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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES Mar. 3, 2014 Issue 205.9 U NIVERSITY T IMES www.csulauniversitytimes.com INSIDE: -CSULA STUDENT GOES MISSING PG 2 -AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT DEADLINE APPROACHES PG 3 -PERIODISMO EN ESPAÑOL: LA ONDA PG 8 -HOMECOMING COVERAGE & PHOTOS PGS 6, 7, 11 -IS CALIFORNIA BROKE? PG 5 -THE DALAI LAMA VISITS LA PG 5 -TV SHOWS IN 2014 PG 9 -TAX TIPS FOR STUDENTS PG 10 -LI-YOUNG LEE COMES TO CSU LA PG 4 -HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAV INGS TIME PG 4 -UNIVERSITY TIMES WINS AWARD PG 2 -CSULA’S STAIR MASTER PG 5 -INDEPENDENT VISIONS REVIEW PG 11 On Tuesday, February 25th, the Academic Senate passed the Porter motion with a vote of 33 to 18. The motion stated one of two required (D) courses must focus on the issue of race and ethnicity and their intersectionality with other social categories that structure inequality in society. Changes were made due to sensitive issues raised in the current Ethnic Studies debate, along with the lack of structure regarding time and balance at the last Academic Senate meeting on February 18th. The most recent Academic Senate meeting on February 25th was much more struc- tured as CSULA Provost, Ashish Vaidya, and President William A. Covino sat in the front row of the meeting. This would be the first Academic Senate meeting that Covino would have attended since the Ethnic Studies debate began. To eliminate the issues of the February 18th able to voice their opinions more than the others, senators would vote on someone would speak followed by someone against the motion. Using the iClickers, the majority of the Academic would vote to use iClickers during the meeting. The second change in this meeting was timing. It asked speakers to limit themselves to 3-4 minutes. Dr. Kevin Baaske, Chair of the Academ- ic Senate stated, “I won’t stop anybody but I will let you know when 4 minutes is up, in hopes that you’ll wrap it up.” The majority of the Sen- ate voted for a time limited, which incorporated to Febru- ary 25th’s meeting was well. The Talcott motion’s of GE’s diversity (d), course taught from one of the four Ethnic Studies Departments (Pan African, Latin/Latin American, Asian/Asian Amer- ican, or Chicano/a) was no longer a motion on the table for discussion at this meeting too. Instead, the Porter motion was voted upon. This motion is different from the Talcott motion because it does not have students to take the course directly taught from the Ethnic Studies Depart- ment. It some cases some sen- ators argued their reasoning for not voting for the Talcott motion. In reference to the “new Porter motion,” Senator and Professor Kimberly King from the Psychology depart- ment, stated, “We actually had this motion (the Porter motion) about 5 weeks ago and it was voted down.” Dr. Melina Abdullah, Chair of the Pan African Studies Department stated it was in fact the same motion Gretch- en Peterson, Chair of the Sociology Department and member the GE Revision Committee, helped her write the motion and then voted against it. During February 25th’s meeting, Peterson consis- tently took opposition to this motion, arguing that, “The language needs to be more inclusive and reflecting the experiences of all our students (meaning to include intersec- tionalities such as class and gender as well).” Senator Steve Classen of Television and Media Studies Department, stated he was against the previous Talcott motion but new motion had more of a focus. Classen stated, “This motion explicitly talks about intersectionality, it allows professors to speak about race and ethnicity as well as class, gender, sexuality, age.” Addressing Classen’s state- ment, Peterson said that while she appreciates the flexibility of the motion as well, she also found it problematic in terms of policy language. Peterson argued, “There’s going to have to be an inter- pretation, what does it mean to focus on race and ethnici- ty, is it enough to have 30% of the course content, 50%, or does it have to be 80 or 90%?” Peterson stated without these numbers, curriculum committees would be mak- ing these decisions without guidance. Senator Edward Klein, Chair in Department of Com- munication Disorders, chal- lenges Peterson’s argument and stated, “We also have writing courses that curric- ulum committees have to interpret in terms how much writing students have to do to call it a ‘writing course,’ I’m not sure if they ever actually agree on that.” Klein stated that he previously voted down this motion and the Talcott motion as well. The Porter motion would gain the majority vote 33 to 18. Student protesters ap- proached President Covino after the meeting and asked him to agree to a meeting. He directly told student Lawrence Gandara, double major in En- glish and Chicano Studies, to leave his secretary a message and he’d be in touch to set up a meeting. Some student organizers claim this to be only a step in the direction of what they want, the pass of the Talcott motion. NEWS Jillian Bell Contributor Febuary 25th Academic Senate meeting | Photo by Timmy Truong Academic Senate Comes to Consensus

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C A L I F O R N I A S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O S A N G E L E SMar. 3, 2014 Issue 205.9

UN I V E R S I T YT I M E S

www.csulauniversitytimes.com

INSIDE:-CSULA StUDENt goES mISSINg Pg 2

-AfforDAbLE HEALtH CArE ACt DEADLINE APProACHES Pg 3

-PErIoDISmo EN ESPAñoL: LA oNDA Pg 8

-HomEComINg CoVErAgE & PHotoS PgS 6, 7, 11

-IS CALIforNIA broKE? Pg 5

-tHE DALAI LAmA VISItS LA Pg 5

-tV SHoWS IN 2014 Pg 9

-tAX tIPS for StUDENtS Pg 10

-LI-YoUNg LEE ComES to CSULA Pg 4

-HIStorY of DAYLIgHt SAVINgS tImE Pg 4

-UNIVErSItY tImES WINS AWArD Pg 2

-CSULA’S StAIrmAStEr Pg 5

-INDEPENDENt VISIoNS rEVIEW Pg 11

On Tuesday, February 25th, the Academic Senate passed the Porter motion with a vote of 33 to 18. The motion stated one of two required (D) courses must focus on the issue of race and ethnicity and their intersectionality with other social categories that structure inequality in society.

Changes were made due to sensitive issues raised in the current Ethnic Studies debate, along with the lack of structure regarding time and balance at the last Academic Senate meeting on February 18th.

The most recent Academic Senate meeting on February 25th was much more struc-tured as CSULA Provost, Ashish Vaidya, and President William A. Covino sat in the front row of the meeting. This would be the first Academic Senate meeting that Covino would have attended since the Ethnic Studies debate began.

To eliminate the issues of the February 18th able to voice their opinions more than the others, senators would vote on someone would speak followed by someone against the motion. Using the iClickers, the majority of the Academic would vote to use iClickers during the meeting.

The second change in this meeting was timing. It asked speakers to limit themselves to 3-4 minutes. Dr. Kevin Baaske, Chair of the Academ-ic Senate stated, “I won’t stop anybody but I will let you know when 4 minutes is up, in hopes that you’ll wrap it up.” The majority of the Sen-ate voted for a time limited, which incorporated to Febru-ary 25th’s meeting was well.

The Talcott motion’s of GE’s diversity (d), course taught from one of the four Ethnic Studies Departments (Pan African, Latin/Latin American, Asian/Asian Amer-ican, or Chicano/a) was no longer a motion on the table for discussion at this meeting too.

Instead, the Porter motion was voted upon. This motion is different from the Talcott motion because it does not have students to take the course directly taught from the Ethnic Studies Depart-ment. It some cases some sen-ators argued their reasoning for not voting for the Talcott motion.

In reference to the “new Porter motion,” Senator and Professor Kimberly King from the Psychology depart-ment, stated, “We actually had this motion (the Porter motion) about 5 weeks ago and it was voted down.”

Dr. Melina Abdullah, Chair

of the Pan African Studies Department stated it was in fact the same motion Gretch-en Peterson, Chair of the Sociology Department and member the GE Revision Committee, helped her write the motion and then voted against it.

During February 25th’s meeting, Peterson consis-tently took opposition to this motion, arguing that, “The language needs to be more inclusive and reflecting the experiences of all our students (meaning to include intersec-tionalities such as class and gender as well).”

Senator Steve Classen of Television and Media Studies Department, stated he was against the previous Talcott motion but new motion had more of a focus.

Classen stated, “This motion explicitly talks about intersectionality, it allows professors to speak about race and ethnicity as well as class, gender, sexuality, age.”

Addressing Classen’s state-ment, Peterson said that while she appreciates the flexibility of the motion as well, she also found it problematic in terms of policy language.

Peterson argued, “There’s going to have to be an inter-pretation, what does it mean to focus on race and ethnici-ty, is it enough to have 30%

of the course content, 50%, or does it have to be 80 or 90%?”

Peterson stated without these numbers, curriculum committees would be mak-ing these decisions without guidance.

Senator Edward Klein, Chair in Department of Com-munication Disorders, chal-lenges Peterson’s argument and stated, “We also have writing courses that curric-ulum committees have to interpret in terms how much writing students have to do to call it a ‘writing course,’ I’m not sure if they ever actually agree on that.” Klein stated that he previously voted down this motion and the Talcott motion as well.

The Porter motion would gain the majority vote 33 to 18.

Student protesters ap-proached President Covino after the meeting and asked him to agree to a meeting. He directly told student Lawrence Gandara, double major in En-glish and Chicano Studies, to leave his secretary a message and he’d be in touch to set up a meeting.

Some student organizers claim this to be only a step in the direction of what they want, the pass of the Talcott motion.

NEWSJillian BellContributor

Febuary 25th Academic Senate meeting | Photo by Timmy Truong

Academic Senate Comes to Consensus

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Hello Ut readers!

Second year Cal State L.A Student, Adiline Mun-guia went missing on the eve-ning of Thursday February 27, 2014.

Even though the authorities are still working hard to find Munguia, her roommate Lin-da Ardian is making sure to do her part on Facebook and Instragram to help find her.

Ardian was able to give us some important information and said “I was one of the last persons to talk to her and see her, we were hanging out in her room and she told me she was going to be leaving to class. She had her books and everything with her and left around 3PM.”

Ardian added how her roommate took off to class yet communication remained through the social media. “We were Snapchatting a few times when she was on

campus. One of her Snapchats was sent through the main walk way between Cashier’s Office and the Health Cen-ter, her last text was a meme sent around 4PM but from there the Snapchats and texts stopped’’.

Lastly Ardian stated, “Thank you to everyone whose been calling and texting me, also the organiza-tions, hopefully someone has seen her or heard something that will help us find her’’.

According to some dis-closed information, Munguia is Hispanic, 4’10, brown eyes, brown hair and was last seen wearing an orange tank top with black pants.

This story is still in progress but please get in touch with CSULA Police if you have any information regarding the disappearance of Adiline Mungia.

CSULA Student goes missing

NEWSAlicia SotoContributor

Missing student Adiline Munguia Photo Courtesy of Linda Ardian

This past weekend, a few members of the UT staff went to San Diego for the Associated Collegiate Press journalism convention. Along with leadning many new things about journal-ism and running a college newspaper, the UT won an award at the 2013 California College Media Awards. The UT placed third in the category for Best Special Section, Division C for the April 22, 2013 issue “Bomb Threat Prompts Campus Exodus.” The staff was so excited to win this award and hope that in 2014, more award winning content can come from the UT. If you are interested in volunteering, please email us at [email protected]! For photos of the ACP convention and CCMA banquet, check out our Instagram (csulauniversitytimes) and our Twitter (csula_ut).

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Affordable Care Act Deadline Draws NearNEWSStephanie GonzalezContributor

With less than a month left to enroll for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s a good time to begin looking into buying healthcare coverage through Covered California. If you are not familiar with Covered California, it is the health insurance marketplace for California residents. California residents and citizens, along with Deferred Action students and out of state residents with a valid work permit, can qualify for health coverage through the Covered California website.

There are two different ways to get insured by ACA. The first is through Medi-Cal assistance. Eligibility to this program is dependent on income and family size. Individuals under the age of 65 qualify if they earn less than $15,856 a year, while a family of four would need to

be earning less than $32,499 a year to qualify for Medi-Cal.

If you don’t qualify to receive Medi-Cal, you can enroll for premium assistance. Premium assistance offers four different health insurance tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. The monthly rate is dependent on the plan you choose. Consumers who purchase the Platinum plan will pay higher monthly payments but receive a considerably lower co-payment when visiting their healthcare provider. Those who choose to purchase the Bronze plan will pay lower monthly payments but their co-payment will be higher. Co-payment refers to your out-of-pocket cost per visit.

Enrolling for ACA guarantees coverage under 10 different services, including (but not limited to): emergency services, preventative care, pediatric care, dental and vision care. Under the ACA,

patients can no longer be denied health insurance because of a preexisting condition.

Enrolling for ACA guarantees coverage under 10 different services: ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental health and substance use disorder services, laboratory services, rehabilitative and habilitative services, preventive care, chronic disease management, and pediatric services including dental and vision care. Under the ACA, patients can no longer be denied health insurance because of a preexisting condition.

Initial enrollment closes on March 31st, after which those who haven’t signed up will be charged a fee of $95 or 1% of their income, whichever is greater.

For more information visit

www.coveredca.com or www.calstate.edu/coveredca. You can also attend a free Covered California community event. Two upcoming events hosted by TELACU will be held on March 12th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Variety Boys & Girls Club located at 1300 Plaza Del Sol, Los Angeles, CA. 90033.

The second will be held at the same time, in the Variety Boys & Girls Club located at 2530 Cincinnati St., Los Angeles, CA. 90033. These events are open to the public and are there to provide more information and answer any questions you may have.

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Li-Young Lee will be the first Asian American poet honored at the Jean Burden Poetry Series on March 6th, 2014 in the Golden Eagle Ballroom where he will be reading from his latest book of poetry, Behind My Eyes. This event is free and open to the public. Doors to this event will open at 5:45 P.M. for a buffet reception which will last until 6:30 P.M. when Lee will take the stage for his reading and a Q&A session with audience members. This celebratory evening will end with des-sert and a chance to buy and get a book signed by Lee.

The Jean Burden Poetry Reading is an on-going series which originated in 1986. This series was founded to honor poet and essayist, Jean Burden by in-viting world- class poets to the univer-sity as an integral part of an enriching educational experience for students. The Jean Burden reading has featured Pulitzer Prize winning poets and Poet Laureates including Maxine Kumin,

Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, Carolyn Kizer, and Lucille Clifton.

Lee has been added to this list of Jean Burden Poets due to his renowned crit-ical acclaim. Lee is the winner of the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award from NYU for his first collection of po-etry, Rose; The City in Which I Love You was the Lamont Poetry Selection, and his memoir, The Winged Seed: A Remembrance was awarded the Amer-ican Book Award. Lee has received fellowships from the National Endow-ment for the Arts the John Simon Gug-genheim Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation.

Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1957 while the Anti-Chinese move-ment was consuming the country. He and his family became political exiles upon his father’s release from impris-onment. Lee and his family traveled a harrowing journey through parts of China and Japan before settling in America. Lee’s family resided in Penn-sylvania where he would later acquire an interest for poetry while studying at the University of Pittsburgh.

the 29th Annual Jean burden Poetry Series Honors Li-Young LeeCAMPUSAngela ButkusContributor

Lee’s influences include classical Chinese poets such as Li Bo and Tu Fu. However, Lee stated at the NYS Writ-er’s Institute in 2008 that he is heavily influenced by silence and space. He declared, “the real medium in poetry [...] is silence. And the materiality of language is used to reflect the silence which already exists. [...] It is a way to become more present to the host that is our consciousness.” It is his hope to communicate the relationship between silence, space and language in his po-etry.

During Lee’s visit to CSULA, he will join the English classes taught by Pro-fessors Bidhan Roy and Lauri Ramey for an intimate discussion on poetry and poetics. He will also participate in a videotaped interview by student staff members of Statement Magazine. This year’s Jean Burden Poetry Reading is co-sponsored by CSULA’s English Department, Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, College of Arts and Letters, Statement Magazine and W.W. Norton and Co. For more information on this event, the English Department can be reached at 1 (323) 343-4140.

Li-Young Lee | Photo by Donna Lee

History of Daylight Savings timeFEATURESSandy ReynosoContributor

Daylight Savings Time (DST) begins again on March 9th, meaning our days will get longer and our nights will get shorter. We’ll be able to enjoy the day-light and not be at home before sunset, which is at 5PM.

We are all used to having to change our clocks backward in the fall and for-ward in the spring, but where did all this come from? Who came up with the idea? Why was daylight savings time invented?

It has been said that Benjamin Frank-lin conceived the idea of Daylight Sav-ings Time while in Paris. He wrote a paper in 1784 on the topic entitled, “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.” Although he conceived the idea, the invention of Daylight Sav-ings Time has been credited to inventor William Willett.

In 1905, Willett came up with the idea to set the clocks forward in order to take ad-vantage of the summer days. He wanted to set the clocks forward by 20 minutes each four Sundays in April and back 20 minutes four

Sundays in September.

Robert Pearce like Willet’s idea and purposed it to the House of Commons in 1908. The bill was drafted in 1909 but many opposed it, so the bill never became a law.

DST was adopted during World War I in order to save fuel for the war. Many countries followed it including Britain and the United States. After the war, many went back to their regular times, but it was used again when WWII came around. Since the use of it during WWII, Daylight Savings Time has been used every year to save energy. Many other countries use DST as well, end-ing it at different times than the United States.

Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner. Golden Eagle students, don’t

forget to move your clocks for-ward on Sunday March

9th or you might be late for class

come Monday morning.

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On Tuesday, February 25th, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, paid a visit to the City of An-gels for a lecture at the Forum in Inglewood.

Sponsored by the Lourdes

Foundation, his Holiness was welcomed with a musical performance by Eric Benet, a brief welcome address by Mayor James T. Butts of In-glewood, and an introduction by ex-first lady of California, Maria Shriver, who described the 14th Dalai Lama to be an individual of “calm energy” and a “palpable sense of joy.”

The Dalai Lama observed

that in the past when he first paid a visit to the U.S. in the 1970s, many people did not have discussions about com-passion. Because of his efforts to spread peace and love in the world, interest about the need to influence people with com-passion has become an import-ant topic of discussion.

Even after facing many

hardships in his life, the Dalai Lama is still able to move for-ward today by continuing to be an advocate for peace through his speeches and lectures.

The Dalai Lama, who has de-voted his life to helping man-kind by teaching lessons on compassion, covered a variety of topics during Tuesday’s lec-ture which all centered around the basis of living a happy life.

The first topic of discussion was how we as human beings on this Earth are all entitled to a happy life. At first struggling to communicate his message, the language barrier went un-noticed by the audience who were invested in what he had to say, and only encouraged him to speak louder.

His Holiness stated, “Ev-

eryone has right to achieve a happy life—including ani-mals. We all desire to have a happy life and have the right to achieve it.” In order to achieve a happy life, he first addressed that, “We must work hard to be equal” and one way to work hard is to have self-confidence.

He continued by mentioning

how there’s a major gap be-tween poverty stricken areas and affluent areas in society. Because of this gap, both sides are responsible for failing to lead happy lives by not help-ing each other out.

In order to be equal in this

world and to get rid of the gap, his Holiness explained those who are educated, or live a wealthy lifestyle should share their knowledge of scholarship and music with those who are not fortunate to receive the tools they need to succeed. And those who receive this knowledge should have con-fidence in themselves to suc-ceed and live a happy life.

Moreover, His Holiness

posed the solution, “we must all have self-confidence by working hard instead of com-plaining.”

Another topic that was cov-

ered in order to lead a happy life was to have a more com-passionate attitude. He said, “Just one person cannot sur-vive on their own.” The prob-lem, he shared, is that we have a “self-centered attitude.”

By looking at the example which animals present with their sense of community, we’ll be able to practice com-passion for others and rid so-ciety of self-centered attitudes.

In addition, His Holiness

urged others not to mistake acts of compassion with sole-ly religious practices because they aren’t. Over seven billion human beings in the world are suffering because they lack compassion.

The final topic His Holiness

addressed was how our young-er generation has a respon-sibility to change the future. After jokingly saying that it was the older generation’s responsibility to create more problems, he explained that our younger generation can change the future if the older generation helps educate them about practicing compassion and helping others.

If our younger generation attempts to change the future, then we’ll all be able to live a happy life. He concluded his lecture by saying that “the fu-ture is in our hands.”

The 14th Dalai Lama will

finish his brief U.S. Tour this week.

the Dalai Lama VisitsLos AngelesNEWSAngeline BernabeStaff Reporter

Whether you live in the dorms or park at Parking Lot 7, you’ve all experienced going up and down these infamous CSULA stairs. There are almost 160 of them! Students have nicknamed them “Cardiac Hill”.

Cardiac Hill is located right by the CSULA Dorms and Parking Lot 7. Once you see these stairs you understand their nickname, though no one really knows where this name originated or who came up with it.

Bio major Christian Nolasco

said he goes up and down the stairs a few times a week just to exercise. “When I first started it wasn’t easy, but with practice it becomes easier and you get in shape”.

Liz Sanchez, an Anthropology student, explained that the only reason she has to go up and down Cardiac Hill is because she parks in parking lot 7. “By the time I get to school there really isn’t any parking so that’s my only choice.” Sanchez goes hiking on a regular basis, so these stairs are as easy as 1, 2, 3 for her. “Going down the stairs is the easy part!”

CSULA students seem

to enjoy these stairs and incorporate them as part of their daily exercise. According to Cristina Galvan, a Broadcast major, “These stairs are the only work out I get in the day.”

Next time you can’t find parking, I suggest you park in Parking Lot 7 and see what all the fuss is about. If you just want an alternative way to workout besides the school’s gym, then Cardiac Hill is the one for you!

With all 160 steps, no wonder why students are huffing and puffing to the top. Sure beats any StairMaster!

CSULA’s StairmasterLIFESTYLEJennifer AmadorContributor

The California State Univer-sity system (CSU) is currently asking for a higher budget than what governor Jerry Brown is proposing. Chancellor Timo-thy White is asking for $95.4 million more as that would allow the CSU to serve the students most effectively. The Governor’s proposal, on the other hand, would undercut the quality of the education delivered.

One important question that we should ask is: why can’t the Governor allot more funding? Is it because the state is broke? Or is the Governor not doing enough to find money for the state of California and therefor shifting the responsibility of solving the budget crisis to the working and middle class fam-ilies by making them pay more for their education?

Consider, for example, the case of Apple, a company that is headquartered in Cupertino, California. According to an ar-ticle from the Pulitzer-winning iEconomy series published in the New York Times, Apple is able to avoid paying hundreds of millions in California taxes by establishing another com-pany called Braeburn in Reno, Nevada.

A part of the profits that Ap-ple accrues from the sale of an Apple product is transferred to Braeburn, which invests the money into the financial market. Apple made about $2.5 billion from its financial investment since the establish-ment of Braebur.

Had Braeburn been located in California, Apple would have had to pay a state corpo-rate income tax of 8.84 percent. But unlike California, Nevada has neither state corporate in-come tax nor capital gains tax. Other tech companies have also establish subsidiaries in Nevada in order to avoid pay-ing taxes in California.

In 2009, after lobbying ef-forts from Cisco Apple and Intel, the California legislature approved a tax rate reduction for companies based in the state but with subsidiaries out-side the state. It begs the ques-tion whether these tech com-panies are committed to good

corporate citizenship.

One of Apple’s founders, Steve Wozniak, attended De Anza, a community college that is one and a half mile away from Apple’s headquar-ters in Cupertino. But despite having a rich alumnus, De Anza has eliminated at least one thousand courses, and laid off eight percent of its faculty since 2008 after California’s budget crisis deepened.

The situation in the CSU system is similar. Even with slightly more money, class sizes are still too big, and not enough of them are being of-fered. Students still have trou-ble enrolling in their required courses. Tuition has not been rolled back to match the bud-get and there are no talks of it happening even with a full budget.

Private corporations are in-creasing their presence on our campus, and online education is increasingly being put for-ward as an equal option to serve the growing numbers of students looking for an educa-tion. Many engineers, design-ers and managers in these tech companies were trained and educated in California’s pub-licly funded higher education system.

But instead of repaying the public system that made their careers possible, by simply paying the right amount of state corporate income taxes, these CEOs and entrepreneurs are trying relentlessly to elim-inate as much taxes as possi-ble. We also have a governor who is making the working and middle classes pay for a budget shortfall that is at least partially caused by corporate tax avoidance.

No, California is not broke. The Governor should fix the tax loopholes, and there is no reason why the funds for the CSU system cannot be in-creased.

Is California broke?OP-EDJuliana NascimentoStudents for Quality Education Contributor

6 Mar. 3, 2014University Times

Eddie’s Ice CreamCAMPUSSamantha CarlsonContributor

One of the first events that kicked off Homecoming week took place on Monday, Febru-ary 24st with Eddie the Eagle (the Golden Eagle Mascot of CSULA) walking around cam-pus with members of ASI. To-gether they gave out lanyards, bags, and ice cream bars to students. ASI had music play-ing to attract students and get the word out about homecom-ing and its events. Soon after starting the event, ASI ran out of the extremely popular ice cream bars.

Alin Luu was asked if he knew about Homecoming and said, “I read the email and de-leted it when I saw it wasn’t academic related or from my teacher.” When asked if he thought homecoming was im-portant Luu replied, “It’s such a commuter school, everyone comes and goes, if you live closer, of course you’re going to participate, but if you have to go drive further to go home, then of course you’re not go-ing to care as much.”

One of the highlights of the event occurred when Eddie the Eagle danced with students in front of the food court. One student was able to show off her dance moves and had a dance off with Eddie. Students also had the opportunity to take pictures with Eddie.

When Shantell Cordon was asked if school spirit mattered, she replied, “Oh yes definitely, that’s how people get involved and the school spirit comes out of me.” Cordon was ex-cited for the events and said, “I’m going to try to [go to the events], but I haven’t been to any events beside the ones they have on campus.”

Some students were curious to know what was going on, but most just walked by on their way to class. A couple of groups hung about when they encountered friends or start-ed talking to the volunteers for ASI about homecoming. There was a flash mob planned but was cancelled due to only 3 students signing up.

Nohely Bernal who didn’t know about the events said,

“No I didn’t [know], I felt that was only in high school or something.” When asked if homecoming was import-ant to campus she replied, “I think so, to bring up school spirit and bring up golden ea-gles…I’m excited, I want to see what it’s about and what’s going on.”

Kelvin Gualpa who was not aware of homecoming said, “No, I’m not into sports, who’s coming home?” After being asked if it was import-ant, Gualpa said, “Yes and no, for students who come full time, it’s important, black and yellow, black and yellow,” as he raised his hand in the air.

The GETv President/USU Board of Directors member Ana Corella summed up the event by saying, “It’s import-ant for keeping people here because people think it’s a commuter campus and people are transient, they don’t hang around and just go home af-ter class. College is all about living life and bringing ener-gy to the campus and making connections and engaging the community.” Eddie the Eagle with ice cream

Photos by Timmy Truong

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2nd Annual bleed gold Dodge ball tournament brings out golden Eagles’ Competitive Side CAMPUSAaron WilsonContributor

The 2nd Annual “Bleed Gold” Dodge Ball Tournament took place on the night of Febru-ary 24th in the Eagle’s Nest Gym as part of the week long Homecoming event “Soaring Through Time.”

This grueling 6 on 6 dodge ball tournament lasted for over two and a half hours and con-sisted of 15 teams entering the

gym and only one team coming out victorious. The winning team, “Discount DO’HGA Check” consisted of Engineer-ing and Physics majors who planned out each and every move until the very last oppo-nent was eliminated.

One member of the winning team Ricardo Alonzo, a 29 year old junior Physics major at Cal State LA, was ecstatic when he was original informed about joining the tournament. “I was at work and they asked me if I

would be down for the dodge ball and I said yes! I told them I just had to pick some stuff up and the first thing I did when I got to campus was buy a pair of CSULA shorts and a CSU-LA t-shirt. I said, ‘I’m going to win a CSULA dodge ball tour-nament in this outfit tonight!’ And I told them all night that we were going to win and we won! God damn right! I wish I could be modest about it, but I told them all night!” The win-ners of the tournament received

their cash prize on February 28 during the men’s basketball halftime.

The Bleed Gold Dodge Ball Tournament was action packed with gut wrenching hits, quick dodges, and fast balls.

With that being said, there was only one serious injury during the tournament. Oddly it was a non-participating stu-dent who lost his footing while jumping down from the bleach-ers. He suffered an ankle injury

that postponed the tournament for a while. He was carted off the court while giving a thumbs up.

During the tournament free pizza and drinks were giv-en away to those who came to watch or participate. Also CSULA spirit giveaways like towels, Rockstars and carrying bags were passed out during the night. For more coverage of the dodge ball tournament, visit www.asicsula.org/dodgeball.

It was a Thursday night, February 27th to be specific. Classes were done for the week and students still had Friday, Saturday and Sunday to think about homework. What better way to end the week than to go out with some friends. But being a typical under funded college student, options were limited. So, when ASI rented an entire bowling alley for one night, exclusively for CSULA stu-dents, my friend and I jumped at the opportunity.

As most of you may already know, this past week was Homecoming week. It is one of the few weeks, where students actually put effort in being spirited. Aside from coming to school and return-ing home right after, students linger on campus to attend many of the events hosted by

ASI. Some of these events included: chasing Eddie the Golden Eagle mascot for some ice cream, a parade with floats going through the cam-pus, a gruesome dodge ball tournament, and free bowling and pizza at Golden Mile. Usually, homecoming ends with a music festival in front of the student union, but sadly that did not happen this year.

Priding myself in being a Golden Eagle, I tried to attend as many events as possible. I literally ran around campus looking for Eddie to get some ice cream. Unfortunately, my attempts were not rewarded.

As for the rest of home-coming week, I was in class. Luckily, I was able to go to the bowling on Thursday, thanks to my friend, Timmy, who was willing to drive me.

CAMPUSTammy NguyenCartoonist

Having a ball at the bowling Alley

Women End homecoming by bringing home a winSPORTSSamantha CarlsonContributor

bowling Cont. on pg 11

Photo by Timmy Truong

Photo by Aaron Wilson

We Won! A Befitting End to Homecoming Week.

The Women’s basketball team, appropriately named Golden Eagles, won the homecoming game against Cal State San Benardino’s Coyotes, 75-60. It was a great way to end the season and to lift up the team’s moral after having lost four games in a row. Outside the court, CSU-LA student-athlete advisory committee held a raffle ticket drawing and collected food for the Los Angeles regional food bank. Two lucky winners won a shirt, an In-N-Out gift card and a pair of sunglasses.

During the break, the CSU-LA cheerleader and dance team kept the crowd enter-tained by performing their routines. ASI and Golden Eagle Media were also there to give out pizza and Home-coming themed water bottles to people who attended.

Spanish Major, Gaby Flores, said this after being

asked how she heard of the event, “I’m a transfer student and my AL 301 professor said we had to attend two events. I checked the newspaper and found this event because I couldn’t go to the events during the week because of work”. Here’s what she said regarding Homecoming, “I think it’s nice, I think it’s im-portant for freshman students, however I think it’s different for me because I’m a transfer student”.

Business major, Soozie Acosta, said she found out about the game because her friend plays on the men’s team. I asked her if she thought homecoming was important and she said, “I think it should be important, as it builds school spirit, and the more school spirit we have, the more students are involved in school. ASI really outdid themselves this year”.

Getting back to the actual game, each team fought hard and made point after point. The Coyotes played a great game against the Golden Ea-gles. When one of the Coyote team players took a shot,

CSULA students demonstrat-ed school spirit by stamping their feet on the ground to distract the opposing team. Alisha Belt, a guard for the Golden Eagles, shined by making points for the team as the period drew to a close. She brought the score up to 45-41 with eleven minutes to go. As the game wrapped up, more people filled in to watch the men’s basketball team play.

Communication major, Ro-meo Minter, took part in most of the homecoming events during the week including the float on Wednesday and the bowling event on Thursday. Homecoming is important he said, “I think it brings the school together and it’s something to do other than being in class”. He suggested next year that there should be a homecoming dance to bring the school together.

To win is a great way to end

the season and a great way to end Homecoming Week. Until next year’s homecoming, go Golden Eagles!

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Bienvendios!

Las notas de esta nueva página en español, que inaugura hoy el University Times, fueron concebidas y escritas por los es-tudiantes de la clase de Periodismo en español (SPAN445) dictada en el Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Modernas de esta universidad. Se inicia así una nueva etapa en la historia de este diario que es expresión de todos los estudiantes. Además del entusiasmo y el talento de estos flamantes reporteros hay que celebrar también la generosidad y visión edi-torial de Yzzy Gonzalez y Timmy Truong, editores responsables del University Times, quienes han hecho posible esta nueva muestra de apertura hacia la diversidad linguistica y cultural.

Nurya Fuentes, estudiante de último año en CSULA, resumió el sentimiento de otros muchos estudiantes que también expresaron su alegría: “Creo que es una buena oportunidad para qué estós Latinos practiquen el español. Y las personas que no lo hablen, pues esto les dará impulso para tomar unas clases en español ya que se ofrecen. Yo creo que es un gran orgullo.”

-Professor Pablo Baler

PERFIL

Desde la comodidad de una silla en la oficina de su casa, frente al monitor de la com-putadora y en un tono cordial y relajado, Rolando Nichols concendió una entrevista a la clase de Periodismo en Español de CSULA.

El ahora vicepresidente de noticias y presentador del noticiero local de Mundo Fox, brindó útiles consejos y palabras de apoyo para aquel-los estudiantes que aspiran a seguir una carrera en period-ismo.

Nichols ha sido galardo-nado con el premio Edward

R. Murrow a la excelencia en periodismo, además de un Emmy regional y el premio Gabriel, entre tantos otros.

Aficionado al béisbol, Nichols fue la voz de Los An-gelitos de Anaheim en ESPN Deportes Radio. Antes de ser locutor de las Grandes Ligas, trabajó 12 años para la cadena televisiva Univisión en Phoe-nix y Los Ángeles.

A pesar de su apretada

agenda de trabajo, Nichols no dio pretextos y respondió a todo tipo de preguntas por parte de los estudiantes, las cuales variaron desde el ámbi-to profesional al personal. Los estudiantes quedaron sorpren-didos ante su trato amable y sincero.

Nichols además habló de sus metas, sus planes para el futuro y de su nuevo rol en el

periodismo como la cara de las noticias en Mundo Fox.

ENTREVISTA

En la clase de Periodismo en Español con el profesor Baler se nos concedió la opor-tunidad de entrevistar al pe-riodista Rolando Nichols vía Skype. Y entre otras enseñan-zas, Nichols aconsejó tener creatividad y disponibilidad para aprender cada día y de cualquier experiencia; según él, eso es lo que determina las posibilidades de éxito. Señaló asimismo que hacer las cosas de una manera diferente te permite adquirir una personal-idad, un sello propio a la hora de informar.

La alumna Cynthia De León preguntó justamente qué lo distingue a él de otros peri-odistas, Nichols respondió, “no me agrada mucho leer noticias escritas por otros redactores y por eso prefiero escribir lo que voy a decir, no quiero dar la apareciencia de que estoy leyendo, y esa diferencia es captada por el público.”

Durante la encuentro se prestó mucha atención a la en-trevista que Rolando Nichols condujo con Servando Gómez Martínez, el narcotrafican-te líder de “Los Caballero Templarios” de Michoacan, México, mejor conocido como “La Tuta”. Esta entrev-ista escalofriante fue lo que extendió la fama de Rolando Nichols como periodista de solidez.

Otro estudiante, Xanni Valentín, le preguntó a Rolan-do Nichols si se le ha facilit-ado ser del “sexo masculino” dentro del medio del period-ismo. Nichols respondió “Si,

el hecho que sea hombre me ha facilitado la carrera. Yo creo que las mujeres tienen un mayor reto, desafortunada-mente es una realidad no solo dentro del periodismo sino en otras profesiones, no hemos evolucionado como sociedad para que haya igualdad.”

En todo caso, el conductor del noticiero del canal 22 agregó, “para los nuevos periodistas siempre habrá limitaciones en cuanto a la apertura de oportunidades.” Señaló que el camino no es fácil y que probablemente los nuevos periodistas tengan que empezar en lugares y medios pequeños, “Como me pasó a mí. Sin embargo, durante este trayecto se gana experi-encia, lo que con el tiempo aprovecharán para incrustarse en medios de mayor prestigio y de más amplia cobertura.”

Al final de la entrevista,

que terminó con Rolando Nichols abrazando a su niña pequeña y presentándola por la pantalla, los estudiantes compartieron sus impresiones. Mindy Galindo dijo: “Me sentí nerviosa porque estaba entrevistando a una persona profesional. Pero me dio con-fianza la apertura y sencillez con que respondía a nuestras preguntas.”

Rosalía Hernández, estudi-ante del programa de maestría en español, agregó: “Admiro mucho a Rolando Nichols por el hecho que tuvo el valor de hacer un reportaje donde puso su vida en juego.”

El encuentro con Nichols demostró ser una experiencia muy educativa para todos los alumnos de la clase ya que nos estamos preparando para ser buenos reporteros y escri-tores de periodismo.

Roland Nichols | Photo Courtesy of MundoFox

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Perfil y Entrevista - Rolando Nichols

Cynthia de LeonMindy Galindo Meliza GuzmanRosalia HernadezContributors

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It’s that time of the month, where we have nothing to watch. We can no longer wait for the American Horror Story, Orange is the New Black, or Breaking Bad’s Saul Goodman spinoff. Can’t think of anything to watch? Don’t worry - there are shows that may feed your needs.

An upcoming action and thriller TV series, “Crisis” is about the world being under attack. The people that protect our society are also under attack. But the question is, who is this mastermind that keeps adults and children in lockdown? The TV series rules

out many questions behind this mastermind. Is this mastermind a traitor, a thief, a spy, or a killer? We just have to watch and find out as a secret service agent is given this exact case on the first day of his job.

Do you enjoy watching science fiction, fantasy and adventure? The series, “Believe” follows a young girl, Bo who was born with special powers. As people soon discover her special abilities, they try to track her down, but a wrongfully convicted inmate who breaks out of prison becomes her protector to stop villains from snatching the girl. The TV series will air on March 16th on NBC at 9pm. Stay tuned for a special preview on

March 10th at 10pm.

Are your eyes craving something creepy? Why not watch “Salem?” The TV show will be based on the year of 1692 in Massachusetts, also known as the time in which the Salem Witch Trials took place. The TV show will be bloody, eerie, horrific and most of all, it will take a dark turn as the story unfolds. The TV show will be on the cable network WGN America. “Salem” will unveil on Sunday, April 20th.

AMC’s new TV series,

“TURN” is set during the Revolutionary War and depicts Abe Woodhull’s involvement of the Culper Spy Ring. The series is based on the true

hidden story of America’s first spy ring. The show will focus on people with secret identities to help George Washington lead the stream of America’s fight for independence by turning against their family, neighbors and their king. The show will surprise you when you find out that in 1776 being an American spy was groundbreaking. America’s first spy ring, “TURN” will premiere on Sunday, April 6th on AMC at 9pm.

Argh Matey! Are you ready for a pirate TV show? Why not travel with your fellow pirate friends on the TV series, “Crossbones!” The show will take us back to the Bahamian Island of Providence

in 1715. “Crossbones” will feature an evil pirate, Edward Teach who controlled the eastern shore of the American colonies. As society is in fear of Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, an undercover assassin takes us on a quest to take Blackbeard down. What better time than summer to watch this action adventure series? “Crossbones” is coming to NBC.

Hopefully these shows are as good as their description. Don’t forget to recommend to your friends! Until next time, stay golden!

tV Shows to Check out in 2014ENTERTAINMENTNurya FuentesContributor

(Left) Believe Photo courtesty of tvrage.com

(Right) Salem Photo courtesy of fanpop.com

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Helping Students Prepare for tax SeasonADVICEC.J. TuttleContributor

January marked the be-ginning of a new year and as much as some hate to admit it, a new tax season.

For students at Cal State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), filing taxes can be an arduous task with more headache than benefits. But, if done correctly, and in most cases with the help of a tax professional, Golden Eagles can receive a significant mon-etary rebate for their efforts.

A common oversight by most full-time students is missing the ability to “write-off” many of the expenses associated with attending col-lege, including tuition, book costs, travel and housing.

So what can a student do to get things situated prior to the filing deadline of April 15, 2014? H&R Block tax prepar-er Dori Kaspar provided some hints and tips.

Kaspar noted that not being clear on whether or not a stu-dent is considered a dependent, to a parent, before either party files is one of the most easily avoidable complications.

“When a child is claimed as a dependent by their parents, the student does not get to take a personal exemption on their return,” explained Kaspar. In most cases, it makes sense for parents to claim their child as a dependent, especially if the student does not have the means to support themselves.

However, if you’re providing more than 50% of your sup-port, then you are entitled to take your personal exemption.

Another common mistake is that students fail to redeem ed-ucation tax benefits. This ap-plies to eligible taxpayers with a modified adjusted gross in-come of $80,000 or less, who can reap the benefits of the American Opportunity Credit (AOC) of $2500 per student for 2014.

However if you’re a depen-dent, that credit is only claim-able by your parents, not by you,” said Kaspar, “make sure the correct credit is placed by the correct person.

In addition to the AOC, The Lifetime Learning Credit also allows students to help pay for college by claiming a credit of up to $2000 for qualified edu-cation expenses. This is where you can get back the exorbitant expenditures of textbooks and for mileage driven to a com-muter school like CSULA.”

Lastly, Kaspar recommend-ed having a professional file your taxes for you. Many chains, such as H&R Block and Jackson-Hewitt, will file a simple tax return for you at no cost. If your return is a lit-tle more complicated, there is a fee, but with the significant return most students receive, the cost comes right out of the refund.

In the end, filing taxes as a student can be a positive and great way to recoup the educa-tional expenses of last year.

Studying vs. Socializing and Watching tVCAMPUSSamantha CarlsonContributor

It’s Saturday night and a paper is due Monday, but you haven’t started yet. Do you go out or work on the paper? You think, Sunday’s a good day to start, you’ll have the whole day and it’s only five pages. The next morning, you wake up late because you were tired from going out the night before. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so that’s a must.

Cleaning up afterwards leads to cleaning the kitchen…you’re about to sit down, then you say to yourself, “I have to clean my room, then I’ll have a clean work space to think in!” By mid afternoon sitting down at the computer be-comes a reality… but… Gmail and then Facebook. Two hours pass after going through posts, watching Funny or Die Vid-eos and chatting with friends. Does the writing finally begin? By that point, you’re hungry again. Wait, the premiere of Game of Thrones is on and ev-eryone will be talking about it the next day. You say to your-self, “I’ll work on that blank Word document after finding out what is going on in the Westeros Kingdom”.

Such is the life of a college

student: procrastination and managing time. How do you balance living life and having

time for friends, family and work, but also focus on your studies? Moderation is key, but most of the time, one takes precedence over the other, meaning depending on your social mood or how critical an assignment is, you will pick one over the other.

Industrial Technology stu-dent, Anthony Gutierrez said he balances life and being a student by “Putting my high-est priorities first, studying and homework, then whatever free time I have, I’ll spend with my family”. However, Kinesiolo-gy student Demi Deans said, “There is too much studying, I prefer to do other stuff”. Kine-siology student Victor Sedano expressed “Through college, I’ve learned managing time is the most important thing. If you don’t manage your time, you’ll always be behind, so for me, I try not to waste my time”.

When asked, if one area suf-fers more than another, Seda-no said “Definitely friends. I don’t see them as much during the quarter”, Business/Com-puter information Systems major-Donald Ajayi stated, “I’ll play on the Playstation, and say I’m going to do home-work in one hour, then two hours passes, soon the whole day passed and I did nothing.” Deans agreed by saying, “Yes, my studies suffer. I do every-thing else but study, like watch TV or go out with friends.” On

the other hand, Gutierrez said, “I re-think my priorities and make sure what needs to get done, gets done”.

The Question becomes long term vs. short term satisfac-tion. In the long term, you’ll get that job, which will allow you to have more time to en-joy life, but in the short term, playing through Red Dead Redemption or going out with roommates is just more en-tertaining than studying for a math exam or analyzing Shakespeare.

When asking students about strategies they use, Deans said, “I isolate myself from everything else, I shut myself in my room without a com-puter.” Ajayi said, “I pray. I’m religious and I’ll offer prayer and it helps keep me on track”.

Ajayi gave this advice... “For studying, I know I can’t do work at home. I know if I leave school, I’ll go on Face-book or Instagram. If you need to get something done, it’s best to stay on campus and use the library as a resource”.

Having a healthy balance is key. So maybe staying at school that extra two hours or making the choice to wake up earlier to get your work done will allow you to watch the lat-est episode of House of Cards without feeling guilty or com-promising your studies.

To watch or to read? | Photo By Yzzy Gonzalez

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That night changed my life forever. I wasn’t able to par-ticipate in this event last year but this year I was so excited I came ten minutes early! Those ten minutes made all the difference.

The moment Timmy and I

stepped into the bowling alley, I was blinded by an array of colorful lights; I was over-whelmed by the sheer amount of CSULA students already there. While I stood there, taking in the lights, the people and the music, Timmy walked

away. The person I came with, the only person I knew at that moment, left me.

Luckily for me, I’ve never

been one to shy away from social interactions. I immedi-ately walked into a group of strangers and began introduc-ing myself. Eventually, Tim-my returns to my side, and as we are standing there, groov-ing to the music, a group of friends approach the counter. Awkward introductions were said, as they tried to reach the counter that Timmy and I were blocking.

Fast-forward to later that

evening, and I find myself bowling with a bunch of random strangers. Timmy had vanished again, leaving me all on my own. Like a mother bird, pushing her little one off the edge of the branch so it can fly. But in my case, Timmy would just leave me, mid-conversation, and then I’d awkwardly look up at the person. So instead of soaring, I crashed and burned.

Even though I’ve never at-

tended this event before, I was still amazed at the turnout. Many students were there that night, and some even waited hours to bowl. With the music

playing, and the mesmerizing rainbow of lights, it looked like a high school dance held at a bowling alley. People began to dance, and jive to the music. Laughter filled the air.

Personally, I had a great night. I met tons new people, and scored over fifty. (For me, that is quite an accomplish-ment.) I even had the honor of beating Timmy in a game! This event made me realize that I want to pursue a career as a professional bowler. No, not really. I did have a life changing moment, where my passion for news report-ing kicked in and I felt my

inner golden eagle ready to take flight. I felt this surge of energy and I wanted to yell at the top of my lungs, “CSULA FOR LIFE!!” Then I thought, “Nah, that’s a lot of effort…”

Overall, this event was something that really brings friends together. If you are bored on a Thursday night, just remember that one Thurs-day out of the whole year, ASI will rent a bowling alley and you can attend. Although you might have to wait an hour or two before you get a lane.

bowling Cont. from pg 7

On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Cross Cultural Cen-ters continued its film series of Independent Visions by center-ing on the powerful, eye-open-ing film Chisholm ’72: Un-bought & Unbossed. This film ignited an essential question regarding mens’ outlook to-wards woman, and to go a step furtherby discussing women as heroes. As a male it can be difficult to identify with and adopt a female hero. To prove my point (sorry ladies for the exclusion, but..) can you name

a woman you look as a hero that’s not a relative? I’m go-ing to take a guess and answer “no”. However, this film offers the perfect specimen through its documentation of the factu-al and intimate past of the first African-American woman to proactively seek a major fac-tions presidential nomination.

Her name was Shirley Chisholm, a Brooklyn native, who prior to her presidential pursuits became the first Af-rican-American woman to be elected into a Congressional seat. She stood out for her simple story that could easily relate to every human beings’

acts of struggle, defeat, and change.

This film debunked many stereotypes regarding woman and blacks’ perspectives on politics. Through her course of action, Chisholm was hin-dered not by the fact she was black but because she was a woman. Within the black caucus’s there were ambiva-lent and hostile thoughts that America was not ready for a woman to be President. It was one thing to be discounted and disrespected by the white and male dominated politics and media, but it was another to be ostracized by your own racial

demographic.

Chisholm does not relent until she gets to the Demo-cratic Party primaries in which she lands in fourth place of the delegates’ votes. In retrospect, that is a significant number considering the traditionalist attitude. Mrs. Chisholm proj-ects a strong, independent attitude that broods into an avant-garde manner familiar in society today. She managed to create Barack Obama’s whole platform through one motion that that led to his triumph in the 2008 election.

The fact that more people do

not know her name is disap-pointing - she birthed a thriv-ing legacy that still roars in our society today. The film was an exceptional showcase of what it means to be a black woman in politics, especially with the added pressure of running for president.

This picture negated precon-ceived notions we had about seeking campaign support. It is a praiseworthy film that should be required viewing for all students to show our di-verse American history. As for me, I now have a new female hero thanks to the Cross Cul-tural Center.

Independent Visions: Chisholm ‘72REVIEWGerardo AmezquitaContributor

Homecoming Photos(Far Left top) Pinks Hotdogs after the parade|Photo By Timmy Truong

(Far Left bottom) Artist paints golden eagle on car|Photo By Timmy Truong

(Left) Golf cart parade floats |Photo courtesty of Public Affairs

(Bottom left) Students march in parade |Photo courtesty of Public Affairs

(Bottom) A.S.I. Float|Photo courtesty of Public Affairs

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4Tuesday10AM Internships 101Career Center

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3:15PM Women’s Hersto-ry Month: Reconstructing Femi-nism with Ovarian Psycos Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

5PM Mujeres Revolucianar-ias: Writing Our StoryU-SU Plaza

6PM The Prize is Right with CSI - Final Showdown! U-SU Theatre

1PM U-Lead: Battling Negativity Student Club and Organization Offices

12PM Women’s Herstory Month: It’s My Body, I Can Wear What I Want To Los Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor U-SU

5Wednesday

6Thursday12PM Happy Hour in the PitThe Pit, U-SU

3:15PM Women’s Herstory Month: Weav-ing Womyn’s Strength, Survival, and Poetry with Tara Evonne Trudell Los Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor U-SU

5:45PM Jean Burden Poetry Series: Li-Young Lee Golden Eagle Ballroom

6PM Basebal vs Cal Poly PomonaReeder Field 6:15PM Inde-pendent Visions: Ma-ria in Nobody’s Land U-SU Theatre

7:30PM Jazz Combos ConcertMusic Hall

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6PM A Night of Chance: Freshman DanceLos Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor U-SU

7:30PM Il matrimonio segreto or The Secret MarriageState Playhouse

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