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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Keyboard studies professor writes songs and scores films Craig Richey has scored more than 17 films throughout his career. By neil Bedolla Staff Writer
Finding one’s passion can be a lifelong journey for some, but for Cal State Long Beach professor Craig Richey a career in music was inevitable. Richey, a keyboard studies professor at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, recently scored the romantic comedy “Girl On A Bicycle,” which was released on Feb. 14, according to craigrichey.com. -
en, features 87 minutes of music that Richey compiled while in Munich. He also contributed three original songs he recorded in Prague. “The whole experience was great, but it was challenging because I had never written that much music before,” Richey said. “There was a lot of pressure, but at the end of the day, we prevailed.” Throughout his career, Richey has
with A-list actors such as Jennifer Aniston, John Malkovich and Jake Gyllenhaal, among others, according to imdb. com. Richey scored, has won more than 26 festival awards, including the Audience tivals Outfest, Newfest and Frameline, according to his website.
Richey said his inspiration for a career in music was rooted in his childhood by his mother, who was a violinist, and his father, who was a pianist and composer. “It was kind of clear I was going to be a pianist,” he said. “Music was very much a second language in our house.” Richey, who graduated from the
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Dancin’ to the beat
Senior sociology major Beatriz Reyes, left, and senior Spanish major Luis Santiago move to the music during a social dance class in the Kinesiology building, Room 107 on Monday.
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ASI officer aims to bring more night events to campus Jessica Dirks says night students often feel disconnected with the campus. By Justine dela Rosa Staff Writer
cial Jessica Dirks has her way, Cal State Long Beach night students could soon have access to more campus events and activities. Dirks, a junior sociology major who takes all of her classes at night, was recently appointed as ASI government wants to use her position to help night students feel more connected to the campus community. “Their voices are not being heard,”
she said. “There aren’t many oppor- ting involved and learning more about tunities for them to be more active in different groups,” she said. school. It’s off-putting and saddening.” ASI Vice President Jonathon Bolin Dirks said her desire to help night said he spoke to ASI Chief Programstudents to become more involved on campus motivated her to join ASI. this month about the possibility of in“Last semester and this semester, I’d creasing nighttime events. arrive during events, and by the time Bolin said, however, that Barcenas I’d come told him there out of class, have already events were been events ending or alplanned in the They deserve to have things to do late afternoon. ready done,” Dirks said. “Unless we and to be informed about them. “For night have events students, you that run until have to really midnight, I’m go out of your not sure what we can do,” Bolin said. out about different groups or events.” Dirks said that although a few eveMajor school events, such as Week ning events, such as movie-showings, of Welcome, are planned during times panels or mixers, do exist on campus, that are inconvenient for night students, they don’t always work for students Dirks said. who get out of class at 10 p.m. “It sucks because the events during welcome week are the gateway to getSee ASI, Page 3
Jessica Dirks