This past winter break was unlike any other. I spent my time roam-ing through the streets of Cairo, Egypt, where I spoke to young adults and saw the hostility between some of the people there.

During my trip, I noticed how bad the traffic was. Cairo, an extremely busy city, has always been con-gested, but this year it has gotten much worse.

However, traffic was not the only concern among people in Egypt. Freedom of speech has been the prima-ry objective.

Since the Arab Spring, the revolution that took place in 2011, Egyptians have

fought to accomplish this goal. But matters have got-ten worse.

At least before, protestors were united.

It is a war that is not

only between the peo-ple and their government, but among the people themselves.

With the temporary mil-itary coup put in place this

past summer, the minimum amount of jail time for a stu-dent protester to serve, who has either participated in a demonstration or written graffiti against the military

on any wall or street, is five years with a $50,000 fine.

After talking to sever-al student protesters and watching local news, I found that college students are the main targets, since they are the most involved. Many participate, or cre-ate protests–but at a great cost. Two students from Cairo University and more than 100 from El-Azhar University have died as a re-sult of the Arab Spring.

On Nov. 28, 2013, the mur-der of the No. 1 ranked stu-dent from Cairo University, Mohamed Reda, stirred students from both universities.

Reda was killed on cam-pus grounds, an assumed haven for students to speak their voice.

A turning point for an-ger among students was the delaying of school without knowing when or if it would start.

Classes were supposed

to start during the first week of February, but were postponed until Feb. 22, 2013.

This was intended to prolong students’ time in college and deter protest-ing until they find a way to better deal with students who do.

El-Azhar University didn’t notify anyone, even students, of its first day of classes.

Pro-military universities have hidden police officers. They spy on students, wait-ing for any spark of action to occur that will put them to jail. This is happening everywhere, even Tahrir Square, a place that is sup-posed to be free for the people. It is the birthplace of the revolution, where Egyptians first went to re-fuse dictatorship during the Mubarak era.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Halim Dhanidina shared his hardships and experienc-es in his journey to be-come the first Muslim-American judge in the state of California as part of a presentation hosted by Associated Students Inc. Lobby Corps Monday.

In an hour-long speech, Dhanidina chronicled the barriers he faced before he was elected to the superior court by Gov. Jerry Brown in May 2012 and provided advice to students.

“If you’re a member of a minority group or an un-popular minority group, you have to put yourself out there,” he said. “Let people know you, even if they’re people you don’t want to know.”

Not only did Dhanidina provide advice to the stu-dents in attendance, he also addressed the devel-opment of racial interac-tions in America.

“At the heart of human interaction is the ability to empathize and to see your-self in other people, and when there’s bigotry, and there’s racism, and there’s discrimination, more of-ten than not it’s fueled by a lack of empathy or under-standing of someone else and an inability to identi-fy with someone else based off a perceived difference,” Dhanidina said.

Dhanidina graduated from Pomona College in 1994, earning a bachelor’s degree in international re-lations and ultimately ob-tained his law degree from UCLA’s School of Law. His achievements in the field include hearing over 52 jury trials, 25 murder cas-es and seven death penalty prosecutions.

“It’s very important to get engaged in public life,”

he said. “There’s some-thing different about be-ing involved in public institutions.”

Dhanidina was appoint-ed during a period of grad-ual shift in political cul-ture nationally, which is encouraging more minori-ty judges in order to create a more diverse judiciary.

In California, 61.2 per-cent of judges and jus-tices are white, 11.7 per-cent are Hispanic, 9 percent are black, 7.7 per-cent are Asian, 4.1 per-cent are unidentified and 3.8 percent are multira-cial, according to 2012 demographic data pro-vided by the state.

Dhanidina said it is im-portant for individuals who are pioneers in their desired fields to tack-le the responsibility for their community.

“Everyone wants to make the world more accepting and it’s kind of part of re-sponsibility for those peo-ple who do it first, and this is repeated throughout his-tory,” he said.

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CSU Super Sunday event hopes to reach low-income students

Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García celebrated “Super Sunday” at an Irvine church, joining California State University presidents statewide to en-courage the black commu-nity to attend college.

García stressed to the congregation in Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal church that college is not out of reach to those who come from low-income households.

“Anybody that makes less than $70,000 a year could be approved for fi-nancial aid and go al-most for free, so it’s not about the dollars,” she said. “There is financial aid dollars out there, so the children can reach their dreams.”

She articulated the im-portance of preparing chil-dren for college courses by urging a partnership

between the black commu-nity and K-12 educators to ensure that children are reading at or above their grade level and taking higher math courses, like algebra, in high school.

“We really want to strengthen our partner-ship to ensure that all chil-dren have the opportunity to come to the California State University system and reach their dreams of pursuing their college edu-cation,” she said.

Curtis Silvers Jr., area

development director of United Negro College Fund of Los Angeles, also took the stage Sunday to ex-plain that future students have the opportunity to gain financial aid to pay for college, and higher ed-ucation is not out of reach for those who think they cannot afford it.

“United Negro College Fund helps all kids of col-or to get an education,” Silvers said.

Last year, the organi-zation helped over 10,000

students at 900 universi-ties receive financial aid to attend college, Silvers said.

Silvers thanked attend-ees and supporters, en-couraging them to never give up on the potential of childrens’ minds.

“Always remember, thank you for support-ing us in believing that a mind is a terrible thing to waste,” Silvers said.

President Mildred García, with support of Rev. Mark E. Whitlock, talked to the church congregation about college as an option even for low-income households at the Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal church as part of “Super Sunday.”

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JUDGE HALIM DHANIDINA

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-Earned undergrad-uate degree from Pomona College (B.A. International Rela-tions)

-Earned Juris Doc-torate degree from UCLA School of Law

-Deputy district at-torney in Los Angeles County for 14 years

-Became judge in Los Angeles Superior Court in May 2012

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In response to debate among state legislators within the last year about expanding online learning in public universities, the California State Student Association (CSSA), a CSU student leadership coali-tion, published a document to give students a voice in the matter.

CSSA Executive Director Miles Nevin, a Cal State Long Beach alumnus, said the CSSA is not pushing for specific changes in policy, but is urging policy mak-ers to consider the group they say is most affected by state decisions on online education, students, in fu-ture legislation.

“Our goal is to ensure that any implementation of online learning methods

are implemented with thought for what students want,” Nevin said.

Due to increased interest in online learning, repre-sentatives from 23 different CSU campuses have pub-lished a document called “Online Learning White Paper,” drafted by Anthony Gibson, a representative of Cal State Sacramento and an officer of the CSSA.

Feedback was sought from the campuses as well as groups like the CSU Ac-ademic Senate and staff from the chancellor’s office. The “white paper” is a com-pilation of general student opinion on the topic, in-cluding concerns and sug-gestions for plans for the future.

Nevin said, in general, students have a positive view of online learning.

“One of the themes is that students want online education,” he said. “But they want it to enhance their education and not fully replace it, that is, they don’t want to be required

to complete a degree fully online.”

Last year, California’s state legislature passed Senate Bill 520, a statute that requires public univer-sities to implement mas-sive open online courses (MOOCs) so students held back by “bottleneck” cours-es can obtain course credit. At the time, lawmakers not-ed that only 16 percent of CSU students were able to obtain a degree within four years due to overcrowding in required classes.

Some things to consid-er with the expansion of online education is poten-tial changes in the quality of instruction. Students are also concerned with not having the resources needed to complete assign-ments or access emails in a timely manner.

However, students have different needs, and one such advantage to online learning is that working students with a busy sched-ule are able to learn when

they are available. This allows for more flexibility and accessibility.

A combination of class-es that are attended in person and online classes, called “hybrid” classes, al-low students to familiarize themselves with course materials before they meet in person to maximize the quality of the time spent in the classroom with the in-structor present.

Associated Students Inc. President Rohullah Latif, who is a member of the CSSA, said the online class he has taken at Cal State Fullerton has also helped him maintain his studies in the midst of a busy sched-ule. He said he was initial-ly skeptical about online courses, but changed his mind after he got experi-ence in those courses for himself.

Latif said online and hybrid classes add flexi-bility, but some students do not feel comfortable with online learning in

comparison to traditional classrooms.

“Some other concerns for students as well are, ‘well, what about the envi-ronment? I go to class, I go to meet new people, net-work. I want to be able to do that,’” Latif said. “Oth-er concerns about online learning were, ‘am I going to learn the same as being in a regular class?’ You have to take all that into consideration, and also the person.”

CSUF communications professor Jason Shepard, Ph.D., teaches courses in both an online format and in person. He said both types of teaching have their advantages.

“For students who have lots of demands on their time, I think online classes can be really beneficial. For students who are commut-ing long distances or who have physical disabilities, I think online classes can be a great thing,” Shepard said. “But in an ideal world,

students would be getting both online and face to face interactions.”

Shepard teaches the same curriculum in his communications law class both online and in a class-room, but he said the way the students engage the material is different.

While the traditional class demands weekly at-tendance, the online class allows students to access material on their own time but requires students to post weekly online fo-rum comments at certain deadlines.

Still, the range of scores is relatively similar for both formats, indicating that advantages for each meth-od outweigh the respective limitations.

Nevin is optimistic about the white paper and on-line education. He said that Gibson got input from groups like the chancellor’s office and the CSU Board of Trustees to inform how he wrote the white paper.

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As February marks Black History Month, students hear about several historical fig-ures who paved the way for others. Those include Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in baseball, and President Barack Obama, who is the first African-Amer-ican to become president.

“It’s really important for us to understand how law, soci-ety and race all intersect be-cause it is such an important social aspect of our world,” ASI Lobby Corps Advocacy Coordinator Kelsey Brewer said.

ASI Lobby Corps Director Harpreet Bath said witness-ing Dhanidina’s presentation provided a lot to students.

“Being a first pretty much in any category is a big deal,” he said. “What we are trying to do is empower our stu-dent body to think beyond the capabilities of what they thought they could do or not do to achieve their dreams.”

Dhanidina’s presentation is part of ASI’s plan to host more innovative events during this semester.

“They all face challenges that are very different, and for someone to come talk about how they overcame those challenges and went on and did something is very inspi-rational for our student body,” Bath said.

With legislation like Senate Bill 520, which requires public universities to offer accredited massive open online courses (MOOCs) to students who are obstructed by “bottleneck” courses, online classes are expected to become more important in the future.

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“Everyone wants to make the world more accepting, and it’s part of the responsibility for those people who do it first.”HALIM DHANIDINAJudge, Los Angeles Superior Court

A CSUF booth provided attendees with informa-tion regarding the univer-sity and the path to getting into college. Parents and children had the opportu-nity to speak with CSUF representatives about get-ting on the right track.

Yvonne Cuaresma, a 19-year-old communi-cations major and Titan delegate for University Outreach, handed out in-formation at the CSUF booth to the youth that had interest in attend-ing college, and informa-tion about the application process.

Cuaresma said the CSUF booth had more of an im-pact on the youth than they are aware of for their future college endeavors.

“It’s something that’s helping them towards their future without them even knowing it right on the spot,” she said.

Cuaresma also said when the youth is repeatedly giv-en information on colleges and the opportunities, they are willing to directly and indirectly help other po-tential college-bound stu-dents in the process.

“When you inform them

with as much information as you can, they are also willing to spread the in-formation to their friends,” she said.

The CSU Super Sunday has been an annual event coordinated with the CSU African-American Initiative since 2005 to

give information on finan-cial aid and the pathway to achieve academic success at the university.

Super Sunday events throughout the state have introduced CSU campus-es and delivered financial aid information to almost 500,000 churchgoers since

the program began. “We are committed to

bolstering the number of pathways to a univer-sity education for tradi-tionally underrepresented students and producing highly-skilled graduates that will help meet the na-tion’s changing workforce

needs,” CSU Chancellor Timothy White said in a statement.

Super Sunday events were held throughout California to answer President Barack Obama’s call to increase college op-portunities to disadvan-taged students.

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Bomb scare is defused in Fullerton

Law increases penalties for Ugandan gays

UCSB student reports rape near campus

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Several Fullerton homes were evacu-ated Monday after-noon as a bomb squad searched a vehicle with a suspicious de-vice inside, according to the Orange County Register.

Police responded after a family mem-ber of the truck’s own-er reported seeing an unfamiliar “cir-cuit device” inside the truck.

The caller said the truck had a broken window, and did not recognize the device found inside.

Fullerton police of-ficers said four homes in the surrounding area were evacuated as a precaution.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad searched the truck and deter-mined the device was not explosive.

Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, has approved a stat-ute Monday imposing harsher punishments, including life in prison, for homosexual activi-ty, according to CNN.

The bill, original-ly introduced in 2009, was put on hold when the United Kingdom and other European powers threatened to cut off foreign aid, but was later reintroduced with a maximum sen-tence of life in prison as opposed to the death penalty.

The new law also criminalizes provid-ing aid and counseling to LGBTQ individuals, which would be pun-ishable by several years in prison.

In January, Museveni said he would veto the bill, but ultimately signed it, declaring his country would not bow to Western pressure.

A female UC Santa Barbara student was gang raped by three men in the middle of the night over the weekend in Isla Vista, an apartment com-munity near the cam-pus, according to the Los Angeles Times.

This has been the second gang rape involving UCSB students in two months.

The first incident involved a 18-year-old female student who was raped by two males and one juve-nile near the college campus. Three people involved in the first rape case have been arrested.

A u t h o r i t i e s searched the area, but have not made any ar-rests in connection with the second gang rape case thus far.

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President promotes education

Curtis R. Silvers Jr., the area development director of the United Negro College Fund, speaks to the congregation about the importance of college for all people of color at the Christ Our Redeemer African Methodist Episcopal church during “Super Sunday.”

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Elizabeth George has had her novels adapted to BBC TV

Elizabeth George, a Cal State Fullerton alumna most famous for penning the Inspector Lynley mini-series about a murder mys-tery-solving Scotland Yard detective, shared how im-portant psychology is to her fictional stories as she spoke at the Fullerton Public Library Sunday.

George’s novels have been adapted by the BBC and broadcast on PBS as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and is one of two Americans who have had their novels adapted for PBS, according to the City of Fullerton.

Featured in Fullerton Library’s Distinguished Speaker Series, George said she thought the adapta-tion of the series on TV was okay, but said she enjoyed the way the actors brought the characters to life.

“I was not emotionally wedded to the television so my belief has always been that, if you’re going to sell your books to somebody to make a film out of them, unless you have the mon-ey to produce it yourself, which very few writers do, then the best thing to do is to take a step back and allow them to have their way with it, and not worry about it,” George said.

George’s novels have topped international best-seller lists, including the New York Times bestseller list, and have earned pres-tigious accolades such as the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award.

Professionally, George started out as a teacher at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, but “she gave in to her bent for organized labor and was summarily fired along with 10 other teachers for union activi-ty,” according to her offi-cial website.

George attended CSUF and received her master’s degree in counseling/psy-chology in 1979 and was granted an honorary doc-torate of humane studies in 2005.

She said her experi-ences in the psychology and counseling program at CSUF sparked her in-terest, not in becoming a high school counselor, but in becoming a writer who uses psychology to form the characters and plot of her novels.

“It’s important to

understand the psycho-pathology of your charac-ters,” George said.

She created characters she felt would be fun to write about, but said she had no idea it would lead to her publishing her first book,

George uses aspects of people that she knows and, in the past, has put an entire personality into a book.

“In the creation of char-acter, you do have to make a leap into fiction,” she said. “The writer has to un-derstand why this charac-ter behaves the way he or she behaves and it’s impos-sible to know that about another human being be-cause you’re not inside their brain or inside their psyche.”

Like many other mystery authors, in order to make a “leap into fiction,” George had to maintain a balance of the stories of real-life characters and the person-alities she wanted them to have.

George said she was drawn to the story of a British student, Meredith Kercher, who was alleged-ly murdered in Italy by her roommate, Amanda Knox.

It inspired her latest book, Just One Evil Act, re-leased in 2013, which was a focal point of the event Sunday.

“I’ve read everything that she’s written,” said Lynn Sandweiss, a Long Beach resident who attend-ed the event. “I get it on the

day it comes out and read it immediately; that’s how much I like her.”

Because George travels extensively and almost all of her stories were set in Europe, a question arose about how she keeps track of and remembers ev-erything she’s seen, felt, smelled, heard and ex-perienced upon her re-turn to create such vivid description.

She said she is fortunate to be able to write when-ever and wherever she goes. When travelling, she takes notes, speaks to her voice recorder and takes pictures of everything, ev-ery sense, throughout her visit.

George is on a “Lynley tour” that started in January at the Key West Literary Seminar in Florida. The tour will con-tinue until June.

“Any drive is worth it to hear Elizabeth George speak,” Sandweiss said, referring to her trip from Long Beach.

Alonzo C. Whitson, 43, said he attended this event because he is also a CSUF alumnus and heard George speak at the 2004 CSUF commencement. He was fascinated by her speaking and said it was better than her books.

The event was fol-lowed by a Q-and-A ses-sion and book signing for guests who purchased one of George’s books there. George’s next appearance in California is in Carmel on April 24.

Author Elizabeth George, a Cal State Fullerton alumna, tells audience members at the Fullerton Public Library about her experiences and incorporating psychology into her novels.

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The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are officially over. As the Winter Olympic Games wrapped up with an elaborate closing ceremony, many people looked to the final scores.

The United States placed fourth, bringing home 28 medals includ-ing nine gold medals in skiing,

figure skating and snowboarding.This is a huge accomplishment for American athletes coming home and it’s certainly something America can be proud of.

But how many Americans can say they actually care about the fi-nal scores? How many Americans even watched the games? Not nearly enough.

The ratings for the Winter Olympics were down 12 per-cent from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, according to Forbes. To put it in perspective, The Walking Dead pulled in more viewers than the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday.

Many have seen the flags waving strong in times of crisis or during those summer holidays, but where is that pride when America’s team

is competing against athletes from all over the world? That alone is something to be celebrated.

Many of these competitors train for years just to be considered to be on team USA and the least people can do is support their ef-forts. It used to be an event where Americans could cheer on their fellow man and be proud of the country they called home. Now the Olympic Games seems to have lost their shine.

As a tradition, this year’s Winter Olympics is one Americans should be proud of.

As a country, the United States has competed in every edition of the Winter games, and has host-ed the event on four separate oc-casions. Since 1924, the United States has been sending its best

to compete and Team USA has proved itself by bringing home gold on a number of occasions.

The United States has had ath-letes as young as 16 earning gold medals for America. The fact that this country produces ath-letes that are able to compete at such a high level is something to be proud of. It’s symbolic of what a great country America is and what the citizens are capable of.

Still, how many people recog-nize the faces of most Olympic athletes? How many interviews or stories are publicized when the games have ended? Again, not nearly enough.

It shouldn’t take a war, a free Monday or an act of terror to make people think of America with pride. It should be something

citizens do in appreciation for the country they live in. At the very least people should participate out of team spirit.

In just 2010, Team USA brought home the most overall medals in their history of competing. Thirty-seven medals total, nine of which were gold.

It’s no secret that the United States fell short this year in com-parison to previous years, but that is all the more reason a cheer-ing audience is needed. The ath-letes in this year’s Olympic Games should come home knowing peo-ple are celebrating their efforts— whether they won or not. They should come home knowing what they did still means something to Americans and that it’s not a dy-ing tradition.

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Hired to meet the park-ing needs of university commuter students and guests, Parking Company of America was brought in to stack parking vehicles in Lot A and G located near the stadium.

When lot parking spac-es were filled up, commut-ers were directed into a sin-gle-file row and were issued a parking receipt; Upon returning from class or wherever.

The driver would retrieve the keys to the auto now parked in a parking space or possibly still in the same place.

While this system worked well last year, a de-cline in enrollment this winter/spring semester has opened up parking spaces in both lots, no lon-ger requiring this service available Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

So what does this friend-ly knowledgeable crew dressed in their recogniz-able black shirt and beige pants (that also includes

CSUF students) do now under their blue canvas tent?

They provide a positive presence and help create a safe environment for stu-dents, be it deterring pred-atory violence against women or crimes related to vehicles and personal property.

This unintended value of their presence must not be overlooked in times where other local universities have documented instanc-es of crimes such as kid-napping that occurred in school parking lots even in broad daylight.

Parking Company of America also answers questions related to cam-pus directions and pur-chasing parking passes or helping out to jump start a student’s dead battery.

While the parking ser-vice is entirely free to CSUF commuters, students have often expressed their ap-preciation verbally and showered the valet atten-dants with such things as pizza, Christmas cookies and Starbucks gift cards.

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The university is attempt-ing to implement a new fee. That fee has rules

that need to be followed in order to be established, and during the first round of forums, the univer-sity was doing a poor job of imple-menting them.

The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC) has now decid-ed to extend the evaluation time two more weeks, but that does not change the lack of transparency during the first six weeks.

In order to establish the Student Success Initiative (SSI), the fee is required to be both transparent and implement a meaningful and appropriate consultation of the student body.

The problem with the fee, during the first six forums, began with its name.

The SSI is a fee. It needed to be called what it was, a fee. Slapping a nice name on it only made it hard-er for students to realize what the initiative actually meant: paying

more every semester.In 2012 students started hunger

strikes in order to protest a tuition increase. They knew that a tuition increase meant they had to pay more, and they opposed it.

Yet the last round of forums, where students had the ability to shape how the fee would look, saw low student participation. Because of the name Student Success Initiative, students weren’t inter-preting the SSI as a fee.

Students are less likely to pro-test something that has the word “success” in the name.

Calling it the SSI fee is a good start in increasing transparency. By adding the word “fee” students will know the initiative means they will be paying more.

Reaction to the SSI is likely to grow now that the word fee is at-tached to the name.

Not only was the lack of trans-parency a problem, but the meth-ods the university employed to gauge student interest were

poor.Most events on this campus

have low student turnout, univer-sity officials should have known these forums would not be any different.

As of Feb. 19 the SFAC has re-ceived 1,058 students surveys, in a school of more than 38,000 students.

That is around 2.7 percent of the student population voicing their opinion.

This in no way can be an accu-rate representation of what the student body actually wants.

Some blame can be put on the students for not participating in the process, but it’s also difficult to attend an event that has not been properly advertised or marketed.

The marketing amounted to launching a new website, emailing students, advertising through the Daily Titan and using pamphlets and flyers.

But the link on the web portal did not look like it was alerting

students of a fee.The words “Student Success

Initiative” were the most visible. The words actually explaining that this initiative is a fee was in a noticeably smaller font.

The emails sent to students could have been missed by stu-dents who don’t check their uni-versity accounts often.

The SFAC plans to do more to inform students of the fee.

One of things they will do is talk to the 30 largest classes in the uni-versity to discuss the initiative.

Talking to students during their classes is definitely the better alternative.

Students are required to be in their classes and talking to them about the fee in their classes will result in more students being in-formed and possibly more surveys being filled out.

A higher percentage of the stu-dent body being informed and filling out surveys will result in a fee that will more accurately

represent what the students actu-ally want.

But professors talking to their students about the fee does not have to be limited to those 30 classes, professors that can afford the time out of their class could take some time to talk to their students about the fee.

University representatives have said that during the next two weeks they will find more meth-ods of advertising and hold anoth-er six forums.

They have already begun their new advertising by adding a big sliding graphic to the front of the Fullerton.edu website with the words “Student Success Initiative Fee Proposal.”

Although whether or not the university will continue these ef-forts or if they will be successful remains to be seen.

It is now up to the students to make sure this next round of fo-rums sees different results than the first six.

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It is early Monday morning and a tired mother has just awoken. She is reviewing notes for an exam she has later that afternoon, while pre-paring breakfast for her young child who is reluc-tant to get out of bed.

As she reviews her school notes, she wish-es she had more time to study, but realizes she has to take her son to day care.

This is an example of a day in the life of a sin-gle parent attending college.

Single parent students face several challeng-es, such as finding day care, completing assign-ments and taking care of a child by themselves. Some students have no assistance.

However, most want to benefit themselves by pursuing a higher education.

Single parent Michelle Maldonado said she used the CSUF Children’s Center last year for her 4-year-old daughter while she attended CSUF. She graduated from CSUF in spring 2013 with a degree in criminal justice.

The Children’s Center is funded by Associated Students Inc. (ASI) and offers assistance to stu-dents, non-students, pro-fessors and faculty mem-bers. The center is located on campus.

The Children’s Center not only helps students by caring for their children, but also keeps child care at a low cost.

The center receives funds from the California Department of Education, the Cal State University system, CSUF, volun-teers and student fees. Financial aid is also avail-able for parents who qualify.

At one point, Maldonado said she had to adjust her financ-es in order to pay for day care since the Children’s Center had a grant tak-en away due to state cuts. However, she did not have to pay too much.

“I did have to pay a lit-tle bit, but it was very very little, compared to what I would have paid to a pri-vate preschool or even family member to take care of her,” she said.

Jenny Taylor, director of the Children’s Center, said the center “provides a safe and healthy environ-ment where children can f lourish.”

The center assists all types of parents, but sin-gle parents do not always use the program.

“The trend is not real-ly single mothers,” Taylor said. “The trend is more older families returning back to school.”

Although more families are using the Children’s Center, most share the same goals as single parents.

Maldonado said the center helped her during crucial times throughout the semester, such as fi-nals week.

“If I told (the Children’s Center) I had finals and need more time to study, (it) works with you the last few weeks of the se-mester for finals week,” she said.

Maldonado said she

appreciated the Children’s Center for one pivotal purpose; to allow her to finish college.

The center “was proba-bly the No. 1 reason I was able to graduate on time,” Maldonado said.

At the Children’s Center, children engage in stimulating programs and activities that contribute

to their intellectual, emo-tional, social and physical well-being.

The center aims to as-sist children with grow-ing and students with learning.

The Children’s Center also has an area designed for parents who might need to finish work or study.

To prevent anyone from speaking up or having a voice, mili-tary officials prohibit many major streets from entrance.

Protests are not al-lowed anymore, as streets are blocked, pre-venting people from get-ting to one another.

Journalists are prohib-ited from taking photos and reporting on stories other than the ones as-signed to them by mil-itary officials or news channels who support the military.

The military shoots and jails protesters and takes students away.

All of these changes and protests are turning people living and learn-ing in Egypt against one another.

Throughout my trip in Egypt, censorship was at an all-time high. Television covered the military actions, praised them and showed only killings done by the Muslim Brotherhood and other inferior groups.

The groups want the people to give up on demonstrating, forget about freedom and think nothing of change.

These protests and changes have caused ma-jor problems throughout Egypt.

The streets are closed off in major cities, caus-ing congestion in traf-fic worse than ever be-fore. It took me three hours by car to get to the American Embassy, a few blocks down from where I was staying. The trip would have tak-en me less than half an hour walking.

This was causing frus-tration and a lot of rage among drivers.

Even the metro link, which was the safest way to get from point A to point B quickly, most-ly for those trying to get to work in the morning, has become over-crowd-ed because everyone would rather take the Metro than drive in three-hour traffic to get from one place to anoth-er in Cairo.

They also closed down many stations in the Metro.

This caused even more congestion and people pushing and fighting to go in and out.

My winter vaca-tion an unforgettable experience.

EGYPTContinued from PAGE 1

The price of free speech

Students have a new way to feel more connected with Cal State

Fullerton. Corey Fradin, a 21-year-old CSUF

business marketing major, is the creator of the free app called Amuse Me. The goal of Amuse Me is to con-nect CSUF students across a wide variety of events and activities.

“(Amuse Me) is a social media platform that allows for students, organizations and businesses the ability to post and share all of their events,” Fradin said. “The main goal of it is to just further connect Cal State Fullerton.”

Fradin said the idea for Amuse Me came to him one evening when he had some downtime in between classes and couldn’t find anything to do. Eventually, he pitched the idea to classmates as part of a class project.

From there he continued to pur-sue the idea and Amuse Me was born.

“I was thinking about it a lot at that point,” Fradin said. “I’m like hey, this is actually a pretty cool idea. I think the students will like it a lot and so I decided to do it on my own.”

He said his app is the only one to capture the college spirit and shows students what’s happening through-out the campus.

Amuse Me is a social platform that not only talks to the students at

CSUF, but also helps them share campus events and discounts from local businesses.

“It’s all about connecting Cal State Fullerton together,” Fradin said. “Right now, we have such an amaz-ing school, new dorms, new restau-rants, there’s all this new stuff going on. Hopefully this app is kind of like that missing link that brings all the students and the whole campus to-gether and makes it a whole unit.”

Gerald Estares, 29, a business marketing major, said he spends a lot of time on campus and also con-siders himself to be a frequent app user, using them on a daily basis.

Estares said he has a lot of down-time at school and is tired of the food provided at CSUF. He would use an app like Amuse Me, which would help him find new places to eat.

“If (Amuse Me) shows me events and restaurants nearby, that would be great,” Estares said. “I’m bad at directions, so that would be (a) great

help too because it would tell me where (something) is.”

In addition to spending a lot of time on campus, Estares also said he has friends who live close to cam-pus who would benefit from Amuse Me and he would recommend the app to them.

Like Estares and many other stu-dents, Adriana Mendoza, 20, a child and adolescent development major, also uses apps on a daily basis.

Mendoza said she does not spend much time at the main campus and instead finds herself spending more time at the Irvine Campus this semester.

Fradin’s idea may not appeal to all students since so many have busy work and school schedules, but his goal is to ultimately help students as much as possible through his app.

Fradin also has an Amuse Me website to go along with the app. The website is mainly used to man-age its profile as well as create and edit any events that students, orga-nizations or businesses choose to create.

In addition to visiting the web-site, Fradin encourages students to follow Amuse Me on the app’s Facebook page.

“Amuse Me is all about giving you the college experience you deserve,” Fradin said. “Whether you are bored in between classes or looking for something to do on a Wednesday night, Amuse Me answers the ques-tion, ‘what could I be doing right now?’”

Amuse Me officially launched on Feb. 24 and is available on iOS and Android devices.

Michelle Maldonado, a criminal justice graduate, takes advantage of the center’s low-cost services at CSUF.

Courtesy of Michelle Maldonado

REBECCA HARDMANDaily Titan

Children’s Center provides affordable care for students

A new way to connect

Center helps single parents get ahead

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Amuse Me is a new social media platform that connects CSUF students

Corey Fradin, 21, a business marketing major, is the creator of the free Amuse Me app. MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan

“Whether you are bored in

between classes or looking for

something to do on a Wednesday

night, Amuse Me answers the question, ‘what could I be doing

right now?’”

COREY FRADINCreator of Amuse Me

FOR THE RECORD

The article printed on Feb. 19, 2014 incorrectly stated that the center name is The Volunteer and Service Center. It is now called Volunteer Service Programs. Also, the article incorrectly stated the names of the projects Deira Sanchez participates in. The projects are Community Connection and Students Advocating Civic Transformation (Students A.C.T.).

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Incorporating protein into your daily diet is an important component to maintaining a healthy body.

Protein is vital for every single cell in the human body to function. Whether you want to gain weight, shed a few pounds or main-tain a healthy weight, pro-tein is an essential ingre-dient to living a healthy lifestyle. It is also import-ant to be mindful about the right amount and right kind of protein to incorpo-rate into your diet.

You can get protein from several sourc-es: lean meats such as chick-en, fish, eggs, dairy prod-ucts, protein bars, protein shakes, beans and nuts.

P r o t e i n benefits the body in sev-eral ways. It builds and re-pairs tissues, produces en-zymes and hormones, replenishes lost blood and is the building block for bones, muscles, cartilage, hair and skin. It also provides energy for the human body.

Another benefit of pro-tein is that it protects the body against illness, pro-motes a healthy metabo-lism and supports the im-mune system.

Chris Felix, a freelance personal trainer, said pro-tein plays a significant role in dieting and staying healthy and fit.

Anything that is a lean meat, such as chicken or turkey, are all healthy kinds of protein for the human body to function normally, Felix said.

Staying away from high saturated fats is also a key element to maintaining a healthy weight.

When it comes to avoid-ing certain foods, Felix avoids saturated fats and “anything that is processed.”

Studies have shown pro-tein can help whether you are looking to lose weight, bulk up, improve heart health or boost your energy, according to SFGate.com

The recommended amount of protein var-ies from person to person,

depending on weight, age and sex.

The American Dietetic Association and the American College of Sports Medicine recommends ath-letes consume 0.5 to 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight.

For children ages 2 to 6 and for most women, the recommended daily serving for protein is five ounces.

The recommended amount of protein for old-er children, teen girls, ac-tive women and most men, is two daily servings that amount to six ounces.

The minimum amount of protein that you should take in for building muscle is one gram of protein per pound of body weight, ac-cording to BodyBuilding.com.

Taylor Hubbard, a 20 year-old kinesiology major

and employee at the Student R e c r e a t i o n Center, said she believes breakfast is the most im-portant meal of the day.

“I always try to eat b r e a k f a s t . I have ear-ly classes but I notice it makes a difference.”

When it comes to in-corporating protein into her diet, Hubbard cooks her own breakfast in the morning.

“I always try to eat eggs. They are simple, easy, they are a good source of protein, and they are overall healthy for you,” Hubbard said.

Staying away from fast food and meats high in fat are crucial when limiting protein consumption.

The proteins you should avoid include processed meats, dairy products and fried foods. These types of proteins are high in choles-terol and can cause chron-ic illnesses, heart disease and excess weight gain, ac-cording to ChooseMyPlate.gov. Instead, healthy alter-natives include turkey, lean chicken, beans and nuts.

Jeff Atkinson, a 21-year-old sociology major, said he tries to stay away from fast food even though it is “so tempting, easy and unhealthy.”

Protein is an essential in-gredient in everyone’s diet. It improves muscle mass, muscle tone and can assist with weight loss. Limiting fast food, dairy products and processed meats are key components to living a longer, healthier life.

For many athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike, choosing the right supple-ment to complement an ex-ercise routine can be a bit overwhelming at times.

Every month, a wide ar-ray of supplements continue to make their way onto the shelves of health food stores, vitamin shops and grocery stores.

Considering the supple-ment industry is a multi-bil-lion dollar business, dietary supplements inarguably play a huge part in the success rate for consumers looking to either bulk up or become leaner.

More than half of adults in the United States take di-etary supplements., accord-ing to CNN.

Expert nutritionists and personal trainers, howev-er, advise that consum-ers research products in depth prior to making any purchases.

Shannon Lee Eggleston, a certified holistic health prac-titioner for a Natural Healing Center of Orange County, ex-tensively analyzed the dai-ly diet and personal perfor-mance triathletes for five years. This study led to her awareness of the profound impact of nutrition on health and physical performance.

“We use whole foods sup-plements. Raw, organic, whole foods,” Eggleston said. “They are made on a farm, they’re standard process of organic foods.”

Eggleston also promotes testing the body to see what it’s missing and from there suggests homeopathic, herb-al remedies and supplements like Myo-Plus, Myotrophin PMG, calcium and standard process Protofood (a pile of amino acids) for those look-ing to build muscle.

“When it comes to bulk-ing, the right fats, the right minerals, the right supple-mentation, that’s what I use,” Eggleston said. “I always do the Protofood before I work

out and 21 grams of protein after (this varies based on your weight).”

In addition to protein powder, Eggleston said peo-ple should avoid cow dairy, caffeine, corn starch, sugar and artificial sweeteners.

Sean Wood, a National Physical Training Institute certified personal train-er and Wholesale Nutrition Center supplementation ex-pert, suggested consuming healthy carbohydrates like brown rice and quinoa.

“A lot of people are afraid of carbs or carb shy,” Wood said. “Carb count is going to

help with recovery, it’s going to help with amino acid ab-sorption, it’s going to help with cycling all these nutri-ents throughout your body and creating an insulin spike.”

Wood suggested creatine with sufficient amounts of water and an adequate diet including a sufficient amount of protein for mus-cle gain.

For those looking to be-come leaner, Wood suggest-ed CLA and L-Carnitine.

“CLA is an antioxidant that pulls fat out of your cells; allows you to burn up your energy a little bit more efficiently,” Wood said. “There’s L-Carnitine which is natural amino acid as well, which mobilizes fat cells a little bit faster than your body does.”

Wood advised staying away from higher caffeine fat burners.

Eggleston said she is a huge advocate of the direct correlation between detoxi-fication and the body’s over-all wellness. She said she believes all symptoms can be cleared through proper nutrition.

Chia seeds mixed in water is a non-expensive form of obtaining Omega-3-6-9 es-sential fatty acids through food and offers a great source of nutrition.

Linda Calkins, a regis-tered dietetic technician who regularly provides nu-tritional counseling for pa-tients, recommended whey protein for muscle gain; in

a whey protein concentrate; not isolate.

“The Amino acids in (whey protein) actually help with either maintaining or help-ing with gain muscle in the body,” Calkins said. “It’s a re-ally good source for that.”

Calkins also suggested taking protein after a work-out, typically within a couple of hours after working out, because it helps with muscle repair. Keep in mind, appro-priate protein amounts vary based on each individual’s weight.

For those interested in supplementing with their workout, Calkins said it is important to pay close atten-tion to the ingredients and label claims.

In addition to using sup-plements to become lean-er or gain muscle, Calkins highly recommended close-ly monitoring one’s food in-take. She also said a fair amount of people who expe-rience muscle soreness don’t get enough magnesium in their diet.

“You can actually take Epsom salt baths which have magnesium in them and it actually does go into your tissue. Or you may find that possibly a magnesium sup-plement could be helpful too,” Calkins said.

Consumers should not view supplements as form of substitution for a poor nu-tritional diet, but instead eat well-balanced meals to help obtain the most effective-ness from an ideal supple-mentation routine.

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“I always try to eat eggs. They are simple, easy, they are a good source

of protein, and they are overall healthy for you.”

TAYLOR HUBBARDKinesiology major/Student Recreation Center employee

REBECCA HARDMANDaily Titan

Lean meats aid in muscle gain but fat meats cause harm

Lean meats such as chicken and turkey are ideal for those seeking a healthy lifestyle. Fatty red meat is not recommended.

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Picking the right proteins to live a healthy lifestyle

Supplementing workouts

Using the proper supplements can contribute to a more successful fitness plan overall. Whether you want to lose weight, gain muscle or just be healthier, using supplements can help get you there.

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