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The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 96 Issue 8
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Pilot program supplies iPads to students Of the 233 students provided with the devices, just four dropped the course
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You’ve got some reading to do in between classes, so you pack your textbooks into your bag. Hundreds of pages weigh down your backpack as you trek from your parking spot at Chapman Park. By the time you make it to class, you’re exhausted. An alternative: A sleek, half-pound iPad Mini. Last semester, 233 iPad Minis were provided to students in three bottleneck courses, classes with notoriously high rates of students dropping or failing, as part of a pilot program meant to replace hard copy textbooks with digital alternatives. Of the 233 students who participated, just four students dropped, a success rate of 98.4 percent. The goal of the program was to increase academic
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success and persistence, decrease the number of times students repeat a class and help instructors rethink their approach to student success. Kristen Stang, director of the Academic Technology Center at the time of the program, led the program. With the iPad Mini, students were provided access to free digital books, even if the students declined to use the tablets. Instant access to information was the main focus in the program. Digital books were emphasized due to their portability and reduced prices. The iPads were a surprise to students—it wasn’t listed in the course description when students were registering for classes. The free digital books would be accessible through Titanium for all participating students, and the tablets came pre-configured with access to campus Wi-Fi for immediate access.
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Students who took part in the iPad pilot program were significantly less likely to drop their class, and the great majority of survey responses regarding the program were positive.
Readership Program expands locations Budget increase allows for new newspaper stands in southern half of campus
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A $5,000 increase to the budget of the Readership Program allows for more newspapers to be distributed to students.
The smell of the paper, the ink on your fingers— it’s hard to replace a good old fashioned newspaper. The Associated Students, Inc. Readership Program that has provided copies of local and national newspaper to students for more than a year, recently got a budget bump that will put more papers in the hands of more students. The newspapers, previously available in the Titan Student Union and other locations in the north half of campus, will now be available on the south side thanks to a $5,000 budget increase.
Copies of USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Daily Titan and the Orange County Register will now be available in College Park and Steven G. Mihaylo Hall. The expansion came about when ASI was approached by business and economics students asking for a stand to be placed in Steven G. Mihaylo Hall. “I was interested in bringing valuable news resources to Mihaylo students in order to foster creative conversations inside and outside the classroom,” 22-year-old Matt Slagle said. After a successful trial run, ASI installed a permanent newsstand in Mihaylo Hall and later included College Park. SEE ASI
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The Muck displays Japanese artwork Muckenthaler Cultural Center pays tribute to Fullerton’s sister city, Fukui, Japan
HEATHER MYERS Daily Titan The Muckenthaler Cultural Center is hosting a new gallery exhibit to pay tribute to one of Fullerton’s sister cities, Fukui, Japan. Each year, the center honors one of the sister cities, which are cities in different countries linked together for the purpose of
cultural exchange, through cultural artwork based on a scheduled rotation. This year it was Fukui’s turn. Matthew Leslie, director of exhibitions at Muckenthaler Cultural Center, said they wanted the exhibit to really focus on something that came from the city in Japan. This exhibit features artwork and prints on washi paper. The word washi translates to Japanese paper, “wa” meaning Japanese and “shi” meaning
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paper. The washi paper highlighted the epitome of Japanese fine art, Leslie said, “ ... because Fukui is a place where very well-made washi comes from.” This elegantly simple paper requires an elaborate manufacturing process that is rarely practiced in the country. Washi is made from the raw materials that are found in the inner barks of three plants. SEE WASHI
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