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The Luckman Gallery: Primer III Art Exhibit CAMPUS
Annelise Galaviz Contributer
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Luckman Gallery | Photo by Timmy Truong The Luckman Gallery is now hosting the Primer III exhibit, November 9th through December 19th. This 3,600 square feet gallery features paintings by talented artists such as Jake Jones, Sean Sullivan, and Julie Shafer. Artist Jake Jones showcases several canvases of enamel, latex and acrylic texture. Most of the canvases are black in the center, only showing color on the edges. There is one exception however, Shake, which was mostly a color canvas of red, yellow, blue and green. Sean Sullivan showcases very intricate and detailed paintings of what seemed to mimic small tree branches and leaves. The amount of detail in Sullivan’s paintings makes it hard to just take a quick look and walk away; the eye wants
to focus in on every thin line carefully placed one right next to the other. Sullivan’s paintings are on a white background with thin, detailed black lines creating the paintings overall picture. Artist Julie Shafer showcases 13 Silver Gelatin Pinhole Photographs, all lined up; Conquest of the Vertical: 600 miles from Eureka! Shafer’s photographs resembles what you would see on an undeveloped reel of film, holding it up to a bright light to get a better perception of the image. The photographs do not have any bright colors or intricate details but make out figures of trees and mountains. In the middle of the exhibit, across the wood flooring, several books are placed; mostly
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books based on silkscreen and acrylic painting. The back of the exhibit shows two videos by Zenas Hutcheson called The Unblinking Eye No. 2 and In a Dark Time The Eye Begins to See; both videos were inspired by Hutcheson’s great uncle, who conducted work on sensory deprivation in the 1950’s at the National Institute of Mental Health. Footage from the series was shot using infrared camera and lights so the subject could be in complete darkness. For everyone interested in art or just curious, stop by the exhibit. The art work is definitely worth taking a look at. The gallery is open Monday thru Thursday and Saturday from 12pm to 5pm and is located in the Luckman Fine Arts Complex.
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Nov. 18, 2013
Flu Season
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David McMillan Contributer Did it get you? It got some of the teachers. It got a bunch of the students. And now it’s official… Flu season has begun. Every flu season is different from the last: they come at different times, affected by different viruses (remember the H1N1 pandemic in 2009?), and they are of differing severities. However, two things are certain during flu season: the flu is always a good excuse to miss class, and you’re sure to be bombarded by flu-shot advertisements. The “flu” is a generic term for an “upper-respiratory tract infection” caused by a virus, most often caused by a strand of the influenza virus. Viruses differ from bacteria (bacteria are the other major infection-causing microbes) in that they cannot be treated with antibiotic drugs. What does this mean? Prevention is the best countermeasure against the flu. Three groups have been identified as being at high risk for contracting the flu. The first is children, then elderly persons, and finally those with pre-existing chronic medical conditions. Among healthy young adults the flu has the lowest degree of incidence and severity… Good news for some of us, bad news for the “I was sick” excuse. Regardless, the Center for Dis-
Medication | Photo by Timmy Truong ease Control (CDC) reports that roughly 5 million healthy young adults contracted the flu last season, with roughly half of the infected persons seeking medical treatment of some type. As only a fraction of the US population qualifies as a “healthy young adult,” this means that your chances of contracting the flu are still pretty good even if you’re in the lowest-risk bracket. What if you can’t afford to miss school or work then how can you avoid catching the flu? If you ask your health care provider you’ll get a ready and well-groomed response: get the flu shot. If you’re insured, your doctor will likely give you one free of charge. Don’t have a doctor? Come to the CSULA Student Health Center. Not in college? They’ll do it at a grocery store. (And how did you get this newspaper?) So flu shots are accessible, how do we know if they work? Lucky for us, the CDC publishes multiple scientific papers every year estimating the efficacy of the various flu vaccines that make up the flu shot. This government research concludes that receiving a flu vac-
cine “can reduce the risk of flu illness by about 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are like the viruses the flu vaccine is designed to protect against” (http:// www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/ vaccineeffect.htm). Sounds like the 60% effectiveness is best-case-scenario based on a lot of maybes. Good to know there’s other anti-flu measure you can take. A trait of viruses is that they do not live well outside of a host (infected organism), and therefore most of their transmission happens in the form of human contact. This means that routinely cleaning objects and surfaces, avoiding areas with infected persons, and washing your hands often are all great ways to not contract the flu. But what if we want to be better at fighting the flu? What did our bodies do for all those years before medicine (>99.9% of human existence)? Well advice on nonpharmaceutical (not involving drugs) flu prevention and treatment won’t be easily found from our government (or their pharmaceutical subsidizers), but it
turns out that two simple and wholesome flu countermeasures are accessible to everyone… And they aren’t synthesized in a lab. Exercise and proper nutrition are proven to boost your immune system. Exercise does so by increasing blood, nutrient, and immune flow to all parts of your body, supplying your cells with the stuff they need to fight infections without the help of medication. Exercise also decreases chronic inflammation (known to drain immune system resources) so that your immune system can focus on acute infections. Proper nutrition (eating a variety of unprocessed plants and animals) provides your immune system with the array of chemicals that match our body’s’ phylogenic immune programs. Our bodies have been naturally fighting infection for millions of years, so it makes sense why movement and food are some of our best tools in combating infection. The effectiveness of this wholesome approach shows. In 2009, Dr. Elinor Fondell observed a population of 1,500 men and
women and found that persons of higher fitness had a 20% lower chance of contracting the influenza virus than those of lower fitness. Fondell also showed that persons of higher stress levels were more susceptible to the flu (further supporting the idea that psychology influences physical health) and that in this high-risk group exercise had an even greater ability to reduce risk. Between prescriptions and pills, wipes and washes, and fitness and food, know that you have a quiver of options from which to draw in combating the flu. Try them in combination and hopefully you’ll be able to slip through this season untouched. Also keep in mind that if we rely solely on doctors to keep us healthy, then we make ourselves passive recipients of our conditions. By choosing healthy life-style options by changing the behaviors, we have control over and we make ourselves proactive contributor to our health. So this season avoid the flu because you did something, not because something was done to you.
Road To Graduation NEWS
Adriana Carlos Contributer It is about that time of the year for all Cal State LA seniors to start applying for graduation. This is a simple process, but at the same time it can be over looked. If students don’t fully follow the directions on the application, the outcome can leave many seniors not walking for graduation or having to return for another quarter. It is important that all seniors submit their graduation application by November 21st, and be prepared to pay a thirty dollar fee at the cashier’s
office. Seniors can pick up a graduation application in the Admission’s building located right by the cashier’s office in Admission’s 146. The first thing seniors must do is to meet with their advisor and make sure they have met all the graduating requirements. According to the Arts and Letters advisor Rick Urban, “This is the part where it is overlooked. You really want to make sure you go through everything with your advisor, and it is important to double check on those GEs because sometimes students think they have met all those classes but surprisingly might be missing a class or two.”
It is important to go over your academic plan or make one for the remaining quarters. Urban also mentions that, “Don’t get electives mistaken for an actual Major requirement class.” After meeting with an advisor and paying for the application fee, you can finally take the application to your major department. For CSULA seniors this is one part of the exciting experience of being a senior besides graduating. It’s wonderful to finally submit that application. This will be such a relief knowing you are on that road to soon becoming a graduating student!
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Term Paper Texting OPINION
Aaron Wilson Contributer I type all of my news stories and some of my term papers on my iPhone through my notes app. It usually takes me about an hour and a half or less. It’s seems convenient and easy to do. I think years of texting have made me more efficient with typing through my phone. The speed and creativity that I have when texting is on a level equal to or higher than the level of speed and creativity I use when typing on a computer. All the errors that I make are usually solved after I convert my paper from the notes app to Microsoft word. The idea of typing on my phone came from a close friend of mine that is a physical education grad student named Marcus Cargill. Marcus said of typing papers on his own phone. “It’s a huge stress reliever. With my phone, I have typed several papers, excel documents, and have texted and recorded notes for myself. I often write papers as an email to myself and format it later when I can get to a computer. I just finished a PowerPoint presentation today using articles I found on my phone. Smartphones have changed my whole college experience. I can literally begin
all my research projects immediately after instruction.” The only problem I can really think of is the unconscious use of memes being typed, because of the frequent use of memes in our everyday texting life. Memes are words that are used in acronyms. Examples include ‘LOL’, which means ‘laugh out loud’, or ‘TMI’ which means ‘too much information’. Some people consider the use of memes in our English language to be a destructive tool towards the ability to write decently. I feel as if my English speaking or writing is far from perfect, but there should be a degree where a person types and use too many memes; they should just try to type the whole sentence out instead of trying to take an easier route of texting (or talking) to another person. I think typing out a paper or document from your phone is easier than sitting down at a computer and staring at a blank screen. Typing a paper from the use of a cellphone provides a certain level of comfort for developing new ideas and putting the words and sentences that come from your head to paper. The use of a cellphone also supplies the user with the ability to type a paper anywhere as long as they have
Notes App | Photo by Timmy Truong a legitimate amount of battery power. You can type your paper at work, in the restroom, on a boat, on a road trip, or even at the mall. The locations are limitless so long as you have your cell phone and app. I also think carrying around your phone as a new device and allow people to record more notes and information when out and about. It would be easier to use your smart phone to copy and paste information that was seen at a website or from previous notes tran-
scribed on to your phone. For anyone who would consider typing a paper on their phone they should send it as an email to themself. Open the email then copy and paste to Microsoft word. Run spell check and check over the grammar used on their paper. Then format and make sure that all requirements are made before printing and turning it into class. If you were curious, this news story was original typed within one hour.
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Nov. 18, 2013
Golden Eagles Fall In Five Sets To Toros
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CSULA Athletics CSULAAthletics.com LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s women’s volleyball team found the going tough in its return to the Eagles Nest after a rough four-game road swing. The Golden Eagles found themselves in a five-set battle with Cal State Dominguez Hills and came up on the short end as the Toros won the final seven points of the match to take a 25-21, 22-25, 25-15, 17-25, 15-8 win in the Eagles Nest. Cal State L.A. (14-12, 9-9 CCAA) lost its fifth consecutive match. Iona Lofrano had 16 kills and 23 digs for the Golden Eagles, while Bethanee Boggs had 13 kills and three blocks and Kymberly Silveyra had 11 kills. Whitney Lee had 17 kills and six blocks for the Toros (917, 2-16 CCAA), while Alijah
Gunsaulus had 16 kills. Lee hit at a .517 percentage and also recorded two aces. Cal State Dominguez Hills had a 60-55 edge in kills and an 11-7 advantage in blocks. Cal State L.A. had three service aces and 10 service errors, while the Toros had three aces and eight errors. Shea Hamilton had 43 set assists and three kills for the Golden Eagles, while Colby Joseph had a pair of aces and 12 digs. The two teams traded sets to get to the deciding fifth frame. The Toros used an 8-2 run in the opening set to break a 12-12 tie and closed the period out on a kill by Lee. Cal State L.A. bounced back to take the second set. That set, too, was tied at 1212 before the Golden Eagles scored the next four points
Eagle’s Nest Gym| Photo by Taylor Preza and never looked back. Cal State Dominguez Hills closed to within 23-22, but an attack error and kill by Lofrano evened the match. Cal State Dominguez Hills jumped out to a 17-9 lead in the third set after back-to-back blocks by Tarryn Luafalemana and Taryn McCullough and eventually closed out the set on a kill by Gunsaulus. The Golden Eagles responded with a big win in the fourth set, jumping out to a quick 8-1 lead behind the serving of Joseph.
After the Toros closed to within 12-9, a kill by Loreal Carter got the serve back for the Golden Eagles and Joseph served a pair of aces to extend the lead. A kill by Lofrano ultimately sent the match to a fifth set. The Golden Eagles led 7-6 after a block by JamieAnn Bero and Carter, but a kill by Elizabeth Krieger tied it at 7-7. A bad set by the Golden Eagles was countered by a kill
by Lofrano to tie the set for a final time at 8-8. The Toros then scored the final seven points, six of them coming from the serving of Jilianne Pineda, who had one aces and several other serves that could not be handled by the Golden Eagles. Cal State L.A. will return to action on Friday with a home match against Cal State Stanislaus.
Faculty Jams Out! CAMPUS
Cynthia De Leon Contributer On Thursday, November 7, some of the music professors performed for students in the Music Hall. It was a night of undeniable and amazing talent. There is nothing more special than seeing your own instructors jam out and be under the bright lights of a stage. For once, the students were not the ones on stage, nervously waiting to perform. The students were able to sit, relax and enjoy the show. Brenda Cortez, 22, music major shared her thoughts of the concert. “I loved seeing my professors perform because I got to see a different side to them that I generally don’t see.” Performing allows them to show their more personal side and their talent that at times students forget they have. Some professors performed classical pieces while others performed original compositions There are many students that aspire to be performers for the rest of their lives while others look forward to perform on the side and get a full time job
as a music teacher. No matter what types of opportunities are given, one thing that will always remain is the desire to perform or the passion for music. There is a burning desire to sharpen your skills, improve your performances as a musician and continue your enthusiasm as an entertainer. Professor Levinson introduced that night by saying “A song should always have a hook.” Levinson also closed the show by performing a personal piece that also had a hook in it. A hook is a catchy phrase that stays in your head, making it easier to remember. He certainly proved his hook to be memorable in his song “You’re the Lady,” an up beat song with remarkable yodeling involved. Brenda adds “Seeing the talent that my professors posses makes me want to be a better musician, to one day perform as well as they do.” This concert inspired music students to want to better themselves as performers.
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Nov. 18, 2013
Midnight Madness CAMPUS
Taylor Preza Contributer On Wednesday, November 13, our very own CSULA’s women’s volleyball game kicked off Midnight Madness with free prizes. Following the volleyball game at 9:30PM, the Midnight Madness event was held at our CSULA Eagles Nest Gym. The event was a basketball pep rally held to promote the start of the Golden Eagle’s basketball season. Many students, family members, and friends waited in line to pay their five dollar entrance fee that went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Colorful glow-sticks were also handed out to audience members and if you arrived before 7:15PM, you received a ticket for the Midnight Madness Grand Prize Drawing of free IN-N-OUT burgers for a month! ASI offered free snacks, music, prizes, and giveaways. Free sodas and pizza were given out to the first 300 people who entered the event. Upstairs had been filled with games, activities, along with the free snacks. Monster energy drinks were also given out throughout the event. The lower level of the gym was filled with decorations such as gold and black balloon arches and streamers along the railings in the bleachers. The gym was filled with positive energy and not a single dull moment was present. The crowd applauded for their fellow school’s teammates and friends who participated in the program and the gym cheered when the Men and Women basketball teams were introduced under the black light. Athletics hosted drawings, free giveaways, a variety of live performances, and basketball relay games, including a dunk contest. The crowd went wild during the dance competition against our Golden Eagle Mascot, while students cheered for their favorite dancer of the night. Aside from our cheerleaders, two dance groups also performed. “Team Effect” and “DiverCity” danced their original choreography. Golden Eagle Radio was the DJ for the night and also gave requested shout outs from the
students. Many activities were featured, such as the highlight competition that determined whoever glowed the brightest under the black light. Overall, CSULA’s Midnight Madness had a successful turn out. The Eagles Nest Gym was filled with many CSULA students, family members, and friends who did not hesitate to participate in the ongoing activities throughout the night. Midnight Madness kicked off the basketball season with a bang! For photos of the event, check out the photo gallery on page 12
Eddie the Eagle | Photo by Taylor Preza
Nov. 18, 2013
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CSULA Welcomes The American Sabor Exhibit During an Evening Reception CAMPUS
Angeline Bernabe Contributer The American Sabor exhibit kicked off its stay in Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 13 with a reception outside the Fine Arts Building. At the evening reception, many were able to experience the essence of Latin American flavor with delicious food, music, and of course, the exhibit as the main attraction. The exhibit, which is part of a national tour for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), features Latin Music Influences in Popular Culture from the 1940s to the
present, and is expected to travel to 12 cities through 2015. President William Covino, who attended the reception and helped welcome the exhibit, stated, “We could not be prouder that American Sabor chose to call Cal State L.A. its home and it feels like a natural partnership because much like this exhibition, this university is an institution that incorporates everyday, everyway, art, music, and community.” What many people were most thrilled about was the exhibit’s connection to the Los Angeles community because of how the exhibit showcased the many Latin music influences throughout the years across the country—most
specifically in Los Angeles. Co-founder, Quetzal Flores of the Grammy Award-Winning Band, Quetzal, who for their recent album, Imaginaries (which won a Grammy for the Latin Alternative Award) said when asked about Cal State L.A.’s new exhibit, “This (exhibit) is where it belongs because it has to do with the Heart of East L.A.” Flores continued on by saying that the real music with Latin Influences began in neighborhoods and on the streets of Los Angeles. Among the many guests at the reception was Joe Vex, the Executive Founder of The Vex, a small-but unique-venue from the ‘80s for bands to perform from the East Los Angeles Punk Rock Scene. The exhibit featured a section about Vex’s contribution to the community by bringing East and West Los Angeles together through music by giving bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Flag, Los Lobos and Circle Jerks (just to name a few), exposure through live music. Vex’s close friend, Morganne, who is the Executive Director and Curator of the Vex Arts, explained that there was “no representation of East Los Angeles (at the time)” and with the Vex starting off as a magazine (first began by Joe) “Joe was able to show off each band’s art which helped create a bridge between East and West Los Angeles.” Morganne, who is also an international singer whose career kicked off in her teens and has captivated audiences all over the world from Paris to L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, continued to explain that to create that bridge between East and West Los Angeles, “Joe offered each band to show art and highlight the talent of East L.A. through shows in West L.A.” Walking around the exhibit that evening, many felt a strong connection to the history presented throughout the years regarding Latin American influences in Popular Culture. Martha Gonzalez, a lead vocalist of the Grammy Award Winning band Quetzal, commented, “The exhibit points to the ways Latin American Sound has formed popular music and how Latinos influenced American Music.” Gonzalez, who connected with the exhibit, mentioned how sometimes that Latin sound is silenced by not being talked about and “why it’s important to recognize the influence of Latinos in these popular sounds.” Along with the photos and testaments about the importance and influence of
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Latin Music on display, the exhibit is unique because it encourages guests to be involved, with buttons to press for audio descriptions, a small dance floor toward the back of the exhibit, and a small make-shift movie theater to watch an 11-minute film about New York’s notoriously mythic dance hall, the Palladium Ballroom. The film mentioned how the club’s performers, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez, began the mambo craze. With the exhibit being on Golden Eagle soil, fellow Cal State L.A. staff and students who were at the event were amazed with the success of the exhibit’s first day being on campus. Dean Peter McAllister of CSULA’s Arts and Letters College was pleased with the reception saying there was a “phenomenal turnout” and this exhibit “will connect with the community.” McAllister, who has a Ph.D. in Music Education from Kent State University, said the exhibit is “a celebration of music on campus” and found it heartwarming to see how the music on display was the music that influenced his studies in school. He added that the exhibit serves as a proof that “Music is a language that travels all over the world and celebrates life.” Moreover, the exhibit is helping bring exposure to the Fine Arts Gallery on campus. A.S.I. Arts and Letters CoRepresentative Marina Vilhena, who also works at the gallery said, “many people had no idea about the gallery (before the exhibit)… The exhibit is something unusual (for a Fine Arts Gallery) but it’s great, and it’s good exposure.” A.S.I. Arts and Letters CoRepresentative Emmanuel Solis added, “this exhibit creates visibility for our college and it’s a really good exhibit!” In regards to what he’d like students to know about the American Sabor exhibit, Solis replied saying “It’s free, so students should definitely check it out.” The American Sabor exhibit will be on display until February 9th, 2014. While on display, the gallery will be hosting events that correspond with the theme of American Sabor.
For photos of the event, check out the photo gallery on page 12 or online at csulauniversitytimes. com
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Circa 1999: Teen Movies That’ll Create 90’s Nostalgia ENTERTAINMENT Emilce Peralta Contributer
Remember when everyone wished their life was exactly like those teens in the 90’s movies. Where parents weren’t ever home and rich kids threw house parties every night. Where grades didn’t even matter and the biggest of your worries was your date to the prom. Reality check, high school wasn’t like that but why not reminisce about those years and what great movies came out in 1999? The following list of teen high school movies will have everyone remembering how awesome the 90’s were and will call for a movie marathon. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this blast from the past. 1. Jawbreaker
When three best friends pull a birthday prank on the most popular girl in school, things don’t go according to plan. Courtney, Julie, and Marcie find themselves covering up their tracks by deceiving everyone at school including the police. Not only are they fooling everyone, but they also manage to turn the social outcast, Fern Mayo into the new addition to their popular clique. 2. 10 Things I Hate About You An adaptation to Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” this drama/ romance comedy deals with a new boy in school whose well-calculated manipulation of the popular jock, brings him closer to the girl of his dreams. The plans get complicated when the dream girl’s father makes a rule in which she can only date once her older sister, Kat,
Daring Uses of Language with Writer José Kozer CAMPUS
Aaron Wilson Contributer CSULA was truly blessed with the presence of an award-winning poet, on November 12.
explaining how he felt about each piece.
José Kozer, winner of the 2013 Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Prize, was the main attraction for a writing work shop on campus called “Daring Uses of Language: Writing Workshop with José Kozer.”
As part of the workshop, Kozer gave details of the importance of fundamentals and who to refer to from past great poets. Kozer spoke about the significance of words and understanding that strong will do the speaking for you.
Kozer is a Cuban poet that has authored over 48 books of prose and poetry, such as a Kafka Reborn. Kozer is also known as the first Cuban poet to have his work published since the Castro era and has had many of his art pieces translated from Spanish to English.
Students walked away with tips such as: Eliminating elements to intensify a poem, read your poems over and over to gain patience in writing, study poets like William Shakespeare and John Donne, and knowing when to add or not when to add words to your poem.
The Workshop was from 4:206:00pm on the 3rd floor of the University Student union in the San Gabriel Room.
English major and transfer student Angela Marie Butkus presented a poem that was critiqued by Kozer during the workshop. She stated,”I mean it’s still a honor with every thing that they said. I would like to get more critiques to help me grow even more, but what he did today was just really boosts my ego. Its going to encourage me to write more, because I was at the point where I was letting go of my poetry and I am slowly beginning to pick it back up after doing this beginning English classes. Everything like that is making me more inspired to continue doing what I do.”
Kozer’s good friend and CSULA Spanish and Latin American literature professor Pablo Baler put the writing workshop together. The Department of English’s Statement Magazine, the Center of Contemporary Poetry and others sponsored the event. During the workshop, José Kozer would listen to and read student’s poetic art pieces while critiquing and
Courtesy of rhodesjennifer.wordpress.com begins to do so. 3. She’s All That The hottest guy in school approaches a socially awkward artsy girl, Laney. Zack’s real intentions are to win a bet he made with his boys, of turning Laney into the next prom queen but find himself falling for the geeky girl. 4. Never Been Kissed A journalist goes undercover and enrolls into her old high school in order to get a scoop for a story all while trying not to repeat her unpopularity this time around. Josie soon finds herself with more than a story when she falls for one
of her teachers. 5. Drive Me Crazy A scheming socialite, Nicole, wishes to snag a dream date to the school’s centennial dance but her plans collapse and she manages to snag the biggest scam alongside her next-door neighbor. 6. American Pie Four teens make a hormone driven pact to lose their virginity by the end of the school year. They soon realize getting the deed done is much more complicated than expected. The first of a series, American Pie, is an iconic 90’s flick.
Nov. 18, 2013
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Be Aware, Get Tested for HIV
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Oliver Ordonez Contributer The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic has increased drastically in Los Angeles County since 1981. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believe “they made great strides in HIV prevention and treatment,” HIV is still on the rise. According to the City of Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator’s Office, today there are approximately, “30,000 people in the City of Los Angeles living with AIDS or HIV” from the 555 AIDS cases in 2005. Last week from November 5th-6th, the Health Center provided free HIV testing services through the Drew University HIV/AIDS Education and Community Outreach Project. The Drew University organization administered the tests inside of a massive truck located in the Administrations parking lot right across from the Health Center. According to Health Education Assistant for Drew University of Medicine and Sciences Albert Washington, “the organization has been coming to CSULA for about twenty years” and he agrees that the HIV epidemic has increased in Los Angeles alone tremendously. According
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University, the university has “provided HIV screening services to over 60,000 community residents.” Washington, who signed people up for the free confidential HIV test, explained how the process goes. He said they use a product called OraQuick Advance, which does not require blood or urine samples like other tests. The OraQuick looks like a pregnancy test for women and is rubbed up against your gums, grabbing cells that will ultimately determine the status of the client. The piece that grabs the cells is then dropped into a solution that takes up to twenty minutes to complete. Although it takes twenty minutes to determine the client’s status, the client is not allowed in the room with the testing tube. The test has to be conducted in a room temperature between 58 and 99 degrees and the slightest temperature increase or decrease will sabotage the test, requiring the client to retake it. If everything goes correctly, the OraQuick Advance device will show either one stripe, indicating negative feedback, at the top or two stripes, indicating a positive feedback. Sometimes the device might show no stripes or one stripe on the bottom instead of the top; this will notify the test
HIV Testing Truck | Photo by Mia Robinson administer that the test was compromised somehow. If this happens, the client must take the test over. If the client’s tests positive for HIV with the OraQuick Advance device, they must not be discourage. This test is one out of two that will determine his/her status for HIV that the Drew University of Medicine and Science provides for free. Once the results are testing positive, another test will be administered requiring a blood sample. Clearview is another product that this organization uses to determine HIV status by taking a small sample of blood from your finger. This test also takes up to twenty minutes to determine the results. According to Washington, both the OraQuick Advance and the Clearview test are 99.7% accurate. Once twenty minutes have passed, results should confirm the status of the client. If the
test comes up negative, which is rare, another OraQuick test will be taken to verify one of the test results. If the test shows up positive that will verify the first test and mean the client is HIV positive. After the test administer reveals the positive result of the clients second test with Clearview, he/she will then discuss with him/her that there are programs that will provide assistance in treating HIV. One of the programs that help minority men in particular is the Adams Project. This
is a fairly new organization that provides counseling on an individual basis to HIV positive men. Washington says if you missed out on the free confidential test they provide, they will be back on campus next quarter or simply look up a community health center that provides HIV testing. To find out when the mobile HIV testing truck will be back on campus, go to your CSULA Health Center.
Veteran’s Day NEWS
Esther Chinchilla Contributer Before Veterans Day, it was known as Armistice Day in1954. A day so proclaimed by President Wilson after “an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” in 1918, according to the article “History of Veterans Day,” published on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. Despite this armistice, WWI officially ended on June 28, 1919 with the signage of the Treaty of Versailles, recognition the United States granted on June 4, 1926, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. With WWI officially over, Armistice Day, so proclaimed by President Wilson in 1919, and to be celebrated on November 11, became a legal holiday to “…be dedicated to the cause of world peace…” and honor the veterans of WWI, on May 13, 1938, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. However, WWII put an end
to Armistice Day. In 1954, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice’ and inserting in its place the word ‘Veterans,’ thus on June 1, 1954, “November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars,” according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. The Veterans Resource Center at CSULA provides guidance to veterans, active duty, reserve service members, and dependents seeking to receive a higher-level education. The coordinators in this center help these prospective students. From the enrollment process, completing the enrollment certification process, to applying for educational benefits. November 11th is a day to remember and be grateful to those men and women who sacrificed their lives for the wellbeing of our country and people. Veterans Day is here to remind this country and its people of those men and women who have sacrificed in the name of the United States.
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Not a Real Dating Game CAMPUS
Aaron Wilson Contributer On November 6th, the Pit, CSULA student activity center, went back through time to host a parody of a popular 60’s television game show named the “Not a Real Dating Game Dating Game.” It was hosted by Administrative Services Coordinator Michelle Hooper, and had one single bachelor or bachelorette choose between three lucky single guys or girls. This event took place in the basement of the UniversityStudent Union, or otherwise known as The Pit. The show was broken up into two parts. Each part consisted off of three contestants who competed for
the opportunity to win a fake date and a cash prize. Both the contestants and the bachelor or bachelorette partaking would not be able to see each other till after the competition was over and a winner was chosen. One participant Nicole M. Lunbeck, kinesiology major, was asked to be a contestant after being approached by Michelle Hooper at the tables in front of the student union. Lunbeck was nervous, but she still managed to stand in front of an observing audience and choose a contestant number one named Adam, a mechanical engineer major. “My favorite part was asking them questions that were more sincere, to kind of find out
more about their personality. Especially the car one. If they would hit a car, would they drive away or leave their information? That is really something that would affect me, because they have hit my car three times. So I would like a person to be nice and proper, and leave their information,” said Lunbeck. Although it was unsure of how many people would show up, The Pit had a good number of viewers that afternoon. One student in attendance was Felipe Hernandez, who found out about the not a real date dating game from hanging out in The Pit and looking at flyers. When asked if he enjoyed the event, Hernandez seemed ecstatic. He said, “I very much enjoyed it. It’s just that if I would have known ahead of time I would have
The Pit | Photo by Aaron Wilson participated. I thought it would have been cool to miss lead the bachelorette with as suave as a voice as I could just so that I could be like ‘ahh haa. Now you have chosen me.’ Even though I’m like a grizzle cub.” All participants that were not chosen received a ten dollar Barnes and Noble gift card. The winners were given
fifty dollars; the bachelor or bachelorette did not actual go on a date. If interested in attending any other events on campus or being held in The Pit, just simply head to the CSULA Student Union and grab a vol. 6 Fall 2013 UniversityStudent Union Calendar for more information.
No More Starving Students CAMPUS
De’aja Plummer Contributer We all know that being in college can be very expensive, to the point where students are unable to afford things like food. 23 year old Kinesiology major, Josie Williams and 22 year old Business Marketing major, Milo Mitchell have put together an organization called, “No More Starving students.” This organization is a way for students of the Cal State LA campus to do exactly what the name says; starve no more!
Mitchell and Williams came up with this idea because they were simply starving students themselves. Together they discussed their experience and what they were going through as far as starving students, from going to sleep hungry and spending an ample amount of money on text books, leaving them without any money for necessities. With their creative minds, the two came up with this wonderful organization. No More Starving Students, otherwise known as Starving Students, is a social organization that promotes equal opportunity learning by provid-
ing a food exchange program and the starving Marley grant. The grant helps students that are exhausted of loans pay back what they owe. According to the president of the organization, Josie Williams states, ”Because the organization is up incoming they do not have enough money to execute their starving Marley grant as of right now.” If you are wondering who starving Marley is, he’s the stick figure logo of the organization. The food exchange program is a can food circulation amongst the campus hence their slogan, “for the
students by our students.” “Basically as a member you have the benefits to help build the organization and give back those benefits,” said Williams. As of right now the organization has 10 members. Students are strongly encouraged to join as a member of this organization. Students can get involved by volunteering and being a part of the food exchange program. If one is interested in becoming a member, they must commit to at least 30 hours of community service throughout the school year.
Becoming a member allows one to become eligible for the grant. To learn more about the organization, please come out and attend a meeting. Meetings are held other Thursday in the Monterey Park Room, on the 3rd floor of the USU building at 6pm. The next meeting will be on the 14th and the next one after that will be on the 21st. For any inquiries students can call 510-746-6788, or send an email at starvingstudnet.org@ gmail.com. Check out Starving Students Facebook page at facebook. com/starving.marlie.
Remembering As The World Turns OPINION
David Casillas Contributer As the nation remembers and marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy much will be televised and blogged about his life as a national public figure. Historians have well documented his official life as a politician and service to the country. In many ways, Kennedy entered our national consciousness not just because of his tragic death that shocked the country but that he was virtually the first national figure to be brought into our homes in those primitive days of the television set.
Many of us that grew up in the late 1960s and early 1970s have a shared oral history passed on to us that and it is important to preserve this tradition. To some of us, President Kennedy represents a significant loss to what might have been. As a toddler in 1963, I have no cognitive memory of his brief presidency or the tragic event except through my parents. My own mother shared how she was in the living room watching a soap opera As the World Turns when the news bulletin appeared on the black and white television set. She recalled how my oldest
brother was sent home from school in tears. Like many Americans, her memory came to her as a beautiful sunny day just like any other that suddenly turned tragic. As a historian however, I can’t help but wonder if there was more to be revealed about the everyday lives of those who are old enough remember. There’s is still a generation alive and well that has a vivid memory of this historical moment and what life was like and how it suddenly changed. It is important for us as Americans to mark this historical day of November 22, 2013 not
only as a moment of remembrance, respect and reflection of a beloved national public figure, but also as a chance for us to ask those older loved ones to share their experiences and memories of that bygone era. As we have technological-
ly advanced far from portable black and white T.V. sets, so now we can take a brief moment to put down our cell phones and ipads and personally reconnect to each other. 50 years is a fleeting moment but there is so much there that needs to be remembered as the world continues to turn.
Nov. 18, 2013
University Times
Campus Getting Friendlier on Wheels: New Bike Racks
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OPINION
Yzzy Gonzalez Managing Editor On the night of November 8, a wonderful sight was to be seen. Right next to the staircase and crosswalk between King Hall and Music Hall, Facilities workers were seen installing a bike rack! The rack itself isn’t very large, but it compliments the No Bikes symbol on the ground perfectly, promoting students to bike TO campus, but not to bike ON campus. When I first started college, I was under the impression that I would have a bike or a skateboard. I’m not so sure why that was so formatted into my head, but my idea of college involved me saving up for a cute city bike, maybe one from PUBLIC or another trendy bike manufacturer, and riding it all around campus from class to class. Sadly, that dream was crushed on orientation day at CSULA and I discovered that bikes and skateboards were banned on the main walkway of campus. The issue of biking or skateboarding on campus is often hidden behind the disaster of trying to find a parking spot on a normal day, but that doesn’t mean it’s something that shouldn’t be analyzed. Being a commuter campus in the city, CSULA’s campus is definitely compact compared to other CSU campuses. With tons of students crowding up the main walkway on a daily basis, it’s no wonder why students aren’t allowed to bypass the traffic on bikes
or skateboards. It would be so easy to slam into someone if the rider or the pedestrian looks away for more than two seconds. But that doesn’t mean that students shouldn’t ride bikes or skateboards to get to school.
Bike Racks | Photo by Timmy Truong
While a major population of the school would not even consider biking due to their location, time, etc., some students that commute from nearby areas would benefit from biking, as it is economically friendly and healthy. However, until the recent addition of bike racks, it seemed not much was being done to convince students to bike to campus. The only bike racks on campus were hard to spot, like the grungy looking racks next to the library or the single hoop of metal that could fit a maximum of two bikes outside of the University Student Union. I wish I could name more, but they are really difficult to locate. Even to the extent where I see students locking up their bikes on fences out of convenience.
the first place?
At the start of the fall quarter, I noticed that some ground space of CSULA had freshly added No Bikes symbols. Frankly, I was annoyed. If a school wants students to avoid the hassle of the parking lots and to save gas by not driving, why ban bikes? If they can’t park their bikes anywhere except on campus where no bikes are allowed, why would they feel motivated to bike in
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With the addition of new bike racks, I think students will feel more inclined to bike to school, thanks to a more convenient spot to park their bikes. The spot where I noticed the bike rack being installed
is the perfect location, as its right next a popular student entrance between Circle Drive and the Housing Complex. If bike racks continue to pop up on campus, there could be tremendous benefits in terms of student’s health and a reduced number of students fighting
for a parking spot. Biking to school may not be reasonable for everyone (one of the cons of living in the sprawl of Los Angeles), it’s wonderful for the school to increase their interest in commuters, even if it’s a something as small in a metal rack.
26th ANNUAL GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK (Nov. 17-23) CONTEST Maybe your job hasn’t been shipped to China or Mexico, but as you register your credit card in New Delhi and get your meds wholesale from Canada, you may be wondering what is still made in the USA. But wonder no more. Instead show off your GI, Geographic Intelligence, in the 26th Annual Geography Awareness Week Contest. This year’s theme is: Declaring Your Interdependence, or it’s an even small world, after all. This year’s quiz features geographic clues that will lead you around the world seeing how we all are connected somehow. Identify as many of the locations from the clues below as you can. Winners of our FABULOUS prizes will be those who identify the most correctly using the clues below. Coffee originated in this country_________________ Strawberries (love em) originated here _______________(country) U.S. oil comes mainly from this province ________________ Your Nokia cell phone is from __________, but your Blackberry comes from _______________. 5. Top selling brand of cars in U.S. _______________________(make and country). 6. Leading banana exporter____________________(country). 7. Leading cotton grower____________________(country). 8. #1 diamond producer_____________________(country). 9. Leading producer of carbon dioxide emissions_________________(country). 10. Which country produces the largest number of movies per year? ___________. 11. Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites? _______________. 12. Who is California’s largest trading partner?_____________. Who is the U.S. largest trading partner for exports? _____________. 13. Highest % high tech exports in 2005 come from: a. Hong Kong, b. Thailand c. Philippines..d. South Korea e. Malaysia. 14. Largest exporter of tea is: a. China b. Sri Lanka c. India d. Indonesia e. Poland 15. Largest value of imports coming into LA’s port comes from ________________ 16. Top tourism state in the U.S. (by numbers of people) ____________________ 17. World’s most attended amusement/theme park is _______________________. Turn in your entries to the Geosciences Department office, KH-C4067, by Thurs., December 5th and be a winner of our FABULOUS prizes too wonderful to mention. Sponsors: Oxford University Press, Rand McNally, Hammond, Prentice-Hall, Thomson Learning, McGraw-Hill, Bedford, Freeman & Worth, Brooks/Cole & Wadsworth, Cengage, and John-Wiley & Sons. Name _______________________ Major _________________________ Phone/email_________________________ Credit card #______________ (jus kiddin)
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Nov. 18, 2013
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Calendar
NOVEMBER 18-24
18Monday
3:30PM University Times
10:30aM American Red Cross Blood Drive Blood Mobile Lot 4
2:00PM U-Lead: Polishing Your
Meeting King Hall C3098
6:15PM Two Spirits
U-SU Theatre
Presentation Skills 2nd Floor U-SU
20Wednesday 21Thursday 12PM DIY: Crafty Wednesday: Jewelry Series Alhambra Room, U-SU
2:30PM Probation Workshop Library Palmer Wing 1040A
23Saturday 24Sunday
12PM Happy Hour in the Pit! The Pit
6:15PM
Independent Visions: Tranvisible: The Bamby Salcedo Story U-SU Theatre
week eight 19Tuesday 1:30PM HHS Coalition for Nutrition
U-SU Plaza
3:15PM
I-Success: Student Empowerment Workshop by Jewel Diamond Taylor San Gabriel Room U-SU
6PM
The Prize is Right with CSI - The Final Showdown! U-SU Theatre
6PM
CSI Unplugged Featuring: Sincerely, Dear Vienna Forest Lounge Balcony, U-SU
22Friday
10:30AM U-Care: Union Rescue Mission Downtown Los Angeles
8:00PM Rokia Traore
Luckman Theatre
American Sabor Photo Gallery
by Timmy Truong
7:00PM Golden Eagles Volleyball CSULA vs. UC San Diego Eagles Nest Gym
Luckman Theatre
7:00PM Sinead O’ Connor
1PM
HCAO Fall Seminar Speaker Series Jesus Sanchez Jr., D.O., Osteopathic Medicine Bios 335
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