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THE "SHE" WORKSHOP TALKS SEX

PG 3 CSI HOSTS CHARITY SOCCERTOURNAMENT

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CAMPUS GETS GETS NEW WATER BOTTLE REFILLING STATION

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ENTREPRENUERSHIP BEFORE FINISHING HIGHER EDUCATION

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THE HEALTHBENEFITS OF BIKE RIDING

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GO EAGLES !

Homecoming Soars through Cal State L.A.Cal State L.A.’s men’s basket-

ball team season is nearing its end as they played their Home-coming game against San Fran-cisco State on Friday February 27th. They may not have quali-fied to compete in the CCAA this season, but the game last Friday night did not disappoint fans.

With the score 65-49, the

Golden Eagles displayed an ex-cellent offense led by Joshua Munzon’s 17 points and David Hall’s 16 points as they defeated the Gators. At the beginning of the first period, it appeared to be an even matchup between both the teams, but after the second period, Gators seemed to be no match for the Golden Eagles.

Head coach Dieter Horton

stated, “It was really nice to see our kids play hard tonight and get in some great shots. We have had a lot of bad luck throughout the season and it felt great to see the team come together and win.”

Golden Eagles’ defense was

intense throughout the entire game, but the Gators did give a good fight. At the end of the 1st half, Golden Eagles only had an 8-point advantage over the Ga-tors. Our team started strong in the second half and a slam-dunk from David Hall capturing the crowd’s attention. Hall man-aged more than one slam-dunk throughout the game, eventual-ly leading the team along with Munzon to victory. “We had a great game, and most impor-tantly, we played as a team,” ex-claimed Munzon after the game.

The victory puts them in a

three-way tie for eighth place, but not in a position to compete in the CCAA championship tour-nament. Despite the great victo-ry at the Homecoming game, the basketball team has struggled in head coach Horton’s debut sea-son. The team remained under .500 for most of the season and a lot had to do with player injuries.

However, we must note that

It's a Win -Win

Sabrina SarmientoGuillermo CabreraContributors

At the Homecoming games, both Cal State L.A.’s men and women’s basketball teams managed to bring home the victory

Men's Women's

the team lost a lot of close games. Next year should look good as the Golden Eagles continue

to pursue hardware in Coach Horton’s sophomore season.

At the Homecoming game last Friday night, the Golden Eagle Women’s basketball team managed to put up a sweeping show just like the men’s team. Scoring a stunning victory for all Golden Eagles, they defeated the Gators by a whopping 20 points, 79-59.

The ladies were relentless against

their opponents throughout the game. Chiara DiMarco and Ali Or-lich both put up 14 and 13 points, respectively, while Samantha Lee added 12 points and Franeka Hall’s 11 points. Hall also got 11 rebounds giving her a “double-double.”

They displayed strong communi-

cation as a team by working togeth-er to move the ball around the court to run plays and score baskets. Going into the 2nd half, Golden Eagles kept a consistent lead over San Francisco State using tough defense to dominate. Franeka Hall said, “We were tired of being on a losing streak and wanted to end our last two games of the season strong.”

The victory not only broke a

losing streak of seven games, but also put them in the 7th place of the division. However, the ladies placed out of the CCAA Champi-onship tournament, too. In a season very similar to the men’s team, they struggled to go over .500 in coach Carter Shaw’s first season as the team had injury trouble and close loses in various must win situa-tions.

Head coach Carter Shaw told UT

that although it has been a tough season for the team, they have played well against some of the top teams continuously showing im-provement.

Bree Parsons, one of the team

members agreed with her teammate Hall on the fact that the ladies were tired of losing. She also added, “We really wanted to win especially for our seniors on the team.” Both, men and women’s basketball teams have a lot of returning talent, but the loss of both teams’ seniors will be hard to fill without a successful recruit-ment campaign. If they manage to supplement their returning players with strong new players, we may see the same victorious streak be-ing continued.”

Homecoming has come and gone all too soon. But there were many events that will remain fond college memories for a lot of us.

As part of the celebration, Cal

State L.A. took over Golden Mile Bowling Lanes in Alhambra last Thursday night February 26. The celebrations went on through 1 a.m. in the morning. For anyone who questioned our campus for not expressing much of school spirit, this event was an answer. The bowling alley was almost

High on Eagle Pride

The bowling event at Golden Mile as part of Homecoming 2015 saw Golden Eagles uniting with school spirit.Jessica RamosContributor

filled to capacity with Golden Eagles! The lanes were overflow-ing with bowlers and friends who stood by and watched as they made strikes, spares, and gutters.

Bowling, shoes, and pizza were

provided for free to all the stu-dents who showed their student identification. More than bowl-ers, there were students dancing the night away on multitude of music genres that DJ kept flow-ing throughout the event. Golden Eagle Radio played the popular tunes and jams throughout the night making students get up and dance.The dancing crowd grew as the night passed on, and then of course, many decided to climb on tables and chairs to show off their dancing skills and their school spirit. When asked on what he thought of the event, Taylor Har-ris, sophomore Theatre major, said, “The ‘ratchetivity’ was off the roof!”Continued on page 2

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Donis SolanoContributor

Bottles Up!The U-SU brings sustainability a step further with the implementation of filtered water bottle filling stations.

A new addition has been made at the University-Stu-dent Union (U-SU) in the form of three filtered water bottle filling stations. There is one on the 3rd floor, right outside the Alumni Room and two in the basement; one is outside The Pit while the other is in-side the Xtreme Fitness Cen-ter. The filtered water bottle filling station is an attachment that is placed on top of an or-dinary water fountain. This attachment allows the user to place any type container under the water stream to easily fill a container with filtered water. The large bottle filling area ac-commodates various size con-tainers.

ASI’s Vice-President for Academic Governance, Nich-olas Carrillo says, “The Space Allocation and Building Use Committee wanted to provide students the opportunity to have healthier and more sus-tainable drinking options on campus. We want to encour-age students to stray away from bringing or purchasing water bottles and instead bring your own to refill throughout the day.”

The inspiration for these wa-ter fountain attachments came from other universities. Stu-dents such as Carrillo took no-tice of these while visiting oth-er campuses and made a push with the Space Allocation and Building Use Committee for the U-SU to install their own. California State University, Fullerton is one of the schools

that made a push to have these installed throughout their cam-pus.

Director of Operations for the U-SU, John Ortiz, says they are in the process of add-ing two more attachments to the current water fountains. Ortiz says, “We are in the pro-cess of adding these filtered water bottle fillers to the first and second floor water foun-tains of the U-SU.” The heavy foot traffic during work hours is the only delay the U-SU is having with the installations.

Community Colleges like East Los Angeles College have implemented these filtered wa-ter filling attachments on their water fountains as well. Soph-omore Math major, Liliana Delgado feels these attach-ments are necessary and they also serve a sanitary purpose. “I don’t drink water from the water fountains, it taste dirty and gross,” Delgado said.

Many students might won-der about the cost of these attachments. Each of these at-tachments with the expectation of the one in the in the Xtreme Fitness Center, cost $405.00. The one in the Extreme Fitness Center costs $896.00 because it’s made from more expensive materials.

No additional information has been given about whether these stations will be created outside of the U-SU, but it is a step in the right direction for a greener campus.

David Guzman, junior Com-

munications major said, “This is the first time I’ve actually gone out of my way to go to any school event and I’m surprised! I didn’t think a lot of people would come to this to actually bowl and have fun with other students from school. I will definitely be here again next year!” Valerie John-son, junior Political Science ma-jor, said, “This is the week I’ve been looking forward to all quar-

High on Eagle Pride Continued

Photo By Donis Solano

ter!” This event showed everyone

that there is school spirit at Cal State L.A. and that it’s only us who can make it loud and visi-ble. Many have doubts and com-plaints like the lack of a football team that generally becomes an agent of bringing a school togeth-er. Events like this however, show that when we all come together, it becomes obvious that school spir-it is beyond an activity or a sport. Go Golden Eagles!

Hannah JacobsonContributor

The Untold StoriesA recent discussion held at U-SU revealed shocking aspects of the post 9/11 security policy and how countless people continue to live in the shadows of discrimination.

Dr. Theresa Saliba, a professor of much acclaim at Evergreen State College, was recently at Cal State L.A. to discuss Middle Eastern feminism in the light of post-9/11 discrimination. Saliba was driven to analyze the effect of discrimination on Middle East-ern women after watching the country’s security landscape un-dergo a massive transformation post 9/11, and how the nation is still struggling with the aftermath of changed perceptions.

“Since most terrorist suspects

were males, there hasn’t been a lot of research on what has hap-pened to women and families due to these new policies of surveil-lance, detention, and deporta-tions,” Saliba says about her mo-

tivations for the study. While men are considered a threat to physical security, Saliba reveals that the idea of women in hijabs is seen as a cultural threat, as rejecting American freedoms for ‘danger-ous’ foreign morals. “Women in headscarves have been targeted for hate crimes, and these acts against Muslim-Americans had skyrocketed in 2001,” says Sali-ba.

The alarming fact is that these

hate crimes continue even in 2015. Last month, three Mus-lim college students, Omar Ab-del-Baky, 24, his 21-year old wife Yusor Abu-Salha, and her 19-year old sister Razan Abu-Salha were shot dead by their neighbor in Chapell Hill, North Carolina. Sal-iba explains, “Culture wars seem to point to a consistent refueling of anti-Muslim sentiment and to-day we have the issues of ISIS, the attack against Charlie Hebdo, and movies like American Snip-er [that] continue triggering and furthering the negative response against Muslim Americans.”

The Obama Administration sur-

passed two million deportations in 2014 while pledging a softer attitude to immigrant children and to those who have been in the U.S. for more than five years. “Felons, not families. Criminals, not children. Gang members, not a mom who’s working hard to provide for her kids,” Obama said

in a speech on November 20th, 2014.

Contradictingly, an estimated

60,000 Muslims were deported from the U.S. under the Obama administration by 2014, with only 30,000 being deported on terrorist grounds. “Case studies show that some of these ‘terrorist grounds’ are actually quite flimsy,” adds Saliba. One of her case studies on the Hamoui family tells this different story the U.S. govern-ment’s ideals.

After being forced from their

house at dawn, the daughter and mother of the Hamoui family were held in a center – the same that the Japanese were subjected to post Pearl Harbor – for nine months while the father was held for ten months. “When the com-munity protested against the de-tainment of this family, the pro-test was used as the pretext for punishment,” Saliba described, “The family would be taken down to an area in the detention center called ‘the hole’.” In addition, the mother, Nadine Hamoui, did not receive proper medical care for a serious condition called Crohn’s disease while being held.

Numerous violations have oc-

curred in these detention centers, leading to scores of immigrant deaths in detention since 2001. “What Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials call ‘the death roster’ stands at 104 since

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Let's Talk SexApart from asserting that sex should not be a taboo subject, recently organized SHE workshop was an important lesson for every woman that attended.

On Wednesday, February 25th, Cal State L.A.’s Student Health Center organized what they called “SHE Workshop: Sexy… Healthy… Empow-ered.” The workshop conduct-ed by Student Health Center’s Health Educator, Jeri Landon and Senior Student Rehabil-itation Intern, Tashebia Guy-ton was designed for women only. The goal was to have an educational dialogue on sex, self-esteem and consent.

Landon started the work-

shop with an activity in which she touched various subjects like “sexual decision-mak-ing,” “what influences those decisions,” and “what is self-esteem?” Participants were able to give their opin-ion on the topics during this activity, but more important-ly, each were able to under-stand the necessity to discuss sex among women. Wheth-er it was for cultures, family, media or religion, sex has re-mained an untouched subject among women. It should no

longer continue to be a ta-boo topic in the 21st century, as the workshop Landon ex-pressed, “Women like sex too, and there is nothing wrong in talking about sex.”

The workshop also stressed

on the importance of ‘self-es-teem’ among women. Not only a woman of high self-stem attracts more respect and attention, but more so, she is in control of her life. Landon explained that self-esteem finds its roots in many plac-es ranging from positive at-titude, accepting your body, and also taking responsibility of your actions. As sex is be-coming more and more com-mon among young generation, it is very essential for women to understand that if they take the decision to intimate with someone, they should be ready to take responsibility for such a decision. A woman with low self-esteem will not possess the ideal control of her life or strength to control her consent. We often feel that “nobody else is going to want you, you are worthless,” said Landon. Living with such low self-es-teem will only make it hard to decide whether a relation-ship is healthy for you or you should walk out of it.

Following that, Guyton

made a presentation on con-sent. Consent, as defined by Guyton, is “a positive cooper-ation in act or attitude pursu-ant to an exercise of free will.” A woman could give consent to her partner verbally (saying YES!), with body language, and with perception. It was

highlighted in the presentation that being in a relationship, being unconscious (under the influence), or being forced to say yes, does not mean you are giving consent. In those cases, “You want to stop and talk, and remember that consent could be withdrawn at any time,” said Guyton.

SHE workshop was ex-

tremely helpful for the wom-en that took the time to attend it. These women walked out of the Student Health Center knowing better on making de-cisions when it comes to sex, being responsible towards it, as well as understanding the importance of self-esteem and having control of yourself. Guyton reminded everyone that consent has to be volun-tary. They also advised wom-en for reporting when they feel they are being forced to pre-serve evidence and obtain to a prompt medical care if they have been attacked. Any wom-an that feels in danger could call 911 or our campus’ Title IX Coordinator, Mariel Mulet. Mulet can be found in the Cal-ifornia State University Equity Diversity office.

Women that missed the SHE

Workshop could attend the sec-ond workshop on March 11th from 3:15 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. in the Student Health Center, where Tasheiba Guyton will talk about the red flags that signal an abusive relationship, domestic violence and sexual assault. And if any men want to attend a sexual health edu-cation class, they could attend “Men’s Health 101”, on March 4th at 3:15 p.m. in room 210 on the Student Health Center.

The heart of the matter

The important highlights covered by Landon and Guyton during the workshop were:

1. Sex should no longer be a taboo topic among women.

2. It is important to edu-cate yourself enough before making sexual decision and should be responsible for their own decisions.

3. Self-esteem is extreme-ly necessary for a woman to have a healthy relationship.

4. Know and remember the concept of ‘consent’ and that it can be withdrawn at any time.

5. Report any forced sex-ual activity/abuse immedi-ately either to 911 or school authorities.

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Roxana Hernandez

Columnist

March Mood BoardMarch's striking tendencies are more than just a monthly deal; you'll love these year round!

This month’s mood board delivers a mix of trends that might be unrelated to one another but still make an in-credible impact on March. From beautiful and bold ra-nunculus flowers to the ef-fervescent Karlie Kloss, the trends are striking. Right on time for spring, these ten-dencies will not only equip us for this month but also prepare us for months to come as we move forward in the year.

White SpacesIf you are a Pinterest fa-

natic, the multiple pho-to boards containing pure white walls and white fur-niture flock the workspace, your living room, or even the bedroom. Sounds a little asylum-like, but the beauty of creating a blank space through white walls and fur-niture is that all accessories in color make the room pop and consequently become alluring to the eye. Accesso-ries that you can bring in to these white spaces are col-orful flowers, bright plants, fun pillows, bold lamps, et-cetera. It is definitely a fun project and a wonderful way to exercise inspiration.

Ranunculus Blossoms

What better way to liv-en up a room full of white spaces than with ranunculus flowers. This flower brings

life back into March with its incredible colors and passion-ate features. You can find this flower all over the fashion district in downtown LA, so make sure to grab your favor-ite and set them up under the very modern white spaces.

The Statement

MulesMarch welcomes the season

of spring and with it its Spring 2015 signature shoe: the mule. We saw it all through fashion week as the models hit the ground with this very power-ful, very chic, very bold shoe. This cropped shoe works for anytime, anywhere, anyhow. Make it casual with a chunky

heel, and make it elegant with slimmer lines—the possibili-ties are endless.

Fashion GinghamThe ultimate trend for

Spring 2015 is gingham. This American classic print has been revitalized and implant-ed into this 21st century with

all its might. The Spring 2015 Fashion Week last September showcased fresh new designs from Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta among others parading the runway with plentiful checks, blocks, and plaids. Spring doesn’t start until late March, but we simply cannot resists starting the trend now.

Karlie KlossSpeaking of models strut-

ting down the catwalk in fab-ulous clothes, the Victoria’s Secret Angel Karlie Kloss will be putting away her wings and carrying a new accesso-ry--books. In Vogue’s recent cover story, the ex-angel re-

vealed her departure from Vic-toria’s Secret and her arrival at New York University. This by no means is a farewell to this magnificent supermodel; in fact she will be working with other fashion brands like Joe Fresh, Kate Spade, and L’Ore-al Paris. Karlie Kloss will be all the chat this month as she will make multiple appearanc-

es in shows, runways, mag-azines, and social scenes. Welcome to college Karlie!

House of CardsAny introduction to this

genius show will do it no justice. You know what to do! If you haven’t already binged watched the recent-ly released new season 3 (February 27th), March is the month to do it. I assure you, this political drama will blow your away.

Coffee Grounds March

This trend has been brewing up for a while now as coffee becomes more and more popular by the day. Not only is the coffee itself rising to fame, coffee shops are also increasingly gaining more traffic. These magic beans have made hole in the wall café’s and coffee shops unbelievably desirable.

Wrap and RollAlthough sushi is on

our mind when we think of rolls, this food could be anything. Cucumber rolls of Greek yogurt with carrots, beef wrapped wontons, carne asada gua-camole fried burritos, you name it—it all comes to-gether with this trend of wraps and rolls. More and more people are jumping into this craze with a mind-ful of possibilities and cre-ations.

Suede Skirt StyleThe 70’s arrive in March,

and so does the suede. A staple of the decade, suede embraces the textile of the time and more im-portantly of this time too. The most prominent piece seen throughout the Spring 2015 fashion shows are the suede skirts. This article of clothing bumps up your style game right on up!

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The Center for Student In-volvement (CSI) held their first soccer tournament for a cause this past Thursday, Feb-ruary 26th, at the Reeder Field.

Coed teams played a com-petitive soccer tournament where money was raised

Iris M. CordovaContributor

Soccer For A CauseCal State L.A. scores one for charity, thanks to the help of CSI and the Southern California Seahorses Program.

for the Southern California Seahorses Program.

This program helps kids and adults with soccer skills, by providing soccer camps, after school clinics, international tours while spreading their passion for Jesus Christ.

“We love what we do, and why we do it. Everyone is wel-come to join our programs,” said Bill Galipault, the South-ern California Seahorses Pro-gram Director. Galipault en-joyed the tournament from start to end, by taking pictures and laughing with students, along with thanking them for the cause.

The tournament was created with the help of CSI employ-ees Jasmin Ortiz and Christo-pher Johnson and consisted of

six teams that played ten-min-ute games with the supervision of referees. Each team donat-ed a minimum amount of $30 when signing up.

Ortiz and Johnson, who both came up with the idea of the tournament said, “I’m glad I can say, this was a successful event. Thank you all for your collaboration.”

The winning team of the event was the “Golden Ea-goals Team” which was com-prised of Erik Olvera, Seve-riano Crespo, Turki Alattas, Jeffrey Alas, and Alfredo Ramirez who proudly took a medal home.

For more information about the Southern Califor-nia Seahorses Program visit: www.seahorsesoccer.com.

What happened to Texas woman, Cella, could happen to any Cal State L.A. student.

She got a job, then tweeted about it saying, “Ew, I start this F*** a** job tomorrow.” No surprise, she then got fired.

Students like Marissa Jimenez know to be careful on Twitter.

Jimenez shared a similar situation that happened to

Stephanie HerreraContributor

To Tweet or Not To Tweet?Life is short but a post online is forever. Think twice before you tweet.

her, “I had posted a picture of myself online out at a bar and not thinking anything I really didn’t think people not follow-ing me were going to see it. The next day at work, my em-ployer had made a comment about me and I knew she was referring to the picture and we were not friends on Insta-gram.”

Jimenez says she immedi-ately made her accounts pri-vate because she did not want her employer to be stalking her and she felt uncomfortable.

With internships and jobs being apart of the college ex-perience Cal State L.A. stu-dents should be careful what they tweet or post to media.

Giovanna Estrada says, “I have all my social sites on pri-vate and I even have two ac-counts for my Twitter because ‘hey it is my life’ and some-

times I want to share stuff that I know wouldn’t make me look the best and its my friends on my private accounts.”

PacSun employer Ernie Me-jia says, “As long as my em-ployees don’t talk bad about our company on their social media sites then I am okay with whatever they post. I just don’t want them to make our company look bad in any way.”

Jacqueline Lopez says, “It’s better to be safe than sorry about social media sites. Stu-dents should just make sure and remember that not all what they post is safe because if your profile is not private it can do major damage.”

Here are some tips on how to keep an account clean:

Watch your statuses and com-ments. When employers browse Facebook or Twitter, they look at comments and statuses in or-der to get a better sense of how workers behave.

Set profiles and photo albums

to private if there is something you want hidden. Most social media sites let users their page to private.

Don’t post anything that you’ll regret, or that you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Check out various options on Facebook’s privacy settings. You can have the option to ap-prove the photos you get tagged in.

For Nancy Macias, Insta-gram is an outlet for positive feedback.

Macias, junior Nutritional Science major, said Instagram lets her relax and take her mind off school. She said, “It distracts me when I need it; it gives me a break.” She also added, “Instagram is simple and not complicated, I use it for inspirational purposes, in-spirational quotes, to look at art and to follow sports.”

Although Macias uses it as a way to better her self-es-teem, she knows others can be negatively affected by it. “Those who use it and have low self-esteem or body issues will be negatively affected by Instagram.”

Instagram has more than 300 million active users and is solely based on images and videos. The selfie has become a staple in the social media world and that focuses on the users own face or body im-age. Since Instagram revolves around personal appearance it is easy to see how self-esteem issues would be brought up.

For others like Andy Nsiele, a junior who is majoring in Business Administration, he uses Instagram for business promotion. Nsiele promotes his radio station through Insta-gram and is always looking for followers. He explains, “We look at who is paying attention to our business and of course you want a lot of people view-ing and liking your images.”

He also included how hashtags attract followers. “Hashtags grab peoples atten-tion because you want people to remember your page and either friend it or follow it.” Although Nsiele promotes his business he knows other peo-ple who use it differently. He

Julio MartinezContributor

Instagram: The Good ,the Bad, and the Selfies

Even though 300 million people use this photo sharing app, poor self esteem can be a result from not getting enough likes or followers.

shares, “My friend is a mod-el, she won’t follow someone unless they have a certain amount of followers and if her post doesn’t get enough likes she will delete it”.

For Ivonne Carbajal, a se-nior majoring in Sociology, approval from followers is something that’s important. “Instagram can be kind of bad if you have a low self-esteem, for me its good to look at peo-ple I personally look up to. At the same time if I put up a pic-ture and no one likes it I feel as if I didn’t look good in that picture.”

Relationships and dating status are also very public making it easy for people to figure out who you’re socializ-ing with. Nsiele said, “You can catch your partner messing up, you look at other relationships, who the person likes, who they are involved with.”

Instagram can also cause us-ers to feel socially accepted or in some cases alienated. The difference between two likes and fifteen likes can make a difference to some people’s self-esteem. Jennilene Mora-da, freshman Kinesiology ma-jor said, “More ‘likes’ gives you more confidence, and a flop makes you feel bad about the picture or yourself.”

‘Trolling’ is one of the dan-gers that come with Instagram. Jasmine Gonzalez, a senior Rehabilitation Services major said, “People spy on others for a lot reasons, they want to be in your business, there’s a lot of haters out there.”

Gonzalez also said how trollers post negative com-ments or pictures that offend. “The sad truth is that people spread negative vibes just as much as they spread positive ones.”

No matter how you look at it Instagram has its share of the social media world and it only seems to be picking up. Before you post something, re-member you must accept your “selfie” before you can accept anyone else’s.

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Por Mindy Galindo

Desata polémica en busca de la estatuilla presidencial.

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Por Nataly García

Señales para reconocer el maltrato psicológico en la pareja.

¡Alto al maltrato verbal!

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Por Xanni Valentín Chavira

8 mujeres transgénero asesinadas en lo que va del 2015.

Alejandro González Iñárritu, ganador de cuatro estauillas de los premios Oscar, entre ellas la de mejor director, por su película Birdman, desató la polémica con su discurso expresado al momento de recibir sus premios. El galardonado director mexicano dijo que oraba porque los mexicanos tengan el gobierno que se merecen. Luego pidió a Estados Unidos respeto para los inmigrantes de hoy, mismo que tuvieron sus antepasados, que han estado construyendo este gran país.

De inmediato surgieron reaciones de indignación como las expresadas por Donald Trump, en una entrevista con la cadena Fox. El famoso empresario estadounidence que ha participado al menos en tres contiendas eliminatorias para la presidencia sin conseguir la candidatura oficial, dijo con un tono de indignación: “Fue una gran noche para México, como siempre. Este país, ya sabes, todo ésto que pasa es ridículo. Este tipo no paraba de subir y subir y subir (al escenario) ¿Qué está

haciendo? ¿Se va a marchar con todo el oro? ¿Tan buena es (la película)? Yo no he escuchado eso”.

De a cuerdo a Fox News, otra crítica que Trump hizo, fue a través de su cuenta de Twitter exclamando que “Los Oscar son una triste broma, muy parecido a nuestro Presidente (Barack Obama). ¡Hay tantas cosas que están mal!”. Pero este comentario fue borrado más tarde.

La polémica en torno al discurso de Iñárritu fue creciendo después de una entrevista que le hiciera la periodista mexicana Carmen Aristegui de MVS, noticias al ganador del Oscar, quien abundó en el tema: “Creo que el nivel de insatisfacción, de injusticia, de corrupción, de

impunidad ha llegado a niveles insoportables”.

Donald Trump arreció la controversia un día después en su cuenta de twiter, al señalar también a la justicia mexicana de corrupta, porque según él tiene un juicio ganado en México y jamás le han pagado nada. Sin embargo, las declaraciones de Trump se han interpretado como oportunistas, puesto que aspira nuevamente a contender en las próximas primarias del partido Republicano y ser nominado candidato presidencial. Esto indica que desde ahora pretende congraciarse con los sectores más conservadores y radicales de este partido, a fin de ganar seguidores. Total, a río revuelto ganancia de pescadores.

El maltrato verbal es tan destructivo como el maltrato físico. Esta forma de abuso ocurre frecuentemente en las parejas. Desafortunadamente, la mayoría de ellas no tienen idea de que cuando han perdido el respeto por su conyugue, salen de sus bocas frases ofensivas y ordinarias que destruyen el amor y despiertan un sentimiento de desilusión y tristeza. Si esto ocurre en la pareja, es una señal a la que debería prestarse atención ya que están frente a un problema grave de violencia verbal.

Las palabras pueden llegar a herir más que los golpes.

La víctima, refleja este abuso de diferentes maneras como por ejemplo, sentirse inferior, ser dependiente, perder la motivación en su arreglo personal y hasta perder el valor o coraje para luchar en la vida.

En muchas ocasiones, la violencia verbal en la pareja es difícil de detectar porque esta no deja huellas como el maltrato físico. Las parejas que sufren este problema no se dan cuenta que no solo los insultos o palabras groseras causan la violencia verbal, sino que también ocurre de diversas maneras como las siguientes: al recibir órdenes o intentos de manipulación, usando el sarcasmo para dirigirse hacia la persona o descalificarla cuando se niega o rechaza la forma de pensar.

SALUD MENTAL

No es novedad que la comunidad gay, especialmente la transgénero, sea discriminada en nuestra sociedad. En lo que va de este año ocho mujeres transgénero han sido asesinadas en los Estados Unidos, cinco de ellas afroamericanas, dos latinas y una caucásica.

¿Por qué razón los medios de comunicación ignoran estas tragedias? ¿Por qué

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programas televisivos tales como EllenDeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams show, entre otros, se rehúsan a tocar temas que afectan a la comunidad transgénero? ¿Por qué la gente le toma más importancia a las noticias de la farándula en vez de la muerte de 5 personas? Es claro que la sociedad y los medios de comunicación marginan a esta comunidad y menosprecian la vida de éstas. Si estuviéramos hablando de ocho niños muertos o de alguna epidemia mortal que haya acabo con la vida de ocho personas, los medios de comunicación lo

publicarían en primera plana.

Las ocho víctimas de esta transfobia son:

1. “Goddess” Edwards de Indianápolis, Kentucky, murió a causa de una bala que atravesó su pecho. Su cuerpo fue encontrado en el motel Fern Valley el 9 de enero.

2. Lamia Beard de Norfolk, Virginia, fue encontrada cubierta en disparos la mañana del 17 de enero; esta joven perdió la vida poco después de ser transportada a Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

3. Ty Underwood de Tyler, Texas, fue hallada en su carro con tres disparos el 26 de enero, todo aparenta que el jugador de futbol Carlton Ray Champion Jr. fue el asesino.

4. YazminVash Payne de Van Nuys, California, fue apuñalada y quemada en su departamento el 31 de enero. Al día siguiente su novio confirmó haber sido el culpable del asesinato.

5. Taja Gabrielle de Jesús de San Francisco, California, fue también apuñalada y encontrada en un hueco de escaleras el primero de febrero.

6. Penny Proud de Nueva Orleans, Luisiana, fue asesinada a causa de múltiples disparos el 10 de febrero.

7. Bri Golec de Akron ,Ohio, a quien su padre mató a puñaladas el 13 de febrero.

8. Kristina Gómez Reinwald de Miami, Florida, a quien la policía encontró en su casa sin vida el 15 de febrero.

Los derechos de la comunidad transgénero son ignorados cuando los medios omiten noticias sobre los abusos, violencia y discriminación que estos individuos padecen o están expuestos a sufrir. Tanto las autoridades como los medios de comunicación deben poner atención equitativa a todos los problemas que afectan al país.

La vida de las personas transgénero importa de igual manera que la del resto de la sociedad. En un sistema que degrada y oprime a los seres humanos por su sexo, raza y religión, debe de imperar la justicia y no la indolencia.

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Derrick SmithContributor

Cal-State Students and The Benefits of Bike Riding

Save your money, get a good workout and take advantage of one of the fourteen bike stations on campus.

For Criminal Justice ma-jor Manuel Rodriquez, biking to campus is the only way to travel.

“It saves you money where

you don’t have to pay for gas, car insurance and the high cost of car maintenance.” When Rodriquez gets to campus he parks just below Music Build-ing at the north end of Circle Drive and locks his bike.

While it may not seem like

the most popular option, many students are passionate about biking over the traditional car.

Philosophy/Pre-Law major, Sergio Laguna says riding a bike gives him the mental abil-ity to formulate his thoughts when doing class and home-work assignments. Laguna also said it gives him energy, which fuels his physical agility to come to class. It also allows him to save money because when something goes wrong he can fix his bike himself.

Aside from the health ben-efits, students like Biology Major, Miles Lake, want to contribute to a healthy planet. Lake says he is an environ-mentalist and riding his bike allows him to conserve energy that contributes to zero toxins from riding his bike.

Manuel Rodriguez, who travels by bike regularly, agrees. He says, “It gives me the ability to get a dou-ble workout and gives me the strength and stamina, and al-lows me to stay active while living and feeling healthy.”

According to Carmen Gach-

upin, the Director of Parking and Transportation Services, there are 14 Bike Stations on campus. To protect the stu-dents who do ride and lock up their bikes, cameras are used in some areas and campus po-lice patrol the school on the lookout.

However, Communica-tions Major, Maria Sanchez, says those 14 stations aren’t enough. Sanchez said, “Many of the students live close to the campus, and Cal State L.A. should invite more students to ride their bikes, like UCSB and UCD.”

She went on by suggesting, “Car parking wouldn’t be as bad if we had more students riding bikes, and the college should build more bike racks near Metrolink and the Metro Busway Stations.”

October 2003,” writes a 2009 ar-ticle by the New York Times. The United States has honed a vast network of for-profit Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers. A policy known as the ‘bed quote’ requires ICE to hold an average of 34,000 individuals in detention daily.

“They receive $112 a night for every bed that is filled. These detention centers serve as a con-trolling force for Arab and Mus-lim communities,” reports Saliba, “Those outside of detention cen-ters still find themselves in virtual camps because of the current sur-veillance system.”

Nadine Hamoui spoke out

against the detention center that held her for 9 months, but these protests simply caused it to shut down while a new one was qui-etly erected in Tacoma, Washing-ton; few residents of Tacoma are even aware of its existence.

The security policies move

American citizens to accept more authoritarian, paternalistic pow-ers and allow these acts to persist under the populations’ radar for injustice. Practices like these al-ways end up impacting the fabric of society negatively, and pushes it in a regressive mode rather than progressive. Saliba continues her efforts to spread awareness on the issue; hopefully the scenario will improve soon and we will learn to grow beyond it as a nation.

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Nailah Phelps Contributor

Entrepreneurs In CollegeThese three students are making their money in the very unique and distinctive ways.

A: I’m assuming you have casually dated her long enough to know you want her to be your girlfriend. I wouldn’t spring up the question unexpectedly. The two people in the soon-to-be relationship should be on the same page when it comes to taking a step towards commitment. Making your intentions clear will always help the progress of a relationship. In fact, guys who avoid asking a girl they’re dating out are the annoying ones. Don’t be that guy. Love isn’t about power or who’s dominating. Love is mutual and giving. It’s a beautiful experience that’s worth taking a chance on. If you like a girl, go ahead and ask her out –just don’t rush it and take time to make it memorable. I suggest taking her out to a romantic dinner, writing a love letter, giving her something small and nice, or simply having a conversation at a place that has meaning for both of you. You can be direct and ask: would you like to be my girlfriend? You can be romantic and ask: would you let me be your boyfriend? You can mix the two up and say: I can't think of anyone else I would rather be with, would you be my girlfriend and make it official? The point is both of you should be in the right state of mind and when the time is right, just ask.

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It’s common to meet college students that are working while going to school. But for some, creating a name for themselves as entrepreneurs is just as important as getting good grades.

Andrew Olender is used to making two thousand dollars a month as a college student. By day a student studying Rehab Services, but at night, he is the leading promoter of a Hollywood nightclub.

“The owner gave me a shot to throw an event and see how things went. It was a failure but I did not give up. I had another event a month later and it was a huge success.”

Olender was not always the go to guy for a successful night at the club. Like most, he struggled and climbed his way up. He started off by shadowing small time pro-

moters who made little income and barely making ends meet to pay Olender. He then went on to DJ for the club, and when he saw the opportunity to take over the 18 and up nightclub.

Students like Brittney Bell knew exactly what she wanted to do by her second year in college and dove head first into her own online clothing boutique, Distinc-tive Clothing.

“Although I come from a good family, and my dad has always provided a luxury lifestyle for me; he also taught me to create it for myself so that I do not have to depend on him. He says I am just his investment for our family.”

Because Distinctive Clothing is Bell’s first sole business venture, she puts her all into it.

Although she says it is very hard balancing school and her business, she decides to continue going to school just to complete it since she is close to graduat-ing but she has already reached her starting financial goal before graduating. “I make enough to fully support the lifestyle I live, pay employees, and make invest-ments for new business ventures.”

Weekends for Nicholas Apa-ricio consists of white dresses, tuxedos, and parties because he attends weddings around the Los Angeles area. Aparicio is an event photographer and runs his own

company while taking classes at Cal State L.A., and studying In-terpersonal Communications.

“I feel that my business is building up my future & my ca-reer. I plan to become a well es-tablished wedding & family por-trait photographer.”

Aparicio grosses on average $3,500 monthly from his business where he has full control of set-ting his own rates.

For these three students, it’s a delicate balancing act between work and school.

Aparicio says, “Balancing my photography and school is the hard part! I pretty much put pri-ority on my photography above all else. But luckily for me, I only take photos on the weekends, which gives me the weekdays to study for school.”

All three college entrepreneurs take pride in what they do and say there is nothing more rewarding than owning and running their own business while doing some-thing they love.

Olender says, “Money comes with investments. If you invest your money the right way, you will be successful. Just make sure you know what you are doing.”

Bell says, “I recommend all students to start something of their own and stick to it. Find their niche and keep going.”