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While You Were OutNEWSYzzy GonzalezManaging Editor

We wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you stick around with us for another exciting year of news, comics, advertisements, mistakes, more comics, and a whole lotta UT lovin’.

Last year was a roller coaster of emotions, but we’ve learned from past mistakes and have made a huge platter of resolutions! But first, lets reflect on the highlights of working with staff this past year, this includes the wonderful adventures to and from the office, being trapped here six days a week to provide the school with the latest news! Not only that, but staying up way past our 9 o’clock bedtimes to edit papers and go into in-depth discussions about zombies, hot chocolate and the plotline of Inception!

Now for our platter of resolutions! This year, we hope to be the number 1 source of news on campus for you! “Flarg the LA times, just read the University times” is our new motto! (Just kidding.) We hope to accomplish this by adding more comics and hopefully having more articles regarding the new paint used in King Hall, 2nd floor.

We hope you continue to read and support our paper! We have weekly meetings, every Monday at 3:30 pm in the staff room, located at KHC3098.

Once again, Happy 2014, hope this year is filled with the romance, good grades, fit body, and fortune that you are all hoping for. If not, flarg all that, come hang with us!

Written by your favorite crazy cartoonist, Tammy Nguyen

Hello UT Readers!

Though Winter Break started on December 15, things have been going on at CSULA that you might have missed.

Cal State LA’s main website (www.calstatela.edu) got a wonderful face-lift, along with introducing of a new site dedicated to the semester conversion, web.calstatela.edu/academic/aa/semester/index.php. The site has information for students and faculty along with a newsletter and a timeline of deadlines the Office of Semester Conversion has set.

On December 12, the Charter College of Education hosted an installation of Rick Hohn’s art piece “Victorious Struggle.” Faculty member Dr. Sherry Best, professor in Special Education, Physical and Health Impairments, donated the piece.

Hohn, born with cerebral palsy, has limited use of his limbs and paints with paintbrush taped to his head stylus. The eight-foot painting is on display in the entrance of King Hall and includes a photo and description of Hohn, along with his commentary about the

piece, both in English and in Braille.

President Covino celebrated his first 100 days in office on December 17, and released a 100 Day/Holiday Greeting video discussing his goals of student success and becoming more involved with the region and city of Los Angeles. On December 31, an article by Carla Rivera appeared in the Los Angeles Times about Covino’s history and his ambitious goals such as making a bigger name for CSULA and providing transparency during his presidency.

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Millienials Cont. on Page 8

In California, the New Year rang in with more than just fireworks and cel-ebration new years day, but with new laws that came into effect January 1st, or will eventually come into effect later on this year.

Last year, 800 bills were signed by Jerry Brown regarding many issues in California from driving, crime, the en-vironment, guns, and technology—just to name a few.

Here are just some of the highlights of the new laws this year in California:

Undocumented Immigrants are now able to obtain a driver’s license. AB 60 states that the California DMV re-quires them to issue driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented as long

as they can prove identity, California residency, and they can meet all other licensing requirements.

In more driving news, the California Highway Patrol is cracking down on teen drivers who text and drive. While they encourage older adults to use hands-free devices if needed, the new laws regarding driving require that teens under 18 put all their attention on the road while driving.

Last year, the issue of minimum wage sparked much debate all over the country with talk about if the min-imum wage should be raised or not. This year, AB 10 allows California’s minimum wage to rise by 2, one-dol-lar increments, making minimum wage effective on July 1st at $9 per hour and by January 1st, 2016, up to $10 per hour.

Law AB 48 places an emphasis on gun control by making it illegal for in-dividuals to purchase or own individ-ual “conversion kits” and to purchase large capacity magazines in the state of California. In addition, Law AB 500 requires those who do own guns to lock their firearms up.

According to CBS News, California “became the first state to enshrine cer-tain rights for transgender kindergar-ten-through-12th grade students in sate law.”

Among those rights include law AB 1266 which allows transgendered stu-dents to choose whether they’d want to participate in a boys’ or girls’ sport. Not only does this law include sports, but it also qualifies for the participation in sex-segregated programs, activities, and facilities.

Finally, thanks to environmen-tal groups, it is now illegal for large grocery companies to distribute plas-tic bags to shoppers at the checkout counter. Although encouraged in the past, it is now required for all custom-ers to bring their own reusable bags or purchase paper bags for about 10 cents each. I

n the past, plastic bags have always become an issue with its affect on ma-rine life. Now, a penalty of $100 for businesses who fail to comply will take effect after the first violation. Smaller businesses are expected to follow the new law in July.

For a more extensive look at the new laws in California, please visit LA-times.com or your own favorite news source. Source for these specific laws came from KTLA, CBS News and the LA Times .

California’s New LawsNEWSAngeline BernabeContributor

National Journal and the Atlantic Host: A New America, How Millenials Are Sparking ChangeNEWSAnnelise GalavizContributor

The term “Millennial” describes the generation of children born between 1982 and 2002, about 81 million chil-dren have already entered college and the workforce. The millennial’s are in a fast pace generation with the enhance-ment of technology, yet the number of students majoring or planning to earn a degree in anything related to technology and mathematics are small.

Bruce Gottlieb, president of Nation-al Journal hosted a program on campus Saturday, December 7th acknowledging the importance of this influential gener-ation in relations with STEM Education (acronym for science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics) as well as the uprising of entrepreneurism.

Guest speaker and Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs for Microsoft Corporation, Fred Humphries, was the first to express his concerns stating that, “Only 2% of the California students take advanced placement on computer science tests.” He then went on to say, “That’s just close to 5,000 students and close to 2,500 of those students are Asian American, 74 African American, 375 Latinos and the rest Caucasian.”

Microsoft is looking to correct those challenges by offering a technology, ed-ucation, arts and literacy program called TEALS. A total of 275 developers and computer science expert’s volunteer their time to go work at schools year round to teach computer science.

President of Cal State LA, William A. Covino, also said a few words about the diversity of our campus having over 23,000 students and 250,000 distin-guished Alumni. Cavino then went on to say that our generation of millenni-als has to “shape what tomorrow looks like.”

The program then moved on to a Q&A moderated by Ron Brownstein and León Krauze, KMEX-TV anchor-man, with the response. Brownstein asked his first question, “Is this gener-ation is equipped to succeed?” In which Krauze responded with “They are the most educated generation, yet they are in a bad economy which is a general frustration.”

Xavier Becerra, member of U.S House of Representatives, also said a few words about how quickly things change. He expressed, “In so many ways the Millennial Generation is going to change us.” Becerra talked about the DOMA bill (defense against marriage act) in 1996 refusing same-sex mar-riage. He used DOMA as an example of how far we have come from 1996 till now. Becerra also acknowledged how much more tolerant the millennial gen-eration is.

A Q&A was also held between Brown-

stein and Becerra on whether or not the millennial generation is equipped to face the world. In which Becerra responded with “Not to the degree that they should be. The government is behind on how quickly the millennial generation is ad-vancing.” Brownstein then asked, “The millennial generation is fed up, can you blame them?” Becerra responded with “No, but you have to be apart of the change you want to make.”

There was also a STEM education panel discussion, again, moderated by Brownstein, featuring Emily Allen, PH.D. Professor and Dean of College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at CSULA; Jessica Al-vearenga, former CSULA student; Tara Chlovski, Founder and President of Iri-descent; Armando Diaz, Associate Ex-ecutive Director Boys and Girls Club of Venice and Mark Wyland, member of California State Senate.

The discussion revolved around the importance of STEM and giving kids

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With a new year comes a whole set of new things to look forward to. From new releases to old favorites coming back with a twist, 2014 will definitely keep you on your toes with its different forms of entertainment.

Regarding global events, we get the best of both world this winter and summer. The 2014 Winter Olympics will take place in Sochi, Russia from February 7 to February 23. Eighteen nations will compete in fifteen different winter sport disciplines for 98 different medals. The Games will be broadcasted on NBC.

Starting June 12 to July 13, the 2014 FIFA World Cup will take place in Brazil. Thirty-two teams will compete for the world title, currently held by Spain. In order to advance into the knockout stage, each country must become the winner of their Group. USA was drawn into Group G, which includes Germany,

Portugal, and Ghana. Don’t worry USA, we’re a little worried for you too. You can catch the matches on ABC, ESPN, and Univision.

2014 is a promising year for movies, with many well-known directors releasing films. Wes Anderson (“Moonrise Kingdom”) returns to the screen on March 7 with “The Grand Budapest Hotel” starring Ralph Fiennes and other Anderson collaborators such as Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody.

A twist on the biblical story of Noah’s Ark will be released as “Noah” on March 28. Directed by Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan”), the cast mixes actors such as Russell Crowe with Emma Watson.

“Inception” director Christopher Nolan’s long awaited science fiction film “Interstellar” comes out on November 7, with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway starring. The plot has yet to be revealed, but all we know is that it has to do with a wormhole.

Some 2014 films will also bring back beloved characters. The sequel of “21 Jump Street” will be released on June 13, titled “22 Jump Street”, and returns Academy Award nomimated Jonah Hill and heartthrob Channing Tatum to their roles as undercover police officers.

The classic Japanese monster Godzilla comes to America on May 16 with a film by the same name. It’s been 15 years since the last American film based on the monster, but this new release brings hope with its ensemble cast, including Aaron Johnson, Bryan Cranston, and Elizabeth Olsen.

Going from TV to silver screen on March 14 and funded by Kickstart comes mystery film “Veronica Mars”. Kristen Bell reprises her role as the title character from the original 2004 show.

Television for 2014 shows lots of promise! After nine seasons, How I Met Your Mother is coming to an end. The second half of the final

season will begin airing on January 13, so start preparing your goodbyes for Barney and start cheering as Ted will finally get to the end of his story.

Netflix had a wonderful 2013 when it came to distributing original shows, and one of the best, House of Cards, returns to the Internet February 14 for its second season.

On February 24, Seth Meyers will leave SNL’s Weekend Update desk and move to his own stage as the new host of Late Night as current host Jimmy Fallon goes to The Tonight Show.

Another long awaited show

titled Girl Meets World, the spin off series of Boy Meets

World, comes to Disney Channel reuniting characters Cory and Topanga to today’s viewers.

While not many bands have set album release dates, some artists have announced that new music will be hitting the airwave this year. Favorites such as Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Ray, and U2 are said to have new releases, while indie artists like Broken Bells, Foster the People, and Warpaint return to the scene.

Whatever your entertainment taste may be, 2014 will be the year for everyone to find something they can enjoy! Or maybe you’ll find something you hate so much that you can’t help but continuously watch.

2014’s Fabulous World of EntertainmentENTERTAINMENTYzzy GonzalezManaging Editor

How Technology Can Help You Keep Your ResolutionsENTERTAINMENTTimmy TruongManaging Editor

With a new year already here, it’s time to bust out your pen and paper and put together a list of goals and resolutions for the year. 2014 bodes well for CSULA students because smart phones and computers are so prevalent in the average college student’s life.

Many have access to an overwhelming amount of on-line or mobile applications that can help them with their resolutions.

Other than being in a world where technology is so acces-sible, CSULA students also have another advantage: other than the fact that they attend CSULA, CSULA may provide many resources that may aid them to reach their goals.

“I want to be healthier” or “I want to lose weight” are in the top ten New Year’s Reso-lutions, with the latter topping the list at number one, accord-ing to research done by the

University of Scranton’s Jour-nal of Clinical Psychology.

This time of year you see and hear about this goal ev-erywhere such as commercials where companies want you to buy new diet books, invest in food programs, or start a new gym membership.

Here at CSULA the campus provides many resources to help you lose weight or be-come healthier.

CSULA students can visit Xtreme Fitness in the base-ment of the University-Stu-dent Union and apply for a free gym membership (yes free!). Make sure to check out their schedule of different fit-ness classes, which are also free, and range from yoga to Japanese Swordsmanship.

Another tip for the gym is to download the GymFlow Application in the Apple app store which tells you in real time how busy the gym is and when the best times to go to the gym are to avoid the rush.

Another resource for be-

coming healthier is the Health Center, unsurprisingly. Eating healthy will be a very import-ant part of becoming healthier or trying to lose weight.

CSULA’s choices of eater-ies like El Pollo Loco, Carl’s Jr., Sbarro, or Starbucks might not seem like the epitome of healthy dining but you can find healthy choices in each establishment if you look hard enough or by visiting the Health Center to pick up a guide to Eating on Campus.

This guide lists campus din-ing establishments, their menu items, and information like serving sizes, and the amount of calories, fat, and sodium each item contains.

But how do you know how many calories you should be consuming? The guide has a general chart to help you find out how many calories you need to maintain your weight.

Not everybody has the same body so if you are interested in recommendations and a per-sonalized eating plan you can

schedule an appointment with the Student Health Center Nu-trition clinic by calling (323) 343-3302.

Wanting to do better in ac-ademics is another resolu-tion many students make, but it’s difficult to focus on your studies when people keep poking you on Facebook or if you keep getting sucked into watching cat videos on You-Tube. But you can fight these problems created by technolo-gy with more technology.

Applications like Strict Workflow, a Google Chrome browser extension, can block distracting websites and pre-vent you from getting distract-ed and spending five hours in-stead of five minutes watching cat videos.

The app blocks popular dis-tracting sites or any site you want blocked for 25 minutes. After that 25 minutes of tor-ture from withholding kittens from your viewing pleasure, it rewards you with 5 minutes of freedom to indulge in videos of your feline friends.

If you really want to get rid of all distractions and need to go cold turkey, go to get-coldturkey.com where you can download the program for the PC, which will block any ac-cess to distracting websites, applications, or software on your computer.

You can even schedule in-tervals of how long to block you from accessing distracting material from half an hour to a full week, but beware: the site says Cold Turkey cannot be stopped so you can’t cheat by sneaking in a keyboard cat video.

But if you’re an Apple user, don’t fret! There are equiv-alents like Self Control that does pretty much the same thing Cold Turkey does and can be found at selfcontrolapp.com.

Be sure to try these solutions to keep those resolutions, and after the first few months, your goals will effortlessly become part of your life.

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Golden Eagles Set To Resume Conference PlaySPORTSCSULA Athletics Contributor

Cal State L.A.’s women’s basketball team, which is coming off a non-conference win over Azusa Pacific on Dec. 21, will now turn its full attention to California Collegiate Athletic Association play. The Golden Eagles will play their final 18 regular-season games over the next nine weeks in conference action.

That stretch begins this weekend with a pair of big home games against San Francisco State on Friday, Jan. 3, and Sonoma State on Saturday, Jan. 4. Both games are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. starts. The Golden Eagles

were 3-1 in their four non-conference games with wins over Dixie State, Cal State San Marcos and Azusa Pacific and a loss to Point Loma. Cal State L.A. is also 3-1 in conference play with wins over Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay and a loss at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

The Golden Eagles were picked to finish third in the CCAA in a preseason poll of conference coaches. The conference will have a new format this year with six teams qualifying for the CCAA Championship Tournament.

The top two seeds will receive byes in the three-day tournament that will decide

the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Eagles equaled a program record last season with 21 victories that included a pair of CCAA Tournament wins over Cal State East Bay and Chico State. Cal State L.A. finished the regular season tied for fourth in the CCAA and reached the CCAA Championship Game for a second straight season.

The Golden Eagles have seven players returning, including junior Paige Melville, the team’s second-leading scorer last year and senior Richelle Najera, who earned All-CCAA Tournament honors last season. Cal State L.A. is also encouraged about a talented recruiting class.

CAMPUSYzzy Gonzalez Managing Editor

With every new quarter, many more new opportunities for students to get involved on campus appear. Starting this January CSI, the Center for Student Involvement, offers many different applications for each student to make a different in the CSULA community. All applications are available in the CSI, located on the second floor Student Union, unless noted.

Applications available beginning Monday, January 6:

A.S.I. General Election

Interested in being a member of student government? A.S.I. is preparing for its spring election and is looking for student interested in positions such as President, Vice President for Administration, Vice President for Academic Governance, Vice President for Finance, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors Representative, or Academic Senator. Applications are due February 27.

A.S.I. Student Volunteer Program

As a volunteer, students get involved with A.S.I, without

having to go through the election process. Volunteers assist A.S.I with planning and attending events.There are three different divisions: A.S.I. Screaming Eagle Volunteer Program, Eagle Advocate/Lobby Corp Volunteer, and College Representative Supporter Volunteer. Along with the application, the applicant must go through an interiew process. Applications are avalaible online at www.asicsula.org.

CSI Music Events

CSI has many musical events, including Week One, CSI Unplugged, and Eagle House Blues, and would like student musicians to apply. Solo artists, bands, and DJs are welcome to apply.

Freshman Activities Board For current freshmen

wanting to get involved with the freshman class, FAB is for you! FAB plans events and builds a community for the freshman class. Applications due on January 10.

Leader to Leader

This series of five lunchtime seminars is looking for experienced CSULA student leaders wanting to refine their leadership skills for post college life and learn

from leaders on campus. The seminars begin Thursday, April 3. Applications due on February 21.

P3: PLAN, PROMOTE, PARTICIPATE

Join the P3 team, the group in charge of planning, promoting and participating in CSI’s events and activities. This is a great way to meet new people, earn volunteer hours, and get free gear! New member applications are due January 10.

Student Leader Awards

The Student Leader Awards celebrates achievements of CSULA student organizations, members and advisors during an awards ceremony on May 22. Community members can either apply or nominate individuals or groups for these awards, though the University must officially recognize nominated student organizations. Due on Friday, March 7.

Applications available beginning Wednesday, January 8:

Take A Stand: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest

This speech contest will focus on social justice,

advocacy, and activism, and is open to all CSULA students. Top contenders will share their speech on February 14, where first, second, and third place awards will be given. Pick up an application from the Cross Cultural Centers (CCC), and turn it in before January 29.

Applications available beginning Tuesday, January 21:

Leadership Retreat: A One-Day Leadership Conference at CSULA

On April 18, over 150 participants from Southern California will come together to take workshops on communication skills, cross-cultural awareness, team building, and ethical leadership. The registration

fee is $15, though scholarships are available. Included in the cost are breakfast, lunch, and a t-shirt. Applications are due April 4.

Applications available beginning Wednesday, January 29:

16th Annual Distinguished Women Awards: Nominations open

The Cross Cultural Center will host the Distinguished Women Awards during the spring quarter, honoring women faculty, staff and administrators from CSULA. Visit the CCC for more information.

Extracurricular Opportunities on Campus Through CSI, A.S.I., and CCC

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Advanced Mariachi Ensemble Takes The Stage For The First Time

On December 5, 2013 the advanced Mariachi Aguila de Oro group performed in the State Playhouse Theater at CSULA. This advanced group is directed by Cynthia Rifler. Rifler was a member of the Grammy award winning Ma-riachi Diva’ and is a part of different professional groups such as Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, the first female Mariachi group.

The musicians, including myself, were backstage and our nerves were high strung. We did not know how the au-dience would respond to our performance. As soon as we aligned ourselves and walked on stage however, we received a warm welcome from the au-dience. We knew that we had to ‘wow’ them and set ourselves apart from the beginner’s ma-riachi ensemble which was first established in 2008 under the direction of Rifler.

When the group first began, there was only one violin-ist. Erica Rodriguez, 25, per-formed and has been outside of Aguilas de Oro. Rodriguez has been a part of her own Mariachi group and wanted to see the group evolve and grow with time.

Rodriquez expressed, “I was the only violinist and along with Cindy and now there are two Mariachi ensembles full of violinist and musicians.” Over time, there has been a great interest in people of be-ing part of Mariachi and mu-sic ensembles. Rodriguez is currently a senior and will be earning her degree in rehabil-itation services.

Rifler expressed how hon-ored she felt to be able to have an advanced class and it has been one of her dreams and goals. She also mentioned that she wanted to take the group to Mariachi seminars, compe-titions and have performances outside of campus.

Mariachi music goes back hundreds of years when the first instruments were rattles, drums, reed and clay flutes. Due to the Conquest of Spain in Mexico, the Mariachi we know today is very different because the European instru-ments that were introduced.

A mariachi today consist of 3 to 8 violins, 1 guitarron which is the base, 2 to 3 trumpets, 1 harp, 1 guitar and 1 vihuela.

In our advanced Mariachi ensemble, this quarter we had 3 guitarrones, 5 violins, 2 gui-tars, 2 vihuelas and 1 trumpet. We were still not the standard group but we made sure to sound just as professional and strong in our performances.

Many of the students have a background in Mariachi folk music while others had never been a part of a music group. However, this didn’t stop stu-dents from joining the group and trying a different style. Students showed a lot of inter-est and the instructor could see that. Although both of the be-ginning and advanced Maria-chi ensembles have quite a few members, Rilfer encourages students from the beginner’s class to consider advancing to join Aquila’s de Oro in order to keep the class available.

Most of the directors in Mariachi ensembles tend to be men. However, now there been a rise in female groups conducted by men or women. Rilfer has had direction by men and women so she always shares some of the distinct ways the directors teach their students and guide them on the correct musical path.

For instance, she mentioned how Mariachi Cobre, a pro-fessional male group steps on stage by starting with the same foot and walk in a straight as if they were a marching band. It was interesting to hear this from her because many of the students had seen this before. Rilfer always made sure that students didn’t just memorize the music but also performed the music and understood the meaning learning the music. The piece that I had to perform was “Costumbres” written by Juan Gabriel and performed by Rocio Durcal.

I was very excited to sing this beautiful balada about heartbreak from one of my fa-vorite Mexican composers but I was also nervous. I knew that it was a song that needed to be understood in order for the au-dience to understand the pain. Rilfer made sure to help me and would give me so much advice on how to perform the piece.

This was something that not many directors could do with their students but Ril-fer always found the time in class to give further in-formation about a piece and to make sure students knew what we’re singing about. This made the class a lot more interesting and mean-ingful.

We learned 5 different pieces during the quarter, the first one was “Cihualteco” a son, the second one was, “Costumbres”, “Sabes una cosa” was the third one and probably the most difficult from all because of the diffi-cult arrangements.

All of these songs offered a range of rhythms and style within Mariachi music. It made the set very exciting and enjoyable for the audi-ence.It showed because peo-ple started to giggle a bit and smile as soon as they saw our group dancing in sync to “Maria Isabel.” As soon as Rodriguez started to sing “Te solte la rienda,” a song of despair, the audience became completely silent.

These are one of the many things that Mariachi Mu-sic is able to express. It can make someone dance or make someone cry just from the music. It has the ability to change ones mood even if one does not understand Spanish.

This is the reason why Ri-fler emphasized on the im-portance of expression and performance. Knowing ex-actly what one is singing is helpful because it will take the song to a professional level.

CAMPUSCynthia De LeonContributor

Mariachi Ensemble | Photo by Cynthia De Leon

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Zoey and AnnabelleFUN & GAMES

Tammy NguyenCartoonist

CalendarJANUARY 6-11 WEEk ONE8AM Islam In Black America Art Exhibit Cross Cultural Centers Lobby, 2nd Floor, U-SU

6Monday10AM A.S.I. General Election Applications Avaiable A.S.I. Administration Office2nd Floor, U-SU

12:30PM Week One : Featuring After the Smoke U-SU Plaza

7Tuesday 12:30PM Weight Watchers Open HouseAdministration Bldg, Room 714

2PM Eagles Sports NationU-SU Plaza8Wednesday

6PM Open Mic NightLos Angeles Room, 3rd Floor, U-SU

9Thursday12:30PM Week One : Featuring Jahny Wallz & The Eastside BandU-SU Plaza

3PM An Afternoon with Joaquin ZihuatanejoGolden Eagle Ballrooms

6:15PM Independent Visons: How to Lose Your VirginityU-SU Theatre

10Friday 2PM International Dance PartyLos Angeles Room, 3nd Floor, U-SU

11Saturday 10AM American Sabor Dance Workshop: Salsa5th floor King Hall5108 - Studio 1

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January 13, 2014 – No Record Drop Deadline.

January 14, 2014 – “W” Withdrawal period Begins (requires instructor and department chair signatures)

January 15, 2014 – Last day to pay tuition fee payment and ensure enrollment by the ADD Deadline.

January 21, 2014 – Last day to Add classes for the Quarter.

February 20, 2014 – Withdrawal period ends

March 17-22, 2014 – Finals Week.

March 28, 2014 – Grades will be available to students to view in GET beginning 8:00 a.m.

dates to know for winter Quarter ! ! !

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the opportunity to explore what the program has to offer. Allen stated, “Start training kids in kindergarten; start early.” Diaz also stated “Start teaching kids how to code in first grade, pro-vide them with those opportu-nities.”

Diaz also brought up the im-portance of parents being more informed about what STEM has to offer and “Educating parents on how important it is.” Allen also brought up that “In a modern world everything is a

bout technology and numbers.”

Another panel was brought out to discuss entrepreneurship. This featured Rob Carpenter, visiting professor for the Cen-ter for Entrepreneurship & Innovation here at CSULA; Shahin Kohan, President of AIMS 360 and Focal Technol-ogy Solutions; Estelle Reyes, executive director, Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship and Nick Ventura, Founder of inFORa CAUSE.

Each member of the panel gave advice and tips on how to become an entrepreneur as well

as explained some of the hard-ships that go along with starting a business. Kohan mentioned that the hardest part of becom-ing an entrepreneur is the fear of failure, stating, “Accept fail-ure and rely on yourself.”

Reyes stated, “It’s all about healthy risk taking.” Carpenter talked about the importance of being in love with your busi-ness stating, “Ask yourself- are you obsessed? Because if you’re not, you will fail.”

The whole program brought up important subjects such as if the millennial’s are ready

for the workforce and how the economy is effecting this gen-eration in a negative way. It was interesting hearing the dif-ferent opinions of people who have government jobs as well as former students that attend-ed CSULA.

It was encouraging to see former students that have pro-gressed into the work field and other students like Nick Ventu-ra, who has been successful in starting up his own business.

The uprising of social media sites such as LinkedIn, Twit-ter and Facebook has made it

easier for students to connect professionals in the work field with the same business inter-ests. National Journal and The Atlantic encouraged millen-nials to use their own skills to be successful and provided practical information on taking the right pathway to success. It gave students the opportunity to network with the guests on the panel.

The program reminded stu-dents that the millennial gen-eration is on the right track of being the most educated, wired and connected generation.

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