple performances during the same round. This isn’t something new to the Forensics world as many students compete in a lot of the different performative forms. They span from limited preparation to the traditional platform speeches learned in COMM 150. Dr. Olsen not only credits the team’s success to the growth of the department, but primarily pays homage to the team and their growth. “They are superb representatives of our Department and of Cal State LA,” Dr. Olsen said. “We have an amazing coaching team this year and amazing competitors.”
Belgium enacted 18 counter terrorism measures after the November 13 Paris attacks including one that gave authorities 24 hour access to search homes. Their previous policy said authorities could only search homes from 5 A.M. to 9 P.M., giving Abdelslam ample time to maneuver around Belgium immediately following the Paris attacks. Brussels is not the only European bombing to occur in March at the hands of ISIS militants. A blast in Ankara killing 37 people and injuring 127 occurred on March 13 and was claimed by the Islamic State. A second bombing in Turkey on March 19, in the major tourist destination of Istanbul, took the lives of five people and injured 36.
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Business Pitch Continued from cover entrepreneurs, and we’re trying to develop a really solid business plan and proposal by the end of the four week program.” In addition to Xinampa Farms, which would work to provide self-sustained vertical farming solutions to urban communities, semi-finalists include a solution to human trafficking through Beacon of Hope, sustainable and premium disposable chopsticks through Cropsticks, microfinance loans to traditionally unbankable minority entrepreneurs through Wiser Lender, the creation of a parking platform in India through Pay’N’Park, and a connecting service between nurses and vacant shift through All Shifts. Three wild card teams -- Recovery Glove System, GoCoach, and TotemV -- will join the semi-finalists in the four weeks of entrepreneurial training from the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, as well as the Small Business Development Center of Pasadena. Only one of these three wild card teams will be able to
stay on and compete in the final competition on April 11. As Dr. James Goodrich, the Dean of the College of Business and Economics, noted during the filming of Business Pitch 2015, these business pitches all provide innovative and rather unique solutions to problems faced in our modern world. “When you have a business program, you spend a lot of time talking about how to do things more efficiently, how to accomplish things with as few resources for the maximum output that’s possible,” Dr. Goodrich said. “And that’s good, but we also need to teach people how to be more innovative, how to be more creative, how to come up with a whole different idea that no one else has thought of, and that’s the whole idea of this contest: thinking of something different, thinking of something a little bit off the charts.” This off the chart thinking combines with the academic and psychological rigor of coursework to create practical solutions out of the broader concepts that students are constantly asked to
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consider--such as global hunger, sustainability, and shortages in the healthcare industry. Castañeda’s vertical farming non-profit is just one example of the innovative solutions that the semi-finalists have proposed to solve these world issues. “Society has yet to address the overwhelming issues of hunger and climate change. These changes will have profound impacts on food, water, energy, and social well-being in the years to come,” Castañeda said. “Xinampa Farms has a vision of reintroducing urban agriculture to the food deserts in Southern California. It will lead the urban farming revolution by investing in retrofitted shipping containers that can grow up to 5,000 pounds of fresh produce each in an 8-week cycle.” By providing students with a space to let their ideas grow, whether it be nifty sustainable chopsticks or the future of parking in India, Business Pitch 2016 provides one of the many college platforms for future community leaders to experiment and succeed in solving problems through innovative ideas and savvy business techniques.
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Bookstore Continued from cover easier for me to save some money. I believe this is a big change for the university,” says Martinez.
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Excluded from price matches will be any online marketplaces like “other sellers” on Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, the Cal State LA Book Exchange, and peer-to-peer pricing. And as a Cal State LA student that has been waiting for a price match program to be imposed, Christopher Rodriguez is ecstatic. “Price matching at the University Bookstore is a great move forward. Although I would still be searching for prices online, I can now focus on online retailers, and local brick-and-mortar bookstores,” Rodriguez said.
“This way, I can compare the prices on campus to the other retailers, and, if I find a price cheaper, somewhere else, I can have that same price here at school— much more convenient than having to depend on other retailer’s forms of delivery,” Rodriguez said. Nonetheless, some professors require the textbook the first week of class, and shipping time is not always accurate for online orders. This leaves students with no other choice but to buy from the University Bookstore. Instead of waiting for orders to arrive, the Price Match program is great for students who need a textbook right away. Simply show the workers the competitor’s lowest price, and they will go ahead and honor the request.
“The Price Match program is another way to offer students support and saving,” Reed said. “The bookstore is a full-service store whose sole mission is to ensure that the right textbook, for the right class, is on the shelf at the right time.” Price matching is something that students have been long awaiting for. With the new program in place, students no longer have to wait for their online orders to come in, or spend more money on what students consider to be inflated prices. Instead, students can save money, and time by purchasing the textbook needed right away at the University Bookstore for a low cost. “The University Bookstore guarantees that every student has the book he or she needs, even if its means reordering a single copy,” Reed said.
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Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bids get the thumbs up by students Kayla Hodge Contributor
Decisions on the possible locations for upcoming Olympic Games. Although Los Angeles has hosted the Olympic games back in 1932 and 1984, Angelino’s are stepping up to the plate again, to bid for the 2024 Olympics to be held at various Los Angeles county areas. Gio Lopez, senior Chicano studies major is excited for the chance once again. “I think it would be cool. L.A. is known for stardom and celebrities, so to have the chance to host a huge sporting event again would be a good look for us,”
says Lopez.
According to the Los Angeles Times, since 1939, the Southern California Committee of Olympic Games (SCCOG) has tirelessly pursued its purpose to support the Olympic Movement and to return the games to Los Angeles. If L.A. were to hold the games, the cities and venues that would take part in this would include: The Coliseum (Opening ceremony and closing ceremony, track and field); Staples Center (Gymnastics, trampoline, basketball); Griffith Park (Mountain biking, BMX; Santa Monica Beach/Pacific Coast Highway (Volleyball, triathlon, open-water swimming, cycling time trials); The Home Depot Center (Rugby); and the Pasadena Rose Bowl (Soccer). A poll last year conducted by Olympic organizers found that
81 percent of Angelinos supported Los Angeles hosting the 2024 Olympics. Of that 81 percent, 56 percent strongly support the games coming to L.A., while 32 percent are just “somewhat supportive.” Unfortunately, most of the 2,425 respondents who back the Olympics are hoping for the 31 percent “economic boost” it will bring as well as the 18 percent of expected jobs it would create. Yet, many economists say the actual economic impact Olympics have on cities is small reported the Los Angeles Times. Ashley Miller, junior Music major is supportive of the many job opportunities that can derive from the Olympics games if set to be in L.A. “I agree, I think we should host the games here in L.A., it would
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give people more job opportunities, but it would just be a fun experience for everybody to enjoy,” says Miller. Those that are anti-Olympicsin-L.A. are worried about traffic and the cost, but L.A. is still up against heavy-hitters like Rome, Budapest, and Paris in the battle to get the 2024 Olympics. However, students like Jessica Cordova, sophomore Physics major is not too thrilled about the games being the City of Angeles. and Democratic primaries draw closer, BLM is using that voice to not endorse any candidate. “We’re not telling people not to vote, we’re simply not endorsing any presidential candidate,” Dr. Abdullah said to Democracy Now. Dr. Abdullah expanded this thought by stating that, in her view, neither democratic candidate held a “strong command” or demonstrated a willingness to really invest the time or energy to develop plans on issues related to race and black oppression; this has led to a lack of faith in both democratic candidates.
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candidates in the upcoming presidential election.
Melina Abdullah explains BLM’s political stance in an interview with Democracy Now.
Dr. Abdullah has been involved with BLM’s Los Angeles branch since its beginning. Through a 2015 article that she wrote for KCET’s Departures studio, Dr. Abdullah describes BLM as a movement that has emerged organically since Trayvon Martin’s murder in 2012 to address state-sanctioned violence against the black community.
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In an interview with Democracy Now in early March, Dr. Melina Abdullah -- Professor and Chair of the Pan-African Studies department at Cal State LA and one of the founders of Black Lives Matter’s Los Angeles chapter -- expanded on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement’s decision to not endorse any of the
“The murder of Trayvon Martin, and George Zimmerman’s acquittal on July 13, 2013, was not simply a matter of injustice; it was an affirmation of what had always been whispered, that it was open season and our children were
prey,” Dr. Abdullah wrote. “As a mother, the voice of a movement waiting to come to life beckoned me. That night, a movement was sparked. In the last two years, Black Lives Matter has emerged organically as one of the most important movements of this era to address state-sanctioned violence against Black people.” In those post-Trayvon times, the movement rose to demonstrate its social and political power in Los Angeles as hundreds of demonstrators took over the streets and even the 10 freeway. They have since become a prominent voice within the U.S., with their organization becoming a topic of discussion in the presidential primary debates. As the Republican
Their lack of endorsement more broadly derives from a suspicion of the entire party system, which Dr. Abdullah identifies in her 2015 article as “a White supremacist heteronormative patriarchal capitalist hegemony that intentionally builds policies and institutions that systematically target, oppress, and exploit black people.” “We recognize that both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are controlled by monied interests,” Dr. Abdullah said. “As much as Bernie Sanders and, to a lesser degree, Hillary Clinton have kind of pushed back against that idea that they’re controlled by money, and Bernie Sanders has kind of identified with socialism, still we know that the Democratic and Republican Party are built to entrench themselves. So no matter what the candidates attempt to do, being controlled by the two-party system is hugely problematic and is disempowering and oppressive to black people.” This is a foot in the gear for
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“I used to watch the Olympics, but I am not interested anymore, and I haven’t been for a while now. I think if they brought the Olympics to L.A., it would just cause more traffic. Traffic is already horrible, and that would piss a lot of people off even more,” says Cordova. Although this may be exciting to think about Angelinos won’t have any answer until 2017, when the International Olympic Committee selects the host city. Democratic political candidates who have been vying for BLM’s political support throughout the primaries. The Democratic National Committee even released a 2015 resolution to say it “joins with Americans across the country in affirming ‘black lives matter’ and the ‘say her name’ efforts to make visible the pain of our fellow and sister Americans as they condemn extrajudicial killings of unarmed African-American men, women, and children.” While they have stayed out of the endorsement business, the movement has been particularly active in confronting political candidates on the treatment of black people in the United States. This includes the organization’s appearance at Senator Bernie Sander’s Seattle Rally in August 2015, and an activist’s protest against Hillary Clinton’s referral in 1996 to young African-American juvenile offenders as “superpredators” who had “no conscience [and] no empathy.” These protests and attention-drawing statements, Dr. Abdullah believes, are far more important to the BLM movement than the bipartisan elections, and they will continue to focus on confronting the nation’s existing prejudice against black bodies and people from the ground up rather than putting their trust in existing power structures. “We’re pushing the real revolution. We know that the revolution won’t come at the ballot box, and we know that the revolution won’t be televised,” Dr. Abdullah said. “The revolution will be on the ground, when the people rise up and demand something better, something more imaginative and something more visionary.”
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Got beef with the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle? is heavy, which can also bring unwanted weight to a person’s body.
Daniel Vidal Contributor
Atella Garbo, 19, freshman Nursing major, has been vegan for six months and says that it has helped her in many ways.
The Benefits of Transitioning into the Vegetarian and Vegan Lifestyle.
“Becoming vegan has helped me lose over 10 pounds of fat and I now have amazing results on my overall concentration, sleeping habits, and alertness,” Garbo said.
As the number of vegetarians and vegans grow, students inform and learn more about the different lifestyles. A vegetarian diet only excludes meat, as where a vegan diet prohibits people from eating any animal products like milk, cheese, and eggs. Many people find it difficult to cut meat or other animal products
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from their diets until they realize they can live a longer and healthier life if they do so. A lot of meat in a person’s diet can put them at a
higher risk for heart disease. Animals are injected with hormones, which can affect the human body by increasing a person’s risk for
many cancers. Women are affected more than men, which can cause younger girls to go through puberty earlier in their life. Meat
It takes an excessive amount of water to raise animals. It is more environmental to keep meat and other animal products away from a person’s diet. Not only are vegetarians and vegans able to save a lot of water, but are also saving money at the grocery store since meat can be expensive. Types of vegetarianism and veganism can be found in certain religions such as Hinduism, the Muslim community, and Buddhists. Krimal Patel, 23, senior Civil Engineering major, was born into a culture in India where the majority of people do not eat meat. Patel would never consider introducing meat into her diet even now as she resides in California. “I think there are enough vegetables available for me. If there are vegetables available, I will eat vegetables rather than meat or chicken,” Patel said. It is also hard to forget that when someone is eating meat or other animal products, an animal was killed. Animals are tortured during the process of being raised in farms and other environments. Daisy Torres, 19, sophomore Public Health major, has been a vegetarian for only two months but is proud of being able to help animals along the process. “I think it is inhumane to slaughter innocent animals for human satisfaction. The meat industry tortures and abuses animals in cruel ways,” Torres said. Armando Tomas, 25, TVF senior would consider restricting meat from his diet. “If I would [give up meat] it would be for the animals,” Tomas said. “Just because I have seen things on how they treat the animals and what they do. Getting more in depth with that would probably change my mind but I’m not going to look into that.” Pleading to a vegetarian diet for a couple of weeks can teach people how to live the lifestyle for a short time, it can also introduce many alternative and healthier foods, and a step closer to becoming vegan, or vegetarian.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Women planting seeds in STEM
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Harry Potter Continued from cover about the upcoming Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios Hollywood, I didn’t expect too much but I decided to check it out anyways. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is currently in “soft opening”- the section is open to the public but not all the rides are ready. It looks completely different from the rest of the theme park. To my surprise, old Scottish Village with snow-capped roofs and cobblestone streets put me under the spell as soon as I stepped into this details-to-theteeth Hogsmead. At a glance, you could see Hogwarts Express, Honeydukes, Owl Post, Joke Shop, Dervish and Banges, Three Broomsticks, Ollivanders, outdoor coaster “Flight of the Hippogriff”, several carts with huge butterbeer barrels, and the real size Hogwarts castle in the distance. You could get your pictures taken with probes from the actual film set at Hogwarts Express, taste any of the every flavor beans you desire in Honeydukes, and then mail a show-off letter to your family and friends with special stamps from Owl Post. The must-go attractions are Three Broomsticks, Ollivanders, and the 3-D ride inside Hogwarts castle. Three Broomsticks offers the most authentic British ambiance you could find in Los Angeles. It’s an aged rustic tavern with custom-made wooden seatings and traditional British cuisine. Their signature entrees include Bangers & Mash, Shepherd’s Pie, Beef Sunday Roast, Lamb & Guinness Stew, and Fish & Chips. They also offer a variety of breakfasts. Hog’s Head Pub is connected with Three Broomsticks, they provide original draught beers and spirits exclusively created for this Hogsmead. Some featured
drinks are Hog’s Head Brew, Dragon Scale, Wizard’s Brew, and Fine Whiskey. After a beyond satisfying lunch, you might catch special performance from Hogwarts’ students and toads on the stage next to the main walkway. And slowly, you would find your way to Ollivanders, makers of fine wands since 382 B.C. A mesmerizing wand fitting experience awaits your inner child. In a dark room stored with thousands of wand boxes, an old wizard will choose one lucky person to find his or her wand of destiny. You might wave your wand twice or three times, but only when it’s the right one, light will be shed on you. Interactive wands are also sold everywhere, meaning you can use spell with this wand at several spots in the park to move objects or destroy them. The most notable attraction is the hyper-realistic 3D-HD ride inside the Hogwarts castle, called Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. On the way to the ride, you will see Dumbledore’s office, Pensieve, Fat Lady with her wine glass, Gryffindor Common Room, and such. With the special goggles, the ride takes you through a magical journey- following Harry’s Quidditch game to the Dark Woods with dragons, Hippogriff, Dementors, and giant spiders. Walking out with your heads still spinning, the best way to top this awesome day is cheering to it with a cup of butterbeer. Sweet and bubbly, you could pose with a perfect cream mustache under the warm and cuddly Californian sunshine. Although many people are waiting for the opening day to tour this magical land, you can start purchasing your tickets at ushtix.com/csula. The good thing is, Cal State LA students get special discounts!
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A display illuminates the capacity of women of color to succeed in STEM. In March, the Cross Cultural Center lobby opened its doors for Women of Color in STEM: A Display created by James Green, Program Coordinator of the Gender portion of the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center, to honor the immense impact women have made as mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. “I was inspired in part because March is Women’s History Month, and there’s a need to recognize important women in academia and the world for students to model after. My main goal in this specific exhibit was to show that some of the most important women of history were actually women of color, and their stories are often pushed aside for men and white women. So far, students have been really grateful to have an exhibit like this on display, especially female students who wish to pursue careers in STEM,” James Green said. According to a 2012 National Science Foundation report, 59 percent of women earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences. Another 43 percent earned a bachelor’s in Math and 40 percent in Physical Sciences. “A lot of people have this negative stereotype in mind of supposed female inferiority about women who engage in math and science because they think they lack reason,” said junior Dalyna
Nguyen. “In reality it has been proven that women can compete for these professions and ultimately be extremely successful.” Esther Lederberg and Ellen Ochoa attended one of the most prestigious universities of the nation, Stanford University, to earn their doctorate degrees. Lederberg is highly recognized for her discovery of the lysogenicity of lambda bacteriophage in 1950. On the other hand, Ochoa became the world’s first Hispanic female astronaut where she eventually became a mission specialist and flight engineer. Chien-Shiung Wu and Marie M. Daly both earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York. Wu is well known for being an outstanding experimental physicist, having conducted research in radiation detection and uranium enrichment. Daly became the first Black woman to be a chemist in the United States. With her achievements, Daly strived to get more people of color into medical schools. “I love the idea of the display because we need more women of color in STEM in order to have more minorities involved,” said Gregory Bates, Television and Film major. Alexa Candy and Mae C. Jemison became extremely successful Black females in STEM with their doctorate degrees. Candy earned her doctorate degree from the University of Michigan and became the first black female neurosurgeon of the United States. She specialized as a pediatric neurosurgeon and worked at the Children’s Hospital. Jemison graduated from Cornell University Medical School and became the first black woman to go to
space on Endeavor after she finished her training program. “The person included who had the most personal impact, to me, was Dr. Mae Jemison. Along with being a black, female physician, she was also dedicated to pushing past the barriers for most women, and definitely for women of color. She actually went into space the day after I was born. I remembered reading that in 2nd grade, and it’s stuck with me ever since,” Green said. Cal State LA has their very own Society of Women Engineers (SWE) who strive to increase the number of women working in engineering fields in order to expand the range of diversity. In addition, Latinas in STEM is a powerful organization that aims to inspire middle school and high-school Latinas to follow a path in STEM despite the underrepresentation of minorities and women in these professions. This organization serves as a mentorship, networking, and recognition program throughout the college career of Latinas. “I see the future of women in STEM as bright. However, there are many limitations for women of color in STEM, specifically the lack of focus and education primary and secondary school systems have on preparing women of color for careers in STEM. I admire all of my female STEM friends and colleagues, and I hope that the world will begin to see how amazing they are as well,” stated James Green. Women of color have undoubtedly demonstrated their impact and legacy in STEM and have proven to show their capacity of succeeding in these fields despite being a minority.
7 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Fuller House, less satisfaction University Times
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Leyah Galindo Kayla Hodge Contributors
Netflix spin-off isn’t what chillers expected. Netflix released “Fuller House,” the spin-off of the popular 90’s family sitcom on Friday, Feb. 26. On the original show “Full House,” Danny Tanner, the widowed father of three young daughters, Michelle, DJ, and Stephanie, enlists the help of his best friend Joey and brotherin-law Jesse to help him raise his kids. The series aired from 19871995 and followed the lives of each character, from their relationships, school and their careers. Many loved “Full House” and fans were genuinely surprised that two decades later, a spin-off was taken back into action. The show gained notorious popularity with the millennial generation because of those nightly reruns, comedic, fun-loving storylines, and who can forget their classic
theme song accompanied alongside a San Francisco skyline.
The new series, composed of 13 episodes, focuses on DJ Tanner, who is now a mother of three young boys and a recent widow. Stephanie, DJ’s best friend Kimmy, and Kimmy’s teenage daughter all move in to help her raise her sons. Of course, Danny, Joey, and Jesse still play a vital role in the show. However, Michelle, played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen is no longer on the show because the Olsen’s decided to focus on their real-life fashion career. In one of the episodes, the cast even addresses the Olsen’s absence. Another change in the show is the theme song. Instead of keeping the theme song “Everywhere You Look” originally sung by Jesse Frederick, the producers decided to have current pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen sing the original theme song. “Fuller House” has received a mixed reaction from fans, including Lea Ozier, 22, a Senior TVFM major.
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“It’s one of those shows that was good when it first came out and I don’t see a need for a sequel. But, I still might watch it. I feel like it’s going to have a lot of talk in the beginning and eventually will die down. It won’t be as successful as the first,” Ozier said. Victoria Torres, 25, Senior TVFM major agrees. “I will watch it, I’m a huge fan. But I don’t think it will be as successful as the original, but it will still do well. I wanna see how the dad and uncles are and see a grownup DJ,” says Torres.
“I have always loved the show Full House. My brother and I used to always run around saying ‘you got it dude!’ This new return is brilliant and I am here for it,” says Aaliyah Holmes. Other media sources such as The New York Times, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Entertainment Weekly, have not had any kind words about the show. Entertainments Weekly’s Blogger Jeff Jensen gave the pilot a rare “F” grade and was far more generous to the series overall
compared to other outlets. “The execution is terribly thoughtless. Spirited performances are wasted on subpar famcom treacle. The women are caricatures. The dead-spouse tragedy and divorce turmoil are barely explored. The broad, wompwomp comedy is a catalogue of sentimental effects, sanded edges, and dusty scenarios,” as stated by Jensen on the Entertainment Weekly Blog. Fuller House has been renewed for a second season on Netflix.
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EVENTOS La conferencia EDICE por primera vez en Cal State LA
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La esperanza muere al último Dicen que los sueños se pueden hacer realidad Por Eduardo Ramos La violencia en El Salvador va de mal en peor. Según el sitio web La Página, los gobernantes no han hecho nada por mejorar la seguridad de los ciudadanos salvadoreños. Lejos de ello, los partidos políticos se aprovechan del sufrimiento de los ciudadanos haciendo promesas de mejora con tal de obtener apoyo a su partido. La inseguridad y la carencia de recursos económicos empujaron a la salvadoreña Esmeralda Pleitez a buscar refugio en los Estados Unidos. Con lo poco que logró reunir de dinero, ella y tres de sus hijos se aventuraron a venir a este país a pesar de los peligros a los que se expondrían en el camino. Tuvieron que esforzarse mucho y viajar varios días para llegar a este país. Esmeralda y sus hijos no podían estar tranquilos ya que en El Salvador se habían quedado otros dos familiares, dos pequeñas. Una tiene 8 años de edad y la otra acaba de cumplir 17. Esta última cuida de su hermana menor mientras su madre puede traerlas a Estados Unidos. Han pasado casi diez años desde que se desunió la familia y gracias a un programa lanzado a fines del 2014, Esmeralda tiene la esperanza de reunirse con
sus dos hijas después de tanto tiempo. El pasado18 de marzo, sus hijas acudieron a una cita en el consulado americano en El Salvador para una entrevista que determinará su futuro. Es decir, si se les otorga el permiso para reunirse con su madre y demás hermanos de este lado o se les niega y continúa la separación. Aún están en la espera de una respuesta por parte de las autoridades estadounidenses. “El sueño americano para mí sería que mis hijos vivan seguros y fuera de peligro. Un lugar donde puedan desarrollarse y educarse para ser personas útiles a la sociedad. Hubo muchos momentos en que quise traerlos ilegalmente pero ahora se me da una esperanza y creo que valió la pena la espera. Me siento muy optimista en que este sueño de reunirnos se haga realidad no sólo para mí sino para tantas familias que están en la misma situación. Me siento bendecida y será un gran logro cuando suceda el rencuentro en unos meses”. La violencia en El Salvador probablemente continuará. Pero mientras los gobernantes crean un programa que pare la violencia, Estados Unidos aboga por las familias centroamericanas y en especial por la juventud. Estos es posible después que se registrara el cruce ilegal de más de 2,000 jóvenes a mediados del 2014.
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Logos de las instituciones participantes del VII Coloquio Internacional del Programa EDICE Fotografía | Crédito: edice.org
Participantes de todo el mundo se reúnen en nuestra universidad Por Graciela López Cal State LA será la sede del VII Coloquio Internacional del Programa EDICE del 28 de marzo al 1 de abril. El Programa EDICE “es una red internacional de proyectos de investigación dirigida por la catedrática Diana Bravo con sede en el Departamento de Estudios Románicos y Clásicos de la Universidad de Estocolmo, Suecia”. Cal State LA organiza la conferencia en colaboración con la Universidad del Sur de California, la Universidad de Estocolmo, el Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York y la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. La conferencia dará lugar a una serie de paneles y ponencias individuales en español, que se enfocarán en
la identidad, interculturalidad y multiculturalidad en la lengua española, así como en los discursos de la (des)cortesía de las comunidades hispanas, que son el principal enfoque del Programa EDICE. Alrededor de 70 participantes vienen de Argentina, Colombia, Brasil, Costa Rica, México, España, Dinamarca, Italia, Suecia, Chile, Noruega y de varias universidades del país anfitrión. Los oradores principales son Marina Terkourafi de la Universidad de Illinois; Catalina Fuentes-Rodríguez de la Universidad de Sevilla; y Nieves Hernández-Flores de la Universidad de Copenhague. Los estudiantes y profesores de Cal State LA y de USC también participarán en el evento como oyentes o como miembros del comité que organiza el evento y acoge a los participantes. Asimismo, el renombrado poeta argentino-americano, Luis Alberto Ambroggio, de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española dará
una presentación especial. Ambroggio–quien visitó nuestro campus hace unos años para un evento organizado por el Centro de Poesía y Poética Contemporánea–hablará acerca de los 40 años en que la poesía en español ha estado presente en los Estados Unidos y de su libro Estados Unidos Hispanos. Los asistentes disfrutarán de otras actividades sociales que están programadas para los últimos días, como por ejemplo la excursión a la Biblioteca Huntington, sus colecciones de arte y sus jardines botánicos, en San Marino. También disfrutarán de un banquete de clausura en un restaurante peruano en Pasadena. Para conocer más acerca del Programa EDICE, así como obtener el libro de actividades diarias, puede visitar la página web www.calstatela. edu/academic/mld/ediceconference-2016 o contactar a Domnita Dumitrescu, profesora de Cal State LA y organizadora del evento, a ddumitr@calstatela. edu.
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Políticos intentan prohibir el texting en público Congresistas proponen nueva ley en Nueva Jersey Por Jessica Magaña Legisladores del estado de Nueva Jersey desean pasar una nueva ley que prohíba que las personas manden mensajes de texto mientras caminan por las calles. La propuesta de ley pondría en efecto las multas a cualquier individuo que sea sorprendido caminando y mirando fijamente al celular. Esto quiere decir que los peatones no podrán estar entretenidos con sus dispositivos electrónicos en la calle y así evitar accidentes. La demócrata Pamela Lampitt fue quien propuso dicha disposición debido al elevado número de choques reportados entre los peatones y los automóviles a lo largo y ancho del país. Lampitt mencionó que le preocupa el incremento de accidentes que involucran a estas personas ya
Señal que indica que está prohibido caminar y “textear” en un parque. Fotografía | Crédito: theodisseyonline.com
que ponen en riesgo su vida y la de los conductores. Ella declaró en CBS New York que “los daños causados por caminar y usar el teléfono celular a la misma vez se han duplicado entre el 2005 y 2010”. Muchos peatones han muerto y otros cuantos han resultado lastimados por culpa de las personas que se distraen con sus celulares. Aunque por ahora este país
ha prohibido conducir y usar celulares, los diputados esperan que se implemente la nueva ley para reforzar aún más la seguridad de los ciudadanos. Dichas restricciones han sido negadas en los estados de Nueva York, Nevada y Arkansas. Aún no se determina si la propuesta de ley tomará efecto o si será vetada en Nueva Jersey al igual que en muchas otros estados estadounidenses.
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SPORTS NFL Rams update: Coach, players prepare for the big move
Coach Jeff Fisher, the Rams will hold team activities next month in Oxnard, and training camp will be at the University of California, Irvine.
Oscar Alanis Contributor
Thousand Oaks may be the future home, with owner Stan Kroenke looking around the area including Oxnard as another ideal location. For the past four seasons the Dallas Cowboys have held their training camp at the Oxnard location.
Rams hold meeting to discuss future plans. Two months since the NFL announced that the Rams would move from St. Louis back to Los Angeles, fans eagerly wait for more information and insights into the planning of the future stadium.
Being that it is a facility already established, the Rams would have one less thing to worry about. The Rams are also very familiar with the complex. Last season, in August, they held a joint workout with the Cowboys for two days.
Victor Rodriguez, 31, graduate Civil Engineering student is glad that he finally has a team close to home. “It’s good they’re back. I’m excited to see the team back, but also being closer to seeing other great teams from the NFL in our backyard every week,” Rodriguez said. However, the team barely met in Los Angeles, for the first time, on Friday, March 4. A majority of
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the roster attended the voluntary meeting at a hotel located several miles away from their future home stadium in Inglewood. Although, the Rams will be playing in Los Angeles this coming season they are still in the process of moving. That shows
even with 80 percent of the squad showing up, 20 percent were still not in attendance. Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree wants to get settled in before his wife’s due date of August 2. “We’re still in the process of
moving out here. But today, being out here, it’s exciting learning about everything we need to do and how everything is going to go,” Ogletree said. At the meeting, players learned how the team would prepare for the 2016 season. According to
Wherever the Rams end up stationing, fans will show up. Oxnard is about 60 miles away west of Los Angeles. And UC Irvine is 40 miles south of Los Angeles. Jorge Ramirez, 28, Liberal Studies major, says, “I think it’s great because my grandpa and I were big fans before they moved and it’s a good thing to remind me of him now that he’s passed.”
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EVENT CALENDAR
MONDAY 28th Applications available: Cultural Graduate Celebrations 8 a.m. until April 29th Cross Cultural Centers Holy City Adrift: Thomas McGrath's Los Angeles 8 a.m. until June 12th JFK Library 1st floor Etiquette Sign ups available 9 a.m. until April 21st U-SU CSI
THURSDAY 31st Cesar Chavez Day Campus Closed
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
TUESDAY 29th Welcome back to School! Rush week on Main Walkway
FRIDAY 1st Jotas: A Chicana Lesbian Reading 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Room 401 LA Convention Center What I Say: Innovative Poetry By Black Writers in America 8 p.m. Downtown LA Campus
WEDNESDAY 30th Welcome back to School! Rush week on Main Walkway