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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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(CSULA - CS) Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. Many CSULA students have probably referenced it when looking for more background on a particular subject, and because it is open to be edited by anyone with Internet access, most academics will not accept wiki articles as valid sources. The freedom to edit content is not without its disadvantages, and as a result, the unverified information allows anyone the chance to put false or malicious statements in an article. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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Exploring the Darkest Side of Human Nature (CSULA - UT) The Los Angeles Human Relations Commission’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Advisory Council held a panel discussion on Hate Crimes on June 26 at the Will & Ariel Durant Library. The open meeting was comprised of LGTB representatives, a lawyer and local authorities. The meeting was co-sponsored by Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) in an effort to combat hostility and tension within the community. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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Violence over high cost of gas (CSULA - CS) With the economy on the brink of a recession and gas prices hitting record numbers with the possibility of it reaching over five dollars per gallon, there has been a rash of road rage at the pumps. People are becoming short tempered with the ever-rising high cost of gas, long lines, and shortage of working pump stations. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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(CSULA - CS) CSULA head track and field coach Christopher Asher provides Saturday’s diary from the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR. Golden Eagle sprinter Damein White was running the lane next to world champion Tyson Gay in the 200 quarterfinals when Gay pulled up lame. White later pulled up with a hamstring injury and had to finish in a jog. Asher’s diary is followed by a recap of White’s 200-meter experience and the ninth-place finish by CSULA steeplechase record holder Jacques Sallber. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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(CSULA - CS) Last Tuesday, July 1, at around noon a student was assaulted in his apartment at the CSULA dorms. The assailant, 31 year old Donte Wilson, was arrested by campus police and is currently being held at the Men’s Central Jail on felony charges. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
CSULA responds to water drought alert
(CSULA - CS) On June 4th, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a drought alert throughout California and attempted to push through the legislature a proposal to borrow $11.9 billion to fund new water projects that included creation of new reservoirs, restoration of rivers, and improvement of water-quality. Schwarzenegger’s efforts to put his proposal into the November ballot was met with stiff resistance and has been put on hold after environmentalists claimed that the new reservoirs will threaten wildlife and fish habitats. |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) reached a proposed $895 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group last week.
CalPERS is the nation’s largest public pension fund providing 1.5 million public employees, including those in the CSU system, with health and retirement benefits.
The lawsuit, filed two years ago in a Minnesota Court, alleged UnitedHealth “employe[d] contrivances and manipulative acts in connection with the company’s stock option programs and financial statements.” |
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Announcement The Cal State L.A. Baseball Program still has room for children ages 5 to 14 for the Baseball Camp being held this week at Reeder Field, and will be adding an extra week of camp next week. All skill levels are welcome. Camp instructors include Cal State L.A.’s coaching staff, former and current college players, major league scouts and former professional players. For details, call Assistant Coach Sam Peraza at (323) 343-5306, email him at
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, or visit this website: http://www.csulaathletics.com/Pdfs/baseball/2008/4/24/bbsummercamps.pdf. |
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Statement Magazine Wins Award |
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Statement Magazine 2007 wins national award
The 2007 issue of Statement, a literary magazine produced by CSULA students, is the recipient of a major award given by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Statement received AWPs top prize for content in a student literary magazine for the 2007 issue.
“I am thrilled that AWP chose to honor Statement 2007 with this award; even more so that the award was for content, Said Statement 2007’s co-editor in chief Jessica Magallanes. Magallanes completed her M.A. in English in 2007. She is now working on a second masters degree in creative writing while teaching as an adjunct. Magallanes credited “the talent of CSULA’s creative writers and artists,” for earning this distinction. She also praised the editorial staff for “working diligently and thoroughly to ensure that our magazine represented quality work.”
AWP s judge Rane Arroyo of University of Toledo said Statement received the award for being inclusive of writers of all colors, classes, and geographies without making a fetish of differences. Arroyo complimented Statement for its high literary standards in both its prose and poetry selections. He also singled out Statement s ability to foster a presentation of younger writers whose individual passions as writers offer the rich complexities of life in the 21st century.”
AWP members include more than four hundred professional organizations for writers in higher education and university creative writing programs. “The AWP award is the nation’s highest honor given to a university literary magazine and a remarkable acknowledgement of [CSULA students’] achievements,” said Professor Lauri Ramey, faculty advisor of the 2007 edition. |
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 The liquor store on Valley near the campus was the scene of the non-fatal shooting of a CSULA student (Los Angeles - UT) Three CSULA students escaped death after a gunman opened fire on them, leaving a Civil Engineering major wounded. The attack happened on Monday night moments after the students left Valley Food Liquor on Valley Boulevard near the CSULA campus.
At around 10:25 p.m. CSULA students Rudy Del Rio, a recent graduate in the Speech Therapy program, Lewis Powell, a senior Communications Studies Major, and Irwin Rodriguez, a junior in the Civil Engineering department, were leaving the store on their way back to their Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house. Within seconds of leaving the store, an unidentified young Latino male approached the students, grabbing a grocery bag that Powell was carrying and stated, “You don’t want that.” In what seemed like a “blur” to the students, Rodriguez reacted by breaking a bottle on the alleged assailant’s head, causing him to fall to the ground. |
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On Culture ...
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
(CSULA - CS) This campus has much to offer academically, however, students spend so much time studying and commuting that it leaves little time to explore what is around CSULA. There are many places to explore that offer fun times to spare with friends and family.
One such place is Olvera Street. Upon questioning students and faculty if they had been to Olvera Street before, 75% said no, including sophomore Gus Portillo who said, “I have not gone, but I want to go.” |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
(CSULA - CS) At noon on Thursday, July 3, on the new Student Union stage, Cool State Radio hosted its First Quarterly MC Battle.
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On Events ...
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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Thursday 10 July 2008 (CSULA - CS) CSULA students are stressed with classes, gas prices, and keeping cool this summer, so the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) decided to do something to help them out. Since the folks at CSI can’t bring down the price of gas or help raise students’ grades, they decided to cool the students off with some popsicles. |
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On 1st Person ...
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
Enough is enough. I finally have to comment on the abominable waste of paper that is the University Times. The last issue secured the University Times as possibly being the worst newspaper in the history of journalism.
First of all, the cover story, “CSULA STUDENT SHOT”. I bet everyone there was overjoyed that an act of violence happened, so you would actually have something interesting to write about. Too bad the bold letters and over-dramatic writing tipped everyone off that you were trying way too hard to have “breaking news”. |
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
To the UT, Interesting front page. Is having Damien White wear that particular tee-shirt your way of showing freedom of speech? Many of our college and university newspapers are only a step above many middle school and high school papers. I’m not impressed by the UT. It’s easy to have low standards when the funds just keep rolling in via the taxpayers. Mark Overstreet, M.S., School Counseling M.S., Marriage and Child Counseling Residents, University Hills |
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On People ...
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
(CSULA - UT) For some faculty members like Mike Willard, Liberal Studies professor at CSULA, learning goes beyond what is taught in the classrooms and in the textbooks. Using Service Learning resources, Willard is working to bring CSULA students to communities like Echo Park and Venice that are going through a process of gentrification and need help from youth media activists to address some of its inequities. |
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Interviews of CSULA alumni and how their creativity was nurtured and incited at CSULA With increasing use of the internet, it is becoming not just a tool, but a social necessity. Witness as we hear a personal speech about his internet addiction.
Students from all across the nation gathered in Downtown Sacramento to the capitol in efforts to make an impact in the rising costs of education.
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