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ASI to change election procedure to up turnout ASI will modify debates, increase student outreach CECILY MEZA Daily Titan Associated Students, Inc. plans to increase civic engagement on campus and will be kicking that effort into high gear over the coming weeks by increasing outreach to students and changing debate formats in preparation for its 2015-2016 elections. Along with the general outreach changes to increase participation, the organization will change the way the debates are conducted on campus. In previous years, there have been two debates, one for the president and the vice president, and one large

debate for the Associated Students board of directors’ candidates. This year, Associated Students plans to have multiple sessions. There will be one large debate for the positions of president and vice president campaigns and several smaller debates, each focusing on two different colleges at a time, with two exceptions. The Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics and the of College of Humanities and Social Sciences will have their own debates because these colleges tend to have more candidates running for elected positions, said Victoria Gomez, Associated Students elections commissioner. Debates for representatives for the College of Communications and College of Education will be held together, and another debate will feature

candidates for the College of Arts and the College of Human Development. The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and College of Engineering and Computer Science candidates will face off in a separate debate. This format will make the debates more college-oriented and give students more of a connection to the election process, Gomez said. With changes to the debate structure and an increase in outreach, Associated Students hopes to increase the voter turnout for the elections. Student participation has been on an upward swing since 2012, when only 4.8 percent of students participated in campus elections— the third-lowest turnout on record. SEE VOTE 3

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Associated Students, Inc., which has rarely seen voter rates above 10 percent over the past decade, will be revitalizing efforts to increase turnout among students.

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Resident artist begins taping serial opera Grand Central Art Center helps to make sci-fi opera JACKIE TAMBARA Daily Titan

A curious and excited audience waited patiently to be seated for the taping of the pilot episode of Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser, a modern serial opera, inside the Yost Theater of Santa Ana on Monday night. Vireo is an artist residency

project made possible with the help of Grand Central Art Center director and curator, John Spiak. KCETLink’s Artbound and the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts are both partners of the project. Vireo is an up and coming opera series with a science

fiction twist, created for a broad audience. It combines the imagination and fantasies of a young witch and a teenage girl embodied in one, named Vireo. “The opera provides a thoughtful, and sometimes humorous, look at the universal issues of gender identity,

perception and reality,” according to a Grand Central Art Center press release. Kis Knekt, a prop designer and coordinator for Vireo, briefly explained the plot of the opera. “This young woman has visions and extraordinary abilities, and the world around her

is trying to contain that and quantify it, study it and possibly suppress it,” Knekt said. Supporters from all around the Santa Ana community RSVP and joined Vireo’s first taping session at the Yost Theater. SEE VIREO

Women’s hoops can punch their tourney ticket A win againt CSUN will guarantee postseason play DREW CAMPA Daily Titan COURTESY OF DISNEY

Inspiring sports film McFarland, USA opened in theaters Friday. The movie stars Cal State Fullerton alumnus Keniv Costner as the real-life cross country coach Jim White. The film is a heart-warming story about family and determination.

Famed alumnus inspires audiences Kevin Costner stars in sports film McFarland, USA ZACK JOHNSTON Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton alumnus Kevin Costner stars in the heart-warming sports

film, McFarland, USA, which opened in theaters Friday. Costner plays real-life cross country coach, Jim White. The film portrays White’s inspiring story of transforming a passionate team of down-on-their-luck cross country runners into a team that won nine state championships. Coster was familiar with White’s story long

before making the film, Coster said. “I read a story about McFarland in Sports Illustrated about Coach White and I was just thinking, ‘Wow, what a great story!’” Costner said. In the film, White goes to great lengths to get his runners to reach the potential he sees in them. “If Jim didn’t stand his ground, didn’t have the

integrity to say no, this isn’t the way we’re gonna do things, then the goals that these young men were able to achieve would never have been possible,” Costner said. The real people of McFarland, California are very pleased to see this movie be made. SEE MCFARLAND

By week’s end, the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team may very well have clinched a postseason berth to the Big West Conference Tournament, which begins March 10. Whether or not that happens may be influenced by two big games this week, as the Titans host Cal State Northridge Thursday at 7 p.m. and rival Long Beach State on Saturday at 4 p.m. The Titans currently sit seventh in the Big West with a 10-15 overall record and a 4-8 mark in conference. The conference’s top eight teams all earn a bid to

the tournament. With four games remaining this season, Fullerton could punch its ticket as early as Thursday, should the Titans defeat the Matadors and if last-place UC Santa Barbara loses to UC Davis. Defeating Northridge, however, will be a challenge as the Matadors (189 overall, 8-5 Big West) are heading into Titan Gym on a four-game winning streak that began Feb. 7 with an 82-51 win versus Fullerton. This year’s Northridge squad is historically one of the program’s best, as the team’s 18 wins are already the most in a single season this century. Northridge is led by senior Ashlee Guay, who is also looking to write her name into the Northridge history books. SEE BASKETBALL

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ALEX GROVES Daily Titan One person was injured shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in a two-vehicle collision in the 3-way intersection at Nutwood Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue,Fullerton Police Sgt.

Kathryn Hamel said. The driver of a black Toyota 4Runner was turning left onto southbound Commonwealth and turned in front of the driver of a white Toyota Prius, Hamel said. The Prius broadsided the 4Runner, which came to a rest in a center median on Commonwealth Avenue between Hope International University and the College Park building. Police officials, including

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one officer and two parking control officers, arrived on scene and were joined by members of the fire department. An ambulance arrived on scene to transport one of the drivers, who complained of pain, to a local hospital, Hamel said. Hamel could not confirm whether either party involved in the accident was a CSUF student or faculty member. Neither driver had passengers, she said.

Symposium to focus on diaspora Event will provide education on displaced Asian communities HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan Nearly 15 departments and organizations on campus will come together to host the second Southeast Asian Legacies Symposium. The symposium will attempt to educate students and the community about the heritages, experiences and history of these diasporic communities, said Eliza Noh, Ph.D., associate professor of Asian-American studies. Diasporic communities are those made up of people who have moved away from an ancestral homeland. The symposium comes 40 years after the fall of Saigon and other wars in Southeast Asia, and will aim to increase global awareness of diasporic communities all over the world from those regions of the world like Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. “(I hope attendees will leave with) a feeling of celebration and appreciation of this historic moment of 40 years, particularly of Southeast Asian-Americans living in the U.S. and an understanding of that community,” Noh said. The keynote speaker,

Viet Nguyen, Ph.D., from the University of Southern California department of English and American studies and ethnicity, will be reflecting on the significance of this historic occasion, as well as looking at the progress of these communities within the United States. The day will focus on students with panels, roundtable discussions, exhibits and films. The Southeast Asian Legacies made the symposium a valuable resource for stu-

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Accompanying the alumni will be their parents, who will share their experiences of their child’s education at Cal State Fullerton. “I am really excited to hear about not only the historical experiences— there is going to be a lot of panels focusing on the historical aspects of the migration—but I am really excited to hear from the student perspectives, what they are doing now and how they are negotiating Southeast Asian history and learning about what

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TU-UYEN NGUYEN Associate Professor of Asian-American Studies dents with many student run discussions that include local oral history projects and archives that can be used for their own research and understanding. Tu-Uyen Nguyen, Ph.D., associate professor of Asian-American studies, organized three of the various panels that will take place. One, titled Alumni Experiences: Intergenerational Dialogue, will be a roundtable discussion on alumni involvement in campus and community organizations and how that has shaped their careers.

Fernando Sanchez and his girlfriend Jessica Gascon were sentenced to 20 years and nine years in prison, respectively, Tuesday morning after pleading guilty to multiple offenses, including attempted murder, according to a district attorney press release. Sanchez plead guilty to attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, criminal threats and shooting at an inhabited house. Gascon pleaded guilty to assault with a semi-automatic firearm. Charges stemmed from an incident in which Gascon told Sanchez that a man they had been socializing with made unwanted sexual advances toward her. That eventually led to the couple driving to the victim’s house and, once the victim left his home, Sanchez opened fire. The victim and others in the area were uninjured.

they can do to make a difference in their communities today and moving forward into the future,” Nguyen said. Other panels will feature local, community-based organizations to give students an opportunity and the resources they need to become more involved in the Southeast Asian community. At the end of the symposium, there will be various cultural performances by student clubs and local community performance groups. The symposium will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Titan Student Union on March 6.

Over 20 hospitalized after crash A Metrolink train plowed into a truck that was stuck on the tracks at 5:46 a.m. Tuesday, causing four passenger cars to derail in Oxnard, according to the Los Angeles Times. More than 25 people were hospitalized and four more are in critical condition as of Tuesday evening. The driver, Jose Alejandro Sanchez Ramirez of Yuma, Arizona, was taken into custody by Oxnard police on suspicion of a hit and run. He was found 1.62 miles from the accident scene. Ramirez claims that his truck got stuck on the tracks. Assistant Oxnard Police Chief Jason Benites told the LA Times that the truck was stuck on the track, but police are not sure how long the truck was there. - SPENCER CUSTODIO

Internet settlement reached Congress reached a settlement that will prohibit Internet service providers from utilizing paid fast lanes, The New York Times reported. The Federal Communications Commision is expected to approve the new plan to classify the internet as a public service Thursday, giving the commission the power to enforce net neutrality. Various internet communities opposed the use of paid prioritization that broadband companies, such as Comcast and Verizon, created to increase profits. The FCC’s vote on Thursday will determine the future legislation. - DARLENE CASAS

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Learning the language of business KLARISSA ALCALA Daily Titan

High school students will have the chance to sell stock, see their portfolio grow and gain knowledge on what’s going on in the business and economic world when they participate in The Center for Economic Education’s California Financial Literacy and Business Olympiad event at Cal State Fullerton. The event was created to fill a hole that officials saw in the academic olympiad spectrum, said Radha Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Director for Economic Education. Science and math olympiads are common, she said, but there weren’t events focused on business. “Both the science and math olympiads go all the way up to high school, but I have not seen an economics and business olympiad,” Bhattacharya said. “It’s high time we had an olympiad for business, economics and financial literacy.” The five olympiad events offered will be the Stock Market Competition, Business Plan competition, Financial Video Competition, Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Knowledge Competition and the Economics and Business News Competition. Students will have the opportunity to participate in one or more of the five events. Bhattacharya the high school students will enjoy

seeing their business knowledge applied in a practical manner while also learning new information, she said. The Center for Economic Education works closely with schools, the community, and other institutions to promote economic and financial literacy. The Center for Economic Education at the Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics is also supported by the California Council on Economic Education and the Council on Economic Education.

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Olympiad-style competition puts high schoolers to the test

RADHA BHATTACHARYA Director for Economic Education Economic majors and students involved with the business and entrepreneurship centers on campus will serve as mentors for the participating high schools students. William Taormina, a CSUF graduate from the Center of Entrepreneurship, has worked with Bhattacharya on previous events and is also the coordinator for the mentors for the olympiad. Taormina is also a founder for the National Start up League, a nonprofit that offers business, economic, and entrepreneur mentorship and guidance for low income schools.

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A portion of the Financial Literacy and Business Olympiad will have high school students participate in a business plan competition. CSUF students participated in their own business plan competition earlier this semester, Feb. 20.

It’s important for students to gain financial literacy and be able to understand the economics behind managing and operating a business and entrepreneurship, Taormino said. Taormino also wants to challenge students to push forward and approach problems in a way where they can say ‘I can fix that,’ and create a sustainable business to fix that problem. The event will feature high school students from as far as Bakersfield. Wells Fargo and the California Council on Economic Education will sponsor the event, which will be held March 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Students share their ideas during the business bootcamp event that took place on Jan. 15. High School students will be tasked with sharing their own business ideas during the olympiad.

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The discovery of turtle fossils, some 3 to 7 million years old, will lead to greater understanding of the animals.

Public works crew digs up Orange County’s past Ancient turtle fossils will give insight into species’ history STEPHANIE GOMEZ Daily Titan Fossils of leatherback sea turtles, a 9-foot jawbone of a whale, a seal and a walrus were all discovered during construction of a new highway in San Clemente. The find could provide valuable information on past climates, environments and the evolution of some of the species found, said James Parham, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and faculty curator at the John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center. “There is actually no research specifically on California leatherbacks or even West Coast leatherbacks,” said Katrina Awalt, a CSUF

alumna working with Parham to prepare a scientific publication on leatherback sea turtles specifically in the Orange County area. Awalt graduated from CSUF in fall 2014 with her bachelor’s degree in geology. Fossils like these are a rare find because the turtles don’t preserve very well, Awalt said. She added that the discovery will provide more information about the turtles. Awalt is not sure she will include these new fossils in her publication, but hopes to have the chance to study them in the future. “We have this very special animal here in California still alive today, critically endangered. We don’t know much about their evolution. These fossils, such as this new find from Orange County, are going to help us understand this type of animal,” Parham said. There are still a variety of

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things to learn about the turtle, Parham said. “They are definitely the most unusual turtle that’s still around, but we don’t really know much about their evolution,” he said. The new roadway is part of the La Pata Project and goes through San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. Fossils have been found in three areas—San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and an unincorporated area nearby, but most of the fossils have been found on the San Clemente side, said Nardy Khan, project manager for the La Pata Project. California is requiring an environmental impact report to be done, identifying areas where fossils may be found before projects like roadway construction begin, and the possibility of finding items at these locations was there early on, Khan said. The whale jawbone was cataloged, but the fossil was in pieces that could not be

recovered, Khan said. The 3-to-7-million-year-old turtle fossils, however, were extracted and are waiting to be prepared for study. Until the fossils can be removed from their jacket of dirt or rock that houses them, officials won’t be certain if they’re examining a full specimen or only fragments. A process that can take one to two years. It’s a slow process because they do not want to cause any damage to what’s there, Khan said. Once prepared and curated, the leatherback fossils will go to the Cooper Center, a research facility and partnership of CSUF and the County of Orange. They are responsible for the items found in Orange County and taking care of managing them to make them available to the public. They will facilitate the research opportunity for groups or universities interested in the leatherback fossils, Khan said.

That jump is a result of changes in the number and quality of the candidates, the efficiency of candidates’ marketing strategies and the strength of outreach on the part of Associated Students election commissioner, said Associated Students President and CEO Harpreet Bath. “That’s how the student body responds,” Bath said. “The more you see it, the more you want to (get involved) … we’re constantly looking at ways to increase awareness.” This year, students will have the opportunity to vote off-campus through their portal and have a voting time frame of three days, extended from the previous one-day window. Associated Students representatives have been at numerous campus events, including Pizza with the President and Wednesday concerts at the Becker Amphitheater to generate a buzz around campus and get students interested in participating in the election process on both ends of the ballot. In addition to encouraging students to vote, Associated Students has also

been encouraging them to run during this upcoming campaign season. Club meetings have provided the organization with an additional platform to encourage students to vote. Representatives have been informing InterClub Councils about the Associated Students structures and encouraging those involved in Associated Students organizations, including The Association for InterCultural Awareness, Street Team and Mesa Cooperativa. The goal of the outreach is to increase the number of students involved on campus, said Victoria Gomez, Associated Students elections commissioner. “The thing that really pains us is when people say ‘Oh I didn’t know about it,’” Gomez said. “Sometimes you think you do all you can and sometimes you need to think of different places (to reach out to).” Associated Students will also conduct social media campaigns in addition to the traditional outreach methods. Elections will be from March 17-19 and Associated Students debates will begin on March 4.

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Meng Hall to host music festival Annual New Music Festival to incorporate visuals into concerts HEAVEN OCAMPO Daily Titan The school of music will be hosting its 14th annual New Music Festival Wednesday evening through Sunday in the Clayes Performing Arts Center. The festival will center on the theme Image-Music-Text, reaching across multiple creative outlets. Each guest artist selected will perform with interaction and interarts collaboration, meaning the performances will involve video projections along with the musical pieces. The guest artists include Lisa Bielawa, Rabbit Rabbit, Laurie Rubin, Elliott Sharp, Either/Or, Divan Consort, the Cal State Fullerton New Music Ensemble in residence and festival director Pamela Madsen. “(I hope students) will gain an awareness of what is happening in contemporary

music,” Madsen said. Madsen brings in artists from all over the world in hopes that they will plant the idea in student’s heads that they can dance too Madsen said. She wants students to be able to see themselves following this path. The 30 graduate students in the New Music Ensemble will perform alongside guest composers for an unforgettable learning experience that allows them to experience the life of a professional musician. The festival will include workshops, master classes, lectures and nightly concerts. The classes and lectures will be run by the guest composers, giving the students oneon-one experience to learn from world class performers, as well as the opportunity to participate in lectures. Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi from Rabbit Rabbit, with composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa will take the stage at the Meng Concert Hall this evening. The performance will be a fun, electronic experience for all who attend. Tickets to today’s event

are $5, and concerts Thursday through Saturday are $15. The West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis will also be present on Saturday during the festival, with many scholarly guest speakers from across the country. They will be giving an academic and networking opportunity to students and the public who may be interested in graduate school or different career options in the field of music. Sundays concert will be a free performance by concert ensemble Either/Or of Morton Feldman’s iconic piece, For Philip Guston. This performance is a four and a half hour long piece that is praised for its musicianship and unique nature. It is rarely played because it is a feat of endurance for musicians. Audience members don’t have to stay for the whole four hour performance. It has an open door policy, allowing attendees to enjoy the music, take in the ambiance and view the videos that will be present outside of the room. For tickets and more information, visit fullerton. edu/arts/music.

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The annual New Music Festival begins tonight with a performance from Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi of Rabbit Rabbit. The festival will include other concerts as well as workshops.

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“It means an awful lot to the community of McFarland, myself included,” White said. Costner took great pleasure in working on the film and has a great deal of respect for White, he said. “There’s a quiet dignity to him,” Costner said. “The part was written very well so I didn’t have to try to

invent little gags to make Jim interesting.” Keeping the film as close to White’s actual experience was very important for Costner, he said. “I don’t think the movie would have been successful if it were fiction,” Costner said. Costner and White stayed in touch during the making of the film, and White was instrumental in

Costner’s character development, Costner said. “Jim would often come

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This movie is really about the American dream and the American dream in McFarland is alive and well.

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KEVIN COSTNER Actor to the set and we would have a time to either talk with him or his wife and

would circle back to McFarland and his own history there and the boyhood,”

Costner said. The Field of Dreams star knows the importance of making sure a story about sports is told right. “I think when you want a movie that has to do with sports, one of the keys is to not make it about too much of the sport. It has to be the backdrop,” Costner said. “It’s what gets said to people when they’re not actually performing is what

really becomes the most interesting.” Costner hopes movie-goers will get their money’s worth and appreciate the film’s heart-warming story. “This is not a movie about running. It’s not about cross-country. This movie is really about the American dream and the American dream in McFarland is alive and well,” Costner said.

Plans This Week? ASIP Concert: DECORATOR • Becker Amphitheater • Wednesday Noon • Free

Whirligigs: The Art of Peter Gelker • Begovich Gallery • Wednesday - Thursday Noon - 4 p.m. • Free

ASIP Films: Horrible Bosses 2 • TSU Titan Theater • Thursday 4 p.m., 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. • Free

Elliott Sharp, composer/guitarist and guests • Meng Concert Hall • Friday 8 p.m. • $15, $13 with Titan discount

Smash • Hallberg Theatre • Friday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. • $11, $10 with Titan discount

Either/Or • Meng Concert Hall • Sunday 2:30 p.m. • Free

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Inside the theater, the camera crew prepared for shooting as the audience whispered and waited. Before the taping started, Spiak gave an introduction speech about the story, its cast members, the quartet, the chorus, Lisa Bielawa, the composer and producer, Charlie Otte, the director and Erik Ehn, the librettist. Bielawa, was up on stage throughout the taping. She elegantly conducted the Kronos Quartet of San Francisco, who provided the score for the entire pilot episode. The San Francisco Girl’s Chorus angelically sang in unison with the quartet. The camera man and his assistant started the scene with an up close shot of the quartet and main character, Vireo, played by Rowen Sabala, a 16-year-old soprano from the Orange County School of Arts. The taping consisted of one scene shot three separate times to ensure the best quality. Each time the cast and crew ran through the

scene, they made sure to take advantage of the opportunities for improvement. As the public taping session concluded, the cast and crew continued working on the set as the audience exited

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GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER the theater. Suzana Pinkerton, a studio manager of Hipcooks, a cooking school located inside the Grand Central Art Center, attended the taping session. Pinkerton heard the opera rehearsals for the past month inside the Grand Central Art Center, she said, and was inclined to see for herself what all the commotion was about.

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Grand Central Art Center’s Lisa Bielawa began taping sessions for her opera series Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser Monday at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana. The pilot will premiere Mar. 31 for KCET’s television Artbound Series.

“I think it’s great, beautiful and incredible. The talent that you see here, especially with the young kids,” Pinkerton said after the

taping session. Vireo not only attracted opera enthusiasts, but other artists and creative minds throughout the surrounding

Orange County community. Vireo debuts on March 31 as a part KCET’s television Artbound Series. The pilot is a 25 minute episode of 14 in

the series. An online website which features video content for all Artbound series content is available.

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DECORATOR will play the Becker Amphitheater Thursday at noon. The local alternative band gained recognition after releasing their EP Transit in 2014.

L.A. rock band to play the Becker MARICELA GOMEZ Daily Titan The Los Angeles alternative rock band DECORATOR will perform at the Becker Amphitheater Thursday in continuance of the Associated Students, Inc. concert series. The self proclaimed “infectious alt-rock band,” will play front and center at the Becker Amphitheater at noon, where Associated Students will provide free pizza for concert-goers. Associated Students’ Pub Thursday series coordinator, Alyse Russell, said she discovered the band through a booking manager’s recommendation, in hopes that their distinct sound will draw a diverse crowd. Together the band displays an array of musical influences like Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and John Coltrane intertwined with Lauryn Hill and Wu-Tang Clan, VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/AE

according to the band’s website. The website also mentions that DECORATOR’s name originated from a Frank Zappa quote, “Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production headlines or dates by which bills must

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the band launched their EP Transit. Recently, the band headlined at the Troubadour in December, and on Saturday they played the 2015 Los Angeles Chinese New Year Festival. “There’s a lot of members in the band and I feel like

There’s a lot of members in the band and I feel like each of them is featured in some kind of way. ALYSE RUSSELL Pub Thursday Coordinator

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be paid.” The six member band is comprised of three brothers and their friends. They include Miles Melendrez (main vocals), Alix Melendrez and Matt Mumcian (guitar and vocals), Reece Melendrez (bass), Cameron Johnson (drums) and Mike Harris (keys). The band’s origin can be traced to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which was founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Michael “Flea” Balzary. In the summer of 2014,

each of them is featured in some kind of way,” Russell said. “It’s not necessarily the lead singer as the front man, you kind of recognize them all.” The group members’ individuality can be heard in their first single Mad Cali Transit, a groovy and funk-influenced tune with a solid bass, catchy guitar and drums that compliments the soulful tone of Melendrez’s vocals. “I think it’s familiar enough that people are going to enjoy it,” Russell said. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

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Letter to the Editor

Response to “Unpaid Interns Short Changed” KATHLEEN COSTELLO Associate Director of CSUF’s Center for Internships Dear Editors: Jackie Tambara would do well to avail herself of a COMM 495 academic internship. Here’s what she could expect. She would earn three units of academic credit for the equivalent of about a half-time position that would take place during one semester—probably her last one before graduating. She would receive a minimum of one hour per week of direct supervision, mentoring or training from an experienced professional who has agreed to focus on her learning objectives. She will gain knowledge,

skills, training and/or experience relevant to her major and intended profession. She will have the opportunity to use the knowledge she has gained in the classroom by applying it to assignments in the workplace. If she is adept, she will make professional contacts during her three months in the field. What will set these contacts apart from her networking introductions is that these people will have observed her abilities and skills on the job. If her work deserves it, their comments will reinforce her strengths and qualifications for a permanent job. If she is savvy, she will cultivate relationships with others at the site, and she’ll

build on those to develop her professional network. She’ll learn about what it’s like to work in that industry and at that particular site. She’ll be on the inside track to hear about openings before they are made public. When she applies for jobs, her résumé will include professional experience that she has acquired while enrolled in an academic internship course. When she enrolls in COMM 495 and searches for her placement site, she’ll know that any approved academic internship she applies for has been vetted for relevance to her major, for appropriate duties and tasks, for quality supervision and training, and for

learning outcomes that are connected to her studies and professional goals. She’ll also have the assurance that her safety and well-being have been taken into consideration before the position has been reviewed for possible risks to her, the employer and the university. As with all other courses she has enrolled in while still a Titan, she will know that her learning outcomes are largely her own responsibility. But she has every expectation that her efforts will be met by equal efforts by the employer, who has agreed to provide her with opportunities to increase her knowledge, skills and preparation for her career. In the case of academic internships, the

“job description” is a class syllabus like any other, with assignments, responsibilities, tests and an outline of the gains students can expect to make if they meet all the requirements. Likewise, supervisors agree to take on the role of instructor and are prepared to facilitate students’ growth and development throughout the internship. Consistent with labor laws, interns must be compensated either in the form of wages or academic credit. While some internships offer both, most do not, particularly those in highly competitive fields. Paid internships essentially are just part-time jobs if they do not also offer academic credit. While the intern may

earn modest wages and may have opportunities to network, the employer has not agreed to invest in the intern’s growth in learning, skills, or professional preparation. It’s the employer’s needs that will be met, not the intern’s. We invite Jackie and her fellow Titans to educate themselves about all the different kinds of career preparation opportunities available to them (credit-bearing or not, paid or unpaid) through the resources of the Center for Internships & Community Engagement, the Career Center and their academic advisors and departments. We are here to facilitate your learning and career readiness! Stop by sometime, Jackie!

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Earlier this year in January, President Obama asked Congress to lift the embargo placed on Cuba during his State of the Union, opening up relations for the first time in over 50 years.

Lifting the Cuban embargo benefits all ANTHONY BAGHDADY For the Daily Titan It’s been decades since the U.S. first placed an embargo on trade with Cuba, it’s about time that embargo was lifted. In the ‘50s, Cuba and the U.S. had a better relationship. Unfortunately when Castro began nationalizing Cuban companies, some of which were subsidiaries of American firms, this relationship began to worsen. It didn’t help when the U.S. found evidence that Cuba was allowing the Soviet Union to plant nuclear bombs on Cuban soil. But times are different now and there’s money to be made with Cuba. Cuba is a worldwide tourist attraction; our prized writer Ernest Hemingway lived there for a number of years and the country gave him inspiration for what was arguably his greatest novel, The Old Man and the Sea. Other countries are FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @THEDAILYTITAN

currently openly trading with Cuba; trading goods as well as tourists, and in the mean time, America stands idly by. There is money to be made in Cuba and Americans love money. However, there are differing opinions. Representatives of the United Nations General Assembly believe that the embargo should be left standing. This is a difficult belief

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possibly coerce every government in the world into democracy—it can’t be done. Policing should only be done when it’s vital, like in the Middle East, and the U.S. should take advantage of potential trading partners where there is opportunity. There’s an economic upside that can come from trading with Cuba. The U.S. will benefit

The U.S. will benefit from having another trade partner and Cuban citizens will have access to wholesome red, white and blue goods.

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America has wasted too much time shutting out Cuba

to agree with considering that when the embargo was first set in place, it was done to weaken the Cuban government during tenuous times. Now, the embargo is really only hurting the civilian populace of Cuba. Other’s argue that we shouldn’t trade with Cuba because of their form of government, but the U.S. trades with China, and that’s a communist nation. As much as Uncle Sam would like, he cannot

from another trade partner and Cuban citizens will have access to wholesome red, white and blue goods. The economic benefits could just be the start. If trading goes well, the overall relationship between Cuba and the U.S. might gradually improve. With the easing of travel restrictions, Americans will be able visit Cuba freely, spend money and conduct business. It’ll create a new sense of camaraderie between the two countries.

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