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Student Rally Forces Senators to Listen

Jamzilla: 405 ClosureNEWSSandy ReynosoContributor

It seems like the residents of Los Angeles can’t escape traf-fic, and this coming weekend, it might be worse than usual.

The 405 closure in 2011 be-came known as “Carmaged-don” by many local radio and television stations. The resi-dents of Los Angeles survived that nightmare without much traffic, but now they must live through it again as “Jamzilla” comes to town. The 405 will be being closed again so that new carpool lanes can be paved on the Northbound side of the freeway. The Southbound side will be closed as well so crews can add a new lane.

The 405 will be closed for 80 hours from February 14 to 17th, 2014. There’s always traffic in Los Angeles, but there might be more during this weekend, since this closure coincides with two holidays, Valentine’s Day and President’s Day. The ramps on the Sepulveda Pass will start to close at 7PM on February 14th. This most like-ly means that some people will be late and frustrated for their

Valentine dates. Everyone is advised to leave earlier if tak-ing the 405, since some dates may not stick around.

The closure will be from Getty Center Drive to Ventura Boulevard at:

Friday February 14: 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.

Saturday February 15: 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Sunday February 16: 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Monday February 17: 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

The Northbound side of the freeway will open during the day, but only two lanes will be open. The Southbound side will be open as well, but some lanes will close at night.

This is all part of the 405 expansion project to add more carpool lanes to one of the busiest freeways in Los Ange-les. People are being advised to stay away from the 405 or find alternate routes. Let’s hope Los Angeles can survive “Jamzilla” unscathed!

Professor Melina Abdullah (center left) and Dr. Kevin Baaske (center right)|Photo by Timmy TruongNEWSAngeline BernabeContributor

Due to recent events con-cerning the debate to make Ethnic Studies a General Ed-ucation Requirement, students organized in a rally on Tues-day, February 4th to advocate for Ethnic Studies to be a re-quirement in the General Edu-cation Curriculum.

Over the course of the past few weeks with the Communi-ty Day Demonstration and the disagreements involved in the decision to make Ethnic Stud-ies a mandatory requirement for undergraduates to take, many students felt dissatis-fied with how members of the Academic Senate have been responding to them and their proposals.

Prior to the rally, an Aca-demic Senate meeting held on January 28th, which resulted in a motion that out-voted the proposal through the use of clickers, left many students frustrated about how members of the Senate weren’t allowing students to speak during the meeting and felt their voices were not being heard.

The group of undergradu-ate, graduate, and alumni stu-dents who gathered on Tues-

day made sure their voices would be heard by stopping the weekly Academic Senate Meeting from happening on Tuesday.

Around 12PM that day, stu-dents began assembling in front of the University Book-store and then proceeded to march into King Hall for a walk out chanting, “What do we want? Ethnic Studies! When do we want it? Now!”

After marching through

King Hall, students walked up to the third floor of the Golden Eagle linking arms together in front of the doors to the Gold-en Eagle Ballroom where the meeting was supposed to be held.

When members of the senate arrived, students began booing and stomping their feet yell-ing, “Don’t talk to any of these people!” and “Don’t let no-body in!” when the members tried entering the ballroom.

A repulsed uproar ensued when Dr. Kevin Baaske, the chair of the Academic Senate walked in along with other members of the Senate.

After negotiating with the students to give them time to speak for an hour and a half, Baaske was turned down.

For an entire 100 minutes (equivalent to the amount of time allotted for an Academic Senate meeting), students used megaphones to voice their opinions about the motions that were outvoted.

The two motions that failed prior to the rally included one that was proposed by the Chair of the Pan-African Studies Department, Professor Melina Abdullah which stated that “at least one of the two required diversity courses must be tak-en in one of the four ethnic/area studies departments/pro-grams: Asian/Asian Ameri-can Studies, Chicano Studies, Latin American Studies, or Pan-African studies”; and the second, labeled as the “Talcott motion” which stated, “at least one of these courses must rep-resent historically underrepre-sented racial/ethnic groups.”

The students who spoke ad-dressed the Senate to listen as

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PhotographersRoxana HernandezTimmy TroungNew York Fashion Week

kicked off last Thursday, Feb-ruary 6th with Nicholas K, and followed later in the day by BCBG Max Azria and Tadashi Shoji.

Much like those designers, other big names are anticipated during NYFW, but it is the new designers that are getting all the attention this time around.

New designers are the es-sence of innovation, creativi-ty, and fresh vision. Because they are under the radar most of the time, they challenge themselves to see beyond the blinds in order to stand out--and sometimes even break the rules.

It is an opportune time to toast to the new designers in New York, Paris, and even L.A.! Yes, L.A. has growing talent in the same way New York does.

In fact, on Tuesday, Febru-ary 11th at 6:30PM in front of the U-SU, the fashion students of CSULA will be putting up a show full of those same qual-ities mentioned: innovation, creativity, and fresh vision.

FADS (Fashion Association of Design Students) have been working to bring CSULA clos-er to the talent of the Fashion and Textiles Program.

Designer Jackie Lee will be opening the show with a stun-ning red dress that will sure be turning necks.

When asked about her inspi-ration for the dress, Lee says:

“I was inspired by the film The Hunger Games. Costume designer Cinna wanted to em-brace the idea of fire in the gar-ments as if they were bursting into flames, so I decided go for a red sequined fabric and em-brace the idea of fire.”

If you want to see Lee’s stunning red dress, or any of FADS 29 other looks, take a walk down to the U-SU plaza at 6:30PM on Tuesday night. Sit down, relax, and enjoy the show.

Out with the Old, In with the NewFASHIONRoxana HernandezContributor

Lee’s Dress | Photo by Roxana Hernandez

ASI Goes to Natural History MuesumEVENTSSasha PerezContributor

On Friday, February 7, ASI provided 50 students with free tickets to the Natural History Museum’s First Friday event.

Attendees were able to en-joy some of the Natural His-tory Museums exhibits, a talk with Dr. Regina Wetzer and Dr. Roberta Marinelli, as well as a concert with the bands, Peaking Lights and Baths.

The event had been spear-headed by Campus Affairs Representative, Dean Truong and Community Affairs Repre-sentative, Diego Tinoco.

I attended the talk with Dr. Roberta Marinelli on Coastal Ecosystems and the Future of Southern California. She cov-ered some of the negative af-fects of global warming onto our oceans, explaining com-plex topics such as ocean acid-ification and the effects it will have on our oceans.

The museum has several ex-hibits to offer. For those inter-ested in the history of our earth, there are displays of actual di-nosaur bones and bones of our ancient ancestors. For those who enjoy diamonds and pre-cious stones, the museum has an amazing mineralogy exhibit.

The museum had food trucks parked out front offering Kore-an-German fusion, sweet and savory crepes and organic dish-es.

I sat down with Dean Truong and Diego Tinoco beforehand to ask them some questions about the goals of the event, the future and why they chose to send students to the Natural History Museum’s First Fri-day’s Celebration.

UT: How did you find out about First Friday and what made you choose the event?

Dean Truong, Campus Af-fairs Representative: “It was all through research. Diego and I checked out some local museums. We wanted to see what LA has to offer. When we found First Fridays they offered everything, like local indie bands from Los Angeles, inter-esting discussions and tours of the museum. It was the perfect choice.”

UT: I noticed you offered a free bus ride to students. Why did you decide to include the free bus?

Diego Tinoco, Community Affairs Representative: “We included a bus to avoid having students waste money travel-ing in heavy L.A. Traffic. It

saves money and also pro-vides a space for interaction between students to and from the event.”

UT: Why would you en-courage students to attend this event? What benefits are there?

Tinoco: “Students can make friends, learn something new and explore the community that surrounds our school.”

UT: What kind of music is being played at First Friday?

Truong: “The artist perform-ing during the event is an un-derground indie band. There’s also a Dj performance. I real-ly enjoy indie music. It’s nice to hear music that isn’t over-played on the radio.”

UT: What do you hope will be the future of First Friday events offered by ASI?

Truong: “I’m hoping more students will get involved and we can take more students. I would love for this to become a quarterly event for ASI.”

For any further questions re-garding First Friday events visit the Natural History Museum’s website. If you would like to find out more about future free First Fridays events offered by ASI, contact asica@calstatela.edu or asicar@calstatela.edu.

Feb. 10, 2014 University Times 3On Second Thought... WorkingADVICESean BuerColumnist

Hello UT Readers, I wanted to take a moment to thank ev-eryone who wrote in last week with their questions. It helps immensely in understanding the topics that matter to you. Feel free to send in any ques-tions, comments, or concerns to Sean.Buer@gmail.com. Anyone who wishes to remain anonymous will be addressed with discretion.

For young students, search-ing for a job can be a daunting uphill battle. With the added pressure from accumulating student loan debt, paying for gifts during the holiday sea-son, and affording basic neces-sities, a steady paycheck looks more appealing than ever. Many new applicants struggle with finding employment due to lack of experience, as busi-nesses see a blank slate as a gamble.

Even students with jobs can feel the pressures of the

economy, as the majority of part-time jobs offer little to no opportunities for promotions and/or raises, affectionately regarded as dead-ends.

While I seem pessimistic, I believe anyone who earnestly wants a job can get one. I went through many applications and interviews when I first got out of high school. I was nervous; I didn’t have any work expe-rience, besides some volunteer work, and answered some in-terview questions with the tact and logic of a toddler.

Over time though, I learned from those mistakes and even-tually got a job. I’ve had the good fortune never to be fired, even worked several jobs at one time. With that experience in mind, here are some tips for applicants on the hunt, as well as those already in the work-place.

When writing your résumé,

use words efficiently and ef-fectively. Awkward sentence structure littered with SAT words in the wrong context loses effect and the attention of the reader. It should be aes-thetically pleasing as well as professionally written.

If you don’t have any past job experience, write down any volunteer work or commu-nity service you’ve complet-ed. Volunteering at a summer camp or after school program proves dedication and work ethic.

Apply to local businesses during certain seasons, specif-ically right before summer and fall before the holidays. Other-wise, you’ll have a tough cou-ple of months ahead of you, waiting for positions to open up as students return to school.

When turning in an ap-plication, walk in alone and wear professional attire. Ask

to speak with the manager to show your sincere interest in the position. It doesn’t send a suitable message with your friend by your side, so ask them nicely to wait in the car.

If you get called back for an interview, always be early. Most interviewing processes involve scheduling a lot of ap-plicants and some may never show up. I’ve been called in early and late, so it’s better to look prepared. The biggest thing to remember is to relax. I, personally, interview better when I don’t take it as serious-ly and the manager will see it as confidence, not cockiness.

When you get the job, re-member to stay professional. Just because there is a little more security in a nametag doesn’t mean they can’t fire you at the drop of a hat. Keep your uniform pressed and clean, customers judge the cleanliness of your business

by the way you present your-self.

Perhaps the job grinds on you, it’s natural and inevi-table, so don’t take it out on co-workers and customers. The best worker can’t make up for the worst attitude. Some students believe they’re too good for their minimum-wage jobs, that they have too much intellect to serve food or bag groceries.

Prove it, by doing your job to the best of your ability with the upmost competence. Oth-erwise, there are many people who’d jump at the chance to fill your shoes.

Do you have any work re-lated stories, questions, or comments? Feel free to email me at Sean.Buer@gmail.com. Have a successful and positive week, Eagles!

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well as for other students to understand the magnitude of the situation.

Similar to many students’ remarks, English Major, Julie Guerrero stated, “It’s import-ant because we’re trying to fight for our history, we’re try-ing to keep our history alive, and if we don’t fight for this then we’re gonna end up for-getting about it.”

A.S.I. President, Hector Ja-cinto said, “I’m here today to make a statement that I am in support to making ethnic stud-ies a requirement for the GE…This is only the beginning of other meetings for the rest of the remaining year that we’re gonna stand here until we get what we demand.”

Although many students voiced their thoughts, a hand-ful who attended the event were unsure of what was going on but still continued to speak.

After a student spoke, misin-terpreting what was being ad-vocated for and called to keep the Ethnic Studies department

from shutting down, another member of the crowd immedi-ately addressed the comment and corrected those remarks saying, “They are not taking Ethnic Studies away.”

Another student who wasn’t aware of who the members of the senate were even addressed Dean McAllister as President William Covino.

With all the remarks at the rally regarding the way Dr. Baaske regulated the previ-ous week’s Academic Senate meeting, Baaske addressed in an interview Thursday, “This senate does not have a pub-lic comment portion. Many city councils do, and board of trustees, we do not. But any senator can yield their speak-ing time to a guest. What I explained to the students that were there—‘guests’—was that the rules require that I as senate chair, call on senators who raise their hand.”

The meetings in which stu-dents are welcomed to voice their comments are at the open forums. Dr. Baaske men-tioned, “In December, we had an entire senate meeting de-voted to a discussion. There

was no motion on the floor on diversity. It was an open forum. Anybody could have come to talk about it, and no students came.”

Baaske also cleared up that he does not get to decide on who raises their hand, and during that particular meeting on January 28th, the senators kept raising their hand.

In regards to the clickers in-volved that students were frus-trated about from the January 29th meeting, Baaske said, “Some junior faculty assis-tant to the associate professors were concerned that they were going to be asked to vote on controversial issues when their senior faculty member in the same department who would vote on whether or not they will be given tenure, or pro-motion to a “full” [position] might be sitting next to them and voting the other way… so they were concerned that they would not be able to vote their conscience if administrators were there or their senior fac-ulty members were there and so the clickers protect that.”

In other words, the officers of the senate shared in a let-

ter received by the Executive committee that the clickers are used for accuracy, integ-rity- because they “assure se-crecy and protect those who are voting from the possibility of retaliation,” honesty—be-cause “when voice votes are conducted, it is difficult to as-certain who is voting” and in-novation.

Although the decision to use clickers was made in De-cember, the first unsuccessful attempt to use clickers was done on January 14th. By Jan-uary 28th, new clickers were ordered, and that day was the first time clickers were suc-cessful. Officers of the Senate have stated that clickers will be used for the rest of the year.

In addition, Baaske also ex-plained, “Parliamentary pro-cedure says that if a senator makes a motion to close the debate, whether I agree or not, I have to ask if there is a sec-ond to that motion. That day, there was.”

During the rally, many at-tacked Dr. Baaske. One stu-dent approached him during his speech and stood directly in front of him saying, “Every-

body needs to understand the position that this man holds. He chairs these meetings. The academic senate meeting goes through him. All you guys can find that man in the music building, and I’m sure he’d love to speak to us. So ev-erybody make sure you go to his office and make sure he’s working in favor of us the stu-dents the ones that struggle.”

Baaske reiterated in the in-terview on Thursday that he does not get to vote as chair.

Based on what has happened so far, the response is mixed. Due to what students are ad-vocating for, many others have followed and expressed that they are for Ethnic Studies to be a requirement to the GE curriculum. Others on social media sites have expressed that there could probably have been other ways to approach the issue (in regards to the stu-dent organized rally).

Due to the turbulence of the matter, the demands to make Ethnic Studies a required GE course has put pressure on many of the senate members and has recently caused a stu-dent Senator to quit.

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Masked protester speaks out to crowd showing their support. | Photo by Timmy Truong

Protesters gather in front of the university bookstore. | Photo by Timmy Truong

Protesters march past police on their way to senate meeting. | Photo by Timmy Truong

Professor joins protestors in supporting ethnic studies. | Photo by Timmy Truong

Photo Essay of the Feb. 4 Rally

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Wrong Song John Cusack! FUN & GAMESSean BuerCartoonist

Valentine’s Day ScenariosADVICEMayra MontoyaContributor

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and lucky for us it falls on a Friday this year. So if you are attached or single and ready to mingle, Friday is the perfect day to do whatever you want! So here’s a couple of suggestions on how to deal with the day you either love or hate. I am here to solve your problems!

Don’t know what to get your significant other?

Easy! In a world filled with social media pounding down our face, it shouldn’t be hard to spot the clues. Your signif-icant other’s Pinterest account might hold the key to a per-fect and thoughtful homemade gift. Sometimes it can be made for cheap. Did they like some-thing on Instagram, maybe a new makeup palette or a pair of sneakers? These are clues! If you’ve looked for these clues that will make you look like you “read their mind.”

Are you on a budget?

I am going to pretend that no one has work or class on Val-entine’s Day and that you’re able to do whatever you want on Friday Funday. I will also assume that we will be blessed with amazing weather like we

have the past couple of weeks (Don’t tell the East Coast). Which means it’s perfect to plan a nice and romantic pic-nic. Yes, super cliché but ohh-hh so romantic! Pack some fruit, sandwiches and bever-ages. Make some spaghetti and in lieu of wine, take some non-alcoholic sangria… you know if you want to be fancy! Put an extra touch by adding something special, like a hand written note or a framed pic-ture. And yes ladies, you can take your man on a picnic, so this applies to you too!

Note: this is the only accept-able time to “make him a sand-wich,” only if you want to.

Is going on a picnic not your style? Then you might put in some work! Think romance. What does your significant other consider romantic? What makes them happy?

This is when you put the “5 Languages of Love” into work: does your partner like words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time or physical touch? If you really don’t know, have them take the test online and plan your day around the results! Write them a poem and tell them what they mean to you. Plan a movie marathon and cuddle all night. Bring them flowers, or help them with their homework. Pay attention

to what they consider romantic and special.

You made the horrible mis-take of getting into a relation-ship last week?

You fail at life. Just kidding. But that’s okay. A movie date should do the trick.

You want to get them some-thing unique, eco friendly and artistic? You hipster!

Luckily for you, on Thurs-day February 13th, the DTLA Art Walk will host various art-ist works that should help you find something thoughtful for you significant others. The art walk will also have art related events, activities and enter-tainment, just go for fun!

Is February 13th getting too close to comfort? Shop at your local thrift store or on Etsy.com for some cool and unique stuff.

You want to be fancy? Pull all the stunts and make them fall in love?

Well, love will be in the air at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Los Angeles Phil-harmonic will host Richard Strauss and his rendition of Don Quixote! Call or check out their website for ticket in-formation.

Are you single and happy?

This is the best kind of hap-py! Round up all the single la-dies and men. Hit the bar, and have a few drinks. I bet every-one else there will be single too. But the difference is…you’re happy! So you don’t need the extra drinks. And you wont end up crying at the bar! Plus, you have dancing moves to die for so everybody will want to be near you. Get it? Every-Body… (I just chan-neled my inner Britney Spears)

Always remember, don’t drink and drive. Have a des-ignated driver, or call a cab or car service.

Not 21? Hit a karaoke bar and watch everyone else sing and cry all at the same time!

Are you single, and sad?

Womp, womp! I’m kid-ding, I get it that you are sad that Valentine’s Day IS sad when you’re single. But its not sad because you’re not in a relationship, but because ev-eryone else is and they are ru-ining your fun! I am kidding, again. Ok, so your partner just dumped you, the person you like is in a relationship or even worse they don’t even know you are alive! You’re sad un-derstandably so, Valentine’s Day is annoying but don’t let it ruin your day.

First things first, you ARE awesome, you’re awesome and you’re a great catch! So don’t be sad! Go out and have some fun… But if you do see yourself falling into a down-ward spiral of depression DO NOT DRINK. I cannot stress this enough. You don’t want to be the person we just talked about above! Go out to dinner, hang out with friends or have a game night! There are many things to do so go out and en-joy your Friday night. But if you want to stay home and be alone that’s perfectly fine too! It is important to spend time with the person you love the most, and that’s you!

Valentine’s isn’t for you and you just wasted your time reading this?

That sounds like me, I don’t care for the commercialized holiday. I don’t care for the gifts, the flowers or the over-rated Facebook “I love you so much” posts. I don’t care this day makes everything so damn expensive. Simply put, I don’t live for Valentine’s day. So the truth is, some people really do put an effort to make this day special for the person they love. Someone will feel abso-lutely loved that day, and who am I to talk badly about that?

Happy Valentine’s Day Ev-eryone!

Couples Playlist Venice by the Lighthouse and the WhalerAll I Need by KodalineSun by Two Door Cinema ClubAngels by the XX Futile Devices by Sufjan Stevens Riptide by Vance JoyThe Start of Something by VoxtrotValentine by Kina Grannis State of Grace by Taylor Swift Thinking Bout You by Frank Ocean Coast of Carolina by Telekinesis Need Your Love by The Temper TrapPostcards from Italy by Beirut

By Yzzy Gonzalez

Singles Playlist Dear No One – Tori Kelly

Love Sucks – Nathan AngeloPerfect Picture – Carlos Bertonatti

We Could Be Amazing – Andy GrammerSingle Ladies – Beyoncé

Do What U Want (ft. R. Kelly) – Lady GagaNo Better – Lorde

In Case You Didn’t Know – Olly MursLittle Black Dress – Sara Bareilles

Still Into You - ParamoreThe Wire - Haim

Wings - Little MixHappy - Pharrel Williams

By Angeline Bernabe

Check out the UT staff blog on our website for the 8tracks of both of these

playlists!

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Clarifying the Ethnic Studies MovementNEWSDeidra BrownGolden Eagle Radio

On Tuesday, January 28th, 2014, there was a senate meeting among the faculty and students who compose the Academic Senate at CSULA. This meeting regarded whether or not it should be a requirement for students to take at least one class from the Ethnic Studies Department in order to graduate.

Professor and chair of the Department of Pan African Studies, Melina Abdullah, proposed this notion. With this proposal, students would be required to take a professor’s class within Pan African,

Chicano/a, or Asian/Asian American studies. This class would count as one of the two diversity courses required and would take place during the 2016 Semester Conversion. The new GE requirement would not apply to transfer students or graduates, but for students who are freshmen or sophomores who are taking their GE‘s at a university.

During the meeting, it was said that this was the first time there had been an anonymous vote using iClickers, which may have affected the overall turnout. The idea of what is considered diversity also came about, in which at first, it was considered race, class and gender. Now it is considered

race, class, gender, religion, age, disability, and sexual orientation. However, this proposal was rejected.

As a result, on Monday, February 3rd, a meeting titled “Making Ethnic Studies Mandatory” was held to discuss further actions that can be done in order to get this proposition approved and why it should be mandatory. At the meeting, there was a significant turn out. All of the seats were filled with students, faculty, staff, and community members who were there to support the incorporation of ethnic studies as a GE requirement and to share their ideas and opinions about the results of the previous Senate

meeting.

Rodolfo Casarez, a part time instructor for the College of Arts and Letters and also a 2006 alumni from CSULA, who attended the meeting, expressed that he has nothing to gain economically from the Ethnic Studies meeting that took place Monday.

However, he states, “As a member of the Chicano/a community, I am affected greatly. As it is today, without the requirement of “Ethnic Studies,” our GE is foreign to all that are not European and I cannot accept, as a member of the community to which I claim, that this institutions of higher learning contribute

to the systematic eradication, erosion, dismissal, and or otherwise teaching of a completely Eurocentric General Education to Los Angeles.” He adds that one class is not enough but it is a start.

On Tuesday, February 4th, a petition supporting the proposal was available for pick up in front of the CSULA bookstore and a vast amount of students protested outside of the Golden Eagle Radio ballroom, where the Academic Senate meeting was being held. According to Casarez, during the meeting, there were no votes taken, only voices heard.

Carefully listening to the passionate speeches given by students, student representa-tives, community leaders, and faculty, I couldn’t help but rec-ognize the continuous refer-ence to Martin Luther King Jr. The comparisons of his acts to student protestors, his words being quoted, or some in some cases rephrased.

Now as I reflect on the re-

cent protest that took place last Tuesday, February 4th, I ques-tion, what if King were still alive and sat on the Academ-ic Senate at CSULA? What would have happened at that protest where students creat-ed a blockade in order to keep senators out of their meeting, and for one hour demand their voices to be heard?

Would King have stood be-hind the imagery line that sep-arated the majority of the ac-ademic senators from student protestors? Would King smirk and laugh at students attempt to have their voices heard as Senate chair Kevin Baaske had done?

No, I believe King would have acted bigger than that. Kings exceedingly leadership quality wouldn’t allow for him to make these actions. Most importantly his intellect wouldn’t have let him fall this short, not just as an African American, but as a human be-ing.

In my opinion, King would have spoke on behalf of the students, in a courageous voice, demanding Ethnic Stud-ies would be a required GE course on the CSULA campus. He would have congratulat-ed the students and told them how proud he was of them for standing up for what they be-lieved in just as senator and Director of Latin American Studies Beth Baker Kristeles had done.

Kristeles stated, “I want to thank the students for coming here and I want to make it clear to everyone that this was not a faculty organized event and what I wanted to say is that I’ve never been so proud of our CSULA students. For be-ing so articulate, so passionate and so smart about wanting to participate in their own educa-tion and students need to have a voice in their own education. That’s what we’ve been ask-ing you to do all along, that’s what your education is all about, having a voice in your education. I know this may have been frustrating for some senators but this has been ed-ucational experience for me, I have learned from you, it has been really fun to hear you and I think that you need to have a voice in more arenas as well as in the senate.”

I believe King would have spoken on a wise stance, a stance of experience and ex-pertise in race, a place of love, similar to the place that Pan African Studies Professor Pen-

ni Wilson had done so. With integrity and respect, Wilson reached a place that I honestly believe many student protes-tors, full of emotions and rage (based on response they were getting from some of the sen-ators), couldn’t have reached.

Full of passion, Wilson stat-ed in her speech, “What I want to say to the senate is this, there are two emotions, and Dr. Baskee you know I respect you, there are two emotions, one of them is love, the other one is fear.

We’re in a place of fear when we think, that we’re losing something that we don’t want to lose. We know that we live in a white supremacist male dominate patriarchal capitalist society.

And we know that when there’s an influx people of color into the nation, it’s scary for a lot of white su-premacist, male, patriarchal capitalist. We also know that when I have white student in my class- well you don’t know this but I do – when we start talking about race, eth-nicity, capitalism, patriarchy and a this, sometimes they’re nervous, they’re kind of shak-en when I’m talking to them.

But when I reach out them and I relieve that fear, I let them know that I love them too and they understand where I’m coming from be-cause I’ve lived it.

I’ve been called a nigga.

I’ve been called so many names so when I teach them, I’m teaching them from a place of experience, I’m teach-ing them from a place of my life and what we do in Ethnic studies, and I want this to be clear, we come from a place of love.

We put our students biogra-phy into the learning process and that empowers them be-

cause they feel like I matter, and we love them, and they will excel to make us proud.

So what I’m asking in the senate and all of my col-leagues, who may feel fear about us having one class, to give there under served stu-dents something in their heart, in their spirit, that’s going to drive them towards perfection, replace that fear with love, re-place that fear with love.”

“If Martin L. King Jr. Were on the Academic Senate”OPINIONJillian Krysni BellColumnist

Students speak to Academic Senators| Photo by Timmy Truong

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Have you actually done it? Admit it, at one point or another you have been tempted to snoop through your signif-icant other’s phone. Whether it was to see their text messages, their photos, their Facebook, Instagram, or any oth-er social media.

Personally, I do not believe in snoop-ing around your boyfriend or girl-friend’s phone. That’s just my opinion. I have never done it and have never been attempted to. I am not going to lie, I have been curious and have won-dered but that’s about it. I am on a mis-sion to find someone who like me, has never snooped around their boyfriend or girlfriends phone. I cannot be the

only one who has never done it!

What makes someone want to snoop around their significant others phone? Is it lack of trust? Why be with that person, if you do not trust fully? It must be for ‘love,’ right? Love makes you do crazy things. Could it be out of curiosity? CSULA students answer a few of these questions and try to get to the root of it.

As technology evolves, so does social media. It seems like everyday there is a new social media ready for you to sign up to. Social media opens a whole new world as Crystal Lares, Physical Therapy student explained to me.

When asked if she’s ever snooped around, she laughs and looks at her friend, then says, “Yes, of course I have! There were different reasons why I did it, but I guess you can say that it was mainly because of trust is-sues.” Lares went on to say that she never got caught and although she found out things that she wished she never had, but she was glad she did.

Jessica Solis, Undeclared major said, “I as well have snooped around,

I actually do it more now that my ex and I broke up than when we were to-gether.”

Snooping around isn’t just for girls, no way! Guys do it as well! Donald Ajayi, Business student, said, “Yes, I have definitely snooped around. It had nothing to do with trust issues, I was just naturally curious, the phone was there so I did it.” He laughed and kept explaining to me that he believes some people really do enjoy snooping around and like knowing things, for him though it is just out of curiosity. With a smile he looks at me and says, “If it makes it any better, I’ve always told the girl when I’ve been looking through her stuff.”

My mission was a complete fail! There is still no doubt in my mind that there is someone out there who has never snooped around their boyfriend or girlfriends’ phone.

As long as social media keeps evolv-ing, snooping around will continue. Whether it’s because you have trust issues or simple curiosity. Let’s think about it. If there was no social media, would you still find the need to snoop around?

Snooping Around, Not Just for the NCA OPINIONJennifer AmadorContributor

Zoey and AnnabelleFUN & GAMES

Tammy NguyenCartoonist

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Corrections for Issue 205.3: In the story “#Here4 You Campaign” Michael Chien’s last name was spelled incorrectly. We apologize for the mistake.

Corrections for Issue 205.5: On the cover page, we put the wrong print date. The date is supposed to be Feb. 3, 2014. Two jumps on the cover were meant to direct readers go to page 11, not 12. On page 11, Jordan Stearley’s last name was spelled incorrectly. Carol Venegas’ last name was also spelled incorrectly in the masthead.

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CalendarFEBRUARY 10-16 WEEk SIX 10Monday3:15PM Cup of Culture: Birds of Paradise Lost - An Afternoon with Andrew LamAlhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

3:30PM University Times Meeting King Hall C 3098

11Tuesday11:30AM Plants and Other Living Things: A Talk by Dr. Theresa Jelley An Inter-grated Humanties Center LectureSan Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

12PM Business and Eco-nomics Day: Love MarketGreenlee Plaza

1PM U-Lead: True ColorsStudent Club and Organization Offices, 2nd Floor U-SU

1:45PM ITS Training Program: Microsoft Excel Part 1Library Palmer Wing Room 4056

3PM DIY: Crafty Tuesday - Blanket MakingLos Angeles Room A & B, 3rd Floor U-SU

6:15PM Accessi-ble Citizenships: A Talk by Julie Avril MunichSan Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

8PM Valentine’s Movie Night: The NotebookHousing CIC Game Room

11AM No Glove, No Love!Student Health Center

11:30AM Writing A Winning ResumeCareer Center

12PM Happy Heart DayU-SU Plaza

3:15PM A.S.I. General Election Workshops: Cam-paigning for Student Govern-ment OfficeSan Gabriel Room 313, U-SU

3:15PM Compadre TalkSan Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

12Wednesday3:15PM CSI Unplugged ft. HaremsForest Lounge Balcony, 2nd Floor U-SU

6PM Charter College of Educa-tion Dean’s SocialKing Hall Walkway

7PM Distin-guished Lecture with Jeb BushPasadena Civic Center

13Thursday12PM Happy Hour in the PitAlhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

3:15PM Well...It’s Compli-catedSan Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

6:15PM Independent Vi-sions: Big Gay LoveU-SU Theatre

14Friday10AM Take a Stand: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech ContestAlhambra Room, 3rd Floor U-SU

2PM Baseball vs Sonoma StateReeder Field

5:30PM Women’s Basketball vs Chico State Eagle’s Nest Gym

7:30PM Men’s Basketball vs Chico StateEagle’s Nest Gym

15Saturday10AM Tennis vs C-M-SEagle’s Nest Gym

1:30PM Baseball vs Sonoma StateReeder Field

5:30PM Women’s Basket-ball vs CSU Stani-slausEagle’s Nest Gym

7:30PM Men’s Basketball vs CSU StanislausEagle’s Nest Gym