The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Tuesday April 12, 2016
Volume 99 Issue 35
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Professor yearns to lift nation’s health knowledge
Alumnus performs on NYC stage CSUF graduate sings at the Metropolitan Opera DAISY ORTIZ Daily Titan
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Andy Galpin, Ph.D., Cal State Fullerton kinesiology professor, has helped train athletes such as UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum. Now, he hopes to educate as many people as he can by sharing his knowledge and research online.
Research targets strength and conditioning VERONICA MARQUEZ-ESHELBY Daily Titan The weights on either end of the barbell resound with a heavy “clunk” as Whitney Leyva sets it down on the firm mat of the Student Recreation Center’s floor. The 28-year-old Cal State Fullerton grad student is one of the founding members of the weightlifting club. The club was created over five years ago, but Leyva said it
would not exist without the initiative of Andy Galpin, Ph.D., a kinesiology assistant professor, who helped create and coach the club. “You could tell that he was really passionate about teaching weightlifting; he broke down the movements for us,” Leyva said. “We were only working with just a PVC pipe for like three months, and that was such a tough workout. I really enjoyed his coaching style. He didn’t make me second-guess myself.” Galpin has been teaching at Cal State Fullerton for five years and is also the director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Lab on campus. While
Galpin teaches classes on campus, his passion for kinesiology has motivated him to educate people, through different platforms, such as online videos, columns and lab research, on how to live healthier lives. In the lab, students collect and analyze muscle tissue biopsies at the single-cell level in order to determine how the cells respond to high-impact exercise in the fields of both strength and conditioning. “Skeletal muscle is a quality of life and health issue,” Galpin said. “It’s going to save you from falling later, it’s going to keep you living by yourself longer, it’s going to keep you alive.” Galpin believes that
training people to be healthy, thus living longer, is the same as training them to be an athlete; the only difference is that instead of baseball or football, “their sport is life.” “If you look at the research now on mortality … the three most significant predictors of how long you are going to live are your leg strength, the amount of muscle mass you have and your maximum aerobic capacity,” Galpin said. Galpin had a very active childhood and played “about every traditional sport growing up,” won a national football championship as an undergrad and competed in four weightlifting championships
after graduating. He earned an undergraduate degree in exercise science at Linfield College, followed by a master’s degree in human movement sciences from the University of Memphis, and his Ph.D. in human bioenergetics from Ball State University. Throughout his career as a personal trainer, Galpin coached many well-known athletes such as Vernon Davis of San Francisco 49ers fame, current UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and Dodger baseball outfielder Andre Ethier. He was also the personal trainer for actor Kevin James. SEE HEALTH
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Emmy-winning producer visits CSUF Saul Gonzalez shares his expertise in storytelling SEAN KELLEY Daily Titan KCRW producer Saul Gonzalez impressed upon a packed audience Monday at the Center for Oral and Public History’s Hansen Lecture Series that to become a good storyteller, people have to make a connection and know a lot of things. Prior to KCRW, Gonzalez worked for KCET in Southern California on the news magazine SoCal
Connected. Gonzalez won eight regional Emmys for his efforts. Gonzalez spoke of his interviewing and reporting techniques, and suggested that those in attendance practice interviewing with family members and get a handle on technology like the radio. Gonzalez pointed to his gear next to the podium and noted that journalists need to be multimedia-savvy. “Everything I do for radio is in this bag,” Gonzalez said. “Just with what’s in that bag … I can tell a credible story that will air nationally.” SEE SAUL
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Symposium highlights student research
News
Students showcased their research about topics ranging from gender studies to psychology at 3 symposium
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Saul Gonzalez, producer for KCRW, shared his experiences in the field of journalism Monday at Cal State Fullerton.
More laws need to promote vaccinations
Opinion
Kids are needlessly put in harm’s way by parents who refuse to administer shots that could prevent 5 outbreaks
He wanted to be like James Hetfield, the lead singer and guitarist for Metallica, but as a teenager, Christopher Job got his start by reluctantly joining his high school’s choir. After he started working with a private voice teacher, one thing became apparent: many of his heavy metal idols had a tenor vocal range, while Job was a bass. Instead of letting Job’s musical aspirations end there, his voice teacher turned Job’s attention to Italian opera singer Ezio Pinza. “I listened to that and was just amazed by what opera sounded like,” said Job, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus. It was perhaps that single exposure to a genre previously so unfamiliar to Job that set him on the path to his current engagement. He is now set to grace the stage of the world-renowned Metropolitan Opera in New York City as Sir Walter Raleigh in the company’s first-ever production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux.” The roots of Job’s operatic career began to take hold when the time came to select a college. Like many students his age, Job was unsure of what he wanted to do. A self-proclaimed jock, he was entertaining the idea of playing volleyball for a few different schools, but he ultimately opted to remain close to home and attend CSUF to study biology. While not having many friends on campus, and opera and music still on his mind, Job joined the school’s University Singers and Men’s Ensemble as a remedy for both predicaments. This decision led Job to switch his major to music during his freshman year, affording him the opportunity to work and improve his musicianship with artistic director John Alexander. The music program also led him to the friendships he sought, many of which remain strong to this day. During his sophomore year, current associate professor of music Mark Goodrich, who has a doctorate in musical arts, introduced Job to Andrew Parks, Ph.D. Parks is a former CSUF faculty member who now teaches at the Manhattan School of Music. SEE OPERA
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CSUF golf completes its first two rounds
Sports
Men’s golf finds itself tied for sixth place after competing on the initial day of the OGIO UCSB 8 Invitational VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM