BREAKING NEWS
As we go to print on Wednesday night, UT sources report
university times
the
C A L I F O R N I A S T AT E U N I V E R S I T Y, L O S A NG E L E S
THE EAR DOLCINI’S ASKED TO SHUT DOWN
S
o the big chisme
into this Ear this
week is the news
that they want to
close Dolcini’s!!! The one
mom-and-pop establish-
ment on the entire campus!
Aren’t we a true reflection
of corporate America!
But of course it is not really
“we,” because
nobody asked
us students what
we’d prefer (ain’t
that a recurring
theme!). This
Ear only found
out while in line to buy itself
a coffee. The Dolcini’s staff
asked for our signature in
support of their new “Save
Dolcini’s” movement. Go
take a look. If you see a
wax smear… that was us.
Can you believe that the
plan is to get rid of Dol-
cini’s so that we can have
some more plastic grass?
And more chairs on which
nobody will sit, like the ones
on Greenlee Plaza? Be-
cause… it has been said…
we students need more
space to study?!
Nobody can study without
coffee, ok!!! And not every-
body can afford Starbucks,
ok!!! Hey… here between
your ear and ours… what
are the chances that there’s
a connection between the
great Walmart-of-coffee-
Starbucks and what is go-
ing on, huh?? Think…
think….
I say we go on a hunger
strike on the steps of Dolci-
ni’s. Oh wait… That won’t
help their business…
I say we chain ourselves to
the bars, chairs, and tables
of Dolcini’s! Yeah, that’s
it! We chain ourselves from
one hand, while with the
other we hold a cup of their
coffee.
See: EAR, P.6
a death occurred at the dormitories late Wednesday after-
noon. LAPD and campus police refused to comment at
this time, referring the matter to Public Relations. For up to
date information, please visit www.coolstatela.com.
JUNE 04, 2009
www.coolstatela.com
18 9 .10
Dolcini’s serves as a campus study hall and socializing space (Daniel Park photo)
University threatens and promoting the use of
Siddique Workshop to terminate lease external student meeting,
study, and learning spaces
by Princess G. Manasseh across campus. Evidence
of such spaces on campus
Not yet half-way into a are: the courtyard around
28-year lease, CSULA of- the music building, the
ficials are asking Dolcini’s courtyard at the adminis-
café to shut down in order tration building, Greenlee
to make room for “exter- Plaza, the Golden Eagle
nal student meeting, study, and the University Stu-
and learning spaces,” ac- dent Union…These spac-
cording to a letter sent by es have been well received
university administration. by the campus communi-
Learning from the bar- work. They likewise at- The café, which has been ty,” read the letter.
da workshop with John tempted to describe a loved on campus 12 years, is
Siddique one by focusing on his or
subletting the space from Some students do not ac-
T
her surroundings, sort of the University Auxiliary cept Pardon’s explanation.
wenty people, stu- the photographic style of
dents and faculty, bokeh applied to the writ- Services (UAS). “The University obviously
attended the open ten word. (Bokeh is a Japa- has ulterior motives,” said
workshop held by John nese technique that uses George Pardon, Vice Roberta Smith, a junior
Siddique last Thursday in a scene’s background to President for Administra- and communications stud-
the Poetry Center at King bring a subject out into the tion and Chief Financial ies major ,“It makes no
Hall. spotlight). Officer at CSULA, sent a sense that they want to
letter to the UAS offices close Dolcini’s to build a
The British Council Writ- Siddique read some of his December 15, 2008 stat- learning area, that’s exact-
er-in-Residence guided yet-to-be-published poetry, ing the University is can- ly what Dolcini’s is. This
those present through part of a commission by celling the lease to use the place is always crowded
timed writing exercises in- the Lancaster University property adjacent to King with students studying,
tended to free up their cre- to create a series of poems
ativity. The writers prac-
Hall, effective June 30, whereas those Astro Turf
portraying the immigrant 2009. In the letter Par- areas hardly ever have
ticed incorporating images experience in Manchester,
and other sensory elements don stated his reasoning anyone sitting there.”
UK.
– such as the scent of per- as the need for more meet-
fume, the breeze, cookies, ing spaces. “[CSULA] has The terms of the contract
and so forth - into their See: SIDDIQUE, P.7 been planning, creating, make clear that the uni-
2 University Times
LOCKED-IN TUITION THE FUTURE OF
Making tuitions more
predictable
C
olleges around the
nation are ex-
perimenting with a they can lose money. Col-
concept called, “locked-in
tuition” in order to make
life more stable and predict- University of Kansas have
able for college students.
Locked-in tuition would
mean that incoming fresh-
man, would pay the same
tuition for all 4 years of
college. The proposal has
educational institutions and sive,” said Alberto Ortega,
families supporting college
students at odds.
Because of consistent
tuition increases in Califor- The government should
nia, college students have
been inconvenienced and
forced to make the decision out people who aren’t tak-
to either keep up with the
rising costs or give up all
together while Governor
Schwarzenegger takes ac-
tion to get California back
PRESIDENTS PLAN
Earn What You Learn
(CSULA- UT) President
Obama has proposed a
challenge to Americans.
His idea would positively
impact the lives of millions
and drastically change the
path of our economy.
The President wants every-
one to commit to at least one
year of higher education.
He believes that increased
high school drop out rates
and low college completion
rates have been a “prescrip-
tion for economic decline”.
His proposition for higher
education gives people the
option of either going to a
college, technical training
program or apprenticeship.
Currently, Americans are
allowed to drop out of high
school at the age of 16,
something Obama Chief
on track.
Universities see the tu-
ition guarantee program
as a potential risk because
leges like the University
of Texas at Dallas and the
experimented with the idea
and are not very fond of it.
However, families and stu-
dents are excited about the
idea because of its predict-
ability. “ Tuition is expen-
a Biochemistry Senior. “It’s
a drag, and it’s kind of like
discrimination in a way.
make it equal for everyone
because then it would weed
ing school seriously.”
The Locked-in tuition
proposal will rely on the
creativity of the colleges
of Staff Rahm Emanuel
feels should no longer be al-
lowed. The least educated
are more vulnerable in times
of economic downfalls.
A recent statistic released by
the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics shows that people
without a high school diplo-
ma or higher education cer-
tification are twice as likely
to be unemployed in com-
parison to those who have
some college experience.
One of the cons to this
challenge is that, many jobs
don’t necessarily require a
degree. In turn, some peo-
ple decide that their college
attendance is not necessary.
However, those who do have
a higher education will gen-
erally have higher earnings,
this is of course an incentive
to further education.
Currently the unemploy-
ment rate is at its highest in
NEWS
and how successful their
new ideas are at keeping
students interested in en-
rolling despite their finan-
cial situations.
The University of Texas
at Dallas began its guar-
anteed Tuition Rate Plan
in the Fall of 2007 as a
way to “provide simplicity,
predictability, and clarity
for our students.” says Curt
Eley the University’s Vice
President for enrollment
management.
Students will save money
in the long run if they
decide to stay long enough
to complete a degree. They
will also be able to better
plan out their finances for
the year because the tuition
rate will be consistent and
encourage college students
to graduate on time.
UT
25 years. The main concern
is to get Americans the skills
that will make them mar-
ketable. Fields dealing with
important services such as
health care are expected to
grow rapidly. Higher edu-
cation is a requirement for
these jobs. Someone who
is qualified for a position in
this field can usually count
on job stability and good
salary.
Education and the economy
do tend to have a domino
effect. People with a higher
education will most likely
be qualified for better jobs,
they will make more mon-
ey, their fields will be more
stable. The money these
people earn will be used
to purchase goods, eventu-
ally serving as an economic
stimulant. UT
CSULA
Young Students get a
taste of college life…
(CSULA – UT) Beginning
in 2004, CSULA’s EPIC
(Educational Participation
In Communities) program
came up with a new idea
to introduce local elemen-
tary age children to college
life. The event is known
as “Cal State L.A., Here
We Come!” The hope is
that exposing children to
college at an earlier age
will excite them about the
opportunity when they’re
older.
EPIC also sends univer-
sity student volunteers to
the surrounding elemen-
tary schools to tutor the
students in a variety of
subjects. The “Here We
Come,” event gives those
same elementary students
the opportunity to visit
their college mentors in a
different setting. Children
spend the entire school
day touring the CSULA
campus. Children enter
campus via the USU and
begin their day as college
students. CSULA student
volunteers, and the EPIC
staff, escort the youngsters
CONTRACT NOT
RENEWED
Coach Karwasky let go
after 20 years
(CSULA-UT) After twenty
years of coaching the CSU-
LA tennis team, Tina Kar-
wasky’s contract will not
be renewed. Dan Bridges,
director of Athletics is cur- this is really disappointing, I
rently looking at 50 appli-
cants and is hoping by July
to have a new coach. “The
decision has been made. All
See: TENNIS, P.6
efforts are being focused on
June 04, 2009
to the Eagles Nest gym
for breakfast. In efforts to
enhance the experience,
the students attend mock
college classes in vacant
classrooms. Throughout
the day, students visit a
number of campus sites
and are treated to special
presentations designed
specially for them.
During the day children
are given the opportunity
to conduct science experi-
ments in the recently built
La Kretz Hall, discuss
athletics with CSULA
athletes and members of
the athletic staff, and are
given presentations about
the importance of higher
education.
“It was a proud day for the
CSULA campus communi-
ty,” said Amanda Garcia, a
CSULA student and event
volunteer. “Everyone’s
enthusiasm and dedica-
tion in coming together to
ensure these local children
enjoyed the college experi-
ence was fulfilling for all,”
Garcia said.
UT
finding the best coach pos-
sible,” said Bridges. “We
are moving forward with
enthusiasm and looking at
a bright future for CSULA
tennis team.”
When asked exactly why
Karwasky was being let
go, Bridges was very tight
lipped. He would not give
an exact reason as to why
her contract will not be re-
newed.
This comes as a great sur-
prise to freshman tennis
player Marine Pororost,
“She was a really good
coach and I’m deeply sad-
dened by this news. Most of
the team feels that this is un-
fair.” Fellow freshmen ten-
nis player Crystal Lam has
similar feelings. “Honestly
was recruited by Karwasky.
She is a really good person,”
said Lam. “She knows how
June 04 ,2009 NEWS University Times 3

RANDOM THOUGHTS OF TAKE NOTE

A MATHEMATICIAN
Beer has received numer-
ous awards and recognition
on behalf of the Univer-
sity. He was the recipient of
the Outstanding Professor
Award, General Education
Honors, Program Professor
of the Year Award, and also
the faculty prize for Distin-
guished Teaching Assistants
at UCLA.
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Distinguished Profes- Beer has been a professor texts in the field. Beer has Senior Editor
sor Honored at Award of mathematics at CSULA also authored over 100 ar- Zach Seemayer
Michael Garcia
Ceremony since 1971; he also has held ticles in referreed journals,
the position of Faculty Ath- including publications in Managing Editor
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May 19 Dr. Gerald Beer, the for more than 12 years. In Mathematical Society, and Assoc. News Director
2009 recipient of the Presi- his position as FAR Beer The American Mathemati- Kamran Afary
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sor Award gave a lecture to and provides guidance to the widely read journals in Assignment Editor
the campus community en- student-athletes. Beer is the the U.S. Kelly Kreuzberger
Dena Burroughs
titled “Random Thoughts senior FAR in the Califor-
of a Mathematician.” A nia Collegiate Athletic As- Beer has been an invited Staff Writers
reception followed the lec- sociation. In that capacity, speaker in many different Princess Mannassah
Brittany Mejia
ture in honor of Beer. “This he certifies the eligibility of parts of the world, including Stephanie Monte
award represents a combi- all student athletes and rep- France, Italy, and Morocco. Oladunni Aiyegbusi
nation of careers here,” said resents the University at He will soon be enjoying the Mireya Tejeda
Genevieve Palo-Dy
Beer “It is a very meaning- CCAA and NCAA meet- summer working with the Elizabeth An
ful award to me. I appreci- ings. athletics department. UT
Web News Coordinators
ate the confidence they have Thuy Duong Bach
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2009 STATEMENT Media Editor

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students and faculty is
published.
By Dena Burroughs
The 2009 issue of Statement
magazine was released on
Saturday in an elegantly ar-
ranged banquet room in the
USU building.
As it has now for 59 years,
this year’s issue of Statement
contains the literary work
of CSULA undergrad and
graduate students, and for a
first time, it includes poetry
and prose written by faculty.
Present to read their cre-
ations were the Dean of Arts
and Letters Terry Allison,
former Dean Carl Selkin,
and English Professors Mel-
vin Donaldson and Mary
Bucci Bush. Also in atten-
dance were several student
contributors, including the
winner of the Dean’s Prize
in Poetry, Tarik Booker.
This year’s Statement is
dedicated to Jean Burden,
an American poet who be-
came a long-standing sup-
porter of poetry at CSULA.
In his tribute to Burden,
Carl Selkin spoke in length
of her significant contribu-
tions to our university, par-
ticularly since 1986 when
CSULA instituted the Jean
Burden Annual Poetry Se-
ries.
For a second year in a row,
CSULA grad student Juan
Carlos Parrilla led the mag-
azine’s publishing commit-
tee. Of the experience Par-
rilla says, “The Statement
launch was a very reward-
ing experience.  I felt very
honored to be in the pres-
ence of such creative and
inspiring artists.” A copy of
the 2009 Statement maga-
zine can be obtained at the
English Department office,
on the 6th floor of the E & T
building. UT
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RANDOM ARCHEOLOGICAL DIGS
The Ted Nichols
Interview
By Andy Pesich, ITS
(Frederick Flintstone, Es-
quire)
I
n the 1980s I worked
with a happy-go-lucky
telecommunications
technician by the name
of Dave Hernandez. His
ever-complaining and
never-satisfied wife kept
complaining that she was
tired of being perceived as
Mexican; she wanted the
family surname changed to
Hearn. Dave refused; so
Katie changed hers back to
Mitchell. A year later she
divorced him and hooked
up with an aspiring Rite-Aid
(then Thrifty) District Man-
ager. Dave hooked up with
a computer programmer
named Mary who, like Dave,
was very lively and outgoing.
A year later Mary and Dave
moved to Virginia to follow
her job. Mary, who had a
near-to-impossible-to-pro-
nounce Russian-Jewish sur-
name, was happy to change
her name to Hernandez.
Later, you’ll find out why this
is relevant.
Ted Nichols is best known as
the long-time head musical
director and composer for
Hanna-Barbera (now part
of Warner Brothers) which
produced television cartoons
such as the Flintstones,
Jetsons, Scooby-Do, and oth-
ers. Almost simultaneously,
between 1960 and 1972, he
taught and directed music at
CalStateLA.
G
rowing up in
Washington State,
Ted longed to see
the world, act on his inspira-
tions, and make music. As
a teenager during World
War II, he had to wait to
enter service in the Navy
but promptly left that to get
a Music Education bach-
elor’s at Baylor University in
Texas. While at Baylor he
joined the Air Force ROTC
and was quickly promoted to
band director. On comple-
tion, the Air Force sent him
to New York to run the re-
gional Air Force Band there
as an Air Force Lieutenant.
That was not enough. He
returned to Texas to fin-
ish is Master’s in Music
NEWS
Composition at the Texas
University of Fine Arts and
Communication with an eye
on coming to Hollywood
to be a film composer. By
then he was married to his
one-and-only (and also still
living) wife Doris, whom he
had met at Baylor, and was
raising children. So, he took
up a position of band direc-
tor at Inglewood High in
1958. Also, in 1958 he took
up a part-time, weekend job
at Disneyland as the baritone
in the park’s barbershop
quartet the Dapper Dans.
With the Orange County
connection he moved his
teaching career to Santa Ana
College in 1959.
It was there at Santa Ana
that CalStateLA contacted
him through the efforts of
Fran Baxter, the CSULA
choir director. Not oddly,
Baxter had been Ted’s choir
director back at John Rogers
High School (Spokane, WA).
CalStateLA had outgrown
the student-lead pep band
and needed a marching
band organized to compli-
ment the growingly success-
ful football team. In time, he
also directed the jazz ensem-
ble, musicals orchestra, and
taught orchestration.
In about 1962-63 he wrote
three musicals with the
CalStateLA musicals direc-
tor Walt Beaver. Professor
Beaver hated the idea of
rest rooms in the lobby of a
theatre (the sound of toilets
flushing in the distance I
suppose). So, that’s why the
State Theatre has out-house-
style restrooms not attached
to the building. Former
Dean Don Dewey told me
recently that folks back then
wanted to call those rest-
rooms Beaver Hall.
T
his was still not
enough. He quit
Dapper Dans to be
the music director at the
Church of the Open Door
which was at 550 South
Hope Street (a block from
the main library) in down-
town Los Angeles. The
church was conceived and
founded by R.A. Torrey,
the same guy who founded
Biola University. In 1964,
one of the choir members
at the church arranged for
Ted to interview Bill Hanna
of Hanna-Barbera. Ted
was given the job to com-
pose and direct music for
the Flintstones Christmas
Special of 1964. That
clinched him the Flintstones
job. Being that music (espe-
cially background music) for
a television series is mostly
summer work, Ted contin-
ued at CalStateLA as well as
the church.
This was still not enough.
By 1968 all the work seemed
so easy that he decided to
enroll in a doctorate pro-
gram in music. Unfortu-
nately, both UCLA and USC
were asking for breadth re-
quirements he didn’t want to
spend time on. So, he chose
Claremont Graduate Uni-
versity. He never finished.
In 1972 he was asked to be
the musical director of the
world-wide tour of Campus
Crusade for Christ. He quit
the CalStateLA job (anyway,
the football team was start-
ing to have losing seasons),
handed over the church job
to an assistant and handed
some Hanna-Barbera work
to other assistants. Google
him and you’ll find a very
large catalog of work.
Ted is now 80 with three
children (all successful), six
grandchildren, and a great-
grandchild born in 2007 and
lives in Arizona with Doris.
He’s still active in church
music.
My interview with him was a
combination of phone con-
versation and email. With
June 04, 2009
probing I found out that his
original name was Theodore
Nicholas Sflotsos. His at-
tending Baylor, the largest
Baptist College in America,
was because he wanted to
convert to being “Chris-
tian,” he said. I asked him
what religion, if any, was
he originally, and he said,
“Greek Orthodox” to which
I retorted, “that’s not Chris-
tian?” The changing of
one’s non-Anglo name to an
Anglo name was common
then especially if one wanted
to be an entertainer; so I let
it pass. Even with that, he
didn’t speak of his Greek
origins. I did some data
mining to find the death cer-
tificates of what I surmised
were his father Nicholas and
mother Josephine. With
the following email he cor-
roborated that they were his
parents. Ted’s return email
said, “My father was a great
Greek chef and worked at
several of the big hotels in
Spokane.” The omission
bothered me. I’m proud
of my father who was only a
tuna boat crewman and later
dockworker; I would have
included that earlier if some-
one was interviewing me.
N
onetheless, Ted
Nichols is a great
talent and I’m
grateful I got to talk to him,
especially to dispel the Cal-
StateLA myths about him.
The popular recruiting
myth is only that. What he
did was he used to put on a
marching band extravaganza
on our field yearly with thir-
ty, local high school bands.
It was from this event that he
recruited for the band pro-
gram. It’s true that many of
his students were later hired
by him for various projects
such as Flintstones.
Postscript: I spent three years
searching for Ted, apparent-
ly in the wrong places. In
the end I contacted a “band”
friend of mine who works as
an accountant for the Radio
and Television News Guild.
His brother works at Rico
Reeds and had contacts with
the Air Force Band. An Air
Force guy knew Ted was af-
filiated with an Evangelistic
Church in Washington (but
not Spokane) and forwarded
the church telephone num-
ber, which I called. The
secretary at the church gave
me Ted’s number in Ari-
zona. UT
June 04, 2009 NEWS University Times 5

RONALD TAKAKI: PIONEER IN ETHNIC STUDIES

wrote his dissertation on He was the first in his fam- cultural America is read on
slavery. ily to attend college, gradu- college campuses across the
ating in 1961 from Ohio’s country and has over half a
Takaki helped found UC College of Wooster with a million copies in print.
Berkeley’s Ph.D. program bachelor’s degree in history.
in ethnic studies, which was He went on to UC Berkeley, According to his son To
established in 1984 and was where he earned a master’s Takaki took his own life in
the first of its kind in the degree in 1962 and a Ph.D. his Berkeley home after suf-
country. He was also in- in history in 1967. fering for two decades from
strumental in establishing multiple sclerosis, a debili-
the UC Berkeley’s Ameri- Takaki began his teaching tating neurological disease.
can Cultures requirement, career in 1966 at UCLA, UT
which requires all under- where he taught the UC sys-
graduates to complete a tem’s first black history class
course designed to broaden in the wake
their understanding of ra- of the city’s
cial and ethnic diversity. deadly 1965
Watts riots.
“Ron Takaki elevated and
popularized the study of After joining
America’s multiracial past UC Berke-
and present like no other ley’s faculty Soured on banks?
Ronald Takaki scholar, and in doing so had in 1971, www.bealime.org
by The New York Times as a an indelible impact on a Takaki went
“Notable Book of the Year,” generation of students and on to write
Historian transformed and by the San Francisco researchers across the na- nearly 20
study of US History Chronicle as one of the best tion and world,” said Don books, most
100 nonfiction books of the T. Nakanishi, director of of them
(Berkeley--UT) Ronald 20th century. UCLA’s Asian American dealing with
Takaki, a pioneer in the field Studies Center. marginalized
of ethnic studies who taught “I was born, politically and Americans,
the University of California intellectually, at UC Berke- Takaki also advised Presi- including
system’s first black history ley,” Takaki once wrote. dent Bill Clinton on his ma- Iron Cages:
course, has died. He was 70. “After I entered the history jor speech on race in 1997. Race and Cul-
Ph.D. program at Berkeley ture in 19th
Takaki was the author and in 1961, I was stirred by The grandson of Japanese Century Amer-
editor of 20 books, includ- the moral vision of Martin immigrants, Takaki grew ica Takaki’s
ing Strangers from a Different Luther King and, like many up in Hawaii, surfing and A Different
Shore: a History of Asian Amer- students, joined the Civil working in the Chinese res- Mirror: A His-
icans, which was selected Rights Movement.” Takaki taurant run by his mother. tory of Multi-

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3 feet above the ground, sity’s contract with Dolci- current Interim Executive to motivate people and all
DOLCINI “this patio is used by more ni’s the café is given exclu- Director of UAS had “no she wants is for you to try
From: p.1 your best.”
than just our customers… sive rights to vend gourmet comment.” George Par-
versity reserves the right to even Starbucks customers coffee, espresso, and cap- don’s office also gave no
take over the space if it is come and use this patio puccino. When Barour comment, declining to re- This comes as a great dis-
needed for special educa- which we maintain.” raised concerns about the turn two messages. UT appointment to Karwasky
tion purposes. breach of contract, the who has dedicated herself
Many students agree with executive director of the And when the demolish- not only to CSULA, but
also to the tennis team.
Amir Barour, the owner of Barour calling the Dolci- UAS assured him that the ing wrecking ball gets here
The question remains as
Dolcini’s café, does not be- ni’s patio “a great place to university would make it we lie down in front of the
to why Karwasky is being
lieve the proposed student study.” Jaenette Guerroro, up to them by awarding café like Sandra Bullock let go after an impressive
learning areas fulfill the in- a Child Development ma- them two more locations did on Two Weeks Notice! career here at CSULA.
tention of that clause in the jor, often uses the Astro on campus. In 2004, she received
contract. “The contract is Turf study areas near the And we create a stink that the University’s Distin-
saying if this area is need- physical sciences building, Dolcini’s never received will tell the powers that guished Faculty Alumna
ed for more classrooms or yet expressed an appre- those locations and ac- may be that we actually Award and in 2003 was
a lab or a research facility ciation for Doclini’s patio. cording to Barour the like non-corporate entities. honored by the United
then the university can use “I don’t understand why university later admitted And that we actually like States Tennis Association
it for that, but not for As- they need more of these to their breach of con- real trees whose branches with the Southern Califor-
tro Turf,” said Barour. spaces,” said Guerror of tract and attempted to buy may or may not fall on our nia USTA/ITA Commu-
the university’s external them off asking how much heads periodically! And nity Service Award for her
efforts in developing com-
“When we came the only student meeting areas, “I
other food facility on cam- mean they’re kind of ran- EAR
From: p.1
that plastic grass belongs
only on miniature golf munity based tennis pro-
pus was a food truck. We dom. Dolcini’s definitely courses! grams in the Southland.
took this space and trans- looks a lot nicer and a
Karwasky will be deeply
formed it into what it is lot of people study there. they should pay to get
missed by CSULA faculty,
now,” said Barour, “we Sure it’s a little loud but Dolcini’s to leave. Barour This is the most excite-
staff, students, and espe-
changed the ambience I think we definitely have refused the university’s of- ment we’ve had in a while cially her tennis players.
and beautified it.” As he enough of these areas . fer and claims that he will folks! Com’on! Those of CSULA will have to wait
sat on the café’s patio dur- We don’t need any more.” take the matter all the way you with a mouth, say and see who fills in after
ing the interview, Barour to the Supreme Court if something! UT Karwasky’s twenty years
pointed out a tall tree he The university first necessary. of hard work and dedica-
said he planted when he breached it’s contract with
first opened Doclini’s. Dolcini’s café when it con- When asked about the TENNIS tion. . UT
From: p.2
“That tree was this tall,” tracted an agreement with sudden termination of

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June 04, 2009 NEWS University Times 7

LIGHTS, CAMERA, PERFORMANCE a performance about a 72-year-old lady that had

Student performers wait for their turn to take the stage
Jones after performing in
Impressive perfor-
mances, Less impres-
a nearly empty room. “I
was looking forward to
sive turnout
performing in front of my
future Comm professors to
(CSULA-UT) Seven
show them a lot of me.”
CSULA students gathered
Jones composed her piece,
at the USU Los Angeles
“Father, Where Are You?”
room last Wednesday, anx-
about the experience of
iously awaiting to perform
growing up without her fa-
for an expected audience
ther.
of one hundred that never
arrived.
Nika Nourmohammadi,
who organized this Perfor-
“How sad, I added an
mance Hour ,apologized
extra year just to change
to the performers for the
my major to communica-
lack of an audience. She
tions,” said junior Ashley
said several professors had
emailed her confirming
that their class would at-
tend.
Six of the seven perform-
ers came from professor
Ulises Moreno’s COMM
267 oral interpretation
class.
Sophomore Rosemarie
Tan was first to perform
her untitled poem about a
cheating boyfriend. Prin- Vaginas were the last topic
cess Manasseh continued of discussion after Kristine
with “Woman to Woman”, Cervantez performed a
cheating husband. TVF the audience in laughter
junior Samantha Sollano from Vagina Monologues.
performed three pieces she Cervantez did a great
wrote: “An Uncompleted job keeping a serious face
Song,” “Twisted,” and throughout her perfor-
“Long Awaited Album.” mance which at the end re-
vealed the funny piece on
Junior Juan Victorio was a woman’s “down there”
the only male performer actually ended with cancer.
for this event and the only
student not in Moreno’s Lambda Pi Eta, The Eagle
class. Victorio performs Eye Public Relations Club
because he simply loves and The RhetOracles pro-
performing in front of vided a token of appre-
people. “It’s a rush, you al- ciation to these performers
ways have to enjoy it,” says for their hard work. UT
Victorio who performed a
piece not written by him, SIDDQUE
but one he very much be- From: p.1
lieves in: “Women Rule
This World”. The workshop was one
of two scheduled during
Alyssa Acuna combined the poet’s one-month stay.
two pieces and changed Siddique is the fifth writer
the mood from heartfelt to be sent to CSULA since
to an adrenaline rush with the USA-UK Writer-in-
Residence Program in
her performance “Dreams
the West was instituted in
and The Edge is Where I
2005. He will remain in
Want to Be.” UT
campus until June 12.
8 University Times
BACK STORY
order, modeled after post-
POMP AND traumatic stress disorder,
CIRCUM- leaves people seething for
STANCE revenge. 1% to 2% of the
With graduation cere- population is estimated to
be embittered.
monies just a short time
away, Ball State Univer-
sity student Noah Glick
thought the old pomp
and circumstance could
use an update. In an ar-
ticle from the university’s
Daily News, Glick sug-
gested students be al-
lowed to wear jeans, have
a DJ instead of a keynote
address, and shorten the
ceremony. Glick also
suggested school funding
be decided on the length
of the ceremony; the
shorter the ceremony,
the more money allotted
for the school.  UT
GREEN IS
GOOD??
Going green may not be as
energy efficient as original-
ly thought. A recent study
conducted by the National
Center for Policy Analysis,
a conservative think tank,
found that green schools
have been less energy ef-
ficient than the newest
non-green schools from
the same region. Green
schools also cost more to
build. With a bill in the
Senate designed to mod-
ernize and renovate public
schools while encouraging
green technologies, envi-
ronmentalists have their
work cut out for them. The
cost of switching to green
technology still outweighs
the benefits.  UT
UT
BITTER BE-
HAVIOR
Feeling bitter may soon be
classified as a mental ill-
ness. Since the behavior is
so common and destruc-
tive, some psychiatrists are
urging it to be identified as
a mental illness under the
name post-traumatic em-
bittered disorder. Embit-
tered people are those who
have worked hard at some-
thing and when an awful
event happens, such as the
dissolution of a marriage,
become angry, pessimistic
and aggressive. The dis-
Schools Out
For Summer
Statewide budget cuts
have led the Los Ange-
les Community College
District to cancel one of
its summer sessions. The
district’s nine campuses
will proceed with the first
session beginning in mid-
June. The second session,
which normally begins in
July, has ben cancelled.
Students will miss out on
core general education
classes including eng-
lish, math and science
courses. The second ses-
sion would have enrolled
almost half the students
seeking summer classes.
iPHONE  Astronaut Micheal Barrett
Apple’s iPhone can be
used to keep track of
many things.   Administra-
King Features Weekly Service
tors at Aoyama Gakuin
University in Tokyo have
required 550 of their stu-
dents to use it to keep track
of their attendance.   The
college students will use
its GPS system to accom-
plish this.   Since good at-
tendance is a graduation
requirement at this institu-
tion it is crucial that profes-
sors have some way to keep
accurate record of their
students.   Although it is
likely that students will still
NEWS June 04, 2009
try to avoid going to class, of a plastic that is used in alternative applications.
university officials believe baby bottles, plastic sippy- CSULA uses Blackboard,
students will not go with- cups, and tupperware. The but some courses like New
out their iPhone.   senate has just passed a bill Media Technologies in the
that would ban the manu- TVF major use other pro-
  facturing of Bisphenol A, grams. While speakers at
URINE FIL- or BPA, a chemical sub- the CUNY event encour-
TRATION stance that, according to aged the use of blogs, they
over 200 scientists, causes said universities should still
Astronauts at the Interna- “brain development prob- support both.  UT
tional Space Station recent- lems, the early onset of pu-
ly perfected an advanced berty and several types of FAST TRACK
filtering system allowing cancer.”
them to recycle their own Some colleges are now
urine for drinking water. When heated, toxic chemi- offering students the
The body waste is collect- cals leak into the liquids chance to finish their de-
ed from the station’s toilet causing infants to ingest grees in just three years.
and then boiled. The vapor the chemical. The schools are not the
from boiling is then col- first as similar programs
exist at the University of
Cambridge and Oxford
University in England,
but the program is a wel-
come addition. Partici-
pating in the three-year
program allows students
to get out to the “real
world” sooner, elimi-
nates “fluff ” classes and
costs less since it cuts one
year of tuition expenses.
The degrees offered in
three-year programs are
also available in the more
standard four-year pro-
gram form.  UT
GREEN CA-
REERS
lected, condensed and then Lobbyists from the US Going ‘green’ is not only
filtered, much like home Chemical Industry, and the helping the environment, it
filtration systems. The re- leaders of the plastic mar- can also help the job mar-
cycling system is cheaper ket have begun to contest ket.  Careers in solar ener-
than sending water to the the bill saying that those gy are prevalent in today’s
station on cargo rockets. who oppose the plastic market.  There are many
The crew of three men are “needlessly restricting companies in various in-
said they were not uneasy products deemed to be safe dustries that are making
or disgusted by the idea at by scientific experts world- changes to benefit the en-
all . In fact, they thought wide.” vironment.  These changes
that the recycled excrement require the expertiese of
didn’t taste bad at all. “The Senate Joe Simitian, of engineers.
taste is good,” American Palo Alto advises consum-  
ers to take precautions now Students who are unsure
said. “This is something before health reviews con- of what to major in may
that had been the stuff of firm an onset of physical consider electrical enge-
science fiction.” The space damages. UT
May 11-17, 2009 neering.  This specific area
station is looking to ex-
of study will open doors to
pand their crew from three B L A C K - the world of technological
members to six, and with BOARD OR change.  Businesses and ho-
the use of the new filtering BLOGS meowners are beginning to
system, there will be a lot implement design changes
more room for the other Jim Groom, an instruction- that require this expertise.  
people coming aboard. al technologist, called for  
UT universities to start using According to greenca-
free blogging software for reersguide.com, average
TOXIC PLAS- online courses at an event solar operations engineers
TICS last month at the City Uni- earn between $52,000 and
versity of New York. Many $62,000 per year.  The low-
Stunted growth may not colleges currently use the est level of education need-
just be a result of Amer- Blackboard program, but ed is a bachelor’s degree
ica’s dependency on caf- system glitches and crashes while a master’s degree is
feine but rather an effect have led them to consider reccommended.     UT