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Music performers take risks to follow their passion
Palestinian student group builds replica West Bank barrier GERARD AVELINO Daily Titan The Cal State Fullerton chapter of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will be constructing a replica of the West Bank barrier in the central quad on Tuesday and Wednesday. The display is meant to have a “subtle, silent message,” said Maisune Elhaija, SJP treasurer. The wall at the West Bank forces Palestinians to take longer routes to access vital resources. The replica showcases the disruptive effects a wall would have in the middle of the quad, she said. “It represents the real apartheid wall that runs through Palestine and Israel,” said Noor Salameh, SJP president. The Israeli government has been constructing the West Bank barrier for over 10 years to deter would-be terrorist attacks by Palestinian radicals, according to BBC News. SEE WALL
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Cal State Fullerton music performance majors practice in the Clayes Performing Arts Center. Music performance majors usually spend six hours every day training and sharpening their skills in order to stay competitive in their field. Students in this major must also perform in a major esemble and one or two solo recitals.
Students face long and intense practice hours MICAH AUGIMERI-LEE Daily Titan It takes hours of intensive training and mental resilience for a hopeful athlete
to make it big. The same amount of stamina is required for students striving for a music performance degree. Music performance is just one of the many degree emphases that a student can choose within Cal State Fullerton’s School of Music. CSUF’s music program often does not get the amount of attention it should,
considering the grueling hours and mental toughness necessary to be successful in this field, Associate professor of music and director of bands Mitchell Fennell, Ph.D., said. “At a school like ours, where many students work to pay for school, the biggest challenge for many of them is finding the time that they need to develop their
individual skills,” Fennell said. Fenell said that there is a “natural filtering process” where people might drop out due to “just natural attrition.” Others will realize how long they may have to wait to reap benefits from this degree and cannot afford to continue the program. Others may just come to terms
with the fact that “they don’t have the ability to do what they want to do,” Fennell said. On average, students in the music performance program have to practice about six hours every day to be able to keep up with the competition, on top of the other courses they may be taking. SEE MUSIC
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Alumna creates unique jewelry line VERONICA FEIPE Daily Titan Liz Solares was driving down a freeway when a thought spurred her into action. She exited the freeway and went to the nearest Michaels. Using rubber bands, glue and lace, Solares built a prototype that would soon become a jewelry line. Yet, one thing separates her jewelry line from others: it is made for aromatherapy. “It’s been a rollercoaster ride,” said Solares, a Cal State Fullerton alumna. Her journey began when she witnessed her sister, who suffers from anxiety, search for a small bottle of essential oil in her purse. Solares could see her sister get more anxious the longer it took for her to find the bottle, and Solares thought to herself, “There must be a simpler solution to this.” “It can be inconvenient sometimes when you can’t
find the bottle in your purse or you’re out somewhere,” Solares said. “Maybe you don’t want people to know you are using essential oils in a bottle. Maybe you want to discreetly have it on you and this is another alternative.”
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It literally brought me to tears when I saw my vision come to life and actually in my hands.
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CSUF graduate merges scents with accessories
LIZ SOLARES CSUF alumna and Serina and Company owner Solares began making prototypes in May 2014. Her hope was to make jewelry that people could use to pour drops of essential oil and be able to easily smell the aroma. She spent the next year-anda-half designing the jewelry, finding a graphic designer for the website and finding a manufacturer. Her jewelry line was finally completed earlier this year. “It literally brought me to tears when I saw my vision come to life and actually in my hands,” Solares said.
Health center hosts nutrition workshops
News
CSUF health center invites students to learn more about keeping a healthy lifestyle at free nutrition 3 workshops
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COURTESY OF LIZ SOLARES
Cal State Fullerton alumna Liz Solares created an aromatherapy jewelry line in order to provide an easier and more effecient way for people to access essential oils. She got the idea after witnessing her sister nervously searching for her oil bottle to ease her anxiety.
Solares named her jewelry line “Serina and Company” after her daughter Serina. When Solares had the idea for the jewelry line, she said it
was because of her daughter. While Solares was driving, she asked her mother to pour some essential oil onto a bracelet her daughter made
Student activists upset over ‘Wasatia’ talk
Opinion
Students for Justice in Palestine at CSUF took offense to Mohammad Dajani’s attempt to represent 6 Palestinians
for her, and that was when the idea for her business sprung. “Honestly, if she never made me that bracelet I don’t
think I would’ve had the idea,” Solares said. “She motivates me, she pushes me, she just SEE JEWELRY
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Cross-country improves at Rim Rock
Sports
The Titans ran much better than in last year’s performance, but they were still unable to climb 8 the rankings VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM