This generation of mu-sic is largely technologi-cally based, but music did not begin that way.

The 2014 New Music Festival, titled “Sonic Landscapes,” aims to ex-plore the music of the 21st century while still put-ting emphasis on the tra-ditional composer-per-former relationship.

The festival, which takes place from Feb. 5 to Mar. 2, will include fac-ulty, students and some guest performers who will perform pieces that focus on sound in space.

Pamela Madsen, Ph.D., an associate professor of music, has been involved with the festival since its f irst year in 2001. Madsen said the festival began with a different focus.

The festival was ini-tially for women in new music, but over time it transformed. While still focusing on women in new music, the festival is now much more inclusive and has a new subject for composers and per-formers to embody each year.

“This year we feature Eve

Beglarian and Matthew Burtner as our guest composers in resi-dence—both presenting different views of Sonic Landscapes,” Madsen said.

Beglarian’s first perfor-mance of the festival will take place on Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. in Meng Concert Hall. Beglarian will per-form “The River Project” which she composed af-ter traveling the entire length of the Mississippi River via kayak and bi-cycle over a four month period.

Burtner’s first con-tribution to this year’s festival will take place on Mar. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the World Electroacoustic Listening Room Project Recital Hall. The piece will be an EcoSono Biomes concert in six parts and will be curated by Burtner.

Madsen is also musi-cally involved in the per-formance. Her work, ti-tled “...and the wild, wild wind,” will be performed with a collection of piec-es on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in Meng Hall.

The festival will also include Glen Whitehead, the Guidonian Hand Trombone Quartet and the LA Percussion Quartet, as well as many other performers.

The Cal State Fullerton softball team fell to the visiting Tennessee Volunteers 8-4 in front of a near sellout crowd at Anderson Field Tuesday night.

The Titans (11-6) were looking to carry their mo-mentum from an impres-sive showing at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic last weekend where they beat No. 15 Baylor along with Boise State.

The Volunteers (14-0) came into the game Tuesday ranked No. 2 in

the nation in both the USA Today and ESPN polls. They are one of four undefeated teams re-maining in the country.

Sophomore pitcher Jasmine Antunez got the start for the Titans in the circle.

Antunez (5-4) had a rough start in the first inning.

After striking out freshman second base-man Megan Geer, she al-lowed a home run to se-nior shortstop Madison Shipman.

She then walked back-to-back batters before al-lowing a three-run home run to sophomore catcher Lexi Overstreet.

“We could limit the walks, that would make a huge difference,” se-nior right fielder Lauren

Mario said. “But it’s something we can learn from this game and take into the next games.”

Senior Ellen Renfroe (8-0) took the circle for the Volunteers.

Renfroe was the back-to-back Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week and had an impres-sive stat line coming into the game.

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Former TV host will give keynote at science symposium

The Natural Sciences and Mathematics Inter Club Council (NSMICC) has confirmed that sci-entist, engineer and for-mer television host Bill Nye will be the keynote speaker for their sympo-sium on Mar. 20.

The Science and Math Symposium in March is an annual two-day event meant to high-light student and faculty research.

Past keynote speak-ers have included Bob Ballard, one of the dis-coverers of the Titanic, and Cal State Fullerton alumna and NASA as-tronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

The theme for this year’s symposium is Explorations in Citizen Science. Bobby Wright, a senior physics major and chair of the NSMICC, said Nye would embody that theme very well.

“Bill Nye, as a public figure, he’s kind of like a spokesman for science, so he’s a person who real-ly gets citizens involved in science,” Wright said. “He’s somebody that the public knows that is also a scientist.”

Shawn Robinson, a se-nior geology major and director of administra-tion for the NSMICC, said this year’s symposium is meant to be inclusive of students and majors all across campus, and getting Nye to speak at CSUF helps accomplish that.

“This is a natural sci-ences and math sym-posium that we put on every year, but we’ve, in essence, expanded it this year to be more than just natural scienc-es and math. We want all the colleges involved, all the students involved,” Robinson said. “We’re a 36,000-person campus. We think someone of the caliber of Bill Nye will re-ally bring together stu-dents across the board.”

Reaching across cam-pus has already started during the planning stag-es for the symposium. Footing the $35,000 bill to secure Nye as a pre-senter has required the NSMICC to collaborate with groups including the business, communi-ty service and sports in-ter-club councils.

Spreading the cost across a variety of groups has made funding Nye’s presentation possible, Wright said.

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In a panel Monday hosted by the Diversity Education Initiative and Cal State Fullerton Housing and Residence Life, panelists tried to establish a con-sensus on how to move for-ward with the “N-word” and the social and politi-cal implications inherent to it.

Moderated by Gregory Chris Brown, Ph.D., an as-sociate professor of crim-inal justice, the panelists responded to a series of questions on the impact and use of the N-word and its role in both historical and modern contexts.

Panelist Tami Foy, inter-im director for the office of research and develop-ment, quoted Arizona State University English profes-sor Neal Lester, who called the N-word the “atomic bomb of racial epithets,” which she said makes dis-cussions like this one even more important.

“Unless we have these types of dialogues, we re-ally can’t even begin to fig-ure out what we want, how we’re going to move for-ward,” Foy said. “I think we’re so afraid to have these dialogues, but this was a great event tonight.”

One of the issues raised during the panel was the variety of uses for the N-word. Some students who attended said they use it as a term between friends and never as a slur.

That distinction, Foy said, is the product of a generational gap between people who grew up with the N-word as an exceed-ingly derogatory slur and younger people who do not understand the history be-hind it.

“This young group, the millennials, as I call you all, they haven’t had that

struggle and so they’re moving forward with just knowing what they know as far as the N-word, where the older group has more of a context to put it in, so you’re definitely going to have a different framework to start (the discussion) in,” Foy said.

She said the use of the word in music and oth-er casual contexts is an important consideration when discussing the place of the word in society.

“We have to really think about some of the messag-es that are out there that we’re saying, and we al-most become desensitized to what we’re saying to the point where it’s detri-mental to all of us, not just black people but everyone,” Foy said.

Scott Spitzer, an associ-ate professor of political science and one of the pan-elists for the discussion, also raised the issue of the use of the N-word in con-texts that are not intended to be harmful.

While he said he nev-er uses the word himself outside of the academic

setting, he was hesitant to hold to a concrete rule to never use it.

“When you think about the comedic use of the term, and turning it on its head, and the way we use it in literature, it can be harmful as well as a revolu-tionary act,” Spitzer said.

He said being on a col-lege campus for a discus-sion like this one is partic-ularly beneficial.

“This is the kind of thing that people don’t talk about, and on a universi-ty campus, we get to talk about everything and it’s open, it’s free, it’s thought-ful, you have experts here,” Spitzer said. “With that kind of background, that kind of context, you can discuss it in a way that makes everybody’s voice heard, and you can’t do that anywhere else except for a university.”

The audience of college students is another bene-fit, Spitzer said, because it serves as an ideal launch-ing point to talk about a contentious subject like the N-word.

“Having it at a university

with college students who are interested in explor-ing ideas … is an easier first step, especially with a very, very controversial topic like the N-word,” he said. “If you can do it well here, you can learn enough to bring it out to a broader society.”

Students who attend-ed the discussion echoed Foy’s point on the genera-tion gap, including Kemani Rodgers, a third year me-chanical engineering ma-jor. Rodgers said the panel showed him how powerful the N-word is, and the ex-tent of the historical con-text it has. The group dis-cussion, he said, is an important device to edu-cating students about the word.

“It’s a tool to teach stu-dents the power of the word; a lot of the people here didn’t know the his-tory of the word, the con-text of the word … this is a chance to show how it’s been used, how it’s been used to degrade people and, try to find a solution right now, if there is one,” Rodgers said.

“With a speaker of the caliber of Bill Nye, you’ve got to expect a big price tag for him,” Wright said. “That’s why collaboration has been so important.”

Working to secure Nye as a keynote speak-er has been no easy task. Amy Matten, the NSMICC advisor and as-sistant dean for student affairs for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, said the students involved have put in the most effort she has ever seen in her time on campus to make it happen.

“This was a really daunt-ing task, and they just kept after it,” Matten said. “They wanted to bring to-gether the campus com-munity for something that would benefit all of them. It was a very unselfish goal … they kept saying they wanted to put Cal State Fullerton on the map, they really wanted to do some-thing that was big, and they didn’t give up on it.”

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Flipping through a pic-ture book full of childhood experiences evokes feelings and memories often taken for granted, but some are not so lucky.

Students enrolled in the education credential certif-icate program at Cal State Fullerton are taking part in the “Memory Project,”

painting portraits of or-phans living in Mexico that may some day be their only picture of themselves as a child.

The project provides or-phans with art from aspir-ing educators to inspire the children, combine the arts with education and bring awareness to the global community.

Kristine Quinn, an asso-ciate professor of elementa-ry and bilingual education, said the project allows the future teachers in the pro-gram to relate to a world beyond the classroom.

“This project kind of ties

together what we’re do-ing with being classroom teachers and connecting to a world that is larger than us,” Quinn said.

Funds for the project, which included a small registration fee, and sup-ply costs came from the SchoolsFirst Center for Creative and Critical Thinking in Schools at CSUF, which recently re-ceived a $500,000 gift from SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union.

Quinn is leading the proj-ect with Andrea Guillaume and Ginger Geftakys, who both serve on the project leadership teams in the SchoolsFirst center.

Guillaume, an associ-ate professor of elemen-tary and bilingual educa-tion who teaches science courses in the credential program, discovered the Memory Project and was interested in the idea to participate because the project can combine mul-tiple aspects of science and community service into one art project.

“I’m their science teach-er and art has all kinds of science in it, like facial pro-portions and measurement and things,” Guillaume said. “And for Kristine (Quinn)’s class, they’re re-quired to do service learn-ing, so I was looking for a project that would be not just ‘go out for four hours and volunteer,’ but a way that will challenge them to grow as people and as artists.”

While there are several emphases credential stu-dents can choose, such as language or technology, in order to earn their certif-icate, the arts emphasis, called the “arts block,” fo-cuses on processing knowl-edge through different art forms. For this block, Quinn chose the Memory Project as part of her in-struction on the service learning requirement, spe-cifically for which at least five hours are devoted.

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organization, based in Wisconsin, coordinates with art teachers and students who draw por-traits of orphans in South America. The group or-ganizes for the schools to have the paintings shipped and eventually delivered personally to children who often do not have many photos or valuable memo-ries of their youth.

Credential student Molly Behrens, a fifth-year child and adolescent develop-ment major, said she is ner-vous about the prospect of making something poten-tially impactful on a child’s life.

“It’s kind of overwhelm-ing, to be honest,” Behrens said. “We’re making a por-trait to send to a child who doesn’t have pictures of himself. For me, it is a big deal; ‘oh my gosh, what are they going to think when they see this?’”

Alondra Hucks-Willingham, a third-year liberal arts major and cre-dential student, said she hopes the child who re-ceives her artwork will be empowered in the midst of his or her circumstances.

“I just hope that being an orphanage without any

family, that he will real-ize that there are people around the world that love him,” Hucks-Willingham said. “I hope that it helps him feel value and that it encourages him to try to get out there and do some-thing, to accomplish what-ever he wants to in his life.”

Geftakys, an art instruc-tor, organized the design of the visual aspect of the project. Students will cre-ate the artwork using a grid technique, in which the picture is divided up into small boxes and the artist focuses on drawing each box at a time to end up with the final product. The final portrait will be completed with ink and watercolor.

The completed portraits will be finished at the end of March and are sched-uled to be mailed on April 1.

Representatives from the Memory Project organi-zation will deliver the art and take a picture of each child holding the portrait they received. The pictures of the children will be sent back to the artists of the participating schools via email.

Dost the “thou” and “thee” make you squirm-eth? Does talk about roses and names make your head go round? Does reading William Shakespeare in English class make you wonder ‘What the heck is he talking about?’

Well, do not fear, the library is here. A new streaming service at the Pollak Library brings Shakespeare’s 500-year-old prose to life.

Last November, the Cal State Fullerton library began a subscription to Ambrose Digital, a stream-ing video database that has over 500 videos that can be streamed, includ-ing all 37 BBC adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays at a cost to the library of $2,700 annually.

Ambrose Digital can be accessed for free by all CSUF students, faculty mem-bers and staff who can log into the university’s online portal.

This is the first time the Pollak Library has offered such a video streaming re-source, said Jaclyn Bedoya, an electronic resources li-brarian at CSUF.

“There has been this huge demand for streaming vid-eo from students,” Bedoya said.

The library did offer

many of the popular BBC Shakespeare plays on VHS and DVD, but students were complaining because they can only be viewed in the li-brary. With the streaming service, students can access it from anywhere, Bedoya said.

“It’s harder for students if they have to come into the library to check out one DVD,” Bedoya said. “Whereas with this, they have unlimited users so

a bunch of students can be watching it from their house. So for the library, that’s a win-win because we’re providing as much ac-cess as possible from wher-ever it’s convenient.”

Ambrose Digital is a vid-eo streaming site launched in 2009 by Ambrose Publishing. Half of the vid-eos available for stream-ing come from production companies such as BBC, while the other half are

produced by the Centre Communications for Ambrose Video Publishing, according to Elnor Barron, the sales representative in charge of California accounts.

In addition to the videos, which can be accessed by all devices, the service of-fers eight citation styles for each video for easy referenc-ing and closed captions.

Because the service is still new, not many students

know about it and use it, Bedoya said.

Currently, library statis-tics have found only two to three dozen users have logged into use the service in the past few months.

“We’re really hoping that people start to use it a lot more because I think it’s a fantastic service,” Bedoya said.

Students can access the database through the re-search tab in the Pollak Library website, then click-ing the “find databases” link and then scrolling down to Ambrose Video. Users might have to log in to use the resource, as they would with any other database in the library.

Professor Ellen Caldwell teaches the Shakespeare (ENG 316) and Shakespeare in Film (ENG 331) courses. She said she does not per-sonally use the Ambrose service, since it does not have a lot of the films she uses, and she did not like the production values in some of the videos avail-able. However, Caldwell said the site might be useful for her students.

“In my Shakespeare on Film class (331), I ask stu-dents to develop an adap-tation of a Shakespeare play for their final project,” Caldwell said. “I think these Ambrose videos can help them develop ideas of their own.”

The service also has vid-eos on topics such as polit-ical history, ancient history, civil rights movements, fine arts, science and more.

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Obama adminis-tration officials an-nounced Tuesday that United States troops will pull out of Afghanistan if the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is not signed by the end of the year, according to CNN.

President Barack Obama said the BSA ensures American soldiers are guar-anteed of their rights, among other benefits.

Pentagon officials have been asked to ensure that with-drawal plans are in place if the federal government decides to remove soldiers in Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

This is the first time Obama has told the Pentagon to plan for a complete withdrawal.

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that hosts who charge admission costs to parties may be legally responsible for underage drink-ers who hurt others or themselves, accord-ing to the Associated Press.

The ruling will like-ly affect student par-ties the most, as cover charges and un-derage drinking are common.

Cover charges are considered a sale of alcohol, and persons who sell alcohol to mi-nors are liable for harm the minors cause, ac-cording to state law.

This ruling expands on a previous law made in 1970, where social hosts could be held liable for any harmful behavior if they knowingly served alcohol to minors.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has reported a surge in “concealed carry” gun permit applications after a federal court ruled that Californians no longer need to jus-tify the permit, ac-cording to the Orange County Register.

In the past two weeks, the sheriff’s of-fice has received more than 500 applications for a concealed weap-ons permit, which is about as many appli-cations received in 2013.

Applicants might have to wait until August or September to get their per-mits approved due to this increase in applications.

Previously, ap-plicants needed to show “good cause” to have applications approved.

The Ambrose Digital library includes 37 BBC adaptations of plays written by William Shakespeare, such as Hamlet. Other content includes productions from Ambrose Video Publishing.

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Throughout our lives we build relationships with friends, family and even co-workers. As life goes on we may experience tur-moil within these relation-ships and they often leave us in a state of sadness.

Some people, however, are fortunate enough to build a relationship that extends past petty differ-ences. This relationship is none other than the one a person experiences with man’s best friend.

I myself am no strang-er to this type of relation-ship—I have four dogs. Dogs, in general, when treated fairly, will al-ways be by your side even when you’re not in the best mood.

Dog own-ers, myself included, on occasion will claim that their furry friends can actually un-d e r s t a n d them. They will speak to their dogs and some-how their dogs are able to pick up on the message that is being sent.

Recent studies might show such claims are not far from accurate. The study that was published in the journal Current Biology suggested dogs indeed have a connec-tion with their human friends.

Researchers from Hungary have found that a canine’s brain reacts to voices similar to how the human brain does.

The lead author, Attila Andics, Ph.D., from the Hungarian Academy of Science’s Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, said training the 11 pet dogs for the study took time.

In the research they looked at the brain of 22 humans as well. Both the different subjects were placed in an MRI scan-ner. The team of scien-tists played 200 different sounds to both the dogs and the humans. Sounds such as cars, whistle sounds, human sounds (but not actual words) and dog vocals were all played.

Sounds made from emo-tional states such as cry-ing or laughing triggered similar responses in both humans and dogs. This might be the reason that some people feel their dogs are aware of how they are

feeling vice versa.“The location (of the ac-

tivity) in the dog brain is very similar to where we found it in the human brain,” Andics said. “The fact that we found these areas exist at all in the dog brain at all is a surprise- it is the first time we have seen this in a non-pri-mate.” This is no surprise to me because I’ve al-ways felt that my (or any-one else’s) dogs were fully aware of my feelings.

The emotional sounds (of laughter and crying) had similar responses near the primary audito-ry cortex for both sets of subjects. The same results for both subjects were also seen when looking at the emotional dog vocaliza-tions such as whimpering and angry barking.

“We know very well that dogs are very good at tun-ing into the feeling of their own-ers, and we know a good dog owner can detect e m o t i o n a l changes in his dog—but now we be-gin to un-d e r s t a n d why this can be,” Andics

said. Most good dog owners

have already been aware of such a thing and they would be believed this without any scientific va-lidity behind it.

The reactions from the dogs hearing the canine sounds were much more noteworthy than when hearing the human voic-es. The dogs were also less able to tell the difference between environmental sounds and vocal noises as opposed to humans.

The research has gained some comments from people such as Sophie Scott, a professor from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. “Finding something like this in a primate brain isn’t too surprising but it is quite something to demonstrate it in dogs,” Scott said.

She is right—we wouldn’t often expect as much from a dog as we might a primate when it comes to human interactions.

Andics said for her next set of experiments she plans to go more in depth using sim-ilar methods. Being a dog person and overall animal lover, I think more research involving our relationships with animals need to be looked into because there are so many we have developed over the years.

The Second Amendment of the Constitution states, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” A Feb. 13 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals made it easier for Orange County residents to exercise this right.

“The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that California’s ‘good cause’ requirement for handgun carry licens-es violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution,” ac-cording to the Calguns Foundation website.

Orange County sher-iff Sandra Hutchens said she will follow the court’s ruling.

This is good news for res-idents of Orange County.

“Bottom line is the sher-iff is going to abide by the law,” Lt. Jeff Hallock, a spokesman for Hutchens, said in an interview with the Orange County Register.

This means it’s now eas-ier to obtain a permit to carry a gun in Orange County.

Nothing else on the con-cealed weapons permit ap-plication changed due to the ruling. Applicants still must fill out the 11-page application that has ques-tions regarding the appli-cant’s personal life, past traffic violations, crimi-nal history, as well as the make, model, caliber and serial number of the fire-arm they wish to carry if they obtain the license.

As it states on the Orange County Sheriff’s Department website, “the application process in-cludes an interview, pay-ment of fees, as well as state and local background checks. Successful comple-tion of a firearms course of training is also required.”

It is still not an easy pro-cess, but the barrier of having to provide a “good cause” reason can now be

crossed much easier.Stricter gun control laws

do not necessarily equal less crime. Think of it this way: criminals don’t com-ply with the law. Taking away the right to protect oneself makes it easier to become a victim.

Following the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012, Wayne LaPierre, execu-tive vice president of the National Rifle Association, famously said, “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

Who gets called when a crime is being committed? The police, and they have guns.

However, according to a Wall Street Journal article from April 2013 the nation-al average response time was 11 minutes.

What should people do in those 11 minutes? In Orange County, protec-tion is now easier to obtain. Any would-be criminal will have to think twice before committing a crime.

Criminals will not know who is armed and able to protect themselves.

John Lott, author of the book More Guns, Less

Crime, said in an inter-view with the University of Chicago, “Concealed handgun laws reduce vio-lent crime for two reasons. First, they reduce the num-ber of attempted crimes because criminals are un-certain which potential victims can defend them-selves. Second, victims who have guns are in a much better position to defend themselves.”

The Constitution guar-antees rights to everyone in this country. Like it or not, the right to bear arms is assured. Not having a concealed weapons per-mit doesn’t stop a crimi-nal from carrying a gun. It stops law-abiding citizens from doing so.

Orange County may be-come safer because of this decision, which should be the ultimate goal. In a per-fect world, no one would need a gun. Unfortunately that world doesn’t exist.

Hutchen’s decision to abide by the court’s ruling should be applauded. She ensured the Constitutional rights of the people and gave them an opportunity to protect themselves and not become a victim.

The importance of librar-ies cannot be understat-ed. Thousands of students across the state use librar-ies as a quiet haven to study, conduct research and to collaborate with their fel-low classmates.

Taking that away from any student would be dev-astating to their academic success.

Neil Gaiman, a bestsell-ing author, is an avid read-er, writer and supporter for local libraries and their well-being.

“Libraries are about free-dom. Freedom to read, free-dom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finish-es the day we leave school

or university), about en-tertainment, about mak-ing safe spaces, and about access to information,” Gaiman said in a Guardian article.

Libraries are not just a place to find dusty old books, and many students rely on the library for inter-net and computer access when they have no way of accessing these resources at home.

Libraries and librarians are vital for the success of future college students.

One of the most import-ant factors of school librar-ies are the librarians in them that assist students with whatever help they need.

Budget cuts in the Los Angeles School District have resulted in those schools having to lay off hundreds of library aides.

Students would not be able to conduct their re-search for their school proj-ects as well as they could have if they had a librarian helping them through the process.

School librarians are a direct link to improved

standardized reading test scores and “studies con-ducted over the past two decades, both in Colorado and nationwide, show that students in schools with endorsed librarians score better on standard-ized achievement tests in reading, compared with students in schools with-out endorsed librarians,” according to the Library Research Service.

Scholastic Corporation, an American book pub-lishing company known for publishing education material for schools and teachers, found that “over the past 20 years, numer-ous studies have shown that elementary schools with at least one full-time certified teacher-librarian performed better on state tests. In a 2010 study con-ducted in Colorado, more children scored ‘proficient’ or ‘advanced’ in reading in schools with a full-time, credentialed librarian than those without.”

While the budget cuts have not affected high schools, only elementa-ry and middle schools, it is

during the first stages of ed-ucation where it is the most vital to make sure students learn to love education.

The thousands of books available in school librar-ies are a good way to ensure that happens.

“Albert Einstein was asked once how we could make our children intel-ligent. His reply was both simple and wise. ‘If you want your children to be intelligent,’ he said, ‘read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.’ He understood the value of reading, and of imagin-ing. I hope we can give our children a world in which they will read, and be read to, and imagine, and under-stand,” Gaiman said.

Libraries are a funda-mental reason for why stu-dents succeed. Prioritizing libraries in terms of school budgets is detrimen-tal to the schools and its students.

Budgets should prioritize funding for libraries and li-brarians as they provide cru-cial assistance to students on the path to college.

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In an office decorated with what he calls “fif-teen years of love,” dance professor William Lett and his dancers share their aspirations for this semester’s 12’ x 16’ Dance showcase.

With a showcase that tends to get overshad-owed by the big bang of the Spring Concert, the dancers say most people do not know of the 12’ x 16’ showcase unless pass-ersby happen to pay close attention to an advertise-ment for the show.

A lot of depth and c r e a t i v i t y has gone into the produc-tion of the show, which started over eight years ago. Even the show’s title was meticu-lously thought out.

Deliberation over the ti-tle took a bit of time be-cause of the off campus setting. The faculty want-ed to incorporate the vi-sion of the Grand Central Art Center in its title without it being boring.

Since Grand Central is a satellite venue on campus which has a more artis-tic grunge feel, the faculty wanted to come up with a name that fit the venue, Lett said.

Lett and other faculty members in the Musical Theater Department were motivated by the mea-surements of the perfor-mance f loor and the name “12’ x 16’” has stuck ever since.

With a name that doesn’t limit the perfor-mance to one genre or give too much away, it provokes people to be curious about the show, which is exactly what Lett and his performers want to happen.

The dancers have been working on the produc-tion of 12’ x 16’ since the fall when they had to au-dition two minutes of their individual piec-es for approval. Each

dancer choreographed his or her own work in-stead of being guided by a choreographer.

This gave the dancers a chance to personalize their work and become as much a part of it as possi-ble while placing the au-dience closer for a stron-ger effect.

Though some dancers are exposing their pri-vate lives for all to see, others are presenting a playful side of themselves through their dance.

Rachel Rae, an 18-year-old freshman, is excited to be part of this semes-ter’s 12’ x 16’. Her per-formance differs from the others by putting a twist to Anna Kendrick’s

“Cups” from the movie Pitch Perfect, using tap shoes.

“The theme is kind of like, never give up,” Rae said of her number.

In her piece, she tries to mim-

ic Kendrick in her now fa-mous cup trick but pre-tends to fail and decides to display her talents in dance instead.

Rae’s piece is one Lett tends to gravitate toward because he likes liveli-er pieces and steers away from the darker ones.

“I like lighter work,” Lett said. “I like work that is not so dark in the sense that I don’t want a lot of angst.”

Sarah Scull, a senior and the productions stage manager, will be experi-encing the 12’ x 16’ dance show for the first time.

Scull has a choreo-graphed piece in the show using some of her fellow dancers titled “Learning to Color Inside the Lines.”

Lett is looking forward to the show, which takes the stage this week. He is passionate about what he does and loves being surrounded by those who make him feel like he nev-er has to work.

“I get to work with awe-some students, with col-leagues that get along and we make art,” Lett said.

The show is set to start Thursday, Feb. 27 at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.

Kyle Reynolds fell into mu-sic during his junior year of high school as a way to focus on the positive aspects of life after a rough start into his first two years. He has since found his true calling and is focused on turning his music into a career.

Reynolds will bring his music to Cal State Fullerton today, as the featured art-ist for this week’s Associated Students Inc. Productions’ Wednesday concert.

Feeling such an intense pull toward music, Reynolds started by teaching him-self how to play the piano by watching videos YouTube.

“After six months of learn-ing covers, I wrote my first song,” Reynolds said. “And then I started singing and it became one of those things that I do, and I fell in love with it.”

Reynolds said much of his determination comes from those who don’t appear in the front stage as much as he does: his support group.

He said his family and friends are onboard with the path he has chosen, which has gained him a fairly large fan base.

“It’s definitely been grow-ing recently,” he said. “And it’s been really fun to watch and interact through social media.”

He said he highly enjoys hearing about the effect his music has on his fans. He finds it inspiring to hear the various interpretations peo-ple have when listening to his songs because it gives him encouragement and connection.

Reynolds humbles him-self when speaking of the ad-miration people have for his music and is conscious to keep a level head the further he progresses into the music industry.

Most of his songs are geared toward romance, though he does have a few that are not.

“I like to write about life and things that a lot of us feel but not necessarily say,” he said.

He said his first perfor-mance was an indescribable and humbling experience.

“I understand not every-one is going to like the music I play,” he said. “I think when I play people will be able to tell how sincere I am in my writing and how honest I am when I put these songs out.”

Reynolds is commonly asked if the band members who play alongside him at gigs make up a full band or

simply accompany his solo act.

“It’s something that has slowly built over time,” Reynolds said. “It started out as a one-piece then me and drums two-piece.”

Overtime, the band con-tinued to grow as Reynolds’ talent did.

Theodore Soulopulos, bass guitar player and student, was the one who got the spot for Reynolds to play at CSUF after contacting ASIP.

Reynolds currently travels around the country promot-ing his songs and sharing his legacy. He has played at sev-eral venues around Southern California and has made ap-pearances in Fullerton. He also has several songs and a CD available on iTunes.

Having strong faith and being an expressive artist are stepping stones to aid Reynolds’ success in the mu-sic industry. With a huge support system behind him and gigs already lined up, he is well on his way to achiev-ing that goal.

Reynolds will take the stage at the Becker Amphitheater Wednesday at noon.

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Musician Kyle Reynolds will play at the Becker Amphitheater Wed., Feb. 26. Courtesy of Kyle Reynolds

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Senior Kendall Russo performs in the 2013 Spring Dance Concert and will be performing in this year’s 12’ x 16’ showcase.

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Live at the Becker

12’ x 16’ returns to Grand Central

Solo act turned full band to play at CSUF Wednesday

“I get to work with awesome students, with

colleagues that get along and we

make art.”

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Eric Dries, Ph.D., the director of the Michalsky Resource Center Computer Lab and Electronic Music Studio, will perform in the festival and speaks highly of it.

“The CSUF New Music Festival is a fantastic op-portunity for our students to collaborate and perform with internationally re-nown composers and per-formers of contemporary concert music,” Dries said. “ The music is always chal-lenging, both in technique and conception and I look forward to the chance to perform with the students in the department.”

Dries will perform a piece by Eve Beglarian called “Early in the Morning” on keyboard, and a piano piece by Matthew Burtner titled “Prismic Generations.”

Ken Walicki, Ph.D., an associate professor of mu-sic and composer, said the festival is a good way to bring performers to campus.

“In Orange County, aside from Segerstrom (Center for the Arts), that’s not always going to hap-pen. Here we have a world class concert hall where we can bring in all these different performers and composers, and here they can offer one-on-one time with students,” Walicki said of the festival.

The one-on-one time Walicki refers to occurs throughout the festival by means of open rehears-als, lectures and work-shops that are free to the public.

A piece that Walicki composed titled “Black Water” will be performed on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. in Meng Hall, along with oth-er pieces composed for the festival.

Walicki composed his piece, which includes clar-inet, piano, video and elec-tronics, about the BP oil spill that took place in 2010.

Many different musical styles will be performed during the festival, and ev-eryone is welcome to enjoy the music.

More information about the 2014 New Music Festival can be found at Fullerton.edu/Arts/Nmf/.

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“Here we have a world class concert hall where we can bring in all these different performers and composers, and here they can offer one-on-one time with students.”

KEN WALICKI, PH.D.Associate Professor of Music

With a new day comes new op-portunities, as well as some new music. Morning Phase, the eagerly anticipated album from anti-folk artist Beck hit shelves yesterday, Feb. 25.

The Los Angeles based singer and songwriter began his music career in the late 1980’s and be-came famous for his 1994 break-through hit, “Loser.”

Morning Phase is Beck’s first stu-dio album in six years, following his album Modern Guilt, which was released in 2008. Morning Phase was released through Capitol Records.

The new album was announced in June 2013. This year, Beck re-leased two singles from Morning Phase leading up to its release.

This new album is a “compan-ion piece” to his 2002 album, Sea Change, Beck said. Artists who col-laborated with Beck in Sea Change returned for the recording of its new counterpart. Morning Phase shares the stylistic qualities of its 2002 companion that fans initially fell in love with.

Morning Phase touches on themes of serenity, melancholy and self-discovery. These themes are matched by resonating weighty tones that engulf the album. Each of the thirteen tracks follows a cy-clical rhythm with breath-like mo-tion that brings the listener to a comfortable and relaxed state.

After the 40 second instrumen-tal introduction, “Cycle,” the al-bum kicks off with the tranquil tune, “Morning.” The acoustic track features bellowing harmo-nies and reminds listeners of the comfort of the new morning.

Beck introduces a touch of twang to this otherwise smooth al-bum with the song “Say Goodbye.” Layers of reverberating banjo

notes float along a country style beat. Thoughts of confrontation and validation that fill the song easily relate to listeners.

A mandolin introduction be-gins the albums first single, “Blue Moon.” Listeners go from a tone bleak loneliness to one of spirited resolution in this heavy ballad. A variety of instruments are used to perpetuating and upbeat sounds.

A simple, yet chilling melo-dy makes up the albums middle song, “Wave.” Delicate strings cre-ate gloomy and daunting tones that encompass Beck’s vocals. Themes of surrender and solitude

f low through the everlasting music.

At the start of “Don’t Let It Go,” a single guitar beautifully accom-panies Beck’s vocals. Themes of validity of truth follow though the repeating riffs. Beck creates sat-isfying harmonies with the use of two vocal tracks.

The tempo of the album gets picked up a bit in “Blackbird Chain.” A reverb-soaked electric guitar complements a rhythm acoustic guitar and soft vocals. The song’s pleasant beat fits the song’s romantic undertones.

The album’s second instrumental

track, “Phase,” leads into the light and airy “Turn Away.” A delightful mix of strings and piano create a clever and agile melody.

The album finishes off with its second single, “Waking Light.” The song wraps up the motifs of the al-bum, expressing themes of self-ac-tualization and solidification. Peace and contentedness fill the vocal harmonies in the song. An outro engulfed in strings, vocals and guitars brings a satisfying end to this soulful album.

A second new album from Beck is in the making and is planned to be released later this year.

Morning Phase, a new acoustic album from Beck, was released yesterday, Feb. 25. The album is accented with romantic undertones, tranquil harmonies and themes of self-realization.

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Antunez again labored through the second in-ning. After quickly retir-ing the first two Volunteer hitters, she allowed a dou-ble to Geer and walked Shipman. She struck out freshman Annie Aldrete to get out of the jam.

Sophomore infielder Samantha Galarza led off the bottom of the second inning with a solo home run off Renfroe to put the Titans on the scoreboard. It was Galarza’s second home run of the season.

“Being realistic leads to mediocrity,” Galarza said. “It might be unrealistic to get a home run off her but I just figured, ‘why not?’”

Head Coach Kelly Ford turned to freshman Christina Washington

to pitch the third inning. Washington walked a pair of Volunteer hitters but managed to escape the inning with no damage done.

Renfroe continued her dominance in the third. She got freshman left fielder Delynn Rippy and Taukeiaho to ground out before striking out senior catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama.

“She’s got every pitch,” Ford said. “She can get you to chase, she’ll climb it, she’ll mix speeds, she’ll change plains, she’ll go east to west, she does a little bit of everything.”

Washington ran into trouble in the fourth in-ning. After getting two quick groundouts, she walked Shipman and al-lowed a two-run home run to Aldrete. It was

Aldrete’s second home run of the season and the second home run allowed by Washington in her young career.

In the bottom of the fourth, Galarza singled to pick up her second hit of the game off Renfroe. Freshman first baseman Melissa Sechrest struck out to strand Galarza at first.

Washington got herself into another jam in the fifth inning. After a lead-off walk, she allowed a double to Overstreet. She got the next two batters to ground out without al-lowing a run. She walked sophomore Haley Tober, but Tsuchiyama made a snap throw to third for the final out of the inning.

Sophomore pitcher Monique Wesley took over

in the sixth for the Titans. She allowed a pair of runs and gave up three hits.

Junior first baseman Eliza Crawford hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth to narrow the Volunteer lead to six. Mario hit a two-run home run off Renfroe in the bot-tom of the seventh, but the Titans were unable to add any more runs.

“I’ve been struggling a little bit at bat so I fig-ured it was about time, and I was just going to be relaxed and hope for the best,” Mario said.

The Titans will play five games this weekend as co-hosts of the Long Beach/Cal State Fullerton Tournament.

For more information on the CSUF softball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

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CSUF looking for revenge at home

Softball falls to second-ranked VolunteersSOFTBALL

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The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team will embark on its final road trip of the season, hop-ing to recover from a 64-54 loss to UC Santa Barbara.

This loss brings the Titans’ record to 10-15 overall with a 6-6 Big West record. The Gauchos im-proved their overall record to 8-17 with a 3-9 record in conference play. This puts them at seventh in the Big West.

Senior guard Alex Thomas and junior guard Chante Miles carried the bulk of the scoring burden, with Thomas scoring 29 on 10-for-25 shooting while Miles added 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting. The rest of the team only added 11 points, and the Titans col-lectively shot 33.9 percent from the field.

The Titans’ first game of their road trip will be against Cal State Northridge. CSUN is sec-ond in the Big West stand-ings with a 9-4 conference record and a 13-14 overall record. The Matadors beat the Titans 76-54 in their

last meeting and have won in their last six meetings.

CSUF is led in scoring by Thomas, who averages 14.4 points per game and is 66 points shy of joining the 1,000-point club. Miles slightly trails Thomas with 14.1 points per game. Junior guard Kathleen Iwuoha also averages double fig-ures in points with 10 per game.

Iwuoha leads the Titans in rebounding with 7.3 boards. This ranks fifth in the Big West. Freshman guard Samantha Logan av-erages 6.4 rebounds per game. Miles leads CSUF in assists with four per game.

Shooting has been a weak area for the Titans this sea-son, as they have been held to 36.7 percent as a team while allowing their op-ponents to shoot 43.7 per-cent. Iwuoha leads CSUF in shooting percentage with 49.2.

CSUF has struggled to shoot from the free-throw line as well, shooting 69.4 percent from the charity stripe. Thomas leads the Titans in free-throw shoot-ing with 75.4 percent.

Cal State Northridge has caught fire in 2014, winning nine of their last 14 games. CSUN is coming off a 76-72 loss to UC Irvine.

The Matadors are led by junior guard Ashlee Guay,

who has scored in double figures her last nine games. She averages 16.2 points per game and has shot 43.2 percent from the three-point line. Junior guard Cinnamon Lister is closely behind in scoring with 15.2 points per game.

Junior guard Janae Sharpe and Guay lead the Matadors in assists with 4.1 and 3.9 per game, respectively.

The Matadors are led in rebounding by junior cen-ter Camille Mahlknecht, who averages 7.6 boards per game. This ranks fourth in the Big West. She also leads the Matadors in blocked shots with 3.1 per game.

After their game against the Matadors, the Titans will travel to Long Beach State, a team that beat CSUF 83-64 in their last matchup. The Titans’ last win against the 49ers came in March 2013.

The 49ers are coming off a 65-62 win against UC Davis. They improved their record to 15-11 overall with a 7-5 conference record. This is good for fourth in the Big West.

Leading the 49ers in scoring is freshman guard Raven Benton with 12.9 points per game. Junior guard Lauren Spargo trails Benton with 10.7 per game.

Senior center Jade Wilson leads the 49ers in rebound-ing with 5.8 per game, fol-lowed closely by Benton with 5.5 per game. Junior guard Hallie Meneses leads the 49ers in assists with 4.3 per game.

The Titans will begin their road trip against CSUN on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Matadome. Their next game will be against Long Beach State will be on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 4 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid.

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The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team will look to salvage season splits this weekend against Big West Conference foes Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State.

The Titans (9-17, 4-8 Big West) return home from a road trip last weekend to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara.

The Titans dropped both games earlier in the sea-son to the Matadors and the 49ers, but they will have home court advantage this time around.

CSUF holds a respectable 6-5 record at Titan Gym, while the Matadors are just 2-12 on the road, and the 49ers 5-7 in away games.

Vengeance will be on the Titans’ minds when they face the Matadors.

The Titans were stunned by a late three-pointer by Josh Greene with four sec-onds remaining in the Feb. 8 matchup.

This sent the game into overtime. CSUF would go on to lose in overtime 92-83, and it left a bitter taste in the mouths of the Titans.

Junior guard Alex Harris put up 27 points in the loss, and he will look to keep his hot shooting intact.

Harris has averaged 15.3 points throughout the season, but has elevat-ed his play over the past six games, averaging 20.7

points for the Titans.Senior Michael Williams

continues to pace the Titan offense.

The 6’2” guard is a threat from outside, drain-ing 37.1 percent of his three-pointers.

Williams leads the Titans in scoring, averaging 17.3 points per game, good for fifth in the conference.

Williams also dishes 2.5 assists per game with his excellent ball handling skills.

CSUN, the fifth place team in the Big West, will counter with junior Stephen Maxwell, junior Stephan Hicks and Greene. Maxwell has been the go-to player all season for the Matadors.

Maxwell is leading the Matadors in points per game with 17.6 and is also the team leader in rebounds with 8.8 per contest.

CSUF junior Steve McClellan will have his hands full in the post in the battle of 6’7” forwards.

McClellan will likely have to tangle with Hicks in the paint for rebounds.

Hicks is averaging sev-en rebounds per game and pours in 16.6 points per game, including 27 in the overtime thriller.

Besides hitting big shots for the Matadors, Greene is a key facilitator for CSUN with 3.2 assists per game.

The Titans never need any added motivation when they face Long Beach, but in case they do, they can look at their 19 point loss on Feb. 1 at Walter Pyramid.

Despite having a losing record of 12-14, the 49ers hold the third seed in con-ference standings with an

8-4 Big West record.Like the Titans, the 49ers

have a dynamic backcourt with junior guards Mike Caffey and Tyler Lamb.

The four starting guards for both teams were the only players who scored in double figures during the Feb. 1 matchup.

Caffey has served as both the top scorer for the 49ers and the main facilitator, with 16.4 points and 4.3 assists per game. The six foot guard averages 4.6 re-bounds per contest.

Lamb scores at a clip of 15.3 per game and pulls down 3.6 rebounds per game.

He has also drained 38 percent of his three-point shots.

The Titans were able to neutralize 49ers forward Dan Jennings, who is third on the team in scoring, by getting him into foul trouble.

Harris causes problems for the opponent’s defense with his blazing speed and dribble penetration.

He has been sent to the line 130 times, but has only converted on 67.7 percent of his free throws.

The Titans will have to dig deep to earn victories in both games if they want to move up from their sev-enth spot in the Big West standings.

The CSUN game will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. before they face the 49ers on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 6 p.m. in a ESPN3 televised game.

For more informa-tion on the CSUF men’s basketball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

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CSUF looks to end the season with a winning road record

Sophomore guard Hailey King looks to lead the Titans on their road trip against Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State. The Titans are looking to avenge their home blowout losses to both teams.

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Senior guard Michael Williams leads the Titans as they return to Titan Gym, hoping to get past road losses to Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara. This is their final homestand of the season.

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The Titans hope to capitalize on rivals’ poor road records