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California State Controller, John Chiang speaking to students.|Photo by Timmy Truong

State Controller, John Chiang, Speaks at CSULA

California State Control-ler, John Chiang, paid a visit to campus on Thursday, April 10th for the Inaugural Civic Leadership Speaker Series to speak about financial lead-ership and ways to become money conscious as college students.

Sponsored by the Asian and Asian American Studies Pro-gram, College of Arts and Let-ters, College of Business and Economics, College of Natural and Social Sciences, Commu-nication Studies, and the As-sociation of Asian American Studies, Chiang was welcomed by brief introductions from Dr. Ping Yao, the Director of the Program of Asian and Asian American Studies, President William Covino, and Profes-sor Daniel Atwater, a Cal State L.A. Alumnus.

President Covino provided background on what Chiang has accomplished during his term as California State Con-troller. He spoke about his success tracking money from Poposition 30 and also his suc-cesses in effectively manag-ing money during “the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,” Califor-nia’s Recession in 2007.

While those who welcomed Chiang stood at the stage’s podium, Chiang took to the floor for his time as the key-note speaker and made his

discussion interactive among the students who attended. His keynote address went beyond complicated issues regard-ing finance in California and instead incorporated several personal experiences. Chiang drew out five important fun-damental pieces of advice, like when it comes to taking control of your life and living a finan-cially stable lifestyle.

The first piece of advice Chiang gave was to save. He said, “Small acts have power-ful consequences.” He spoke about how his mother as a kid encouraged saving and took that message seriously when he noticed how large his brother’s savings grew from one dollar saved each day to a thousand dollars over time. Chiang di-rected the habit to students in the audience by simply re-minding them about the value of a dollar and how good habits now would benefit later.

Secondly, he mentioned how it’s very easy for your mind to wander and to become dis-tracted. Chiang advised, “You want to be present.” By being present in everything you do whether it is financial mat-ters or a classroom, Chiang

said, “Isolate and identify why you’re here right now and what you want to accomplish with whatever it is you are doing at that moment.”

With the next bit of advice, Chiang drew attention to learn-ing. As a kid, he remembers that he didn’t have fun learn-ing as his siblings did and for the students that attended his keynote address, Chiang urged them to take full advantage of whatever their university of-fered because one day those lessons could help in the future.

For the fourth lesson, he shared his mother’s greatest lesson, which was to “pick great friends because they will have an impact on you, and they will help you have a prosperous life.” Although this seems like a very common life lesson, he emphasized how im-portant it is to surround your-self with good people so they could help carry you towards the direction to succeed in life.

The fifth and final lesson Chiang gave was to constantly talk to professors to develop a relationship with them. He said, “The world operates in cycles and tends to repeat it-self.” By speaking with profes-sors, new ideas can elicit from those relationships and society can overall progress in becom-ing greater than what it is now. The event wrapped up with

closing remarks from the Dean of Natural and Social Scienc-es, Scott Bowman, the Dean of the College of Arts and Let-ters, Peter McAllister and Un-dergraduate Student of Asian and Asian American Studies, Meagan Ortiz, who thanked Chiang for serving as a model for leadership and highlighting how civic leadership can elicit change.

Bowman found Chiang’s words inspirational and became engaged in his efforts in in-volving the younger crowd by stating, “Involvement among young people is necessary.” Grad Student, Frank Cornelio, attended the event and found Chiang’s advice enlightening in financial literacy. Cornelio said, “It’s very important to get the word out and improve the financial literacy in our com-munities.” As a student who is participating in the College of Business and Economics’ Fast Pitch Competition, Cornelio hopes to raise awareness about financial literacy by helping educate others through his Fast Pitch idea and will involve Chiang’s words of advice form that afternoon.

While this was only the first of the Civic Leadership Speak-er Series, administrators hope to have more keynote speakers in the future.

CAMPUSAngeline BernabeStaff Reporter

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CSULA goes to NationalsNEWSHolland SmithContributor

While most CSULA stu-dents spent Spring Break in swimming suits, the Forensics Speech and Debate team spent their break in business suits. There was no vacation time for the CSULA Speech and Debate team, who have been practicing and preparing for the national tournament.

The Forensics Speech and Debate team kicked off their Spring Quarter with a road trip. The Forensics team hit the highway as they traveled to Tempe, Arizona to compete in the 37th annual American Forensics Association Nation-al Individual Events Tourna-ment, also known as AFA-NI-ET. The tournament went from April 5th to the 7th and was held at Arizona State Univer-sity.

The AFA-NIET has a long history. The first tournament was held in 1978 at Illinois State University. Only a mere 168 students from 59 schools competed at the first tourna-ment, compared to this year, where Arizona hosted 83 schools and approximately 532 students.

The AFA-NEIT also has a history for CSULA. Accord-ing to the Forensics Speech and Debate website, over the course of CSULA history, “The squad has won 5 national championships and finished in the top ten twice.”

Leading the CSULA team was Speech and Debate pres-ident Victor Cornejo, team secretary Dorothy Garcia, Bri-an Hy, and Jami Avery. Com-munication grad students and Forensic coaches, Andrew Silverstein and Sean Connor were the coaches and helped judge the tournament.

Rounds started each morn-ing around 7:30AM but most competitors were up early doing vocal warm ups and practicing their speeches. On the first day, competitors per-formed each speech in three preliminary rounds.

On the second day, prelim-inary rounds finished, scores are tallied and those who make the cut continue on to quarter-finals. On the last day, semi-fi-nals and finals took place.

At the end of the final day, all the finalists are named during

an awards ceremony. The top university and community college are awarded, and the twenty-five top speakers in the nation are announced.

With so much going on,

competitors often expected to be working a twelve-hour day. While the days are long, the Speech and Debate Team came prepared.

When asked how the team was holding up Victor Cornejo responded,

“Tournaments are all day. By the end of it we are exhausted. But while you’re competing there is so much excitement, somehow your energy stays up…Anyway, this weekend was crazy.”

The Forensics team has been competing since the beginning of the year. They have trav-eled from San Diego to Utah and Texas performing their speeches and winning awards.

While competing at the na-tional level is tough, simply getting the opportunity to go is also a lot of work. In order to go to the national competition, students must qualify each of their speeches. Competitors do this by traveling to differ-ent tournaments throughout the year.

They then must break the speech into final rounds. The rankings a competitor scores (first, second, third, etc) in fi-nal rounds at the tournaments are then added together. If the scores are less than six, the speech is qualified for AFA-NIET. Competitors can take up to six different speech-es and continue competing until each has an accumulated score of six or less.

With such difficult stan-dards, simply qualifying a speech to AFA-NEIT is a feat in itself. CSULA had a total of 10 speeches qualify for this year’s national competition.

Brian Hy qualified four speeches, including a prose arguing our society’s lack of mental illness awareness, and a poetry in which Hy high-lights the impact of food on our culture. Victor Cornejo also was qualified for four speeches, including impromp-tu and extemporaneous.

These two events are lim-ited preparation speeches. Cornejo would not know the topic of his speech until min-

utes before the round started. Dorothy Garcia qualified a po-etry in which she suggests the power our subconscious has can impact our physical and mental being. Lastly, Jami Avery qualified an after dinner speech, in which she used hu-mor in order to argue the bene-fits of yoga.

For many, including Corne-jo, this national tournament not only brings the end of the competition season, but also the end of competition eligi-bility.

Once a competitor has gone to four national tournaments their qualification expires. Cornejo hopes to stay involved in CSULA Forensics by be-coming a coach and teaching the future generations of fo-rensic Golden Eagles.

When asked about how he feels leaving the field of com-petition Cornejo replied, “I had a good year, I can’t complain. I love forensics and I have loved my time competing. I have learned so much from my coaches and I hope that I can become a coach and help other people. National tournaments are hard. I am glad I got the experience.”

Forensics coach Sean Con-nor shared his views about the tournament and stated, “Only 5% of the students in the na-tion competing in forensics qualify to compete at AFA, of which we had four of our own. Not only is it an honor, but it’s awesome to have our voices heard by people across the United States.”

In the official AFA-NEIT tournament invitation, tourna-ment director Larry Schnoor concluded his welcome by stating, “Remember, each of you that are participating at this year’s tournament are tru-ly the best of the best. You have earned your right to be here. You are representing your university in an activity that has enabled you to gain skills in communication that will be with you forever.”

While the Forensics Speech and Debate season may have come to an end for many, like CSULA, it is just a small break. Competitors are com-ing home ready to start for next year. The next AFA-NEIT is just less than a year away, which is just enough time to start warming up for the 2015 forensics speech and debate year.

Apr. 14, 2014 University Times 3Creating Art In the After LifeNEWSGerardo AmezquitaContributor

The Luckman Gallery on campus is now home to a new exhibit called After Life, an exhibit that was curated by independent curator Kristine Thompson.

According to the Luckman website, After Life features historical and contempo-rary artwork that examines the different death, memo-rials and mouring traditions that have changed over time.

The artwork lends to the un-

derstanding of how these ideas and practices have changed. Themany artists in the exhib-it featured a different under-standing of death; losing the body to decay and many piec-es emphasized on memorial objects.

These numerous artists in-cludeAndrea Bowers, Ellen Carey, Alexandra Pacheco Garcia, Jason Lazarus, David Maisel, David Orr, Ira Sachs, Loren Schwerd, Sarah Sud-hoff, and some objects are tak-en from the collection of UCR/California Museum of Photog-raphy.

Many photographs bring awareness of what happens to our bodies after we die and how one might be remem-bered. Each piece of artwork varies from the type of materi-al used to the various messages it’s trying to convey, ranging from portraits of the dead to instant prints of the respective mourners from the 70’s.

The exhibit is cen-

tered around a piece called the Mourning Wall, which is composed of 100 grey Po-laroid negatives, which was created by artist Ellen Carey. These Polaroid portraits were created at the turn of the mil-

lennium andrepresent from the collective to individual loss.

Another artist featured is Chicago-based Jason Lazarus who uses cremated re-mains of the late artist Robert Heinecken to create a series of unique color photographs.

In the process, Lazarus sprinkled the remains of Heinecken onto photographic paper and used a range of color combinations and exposures in the darkroom that pays hom-age to the late artist, who was a pioneer of experimental pho-tographic processes.

Artists Andrea Bowers and Ira Sachs also present separate works that help the viewer un-derstand the significant loss of lives due to AIDS. An 8-min-ute film Last Address,creat-ed by Sachs pays homage to a group of New York-based artists who died of AIDS be-tween 1983 and 2007.

After Life is on view at the Luckman Art Gallery now though May 24th and ad-mission to the Luckman Gal-lery is free of charge.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday and Satur-day, 12PM to 5PM.

Photo courtesy of luckmanarts.org

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millennials, gold fish, and king kongOPINIONHamed HokamzadehContributor

In order to understand peo-ple, you have to understand where people come from. The controversial name “Millen-nials” has been given to the population born after 1980, roughly the ages of 18 and 33. Politically, 50% of Millennials identify themselves as demo-crats.

In terms of religion and so-cial issues when compared to other generations, Millennials have the lowest percentage of religious affiliation, the high-est percentage of non-marital births, and they are the biggest supporters of gay rights.

Compared to other genera-tions while in their 20s, Mil-lennials have the highest per-centage of four-year degrees. They are the most stubborn, confident, and hopeful about their financial future, but the least employed.

These statistics were provid-ed by the PEW Research Cen-ter, whom also reported that in 2013 the average attention span was 8 seconds, versus the attention span of a gold fish, which was 9 seconds. There is a growing lack of focus among

our whole population.

One of the huge facets that led to a shortening attention span in Millennials, and in-evitably older generations as well, was technology – e. g., iPods, affordable laptops, smartphones, tablets, Pandora, Youtube. Advanced Modera-tion for Online Communities says, “Millennials were the first generation to be ‘raised’ on the internet and they rep-resent a substantial portion of internet users.”

These advancements are revolutionary and should be celebrated for the way they have changed the world. But conversely, they provide Mil-lennials with so much content at such convenience, that it has made Millennials addicted to content.

Emarketer.com reports that YouTube is the most frequent-ly used website by Millenni-als, with each viewer watch-ing an average of 25 minutes of videos per day. Huffington Post reports that Millennials read an average of 7 minutes a day compared to the Silent generation, whom read more than 30 minutes per day.

Dimitri Christakis, a pedia-trician in the field of children

states, “Prolonged exposure to rapid image changes during critical period of development equals preconditioned mind expecting high levels of stim-ulation, which equals inatten-tion in later life.”

This concludes that Mil-lennials are vulnerable when it comes to being able to fo-cus, and that Millennials are addicted to content and seek brain stimulation constantly.

It is fascinating to look at how films reflect this phenom-ena. Older generations may recall favorite films like The Days of Wine and Roses or The Thorn Birds, and in com-parison, label current block-busters chaotic and claptrap. Meanwhile Huffington Post writes that Millennials see old films as “hopelessly passé – technically primitive, narra-tively dull, slowly paced.”

Take for example, the last two remakes of King Kong in 1976 and 2005. Both had very similar stories but were made three decades apart. The orig-inal King Kong was made in 1933, and it raised the techni-cal prowess of filmmaking to a new standard. Ever since, au-diences worldwide have held King Kong movie remakes to very high expectations.

To illustrate the ambitions of these filmmakers, here’s the tag line of the 1976 remake: “The most exciting origi-nal motion picture event of all time!” Than there’s Peter Jackson, the director and writ-er of the 2005 remake, quoted saying, “No film has captivat-ed my imagination more than King Kong [1933]... it has been my sustained dream to reinterpret this classic story for a new age.”

Filmmakers are simply looking to recreate that cinema magic they loved. Impressing Millennials, whom are addict-ed to quality content, may lead to faster editing, bigger explo-sions, and loud sounds, among other things.

It’s important to empha-size the point here; there real-ly isn’t a conscious effort by filmmakers and studio exec-utives to make big fast-action movies with ridiculously huge budgets. Because of the con-stant stream of content being consumed everyday, our soci-ety, the audience, has changed, and the film industry is simply reflecting that.

We can look at the number of edits, the number of moving shots, or the amount of music

that’s in a film, to find out how much actual attention it re-quires from the audience. Let’s just concentrate on the musical score of two similar films from different decades.

The 1976 King Kong film has a total running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes, and the 2005 remake is 3 hours and 15 minutes long. There’s a total of 53 minutes of score in the 1976 film, while the 2005 film has 3 hours of score.

This means 39% of the 1976 film was accompanied by a score, while the 2005 film had 95% of it scored. The Peter Jackson remake has more than 50% of it accompanied by a score compared to the 1976 version.

If the score is playing almost through the whole movie, the audience is subconsciously al-lowed to lose focus at any mo-ment, and still be able to retain the basic mood of each scene without even trying.

This isn’t to blame any one entity for the short attention span of generation Millenni-als, nor is it the blame of tech-nological advancements, it is to present utile facts so one can be better informed.

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NEWSAngeline BernabeStaff Reporter

A unique Fox 11 Wednes-day’s Child Segment was filmed at Cal State L.A. on Thursday, April 10th, placing a spotlight on a thirteen-year old foster child named Luis who has big dreams of going to college and pursuing a PhD in English Literature or Law. Famously known for helping more older foster children find a family, the segment aims at showcasing the interests of a child and what they’re like through dream days which include activities that a fos-ter child are interested in, so a possible match for a family can be found.

For this particular segment, Wednesday’s Child came to-gether with Cal State L.A. through the assistance of Pro-fessor Will Wong of Cal State L.A.’s School of Social Work to help find a family to adopt

Luis. Wong, a social worker with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services works close-ly with Fox 11 News Anchor-woman, Christine Devine, the host of Wednesday’s Child. It caught the attention of Pres-ident Covino and was able to

join forces with the university to bring awareness to the chal-lenges of adoption and help find a family for Luis.

Because of Luis’ strong passion for learning and mo-tivation for pursuing a col-lege degree, Luis’ dream day consisted of touring Cal State L.A. with President Covino and attending Professor Mi-chael Calabrese’s English 200A, Classical and Medieval Tradition Class.

President Covino who earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from UCLA was able to relate to Luis’ in-terests in Literature and share his excitement when discuss-ing his favorite things to read from short stories such as Ed-gar Allan Poe’s “Anabel Lee”

and “The Cask of Amontilla-do” to Walt Whitman’s poems.

Professor Wong, who has worked on many cases of Wednesday’s Child found Luis’ situation distinct because of the interests Luis has at his age mentioning, “Every once in a while you find someone who has very unique interests. This is the first time I’ve ever come across this in the eleven years coordinating this pro-gram. I’ve never had a kid who wanted to pursue his PhD

and become an English Pro-fessor.”

Christine Devine, who led the afternoon’s activities, commented, “I was so im-pressed by Luis. He was more dynamic than I ever imagined. I think he’s ready to go to col-

lege, he fit right in.”

In regards to the topic of fos-ter care, Devine who became a strong driving force behind engaging the community with these topics, shed light on the matter. Devine mentioned, “I think Cal State L.A. students will be surprised to know that there are kids from foster care amongst them attending class, and they might not even know it.”

With similar cases like

Luis’, Professor Wong drew attention to the obligation that society has in providing a helping hand when it comes to older kids in foster care. He expressed, “When we have an obligation to preserve a sense of family for them (chil-dren), we want to help them restore it and develop a posi-tive self-concept that involves self-esteem because that’s what will get them through the difficult times in life.”

Moreover, with the campus representing a center of di-versity and posing as a model of community engagement, it meant a lot for Professor Wong to choose Cal State L.A. as the backdrop for Luis’ story and to have the support of President Covino on board with the seg-ment being filmed on campus fit into the overall principles of Wednesday’s Child.

To learn more about Luis and adoption, please call the Wednesday’s Child hotline at 866-921-ADOPT (2367).

Cal State Los Angeles President welcomes wednesday's Child

“Every once in a while you find someone who has very unique interests. This is the first time I’ve ever come across this in the eleven years coordi-nating this program. I’ve never had a kid who wanted to pursue his PhD and become an English Professor.”


raza gradCAMPUSMaria SalazarManaging Editor

CSULA seniors! The Spring Quarter has just begun and we are already welcoming week three of the quarter! There is no doubt time flies and spring graduation is right around the corner. This means Raza grad-uation is also around the cor-ner.

Raza Grad Celebration is a culturally focused ceremony that celebrates Chicana/o Lati-na/o communities. Graduates participating in the Raza Grad Celebration will have an in-timate celebration of student academic achievements, to honor their families and other significant people who have helped contribute to their suc-cess in obtaining a university diploma.

Students can purchase dif-ferent packages depending on how many guests they wish to invite. Graduates can also have a personal narrative in which they give thanks and make their acknowledge-ments, along with the option of including their picture in the memory book.

In addition, key student

speaker applications are being accepted where any student answers “What it means to be a Chicana/o Latina/o graduate today” in a 1-2 page speech. The student speaker will have the opportunity to share ex-periences and challenges they faced throughout their CSULA career as inspiration and moti-vation for the audience or fel-low future graduates.

Jaqueline Cruz, Class of 2013, obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Television, Film and Media Studies and shares her experience. “My experience at Raza grad was very memora-ble because I was able to share it with my family. Raza grad gives the opportunity to thank family and friends face to face. Plus the food was great! They had mariachi, which was fun to dance with and enjoy with your loved ones. The experi-ence was amazing and I would not have it any other way.” Ev-ery year graduating students are encouraged to apply and take part in this celebration.

The deadline to apply for Raza Grad is Friday May 2nd 2014. You may pick up an ap-plication at the Cross Cultural Center or contact Diana Pon-davilla Victa with questions or concerns.

Congrats grad!CAMPUSDe aja PlummerContributor

Everyday students are working towards graduating from college because they know how important it is to have a degree for their lives and their work area. People say that one of their proudest accomplishments is earning their college degree.

While graduating college may be an exciting and pivotal point for many people, it can be very frightening for others. Graduating from college is a major goal because it is also a gateway to future life achieve-ments. For many students here at CSULA who are about to graduate, this is a huge step to moving from college to pro-fessional careers.

Graduating from college on

time has become a hurdle for many students here on the Cal State LA. Since a college de-gree has become such a neces-sity in today’s society, college campuses are becoming heavi-ly impacted with students.

With such crowded cam-puses, students have a harder time registering for classes they need before they are full. If they do not add the required classes students need, it causes students to fall behind sched-ule on the path to their desired graduation date.

Going to college is an ex-pensive investment, but it is one that will pay off in the long run. Many more profes-sions demand a college degree and for those who do not have a difficult time to get a decent paying position within a com-pany.

The world is very competi-tive, and not having a college degree makes it even more difficult for young people to get their foot in the door of good jobs in the career of their choice.

So now that you’ve spent the past 4 or 5 years enduring boring text books, writing 10 page essays, taking exams, midterms, finals, staying up all night studying and all the oth-er stress that comes with being in college, now comes the time where you can finally say that you are graduating!

It was not easy, but you’ve finally done it. Congratulations to all the students here at CSU-LA who are graduating this spring. What happens next? What do you have planned for the future?

When speaking to many fellow CSULA students, a common response to the ques-tion, “What’s new with you?” comes the news of an acquired internship.

Sure, an internship can be a great way of advancing oneself on a chosen career path while attending classes in a student’s course of study. It can eventu-ally lead to a full-time position for many who serve time pri-or to being paid. Nationwide, nearly 60% of employers end up offering full-time positions to past interns.

However, for a large num-ber of unpaid internships, the position can actually cost you money and create more head-aches than the potential up-side. In general, unpaid intern-ships are a bad investment but can be favorable if you work

for them.

In this struggling economy, internships are important, per-haps even vital, for college students. Here are a few ways to gauge whether your intern-ship is getting you nowhere, fast.

One of the main perks of interning is to gain needed experience under the tutelage of qualified experts within the field. Pair this with the possi-bility of receiving a job offer at the end of the internship, and who your boss might be becomes critical. Therefore, an intern must convey that tapping into his or her boss’s expertise was the decisive fac-tor in choosing that internship and that regular interaction between both parties will help the intern grow.

It is also imperative to mon-itor the amount of time spent doing menial tasks. An intern

can expect to make coffee, answer telephone calls and make copies, but if at no point in the process are you being challenged, the value of the internship isn’t much.

Make sure you aren’t be-ing passed over. In certain respects, working with other interns can be advantageous. For instance, if they’ve been employed longer, they can be helpful in learning the basics. If fellow interns become the apple of the boss’s eye and are continuously chosen over you for key assignments, you won’t get anywhere. Separate yourself from the pack and make yourself invaluable.

In summary Golden Eagles, don’t just jump at any intern-ship that falls in your lap. As-sess the upside of taking on the added work and make sure you can afford it, prior to working for free.

Unpaid InternshipsADVICEC.J. TuttleContributor

Thursday, June 12

7 p.m - Asian Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern Graduate Celebration

Friday, June 13

8 a.m. - College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology

2 p.m. - LGBTQ Graduate Celebration

5 p.m. - College of Business and Economics

Saturday, June 14

8 a.m. - College of Arts and Letters

12:30 p.m. Black Graduaion Celebration

2 p.m. - College of Health and Human Services (Master's Hooding)

6 p.m - College of Health and Human Services (Undergraduate)

Sunday, June 15

8 a.m. - College of Natural and Social Sciences

12:30 p.m. Raza Graduate Celebration

5 p.m. - Charter College of Education

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Boomerang generationFEATURESHolland SmithContributor

As we enter into the 2014 Spring Quarter, students know that the academic year will soon be coming to an end. For four years of our lives we have been focusing on nothing else but graduating. And for many of us at CSULA that day is rapidly approaching.

What happens next?

While the ideal situation is to graduate with a full time job, for many of us, that is simply unrealistic. This inability to be self-sufficient after college has resulted in the nickname “the boomerang generation,” describing people who move back in with their parents after college.

In a 2012 study conducted by the Pew Research Center, three out of ten 25 year olds

still live with their parents.

While many may be sur-prised by the numbers, in these tough economic times it is no wonder students are once again finding shelter under their parent’s roofs.

However, there may be some luck for students every-where who are trying desper-ately to fly the coop. Writer Terence Loose delves into the education system to bring us the seven best majors to en-sure you won’t have to move back in.

The first major is nurs-ing. Loose explains that with ObamaCare in full swing nurs-es are in more demand than ever.

Second is education. As the baby boom generation is re-tiring, more and more jobs in education are opening up.

The third promising major is kinesiology. Kinesiology is important because as Loose states “The healthcare market is booming.”

Fourth is chemistry. For all the scientists out there, you are in luck. The technology and medical fields need chemistry majors.

The number five major is fi-nance. People are easily con-fused by finance. Therefore, if you have a finance degree, businesses want you.

Marketing is the number six best major, due to the impact social media has in creating successful businesses.

The final major that will keep you independent is hos-pitality management. Loose argues that the tourist indus-try is growing, so entering the hospitality industry a smart choice.

Solving SenioritisADVICETatiana MirandaContributor

The last quarter of the aca-demic year has quickly fallen upon Cal State LA students. Summer is heading our way and the excitement of spend-ing days on the beach instead of inside classrooms is begin-ning to rise across campus.

This is especially true when the Spring Quarter rolls around and it might be the last quarter of your studies before earning your degree. Soon many CSU-LA students will be walking across the stage to celebrate their hard work at graduation, but not before fighting off that terrible bug that goes around this time of year: Senioritis.

Senioritis is something that many associate with high school seniors – but beware – it can strike in college seniors as well! Described as an awful disease that consumes many graduating students, symp-toms include attending classes in pajamas (if attending class at all), late arrivals, and lack of motivation for studying, and overall laziness and apathy when it comes to schoolwork.

While many graduating stu-dents seek to skate through their last quarter in college, it is more important than ever to stay on top of classes, study-ing, and homework. Students still get grades even though they are nearing the end of their college career.

While there is no vaccina-tion to cure this bug, but here are some ways to fend off the disease and stay motivated for those final weeks of the aca-demic year.

Set Daily Goals. Make a plan so you know what you need to accomplish for the day. It will help keep you organized and keep you from becoming overwhelmed.

Manage Your Time. As al-ways, do not wait until the last minute to complete assign-ments or studying. The last quarter in college still counts, even though our brain will try to trick us otherwise!

Study in Groups. Find one or more people to study with in each class. It will help you stay focused and motivated to keep doing well even though you’d rather be sleeping away your study time.

Think About The Future. If you’re an undergraduate, you may be looking at attending graduate school. You don’t want to ruin your chances of admission into the colleges of your choice, because you let your grade point average slip.

Keep Your Eye On The Prize. Graduating seniors will walk the graduation stage to have a fake version of their diploma handed to them (but that’s besides the point). Walk-ing across that stage is a sign that all of your hard work has FINALLY paid off.Photos courtesy of acurnica.com

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Cesar Chávez a la pantalla grande

Cesar Chavez: Una gran historia que inspire.

Diego Luna, actor y director mexicano de películas extranjeras y mexicanas, se propuso llevar a la pantalla grande la historia en inglés de Cesar Chávez: HISTORY IS MADE ONE STEP AT A TIME. Cesar Chávez, es un gran documental en el que se narra la vida del activista méxico-americano de este nombre. Es una historia basada en la vida real en la que Chávez, protagonizado por Michael Peña, aparece desde joven, con su esposa y compañera de ideales, así como con su familia.

La historia nos cuenta cómo Chávez lucha por los derechos humanos de los trabajadores del campo, conocidos como braceros. En 1962 Chávez surge como activista cuando comienza a reclutar campesinos en los diferentes campos de cultivos de la uva. Esta lucha la inicia a lo largo

de California y se extiende por varias zonas del país. Así logra la co-fundación del sindicato de los trabajadores unidos del campo: United Farm Workers (UFW).

En el filme se muestra a Cesar Chávez preocupado por la situación en la que viven los braceros, y mantiene unidos a la causa a sus seguidores mediante la esperanza de una vida digna para sus hijos. Sus armas de lucha son los boicots y la no violencia como parte íntegra de los ideales. A los esfuerzos de Chávez se oponían los agricultores e industriales, como el que protagoniza John Malkovich, propietario e industrial de grandes plantíos de uva. De la misma manera, Chávez tenía muchos seguidores como Robert Kennedy.

Considero de gran interés ver esta joya de película porque nos sirve como medio de información sobre nuestros antepasados y sobre nuestra propia historia. Actualmente se exhibe en cines de Los Ángeles como el Arc Light.

¿Cansados de la comida de la escuela?GastronomíaPor Xanni Valentín Chavira Contribuyente

Un minuto de relajación y buena comida en “Fine Foods Kitchen”.

El hambre es insaciable, el clima es el menos indicado para estar en la línea de espera, ¿estás harto de la comida de la escuela, quieres escapar, comer y relajarte? Esta es la situación a la que un sin fin de estudiantes universitarios se enfrentan día a día debido a que pasan largas horas estudiándo y sin salir del campus. La

solución es simple: un restaurante que sea cómodo, con precios accesibles y cerca de la universidad. La respuesta se llama “Fine Foods Kitchen” (anteriormente conocido como El camino real), un pequeño restaurante-taquería a menos de 0.3 millas de la Universidad Estatal de California en Los Ángeles. Este establecimiento se ha encargado de alimentar a sus clientes por más de 20 años con una gran variedad de comida mexicana.

El ambiente en Fine Foods Kitchen es perfecto para comer y hacer tareas gracias a que cuenta con mesas que están

al aire libre, internet gratis y estacionamiento. Además puedes solicitar el tipo de música que deseas escuchar. El mural de la virgen te hace sentir en casa y las plantas provocan una frescura inigualable. Este lugar acogedor se encarga de satisfacer tu apetito a cualquier hora del día, ya que su menú de desayuno y almuerzo se sirve a lo largo del día. El tiempo promedio de espera para recibir tu comida es de 5 a 10 minutos, pero ¿se te hace tarde para tu siguiente clase? No tienes por qué esperar; Fine Foods Kitchen también cuenta con número telefónico

para que hagas tu pedido! Así que relájate, estudia, y disfruta en Fine Foods Kitchen… lo que todo estudiante estaba esperando!

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NoticiasPor MelizaGuzmán-RamírezContribuyente

¡volvamos al teatro!

Cines, internet, reproductores de Blu Ray, en todos ellos podemos ver películas en alta resolución y percibir la actuación de grandes actores. Es difícil imaginar que en la época medieval la forma de diversión más común eran obras de teatro actuadas en patios u otros lugares abiertos.

Con el paso del tiempo y con los avances de la tecnología hemos perdido el interés de presenciar obras en vivo. No obstante, las obras en vivo pueden llegar a ser una experiencia muy placentera. En ellas podemos presenciar el talento de los actores y

de la producción en general en términos de vestuario, maquillaje, sonido, luces y sobre todo el libreto escrito. La reacción del público es más emotiva ya que la presencia física de los actores nos transmite las actitudes de los personajes y así podemos simpatizar con lo que están sintiendo. Esta cercanía también nos transporta a la época y ámbito que están representando. Podemos presenciar de una manera más directa el sentimiento humano de un personaje.

En la actualidad también se generan este tipo de obras; sin embargo, no se comparan a una noche de estreno en un cine ya que no tanta gente asiste a estas producciones. Aún se siguen elaborando las obras que hace siglos se estrenaron,

que ahora son clásicos, como las obras de Shakespeare, Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega y no tan antiguas como las obras de Federico García Lorca. Mediante el talento de estos grandes dramaturgos podemos entender cómo eran las costumbres, tradiciones y cómo se relacionaba la gente en el pasado. De igual manera que suelen ser educativas, estas obras pueden llegar a ser muy graciosas ya que a menudo eran escritas como una crítica hacia las convenciones sociales, y ridiculizaban aquello que criticaban con humor.

Para entender el arte es necesario analizarlo, vivirlo. Así que si buscas cultivarte y entretenerte no dudes en asistir a una obra de teatro, será una experiencia gratificante.

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Classes, work, and balanc-ing personal lives are stresses students face on a daily basis; it’s easy to succumb to the toll it takes on mental and phys-ical health. Busy schedules can distract everyone from the things that make people happy; you don’t need to be a student to know that. Often people become so focused on what they need to do, allow-ing those stresses to take over. The stresses of people’s lives take over and in turn ignore the beauty of living.

This is not new information, but hold tight, I promise this is going somewhere. What makes you happy? That’s the question that 100happydays.com is asking. If you are on any type of social media web-site, you’ve probably seen the newest challenge circulating, #100happydays.

100 Happy Days is a chal-lenge that explains itself in the title. The idea is for peo-

ple to find the things that make them happy throughout each day and post a picture on In-stagram, Twitter, or Facebook and tagging it #100happydays – the challenge is to try to be happy for 100 days straight. At the end, they can receive a book from 100 Happy Days with all the photos they’ve tak-en throughout their challenge.

The website, 100happydays.com claims that 71% of peo-ple who signed up for the chal-lenge failed but those who did complete the challenge were in better moods, felt more optimistic, and realized how lucky they are to have the lives they lead.

This project is something that can be especially helpful for college students who are dealing with college lifestyle and life in general. Students can stop and recognize that happiness can be even the simplest of things, especially in the most stressful of times. The question now becomes, can YOU be happy for 100 days?

It seems the Chicana/o Lati-na/o Student Resource Center (CLSRC) has a great quarter ahead of them! This center is located on the second floor of the student union, inside the Cross Cultural Centers room. The center had its first CLSRC event called CONVIVO and many students attended, en-joying its activities.

On Wednesday April 9th, students crowded the Cross Cultural Center to take part in CONVIVIO as they enjoyed a delicious torta, chips and a drink, all the while learning about the great resources the center has to offer.

Full time staff member and Cross Cultural Programs coor-dinator Diane Victa explained that this was an event to invite students to learn about the CL-SRC, mingle and enjoy free food.

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cultural matters, but rather it involves many other important topics. Victa said, “It’s not just about traditions and cultures it’s also about exploring iden-tities and social justice.”

As far as the exclusivity of the center, there isn’t any. Vic-ta said, “It’s open to anyone, you don’t have to be a Chica-no, Latino to hang out at the center. You can be anyone!”

CSULA student Itzel Cor-tez, majoring in both Political Science and French, comes to the cross cultural center of-ten and said that although she is usually in the Gender and Sexuality room she enjoys the events that the CLSRC hosts, and the free food. An exam-ple she mentioned was the Dia De Los Muertos event, Cortez said, “They had a performance that day and it was really in-teresting to see.” A lot of the events hosted by the CLSRC include free food and interest-ing performances.

Student Kelvin Gualpa, ma-joring in French, mentioned that he also enjoys coming to the cross cultural center and

that he would be interested in checking out more of the CL-SRC events because he also enjoys the free food. He also mentioned that it is a very friendly environment, and as far as the mingling goes, Gualpa said, “If I’m making the line, to get free food, and I don’t know anyone there, I’ll usually start talking to some-one... Yea, it’s definitely a friendly environment.”

New CLSRC program co-ordinator Randy Palacios, a transfer student majoring in science with an emphasis on pre-med, said that he is very excited for this upcoming quarter. He explained that a very important goal for him was to find ways to involve more CSULA students with the center. Palacios stated, “I would like to incorporate more of a diverse cultural aspect on the Chicano/a, Latino/a cul-ture because I feel like a lot of other cultures get lost under this umbrella of just Chicano culture.

Convivio in the CLSrC

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NAmm ShowTECHNOLOGYJim MunsonContributor

Earlier this year, the an-nual Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim California was the place where hundreds of thousands of musical instru-ments, accessories, and re-lated products were debuted to industry insiders. For the fourth consecutive year, ed-ucators at the music products convention combed the exhibit halls looking for the best prod-ucts for classroom use in an array of different categories. Using an online voting pro-cess at sbomagazine.com and hard-copy ballots from attend-ees, music teachers made their selections that culminated in a presentation of the 2014 Best Tools for Schools from the Winter NAMM Show.

Best Practice Tool (Traditional ensembles)

The redesigned Silent Brass line from Yamaha offers light-weight, compact brass mutes

that sits in the bell of the horn, almost completely si-lencing the instrument, while translating the audio to a ultra high quality digital signal that the student can listen to with

headphones. For more infor-mation, go to:

usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/winds/si-lentbrass/

We have Bolivians, we have Peruvians, we have people that are Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, we have so many great cultures, but I feel that everyone just shoves it under this umbrella that everything is Chicano culture.”

Palacios continued, “I’m not going to ignore the Chicano culture because it’s a great cul-ture and it’s amazing, and I’m fascinated by it, but I do want to incorporate other cultures..”

Palacios also mentioned that he is extremely excited for the upcoming event, where they will be celebrating 5 de Mayo. He explained that this should be a fun event for all CSULA students and he encourages everyone to be a part of it. He invited everyone and assured a great time! The event will take place on Friday, May 2nd.

For more events in the CSL-RC or other events on campus, check the University Student Union calendar or the last page of the University times.

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Do you know your fashion?Whether you are the most knowledgeable fashionista from your group of friends, or the busy bee, this fun fact fashion quiz will test your fashion pop-culture knowledge. Even if you don’t know the answers to these questions, you will definitely learn some surprising facts. Let’s see if you can get them all cor-rect!

1. New York City is the birthplace of…A. thongsB. fishnet stockingsC. headbands

2. What is the maximum amount of time a New York fashion week runway show lasts?A. 10 minutesB. 20 minutesC. 15 minutes

3. An apparel item is con-sidered vintage only if it dates between… A. 1850 to 1920B. 1920 to 1960C. 1960 to 1990

4. The 4 major international fashion shows take place in this specific order: A. Paris, Milan, London, New YorkB. Paris, London, New York, MilanC. New York, London, Milan, Paris

5. What year were false eyelashes first invented?A. 1916B. 1934C. 1965

6. Which fashion magazine first published on Decem-ber 17th, 1892?A. ElleB. VogueC. Harper’s Bazaar

7. Where did the low-waist baggy pants originate?A. Alleys of Harlem B. Middle Schools of Chi-cagoC. Prisons of Los Angeles

8. The first bra was invent-ed by… A. Queen Marie Antoinette in 1775B. New York socialite, Mary Phelps in 1914.C. A farm woman from Virginia in 1886.

9. The first designer suit was launched in 1923 by this designer:A. Elsa SchiaparelliB. Coco ChanelC. Christian Dior

10. How did the famous Alexander McQueen tragi-cally die?A. Committed suicide B. Fatal car accidentC. Murdered in his home

11. Who can we attribute the little black dress to?A. Coco ChanelB. Yves Saint LaurentC. Marc Jacobs

12. Many decades ago, if women styled your hair short, this meant they were: A. witchesB. unfaithfulC. royalty

13. This year’s Chanel Fall 2014 collection runway was creatively designed as… A. a castleB. a train stationC. a supermarket

14. Memorial Day is the kick off day to wearing:A. blackB. whiteC. beige

15. What is colorblocking?A. A technique used to pair up different solid colors in one outfit.B. The use of multiple printed fabrics in an outfit.C. Using black and white outerwear to cover all color from an outfit.

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CalendarAPRIL 14-18 WEEk THREE14Monday1PM U-Lead: Healthy LivingCSI, 2nd Floor U-SU

3:15PM Cup of Cul-ture: Celebration of LGBT LiteratureAlhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

3:30PM Univer-sity Times Meeting King Hall C 3098

6:15PM On The Road to Xicana Con-sciencia: An Evening with Cherrie Moraga and Celia Herrera RodriguezLos Angeles Room BC, 3rd Floor U-SU

15Tuesday11AM Internships 101Career Center

12PM Spring Student FestU-SU Plaza

3PM Gift Card BingoThe Pit, U-SU

3:15PM So You Want to be a STEM Major?E&T Building A129

3:15PM I-Success: Stu-dent Empowerment Workshop by Jewel Diamond Taylor Alhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

7:30PM The Laramie ProjectMusic Hall

10AM Grad Fair Eagle’s Nest Gym

1:30PM ITS Training Program: CSULA Web Platform OverviewLibrary Palmer Wing 4056

2:30PM Ps Presents: Get on BoardU-SU Plaza

3PM Golden Eagle Ad-vocates presents “Let’s Kill Apathy Week” King Hall Walkway

16Wednesday3:15PM ACP Works-In-Progress: Dr. Pablo Baler’sBioaestheticsKing Hall D4050


17ThursdayALLDAYCSULA Twilight OpenJesse Owens Track & Field

10AM Grad Fair Eagle’s Nest Gym

10AM Make the Career Fair Work For YouCareer Center

12PM Happy Hour in the PitThe Pit, U-SU

12PM Involvement FairU-SU Plaza

12PM The Prize is Right with CSIU-SU Plaza

1PM HHS 5th Annual Health FairMain Walkway

3PM U-Lead: Officer TransitionsStudent Club and Organization Offices, 2nd Floor U-SU

3PM Get Your Future Going: Career Fair Spring Prep SessionGolden Eagle Ballroom

5PM Organizational Development Meeting Los Angeles Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

6:15PM Independent Visions: The Fall of the I-HotelU-SU Theatre


10PM Grunion RunCabrillo Beach, San Pedro

18Friday 9AM ECST Leadership ConvocationGolden Eagle Ballrooms

10:15AM ITS Training Program: CSULA Web Platform OverviewLibrary Palmer Wing 4056

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