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and take a major step in breaking into the professional ranks of a sport experiencing phenomenal growth. But just as they were waiting for their moment to step into the spotlight, this university is contemplating taking its first step into eSports. A certificate program is currently under evaluation, and just last week an email
“I can’t remember how many times I’ve wanted to drop out over the past four years, and... I think of those students who I came in with… who are no longer here because they couldn’t find community.” “Coming from a Mexican background, community means so much. I can just imagine what another first-year student is thinking, going through summer orientation, and it’s like okay, ‘where am I going to go?’” Those were a few experiences shared at a meeting Tuesday night in the Multicultural Affairs Center between members of El Comité, a group of students formed last month to help create a Latinx Center on campus, and Vice President of Student Affairs William Franklin. About 50 students, faculty and alumni gathered to share El Comité’s proposal with Franklin. The proposal outlines El Comité’s demands and expectations for the resource center they hope will be in the Science and Innovation Building in Fall 2020. Members took turns reading the proposal.
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Gamers battle it out over “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” at a Feb. 22 eSports tournament at CSUDH.
eSports is Exploding Globally; Will CSUDH Join? Certification program under evaluation, classes considered By ULISES RODRIGUEZ Staff Reporter Editor’s Note: For an expanded version of this story, see eSports at csudhbulletin.com. Laughter and conversation filled the room as students excitedly prepared themselves to step in front of the camera. One by one, they sat on
the director chair to get their makeup done. But these students weren’t getting ready for a commercial or a debate: they were getting primed to compete in a Feb. 22 gaming tournament sponsored by the eSports association at CSUDH, a competitive event filmed by Charter Spectrum. Each of the dozens of players was hoping to dominate the tournament
Hub Not Succeeding; Grievance Filed
Don’t Let Election Burnout Derail Census Count
By DAYZSHA LINO Co-News Editor
Just when you thought it was safe to go to your mailbox now that the primary election is behind us and all those mailers have finally been thrown out, you’re about to get something really important in your mail: a reminder to take the 2020 Census. The Decennial Census of Population and Housing, better known as the 2020
Complaints about cramped working conditions in the Student Success Hub have risen to a new level as a grievance claim has been filed with the California State University system citing dangerous and unsanitary conditions. Space and student confidentiality have been an
issue since the hub opened last semester on the North Library’s third floor. But the grievance complaint filed by Daryl Evans raises issues of what he believes to be possibly hazardous working conditions, including cubicles blocking access to fire alarms (in a building that has no fire sprinklers) and students [See Grievance, page 3]
By IRACEMA NAVARRO Political Affairs Reporter
Census, is mandated by the Constitution and it is a federal law to respond. The purpose of the census is to count every resident in the country to determine the seats for the House of Representatives and the distribution of federal funds. How does that affect you? The census results also play a major part in how federal funds are distributed. The results will shape every community no matter the location or size. Imagine the
possibility of your community prospering with a better public transit system, wildlife restoration, housing assistance for the homeless, or much more. The count is to be determined wherever the person lives on Census Day, April 1. Households will receive an invitation to complete the 2020 Census online between March 12-20, along with paper questionnaires mailed to [See Census, page 3]
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Hooked on Pronouns By ANGELICA MOZOL Social Manager In 2020, it’s hard to believe there was a time when everything was either male or female and that was that. Every day there seems to be something new to discover and learn about identities and means of self-expression. Facebook recently added 50 different gender options that offer a more diverse way of expressing one’s identity. People are also starting to get behind the brilliant idea of adding their own pronouns in email signatures and social media bios. There’s no doubt in my mind that people deserve the right to be identified the way they choose to be. It’s not some new “trend” to identify as non-binary or use “they/them” pronouns. So why do some people
make it such a big deal? “Pronouns are just basic respect, call people what they want to be called,” David, a CSUDH freshman said. “It’s as simple as that.” Traditional pronouns were limited to she/her and he/ him and that was that. Now there are so many more that are being used to challenge the binary. For example, Karama K. Blackthorn, the Queer Culture and Resource Center coordinator goes by chi/her/hers while my own pronouns would be she/her/they/them. Pronouns come in a vast spectrum and this can be because of different languages or cultures. With the discussion of pronouns, at times there are some who don’t even see a difference between sex and gender. Simply put, gender is a social
Take a Byte Out Of Vine By ULISES RODRIGUEZ Staff Reporter So what if I were to tell you that the famous Vine app is back and better than ever. You wouldn’t believe me, right? Well, the Vine app or Byte is back to take over the app store, now let me give you a recap down old memory lane. We all know that a couple of years ago we were all on that “do it for the Vine” mentality back in 2014. Unfortunately, towards the end of the app’s life, it got overrun with BTS short clips. I’m not hating on the group but Vine was meant for creative short clips and I know I deleted the app after it got to that point. The app was permanently killed and renamed the “Vine Camera” in 2017, which I’m thankful for because trust me, my videos were utter garbage. To others, the app was more of a way to get memes and be part of meme society, if you believe in that. The world of 15-second videos was gone until TikTok sort of brought it back. I honestly tried TikTok for an hour and I was not amused. All it had was little kids dancing to music and lip syncing. I was expecting something traditional like Vine, where someone would do something extreme like using the intercom at Walmart. I got rid of that app to save myself from being sucked into a lame craze, that for some
reason people are now making money off of…yeah, making money for lip syncing. While I’m over here busting my ass to get a decent paying job after graduating. Several students at CSUDH reminisced on what made Vine so fucking beautiful. “Vine was legit the place, I still remember the ‘ooo kill em’ Vine with Terrio and the ‘deez nuts’ Vine,” Riley Villanueva, a 20-year-old art major, said. Frederick Quezada, a 24-year-old criminal justice major, gave a little reminder on what it means to “do it for the Vine”. “I remember the dumbest thing we did for the Vine was the Harlem Shake, we had I think 17 guys squeeze into the restroom and we just went crazy.” Quezada said. Now the good news is we can go back to doing stuff for the Vine, like “yeet” our way to class or do some Harlem Shake video in your professor’s office hours. The creator of Vine has released to the application market the app that is meant to replace the missed Vine app. The app is called Byte…now you’re probably understanding why I named the headline that. I was going to go with “take a Byte out of Vine’s buttocks” except not use buttocks because I’m trying to clean it up. [See Byte, page 8]
construct while sex is limited to the biological parts we were born with. Identity is something that is extremely important to me as it is for so many others. It’s how I want others to see me and ask that I am given the basic respect to be seen as. Just last year, the University of Minnesota approved a pronoun policy that had been up for debate for three years which allowed university members to specify a name and gender that is different from those listed on their legal documents. Our campus policy followed Title IX which states on the school website “a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on the sex or gender of students and employees at educational institutions that receive federal financial assistance.” Using a person’s choice of
pronouns is a form of respect, a way of giving them basic human dignity by saying you accept them and that they are valid. “No gender in this world is easy in its own way,” Blackhorn said. “There are privileges but all genders are hard but beautiful.” I feel that pronouns mark the importance of who we are. They can change over the course of years, months, days and even hours Blackhorn explained. According to “Shattering Gendered Marketing” by the American Marketing Association, the concept of societal norms in terms of identity had a great deal to do with the creation of gendered products. Dylan, a psychology major, explained how gendered products were all a marketing
TikTok Versus Privacy By BRIAN HINCHION Staff Reporter
With seemingly endless presidential scandals, threats of world wars, and general unrest and turmoil whenever you turn on the news, it’s no wonder many young people in America are using social media to escape this daunting reality. The app that has really skyrocketed in popularity in the last year is TikTok. TikTok is similar in nature to other apps like Vine where users share silly memes, trends and lip sync performances in short video form. However, the difference between TikTok and other social media apps popular in America today like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat is that TikTok’s parent company is based in China, whereas the other apps are based in the United States. The fact that TikTok is owned and operated out of China has caused users to be wary and skeptical of whose hands their data may fall into especially considering how valuable people’s privacy is. TikTok’s origins date back to 2014 when it started as a lip syncing app called Musical. ly. Musical.ly quickly became very popular and in 2017 it was acquired by Chinese company ByteDance. According to a November 2019 article in the New York Times, U.S. lawmakers are critical of this takeover and have requested a national security review by the Commit-
tee on Foreign Investment in the United States. The most concerning information to come out of the article was that of an anonymous person familiar with the review saying the American government had proof users’ data and information were being sent back to China. Whether that information turns out to be true or not there are plenty of reasons users should be concerned about how and where their data is being stored with TikTok and its presence and relationship to the Chinese government. The Chinese government has entangled itself with the companies owned and operated within China. The Times article mentioned a 2017 national security law implemented in China that requires companies in China to hand over information to the government at their request. This underlines the key differences between American owned and operated tech companies and those in China. While the business practices of Facebook or Snapchat may leave some users feeling their privacy and data could be compromised, exposed or stored without their consent, the U.S. government can not order users data or information from those apps be handed over. In China, the government can. TikTok is not the only company being looked at skeptically in regards to users privacy and information. An article from Forbes in early 2019 looked at Chinese com-
technique, such as pink equated with girls and blue for boys. According to The Twentieth Century Reversal of Pink-Blue Gender Coding: A Scientific Urban Legend? by Marco Del Giudice Originally, the colors were reversed, but in the interest of profit, they were switched and stuck with. Pronouns are more than just how we identify ourselves, they give us the power to stand up for who we are as people and go against the idea of what society deems “normal”. There’s nothing wrong with it, we just want the right to identify as we please without questions asked, as it should be - and for the love of all that is good, just call people by the pronouns of their choice, not whatever you choose to call them. For more information, you can visit the QCRC in LSU 215.
pany Huawei, a tech company founded by a former Chinese army officer in 1987. The article said governments around the world such as Australia and the U.K were looking to block or replace technological infrastructure from Huawei in their countries as well as block any incoming Huawei products. Robert Strayer, top cyber official for the U.S. State Department spoke to the Washington Post recently and said it would be foolish to think China a country that uses data to surveil their own citizens would not do the same with other Huawei infrastructure and devices around the world. Though oftentimes much of the mainstream media and governments around the world tend to paint China as some sort of boogeyman, it’s hard not to be wary when a Wuhan doctor recently died after he attempted to speak out of the severity of the coronavirus. It’s important to not take the media and world government’s word completely in regards to these technological concerns with China because China can be an easy boogeyman for many news outlets and countries. But a country that as recently as last week tried to silence a doctor in Wuhan who attempted to speak out and warn of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, loses the benefit of the doubt with each continuing act of suppression.
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Out of the Closet and Into Student Hands By ROBERT RIOS Co-News Editor The Associated Student, Inc. Clothes Closet has officially opened and it is ready to cover the basic needs of students looking for professional clothing. Last semester, ASI began working on The Clothes Closet, a program in which students could select from donated clothes at no cost. ASI began asking for donations during the fall semester. ASI’s Clothes Closest opened on Feb. 18 and is located on the fifth floor of the North Library in room LIB 5508. Students can walkin Tuesday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of the Clothes Closet is to offer students both free casual everyday wear as well as business attire for professional environments. This service is available for everyone, including transgender and non-binary students looking for non-gender-affirming clothing. While available to all, the closet is designed more for students who may be financially struggling and cannot readily afford to buy clothes. “I wanted to implement a Basic Needs initiative to help and support the students on
GRIEVANCE From page 1 tripping over air conditioning adapters by couches in the Career Center. Evans, who said the filed the claim Jan. 22, is a member of the Academic Professionals of California, a union on campus. He filed the claim, he said, because the “unhealthy working conditions,” violated
our campus,” Itzel Marin, the director of student services and creator of the Clothes Closet, told the Bulletin last semester. “A large percentage of our students struggle to meet their basic needs. I wanted to implement a service that will help these students financially.” Marin said. Students may take up to
five items per semester. Once the person is done choosing, they will sign a form stating the clothing now belongs to them and they cannot return it for other clothing if unsatisfied. Students will then be asked to take a survey asking for their name, gender identification and ethnicity. This is so ASI can keep track of what segments
of the campus community use the service the most so it can provide better service. Both student workers and recipients seem positive about the program. “I’m just excited,” Ev Campos, a junior sociology major said. “ I love working with the community and I feel it’s my turn to give back,” Campos,
said. Many students lined up on opening day to see the available clothing. “I like the idea that we as students have the opportunity to access free clothes,” Tam Trinh, a junior psychology student said. “This is a good resource for people who are in need of something because they can come by and get it.” Itzel Morales, a junior criminal major, agreed. “This is very important for students, professional clothing is expensive so when the school has an offering for free [clothing], you [have to] take advantage of it.” Morales said. Along with clothes, other items students may take from the closet include condoms, tampons and other personal products donated by the Women’s Resource Center and ASI. This location is not permanent ASI has only been given a guarantee that it can house the clothes in the library until summer. Marin said she hopes an extension will be given to the closet. Students and staff are encouraged to donate by taking clothes they wish to pass on to the ASI office in the LSU. For more information, contact Itzel Marin at asidss@csudh.edu.
his union’s contract. Along with unsafe working conditions, Evans also mentioned unsanitary conditions, such as dead cockroaches found under desks and tables, overflowing trash cans and toilet paper strewn across bathroom floors and often never cleaned up. Mark Kerr, who is a steward and academic advisor for CSUDH’s program for regis-
tered nurses seeking bachelor’s degrees in nursing, said students have said lights by the Career Center lounge have given them headaches and migraines. “This kind of stuff shouldn’t be happening,” Kerr said. Vice Provost Ken O’Donnell, said he had not read the grievance but takes “it as an important sign of the hardship faced by colleagues that we value. Fixing this is urgent.”
O’Donnell said he thinks the hub’s issues will be remedied by a combination of relocating some offices, reconfiguring those that stay and “improving the layout and soundproofing on the whole floor. Open office floor plans can work and aren’t uncommon. We just need to make ours work better as a space where people can do their jobs. The president and cab-
inet are committed to doing this as soon as possible.” Evans is part of an organization that has created an Instagram handle, “DHspacedisgrace,” as well as created yellow shirts bearing the group’s name. It currently has 75 posts and 69 followers. Beneath its name on its Instagram page, are the words: “Student spaces should be safe spaces.”
reported last semester. However, no citizenship question will be asked in the 2020 Census, other questions that will never be asked are a resident’s social security number, bank account numbers, donations, or a political party connection. The data in the 2020 Census does impact people on the individual level. For example, a family has a 3-year-old in the household and is a hyper little one. The data will determine in 2027 if your now 10-yearold has a nearby playground to expend all that energy. Playgrounds, roads, schools, hospitals, grants, loans, and much more are at stake for communities. According to county officials, an estimated cost of $2,000 a year is lost for every person not counted in the census. That means approximately $20,000 a year could be lost over a 10-year period from your community if you are not counted. If you are a student living
on or off-campus, you count as well. The data from the 2020 Census will impact funds involving school safety, federal Pell Grant programs, student wellness programs, public transportation, and more. With the U.S,. Census coming every 10 years and the U.S. presidential election coming every four, they coincide every 10 years (ask the math majors to explain it). The last three times that has happened have been monumental elections. 2000 was the contested George W. Bush-Al Gore election, in which the count in Florida was not decided until the U.S. Supreme Court decided the victor. In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected, signaling a revival of American conservatism. And in 1960 John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard Nixon. We will see what the 2020 election has in store for the country on Nov. 3.
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Itzel Morales (left) and Alexandria Diaz (right) trying out clothes at the ASI’s Clothes Closet.
CENSUS From page 1 some households. If the form is not returned, four reminders will be mailed between March 16 and April 27. If the form is still unreturned at that time, a final follow up will be made by a census taker employed by the U.S. Census Bureau. There are reasons why people do not return their census forms. According to a report from the 2020 Census Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Study, those concerns include confidentiality, lack of government trust, and no personal benefit. Those concerns were addressed at a 2020 Census Student Journalism Symposium Feb. 22 hosted by the College of Communications and the Latino Communications Institute at California State University, Fullerton. Jennifer Lee, a partnership specialist for the Census Bureau in Orange County, said that Title 13 of the U.S. Code, approved in 1954,
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While the library’s voting box will sit the census out, it’ll be back in October.
binds the Census Bureau to never publish private information or distribute information to other government agencies, like immigration or law enforcement. Lee said that anyone who has a lack of trust in the government can be assured that their information will be safe. Another potential hindrance to returning the census form
for some is confusion over the Trump Administration’s effort to place a citizenship question on the form. Even though the U.S. Supreme Court rejected that effort in June 2019, there are concerns in the Census Bureau that the media attention might make some, such as undocumented people living in the U.S. hesitant to return their forms, as the Bulletin
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Seven Guitars Finds Perfect Rhythm By SARAI HENRIQUEZ Culture Assistant
While the name August Wilson might not be a common one in many households, those with an appreciation for American theater certainly know it. But regardless of your familiarity with this twotime Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright, you will walk out of the current production of his play “Seven Guitars” at CSUDH appreciating him, and wanting to know more about him. And thanks to this emotionally heavy and captivating production directed by Jozben Barrett, you can’t forget the bitter reality that a play set in 1948 has so many parallels to today; and that the human desire to strive to improve our lives is one that is inspired, and threatened, by the constant cycle of hope and despair. Fame, love, betrayal and cigarettes are all addressed in Wilson’s play, which is an emotional roller coaster, one in which you may find yourself eagerly rooting for a character who may not deserve a second chance. Though morally and thematically complicated, the setting is rather simple: the backyard of a house in Pittsburgh in 1948 (the play is one of the 10 that comprise Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, a 10-play cycle that documented the African American experience of the 20th Century, with each play set in a different decade. ) The play begins in the backyard serving as the site for the funeral of Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, who died shortly after his release from prison. Barton finds that
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Three of the actors from August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars”; Blessing Oluwole (left), Caleb Thermidor (center), and Tevin Jackson (right). he has become an overnight sensation with a recording of a song he finished before his jail time. Through flashbacks, we learn that he’s returned to Pittsburgh trying to convince his old love, Vera Dotson, to come to Chicago to enjoy what he feels will be his newly arrived stardom. However, via flashbacks, we find Floyd has made a lot of mistakes, and while he is determined to right all those wrongs, he has a huge task to prove to his friends that he has truly changed. Caleb Thermidor dives deeply into the mind and soul
Millennials, Gen Z Focus of Symposium By TAYLOR HELMES Assistant News Editor The Millennial and Generation Z demographic contains the future politicians, critical thinkers, and leaders that will soon try to fix all the mistakes the Boomers handed us. That’s why the Dymally Institute is focusing on those students by hosting the 2nd annual Dymally Institute symposium Wednesday, March 11. Titled “Thinking Lives Matter” the symposium will focus on careers and lines of work that Millennials and Generation Z should consider. There will be 8 to 10 panelists representing different industries, including three CSUDH faculty members. Participants will include members of local school boards, educators, the chief
operating officer of Rap Snacks, and student leaders from CSUDH’s United Greek Council. The Dymally Institute is a non-partisan policy center located on the fourth floor of the North Library. The Institute prides itself in being a “think tank,” and, “intellectual hub,” for both the university and the greater Los Angeles area, Anthony Onwuegbuzia, a student assistant at the Institute said. The symposium will take place in Loker Student Union, Ballroom C on March 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided, but be sure to RSVP because space is limited. You can register for the event on Torolink: https://torolink.csudh.edu/ event/5621054
of the smooth-talking, ladies man, Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton. Once Thermidor sets foot on stage he is the embodiment of a person who will not let go of his dreams despite what that may cost. Jordan Hyman plays Floyd’s love interest, Vera Dotson. All the girls who have ever been burned by a man will understand her story and how she won’t let this man sweet-talk her before jumping into anything with him. Her whole performance gave me goosebumps and made me want to yell “Girl… you don’t need this boy!” Hyman is
phenomenal. Also making their campus debut are Blessing Oluwole as Floyd’s harmonica player, Canewell, and drummer Red Carter played by Tevin Jackson. Both actors captured the joy of playing with Floyd but also their reluctance at going to Chicago to record, where white producers steal money from the hits they earn. CSUDH senior Nisey Turner plays Louise, Vera’s landlady. She is surprised and dumbfounded when her niece Ruby, played by freshman Irene Jones, comes into the
picture and brings along her own problems. Rounding out the cast is Phil Bray who plays the ominous, Bible-infused yet likeable Hedley, who has turned his back on the white world that he loathes. Director Barrett and his cast bring the words and mind of Wilson to life in this powerful production; his voice remains clear 25 years after “Seven Guitars” was produced, and 10 years after his death. That is a testament to both the power of those words and the strengths of this production.
and early 1970s and follows the journey of Mexican immigrant women in the U.S. through their legal battles with the Los Angeles County USC - Medical Center. SBS E122, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
explain safety updates, emergencies procedures, and what to do if an active shooter were on campus. Guest speakers include representatives from Title IX, CARE, Women’s Resource Center and CAPE, along with a Q&A session. LSU Ballroom A, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
THE BULLETIN’S TOP FIVE Dozens of events, big and small, serious and fun, dot the campus calendar every two weeks, too many to print them all. But here are five that we believe would make any list. They happen between March 5 and March 19,) the date our next issue will be distributed across campus. Saturday, March 7. “Toro Admit Day.” About 3,700 first-time freshman and transfer students for fall 2020, and their families, will attend this open house meets orientation. Academic and student services organizations will set up presentations to give our newcomers s a sense of Toro Nation. There will also be a resource fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, March 9. “No Mas Bebes.” Director Renee Tajima-Peña’s documentary takes place in the late 1960s
Wednesday, March 11. “I’m Told I’m Too Much or Not Enough: Understanding the Everyday Experiences of Teachers of Color” Dr. Josephine H. Pham speaks about experiences drawn from case studies of justice-oriented teachers of color attempting to transform classrooms in the interests of marginalized students. It is part of the Justice & Equity Teacher Education Division Speaker Series. LSU Ballroom C, 4 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Thursday, March 12. “Emergency Preparedness Session” All students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to join University Police as they
Wednesday, March 18. 7th Annual Women’s Conference This all-day event will host eight different sessions about feminism, women’s rights, body image, career development and more throughout the day, with keynote speaker and omen’s rights, body image, career development and more throughout the day, with keynote speaker and American writer Roxane Gay from 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. in LSU Ballroom C. All sessions will be hosted on the third floor of the Loker Student Union. LSU Third Floor, 9:30 a.m.- 8 p.m.
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Prepare for Life After Graduation Now By JULISSA CASILLAS Staff Reporter Some seniors at California State University, Dominguez Hills feel prepared to tackle the challenges that arise post-graduation. For others, graduation brings about feelings of confusion and anxiety. For those who have doubts, there are several resources for those need help in figuring out their plans. According to College Fix, half of graduating seniors feel prepared for life after college. Graduation can be one of the most exciting moments in a student’s academic career. This time seniors are left with a big question: what is the next step? After college, everyone expects you to have it all figured out but if students can’t choose what they want for lunch today, how could they possibly have the rest of their lives planned? Stress is the only definite thing we will have before and after graduation. We are stressed about passing classes, finding parking, getting books, and financial needs. The student psychological services, located in front of the first floor of Welch Hall, is a great place to visit when you’re feeling overwhelmed about school or other life situations. They have individual therapy and workshops that could help. They are open Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m.to 6 p.m. You can also call to make an appointment at (310) 243-3818. “Always rely on your support system because they are the ones that will be there for you no matter what,” Julian Tafolla Cisneros, senior Spanish linguistics major,
said. “Don’t stress about the future there’s no point to it, focus on what you can do and try to look around for jobs or internships so you can get an idea of what you will be dealing with.” A good place to start when you are lost about your plans is the Career Center, located on the third floor of the north library. To get the ball rolling, you can connect with a career coach at the Career Center and talk to them about what steps you need to take for your future. You can also get help with finding internships and writing your resume and cover letter. Brittany Romo, a senior health science major, she has had the same plan since she was a freshman, nothing changed for her. Many felt confident to take on the world of adulthood as freshmen. As each semester passed, that bravery turned into fear. “I felt more prepared as a freshman in college because I was very positive,” Andrew Whitsett, a senior psychology major, said. “All I was thinking about was graduating, but now it’s come to reality.” Student-athletes may not feel so much stress because they have a backup plan, which is their sport. When you have something to fall back on, less stress is created. “I have thought of my plans for after college and it would be cool to play basketball overseas and make some money doing something I love,” Wonder Smith, a senior public administration major, said. “I’m also using that time as a bumper to figure out the rest of my life.’’ It’s perfectly normal not to have things figured out at the moment. Everyone figures out their path in their own time.
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Books documenting the influence of sacred music are part of this historic exhibit
Exhibit Links Past and Present By ANDREA MENDEZ Staff Reporter Don’t be fooled by the name of the latest exhibit drawn from the vast material housed in the CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections. “Will the Circle be Unbroken: The Sacred Music of the African Diaspora,” is rooted in the history of the massive Black migration across America from 1940 to 1970, but the exhibit has a strong connection to this university and to the present day. The exhibit, which opened last month and will run through Aug. 7, consists of documents, historic artifacts and papers all dealing with the musical forms brought to Southern California during the Second Great Migration of African Americans. From 1940 to 1970, an estimated 4.5 million Black Americans left the American South and traveled North and West, mostly to big cities such as Los Angeles. The exhibit documents the musical forms that those migrants brought to Los Angeles, including gospel,
spiritual, blues, jazz, and how they adapted in their new setting and how they impacted contemporary styles, such as hip-hop. The CSUDH connection runs throughout the exhibit, which the CSUDH music department helped facilitate. The materials are drawn from the Georgia and Nolan Payton Sacred Music Archives, donated by their daughter Sallyanne Payton, as well as the Hansonia Caldwell Collection, which is a collection of African-Diaspora Sacred Music and Musician Sheet Music Caldwell was a music professor at CSUDH who helped found the Jubilee Choir, one of the foremost African American spiritual choirs in the country. The Jubilee Choir was a fixture at CSUDH for 30 years until Caldwell’s retirement in 2011. It was dormant for eight years until Charles (Chuck Dickerson) supervisor of special events, reintroduced it to campus last March. The choir entertained the crowd at the opening reception. Another musical en-
semble, the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, was also present at the opening in the person of founder Albert J. McNeal. McNeal, who recently turned 100, founded the group in order to preserve and perform what were once called Negro Spirituals, and to show how that musical form impacted so much of contemporary music. Along with the historic sheet music, a wide display of vinyl, programs and newspaper clippings from the era, the exhibit also includes pieces that tie into protest music and the coded messages that evolved from spiritual hymns to the popular hip-hop we see today. Using the past to comment on the present is designed to show an “aspect of black culture and the impact from a local level to a global inspiration,” said Beth McDonald, the exhibit curator and music archivist for the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. The exhibit will be on display in LIB 1940, the Library Cultural Art Center, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ASI Club Fest: A Night to Remember By VELIA SALAZAR Staff Reporter A chance to inform the greater campus community of what they do--as well as possibly recruit new members--was the focus of Club Fest, which was on Feb. 20 in the Sculpture Garden.More than 30 student clubs and organizations participated in the event, which was hosted by Associated Students Inc. “Club Fest is basically an idea that came about from the organization’s commission within ASI,” Stephen Janes, program coordinator of ASI said. “We pitched the idea of doing a club fest and involvement fair, a welcome type of
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The Sculpture Garden was lit up for Club Fest Feb. 20.
event that would focus solely on the clubs and [organizations] on campus.” One of the many sororities in attendance was the Kappa Delta Chi Sorority.
“We focus on academics and also serving our community,” Sophia Pineda, a Kappa Delta Chi Sorority member said. Another club that made it out to Club Fest was the Sta-
tistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Training Club. SPSS is a software package used for statistical analysis. The club’s main purpose is to help people learn how to utilize the program and help researchers feel confident in their abilities. “Our overall goal is to help students who come to us feel more comfortable working with SPSS,” Chelsea Ramos, treasurer of the SPSS Training Club, said. The Society of Independent Student Journalists was also in attendance. “All majors are welcome not just communications,” Maria Alejandra, sociology major said. “We have World Press Freedom Day, which is
the event on campus wherejournalists from different areas come to talk to students about the field and opportunities like jobs and internships.” Students walked around collecting stamps from different clubs and organizations, the number of stamps they received could win them a number of prizes. Some students found the event useful and made them feel right at home with the campus. “I thought this event was super fun and informative,” Lily Orellan, a psychology major said. “It makes me excited to start [CSU] Dominguez [Hills] this fall. It’s a good community feeling that you feel here.”
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Claws Up for Wildcats By JEREMY GONZALEZ Co-Sports Editor Super Bowl LIV came and passed, with the Kansas City Chiefs being crowned as champs. But just because the NFL season has ended doesn’t mean professional football has stopped as well. A new professional football league has emerged to fill the void left in the hearts of football fans. No longer do fans have to endure an excruciatingly long off-season with absolutely no football until August. The XFL, a league revived by billionaire Vince McMahon, is officially underway, kicking off right after the Super Bowl and finishing in May, with new and exciting rules to keep the game as entertaining as possible for the average football fan to enjoy. In case you’ve been living under a rock like Patrick Star or simply do not keep up with sports, the XFL introduced eight franchises to cities across the country. There are four teams in the eastern and western conference in the league, each made up of former NFL players or college players who did not make an NFL roster or practice squad. In the east, the four teams are the St. Louis BattleHawks, the D.C. Defenders, the New York Guardians, and the Tampa Bay Vipers. In the west, the Houston Roughnecks, the Dallas Renegades, the Seattle Dragons, and the Los Angeles Wildcats battle for supremacy. Los Angeles was lucky enough to be one of the eight cities to get a team, and they play right next door to our campus at Dignity Health Sports Park. With the season barely reaching the quarter mark, there is still lots of foot-
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Wildcats receiver Tre McBride celebrates a touchdown during the team’s first victory on Feb. 23 over the D.C. Defenders at home.
ball left to be played. The team recently had their second home game on Feb. 23 against the D.C. Defenders, where the Wildcats routed the Defenders 39-9. The Defenders were considered one of the league’s top teams and remained undefeated until they faced the Wildcats. Los Angeles quarterback Josh Johnson lit up the D.C. defense, completing 72 percent of his passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns in the game. The fans in at-
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was sent requesting faculty proposals for eSports classes that could be offered as soon as spring, 2021. Collegiate competitive gaming is an offshoot of the rising popularity of professional competitive gaming. Which in turn is a product of the incredible growth of the video game industry, which generated nearly $120 billion in worldwide revenue, in 2018, according to an Oct. 1, 2019 article in Businessinsider. Some predict it could leap to $196 billion in 2022. eSports is a fraction of that bringing in $1.1 billion in 2019, according to the industry tracking company NewZoo. That was a nearly 27 percent increase from 2018, and by 2022 the company estimated that figure would be nearly
For more video game coveage, see MEDIA at CSUDHbulletin.com $1.8 billion. Along with a burgeoning professional presence about 175 four-year universities field varsity eSports teams, according to ncsasports.org, the closest at UC Irvine. There are also 270 Tespa chapters in North America, in which collegiate gamers can participate in tournaments that award scholarship funds. Collegiate interest in the video game industry isn’t limited to competition. As a high-tech growth industry with plenty of upside, a myriad of careers can be found, from designing and writing games on the playing side, to producing and market analysts on the business side.
tendance witnessed history as they saw the Wildcats get the first win in franchise history. Louie G, famous radio personality and in-stadium host for the Wildcats games, constantly had the crowd pumped and told everyone to “put their claws up” for the team. While the team only has five home games, and two of them have already been played, fellow Toros should attempt to go catch a game at the Dig while they can. It helps that Toro nation
receives FREE TICKETS for every home game. You read that correctly. According to a campus-wide email sent by University Communications, “Toro students, staff and faculty can pick up two (2) free tickets per game at the Dignity Health Sports Park box office (must show valid CSUDH ID).” The complimentary tickets will be available on the Tuesday before each home game on a first-come, first-basis. Once the comp tickets run out, they will
not be available for that week’s game. Even if all the comp tickets are gone, tickets for the Wildcats game against the Defenders were going for as low as nine dollars on Gametime. The remaining home games at Dignity Health Sports Park will take place on March 8, March 29 and April 5. Swap those Toro horns for Wildcat claws and go check out a game. Not every school campus can boast that a professional football team plays next door to them.
Currently, CSUDH’s video game culture consists of students playing in the LSU Game Room, and the eSports association, which began in 2017. The eSports association competes in tournaments, but also partners with several middle and high schools through a pilot program to promote eSports. The bigger picture is to mentor avid gamers and find their strengths, said Ruben Capato, the eSports association advisor. There are several programs at CSUDH structured to help eSports students, including working with the career center to learn life skills they will need after graduation, Caputo said. The association also works with the faculty development center in helping to find workshop curriculum pieces with eSports in mind, part of Caputo’s goal of spreading
awareness that eSports and the gaming industry is a viable career path. “We’re trying to educate our community on campus so that essentially we start building culture within our campus,” said Caputo. Considering the presence of major companies such as Blizzard, Playstation, Naughty Dog, and Treyarch, if CSUDH did create a certification program, Toro students wouldn’t have to go too far when it comes time to finding internships and possibly future jobs. At the moment a certificate program at CSUDH is undergoing evaluation and program approval will be announced around April. According to a Feb. 24 email sent by Mitch Avila, the dean of The College of Arts and Humanities, the college is “supporting an initiative by the President’s Office to increase the visibility and participation of the campus
in eSports activities, and was looking for proposals to create pilot courses that could be introduced in spring, 2021. Members of the association are all in for anything involving eSports. An eSports program at CSUDH would “ bring everyone together and it will help everyone that’s participating in eSports develop not only in the game but as a person too,” said Ryan Pham, a senior planning on becoming a math teacher as well as an eSports advisor. Destiny Ramirez, a senior graphic design major who would like to break into game development, agrees. “I would absolutely recommend an eSports program at any college at any place,” Destiny Ramirez said. “I feel like it’s given everyone an opportunity. It’s not just individuals, not a team, not a club, it’s a community.” Ramirez said.
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Baseball Sweeps Cal State LA By JESSICA OLVERA Co-Sports Editor
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Maryjane Smith won the 800 with a personal record of 2:20:22 at the Cal State LA Invite.
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Track and Field Sprinting Into Season By VELIA SALAZAR Staff Reporter The 2020 season is underway for CSUDH track and field, as the indoor team competed at the two-day Mountain T’s Invitational, hosted by Northern Arizona from Jan. 31 - Feb. 1 at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. Tia Parrish was the top CSUDH finisher in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.09, followed by Yulinda Sam at 8.17. Maryjane Smith was one of the fastest Toros in the 200 (26.82) and 400 (1:00.26). On Feb. 14, 10 runners
from the team competed on the first day of the Big Meet hosted by Grand Valley State at the Kelly Family Sports Center in Allendale, Michigan. Maryjane Smith was the top Toro in the 600 with a time of 1:37.37, an almost four-second improvement from time last season. Lauryn Jones was the second Toro with a time of 1:45.95 On Feb. 15, day two of the Big Meet, Tia Parrish was top finisher for the Toros in the 200 with a season-best time of 27.21. Maryjane Smith was the
top in the 400 with a season-best of 59.00. On Feb. 22, the team had their outdoor meet at the Rossi Relays, hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Burns Track Complex. Parrish was the first Toro finisher in the 100 at 12.79. The 4x100 relay team of Yulinda Sam, Smith, Argnae Myers and Parrish combined for a time of 50.88. Smith, Jones, Jasmine McNary, and Lari Smith took ninth place in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:27.74. On Feb. 29, Smith won the 800 with a personal record of 2:20.22 during the CSU-
LA Invitational, at the Jesse Owens Track Stadium. Parrish took third place in the 100 with a time of 12.41. Sam won eighth place with a time of 13.11. The 4x100 relay team of Kryschiana Pharr, Zakiyaa Nelson, Michelle Pickens, and Samarea Johnson achieved third, crossing the line at 51.04. The 4x400 relay team of Myers, McNary, Jones, and Smith, also placed third at 4:06.56. The next meet will be hosted by Stanislaus State at the Warrior Stadium in Turlock on March 7.
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Softball’s Offense Erupts to Win Series Over SF State By JESSICA OLVERA Co-Sports Editor Editor’s Note: The writer played for the Toro softball team in 2018-2019. The Toro softball team continues its dominance against opponents, as it won its first conference series this season against San Franciso State at home this past weekend. Its record currently sits at 14-6 overall and 7-3 in conference play. In a four-game series against the Gators, the team won both games in a doubleheader on Friday by a score of 6-5 in game one, and 4-3 in extra innings for game two. In game one of the series, the Gators took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning off of a leadoff walk and double, but the Toros answered back to even the score at one in the bottom half of the inning when senior infielder Chenoa Au, hit a
solo shot over the right-center fence. The Toros took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth off of two hits and one error from the Gators. In the top of the fifth, the Toros added three more runs as freshman Daphne Bravo and Alex Davis each drew walks and came around to score when Au hit her second home run of the day to give her team a 6-1 lead. The Toros gave up four runs on four hits and an error in the top of the sixth as the Gators cut the lead to one run. Junior pitcher Alyssa Olague came in relief for sophomore pitcher Ashley Wise and was able to retire the batters in order in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win and record her fourth save of the season. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Toros collected its fourth walk-off, eighth one-run game win, and fourth extra-inning game of the season, by a score of 4-3.
The team took the lead in the bottom of the fourth off of Bravo’s two-run home run to left field. The Gators came back to even the score at two in the seventh on two hits and a Toro error and took the lead in the top of the eighth off a solo shot over the centerfield fence. CSUDH responded in the bottom of the frame when Bravo hit an RBI single up the middle to tie the game and won off of Alex Davis’s walk-off single to left field to score senior outfielder Jessica Lane. On Saturday, the Toros split the doubleheader with the Gators as they won the first game 9-1 in five innings and lost the second game by a score of 9-3. The Toros hit five home runs on the day, with four coming in the first game. The team scored two runs in the first inning as Au hit a single up the middle and came around to score off of a tworun home run to right-center
from senior utility player, Jade Loe. The Gators scored one run in the top of the third but the Toros responded with three more runs as Au hit her third home run of the series to give her team the 5-1 lead. The slugfest continued as Loe and Bravo hit back-toback home runs to make it a 9-1 lead and end the game via the mercy rule. The home run marked Loe’s second of the day and third of the season. The Toros fell in the series finale by six runs, as the team only scored three runs in the first inning off of Bravo’s second home run of the day, third of the series, and fourth of the season. The Gators responded with one run in the second, two in the third and six in the seventh for a 9-3 win. The Toros are set to continue conference play as they travel to Turlock, CA to face Stanislaus State for a four-game series starting on Friday, March 6 at 3 p.m.
The California State University, Dominguez Hills baseball team won its first conference series of the season after sweeping California State University, Los Angeles this past weekend. The Toros are now 9-9 overall and 8-4 in conference play. The Toros won game one of the series opener by a score of 4-1 and collected eight hits on the night. Junior pitcher Tristan Garnett, earned his second win of the season, giving up seven walks and two hits in five innings while striking out four batters. On Saturday, the team slugged its way to take game two, 13-0, from the Golden Eagles. Junior utility player Nick Henry continued his hitting onslaught as he collected an RBI single in the second, a two-run homer in the fourth, an RBI sacrifice fly in the fifth, and a three-run shot in the ninth. Senior pitcher Dylan Steen was dominant on the mound as he pitched seven innings, giving up only one hit, one walk, and fanned seven batters, earning his second win of the season. In the doubleheader on Sunday, the team won the first game by a score of 10-4. The Toros took advantage of eight free passes to take a 10-4 lead in the eighth. The final game of the series proved to be a nail-biter as the Toros won 7-6 in a game that went back and forth in the scoring column. The Golden Eagles scored first in the first inning off of two hits but the Toros responded in the bottom half of the inning with three hits and scored two runs to take a 2-1 lead. The Toros took a 5-1 lead by scoring three more runs in the bottom of the second but the Golden Eagles tied the game in the top of the fourth with four runs of their own. In the bottom half of the inning, the Toros capitalized on a three-hit rally that helped to score two runs to take the lead for good and earn the series sweep against CSULA. The Toros are set to continue conference play away for a four-game series against Sonoma State University, beginning Friday, March 6 at 2 p.m.
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Re-imagining the Future of America’s Education System By BRENDA VERANO Staff Reporter Imagine enrolling in a class where stress management is part of the syllabus; where instead of trying to connect with the words of a 3,000-year-old philosopher, your connection is with the Earth through an urban gardening class; where ancestral wisdom in the classroom is valued as highly as academic knowledge; where your professor is committed to disrupting colonial narratives. Those ideas were more than just dreams for the more than 400 participants who attended the third annual People’s Education Conference: “Changing Climates, Changing Classrooms,” Feb. 22. The allday event, held at CSUDH and co-sponsored by the colleges of education at CSUDH and Cal State Fullerton, was themed around introducing alternative educational methods into K-12 classrooms to promote social justice, particularly for members of marginalized communities. With titles ranging from “Stress Less With Plants,” “Afro Beat Dance,” and “Stencils, Art and Social Justice,” some of the workshops may not have struck casual observers as radical in nature, but the
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Professor Kovat Sanchez, talking about the legacy of colonialism that persists within Latinx migrant communities that extends into Indigenous Mexican students being bullied and teased in the classrooms.
issues they addressed, from queer culture and food justice, to climate resiliency and public health, all fell within the realm of social justice. The tools the workshops revealed to help educators create equitable learning environments to empower individual and collective autonomy among students are part of radical education theory, also known as critical education, or pedagogy theory.
The theory, in part, seeks to magnify the importance of a social justice curriculum in order to encourage students to not be passive learners but to think critically and work to change what they believe are oppressive elements in the social order. To engage students in that process, Dr. Yesenia Fernandez, assistant professor for the School Leadership Program, part of the organizing com-
mittee, said it is essential for teachers to think of themselves not as working in a system detached from community concerns, but as activists who are integral parts of those communities. “As educators, we are also activists and it is important to stay connected with the community,” she said. The chief aim of the three educational conferences has been introducing social justice
educational methods to Khigher education teachers to spur students to think critically and to understand how connected their communities are to the environment, social issues, and the nation as a whole. Yurania Velasco, who retired after 12 years as a Spanish high-school teacher in Orange County, attended this year’s conference. She said the knowledge she gained from the previous two (also co-sponsored by the CSUDH College of Education) provided her the inspiration and emotional support she felt was lacking in the schools where she worked. “When you are in mainstream classrooms you want to better your community and not a lot of teachers are on board, so you feel isolated,” Velasco said. “A People’s Education Conference made me feel that I wasn’t the only one who wanted to change the system, that there are other teachers that care. This conference changed my life.” The committee is certain about having a fourth conference in the future, but Fernandez says “it won’t be next year, we are trying to raise money, earn grants to be able to put it together since the conference is free.”
Exhibit Celebrates the Vote, Reminds That Work is Not Done By ANDREA MENDEZ Staff Reporter Women may have won the hard-fought right to vote 100 years ago, but there remains serious obstacles to anything close to full equality. So even though the California State University, Dominguez Hills women’s studies department’s exhibit “The Women’s History Collections” commemorates the suffrage centennial, it also highlights
LATINX From page 1 The committee wants to create a space where Latinx students can feel at home; however, the need extends further than physical space. In the proposal, El Comité explains how a center would improve campus culture by providing students a physical space and a support system to get them through higher education. “[There was] this initial meeting that happened two or two and a half years ago, and [we were] being told that the Latinx center was in the works,” Professor Corina Benavides López said. “In the meantime though, … Latinx faculty [was] being exploited for our labor.” Because many students in the room said they receive help from their mentors after
the urgent issues women face today. One of the first projects since the women’s studies department was announced last spring, the exhibit consists of material culled from the university’s archives by students from Women’s Studies (WMS) 210. Students worked through the archives trying to identify specific issues that women have faced throughout history and found many, including birth control, violence
towards women and obstacles to voting. Part of the project included looking at women through an intersectional lens particularly women of color, transgender, and those who identify as non-binary. This is to display how when one thinks about women’s rights, they don’t keep in mind how it affects every woman differently. “They were able to focus on the historical aspect as much as on the contemporary issues
that women have and still face today”, Jennifer Brandt, the chair of the women’s studies department said. She hopes that the exhibit sparks conversations, especially intersectionality, that might lead more people to get politically involved. As part of the exhibit, the documentary, “Knock Down the House”, which premiered last year on Netflix, will be shown at the opening of this exhibit.
hours, El Comité requests for the center to be adequately staffed with people who could be students’ guides not only academically, but emotionally and psychologically in a cultural context; staff who understand the Latinx identity and can relate to their issues. “It carries a lot of guilt sometimes because I often think of how much labor goes into each student individually,” Lizbeth Ivonne Zúñiga, a senior Chicano/a studies major said. “The late nights that my mentor had to text me and tell me that I need to do my [work], but if it wasn’t for her who would have done that?” Resources El Comité is proposing include a Latinx library, study space and a kitchen. A priority for the committee is that the center is a place that includes their families, where the loved ones of students can attain infor-
mation in a place they feel comfortable. “My parents don’t know how to navigate higher education,” Lizbeth Ivonne Zúñiga, a senior Chicano/a studies major said. Vice President Franklin allowed everyone in the room to share their story before expressing his gratitude. He added his own experience of having an affinity center, called “The Black House” at CSU Northridge when he was an undergraduate, explaining that he understands Latinx students’ frustration with not having a space to go to. He was impressed with the proposal’s organization and content, saying the proposal should be a guide for other centers on campus. Franklin acknowledged Janneth Najera, a Chicano/a studies major and member of El
Comité, for her “bravery and leadership” in organizing the meeting and the proposal. “This proposal is probably one of the best pieces of not only guidance of how to do an affinity center, but it is a model for the three affinity centers [on campus],” Franklin said. “It has all of the resources, it has the scholarship, and it has what is needed to make an affinity center countering the narrative of what it means to be in higher education.” Franklin said the next step is to set up an appointment with El Comité and review the proposal more in-depth. “There’s a sense of urgency on my part,” Franklin said. “I’m going to lock elbows, shoulders with [El Comité] to get this done...Fall 2020 is not that far away.” To see El Comité’s proposal, visit csudhbulletin.com.
It follows four women who were inspired by the contemporary political landscape to run for the midterm election in 2018. One of the women featured in the film, Amy Vilela, will be at the screening as well. The exhibit will run throughout this semester. Students may set up an appointment through the university library website or walk-in on the fifth floor of the North Library in room 5039.
BYTE From page 2 Like the old Vine app, you can only upload six-second videos and you can get as creative as you can be with them. Then, of course, the main menu has the different categories you can choose from. Just one big favor, please for the love of God don’t streak through campus and say you are doing it for the Vine. The app does not give you a get out of jail free card or a hall pass, so make perfectly legal videos. So if you’re still reading you should probably consider stopping here and downloading the app, because you could be watching something entertaining than having to read about my sugar-coated ass talking about the app.