Vol. 90 Issue 7
September 13, 2011
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Preview performing arts’ talent A guide to the fall season of theatre and dance performances JAMES BEAN Daily Titan
Just steps away from your afternoon chemistry class, the Cal State Fullerton Department of Theatre and Dance works day and night to bring stories to life in its eclectic set of on-campus theaters. This season is packed with familiar and not-sofamiliar stories that the actors, designers, writers and directors want to share with the world. Dead Man’s Cell Phone The first story on the roster is Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl. The play follows a woman named Jean who is eating at a café when a man’s cell phone interrupts her lunch. In a fit of fury, she confronts the man only to discover that he is dead. She answers his cell phone and finds herself swept into the man’s former life. “(The title) is kind of literal,” said Abby Hankins, a junior musical theater major. “The more you’re (in technology), the less you’re here in our world.” See THEATER, page 6
Veteran math professor awarded for excellence After 36 years, Martin Bonsangue knows how to make students’ experience with math positive LUKE CHERNEY Daily Titan
Martin “Marty” Bonsangue, this year’s recipient of Cal State Fullerton’s Outstanding Professor Award, hopes to change how people view math for the better. “Everyone has a math story,” said Bonsangue. “Everyone has a turning point with math, for good or not so good.” Bonsangue has been teaching at CSUF since 1992, but he started teaching junior high school math and music at La Puente Unified in 1976. “After 36 years in the biz, anyone under 40 is a kid to me,” he said jokingly. Bonsangue said his love of math began at an early age. “I remember being in kindergarten, with the
teacher asking us what two plus two was, and I answered four and she was trying to psych the class out. And she said, ‘Is it?’ I remember thinking, as a five year old, ‘Yeah, it’s four, with no question about it,’” he said. “Numbers always kind of felt comfortable to me.” The Outstanding Professor Award is the highest award CSUF gives to teachers. According to Mark Filowitz, associate dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the award is not just about teaching. It encompasses involvement in CSUF’s research and service programs Courtesy of Robert Tran as well. Bonsangue receives CSUF’s Outstanding Professor “That says you’ve excelled in all three areas,” Award from President Milton Gordon. said Filowitz. “It’s great to be recognized in one aspect, but this is the overall aspect. It’s pretty See MATH, page 2 special. There’s only one on campus every year.”
Minimal art show paints the town red Daily Titan
Skillfull artist Rebecca Lipnisky opened her gallery titled “Chroma” at the Cal State Fullerton Exit Gallery Friday. Showcasing nine art pieces spanning over a year, the work was emotional and minimal, a combination that would make sense if you ever met Lipnisky herself. As she was dressed in all black and wearing horn-rimmed glasses, she revealed to the audience that her work was all about color. Lipnisky’s paintings were vivid, using different colors ranging from red, blue, yellow, green and black. Annie Compean, 21, an art major, was impressed by Lipnisky’s work, and said, “Her paintings are soulful and reflective.” The usage of color on her canvases was apparent and not overdone. She was precise and detailed with every section of her paintings. Lipnisky’s uncomplicated fondness toward color led her to open a brilliant show. In her artist statement, she believed that “color holds the power to evoke emotions, elicit sensations,
trigger memories, seduce, agitate, exhaust, relieve.” And that was only a taste of how the audience felt as they marveled at her artwork. As the art crowd was awed by her large canvases, many were amazed by her sensational artistry. “The hidden colors reveal new dimensions of emotion,” said Samantha Dowd, 24, an art major and president of the Fullerton University Artists Club. Lipnisky’s labors of love are all about the explorations of color, harmony, shape and tension between juxtaposing hues. A fine art student who is expected to graduate in spring 2012, Lipnisky articulated how color animates life. How could anyone live in black and white when there is vitality in color? Joe Devera, 28, an alumnus from CSUF, was highly impressed with Lipnisky’s passion toward color. “It’s a difficult thing in the art world to convey a high degree of human emotion and complexity in such an efficient manner,” said Devera. “And Rebecca’s show succeeds in that regard.” See ART, page 5
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CSUF Exit Gallery welcomes Rachel Lipnisky’s colorful “Chroma” art exhibit RACHEL MASOCOL
ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Daniel R. Hughes, a former police chief of the Surprise Police Department in Arizona, answers questions in an open forum regarding safety, faculty relations and student education.
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Sinking past the horizon Sailing Club struggles to stay afloat at CSUF CHARLOTTE KNIGHT Daily Titan
What could a sports club with its own venue less than 15 miles away, easily accessible equipment and a knowledgeable adviser who is not asking for monetary compensation possibly be missing? Club members. This year, the Titan Sailing Club was cut from Cal State Fullerton’s Sports Clubs InterClub Council; however, the founding members are
determined to find a driven student with a love for sailing who will carry on the legacy. Arjun Cardoza, a CSUF alumnus who has been sailing since he was 8, started the club in 2008 and served as president until his graduation in 2010. The Titan Sailing Club was part of the SC-ICC for three years and had 20 members at one time, but See SAILING, page 3
A handful of individuals attended an open forum Monday to ask a candidate for the police chief position questions about safety. The forum was held in the Emergency Operations Center at the University Police station at CSUF at 3 p.m. and was part of a day-long process that interviews a candidate for the open police chief position. It is a continuation of a search that started in the spring semester, following former police Chief Judi King’s retirement. Major topics discussed during the open forum included faculty labor relations, safety, security, community relations and student education. “(The education of the students) is the reason we are all here,” said candidate Daniel R. Hughes during the open forum. Hughes appeared to have done some research and included why he wanted to join the CSUF community. “It’s an exceptional school,” Hughes said. “I look at the school as progressive. I want to be somewhere where it is going to be progressive.” During the open forum, Hughes talked about the importance of communicating with not only the CSUF community, but the outside community as well. “Public safety is not just arresting people, it’s crime prevention,” Hughes said.
Safety, he said, that includes policing the community and working with outside agencies. Hughes also said he believes officers offer an educational aspect as well as serving as safety personnel. “I think that police officers should be role models,” Hughes said. The college campus is the “perfect place” for students to learn ethical traits, Hughes said during the open forum. While there were no students present at the open forum Monday, students and the public are welcome to listen and ask questions at future events. Jennifer Faust, Ph.D., associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said there are people who really care about the process and know the importance of meeting with candidates. “I think that, symbolically, having the forum helps,” said Faust, not discouraged by the small crowd. Hughes has worked in law enforcement for more than 34 years. He served about 25 years as an assistant chief of police in Springfield, Ill. and about eight years as the chief of police in Surprise, Ariz. Hughes received his bachelor’s in labor relations from the University of Illinois, Springfield, and his M.A. in law enforcement and justice administration from Western Illinois University. The next open forum is scheduled to take place in the Emergency Operations Center at 3 p.m. Friday.