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Since 1960 Volume 87, Issue 12
Daily Titan
Tuesday September 23, 2008
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND Campus Life Student Health Professions Association, Volunteer and Service Center and the American Red Cross is sponsoring a blood drive starting Sept. 22 to the 25th. Donations can be given between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Pavillion A. Students, faculty and staff members are encouraged to donate blood during the drive. More information about the upcoming blood drive is available at 714-278-7623 or online at www.givelife.org
Nude skater ‘whizzes’ pasts tourist, commuters PORTLAND (AP) - Portland Police took a waterfront Lady Godiva down a notch this week. Barely. They were getting calls about a nude skater whizzing past tourists and rush-hour commuters. But you can do that in Oregon, where occasional nude bike rides draw police only for crowd control and shows featuring live sex acts are protected as free speech. The skater, Gennifer Moss, aka Earth Friend Gen, asked organizers for permission this summer to skate naked in the city of Ashland’s Fourth of July parade. She didn’t get it. Police told her to tone it down after construction workers complained. Moss donned a string bikini bottom for the nonce and skated on. Police say most callers are concerned about her safety.
Single segments together to make a full song in: ‘Ameteur - Lasse Gjertsen’
Using video editing, akin to stop-motion animation, Lasse Gjertsen from Norway, strings together short video clips of him playing a single chord separately on a drum kit and a piano then editing them together to create a song. With over 9,000,000 views, “Amateur”, is only one out of the 20 videos he created. Gjertsen is has one of the most subscribed YouTube channels. Gjertsen is 24 years old and studied animation at Kent Institute of Art and Design in England. His professors did not appreciate his work so he dropped out.
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Art helps raise money A new by britney lange
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A black-and-white photo of a very depressed-looking girl cutting her bloody arms with a razor is not what patients or visitors might expect to see upon entering a health and counseling center. But the image is one of many pieces of art now on display in the Cal State Fullerton Student Health and Counseling Center during the second annual “Art 4 Health II” exhibition. Kathy Spofford, associate director of the Health Center, said the exhibit is an opportunity to inform people about the services the center offers to students and faculty. “It’s also about students being able to show their work,” Spofford said. “Many of them have never been in a show before.” Most of the work on display was submitted by students. Andi Sims, assistant dean of student affairs for the College of the Arts, said she thought the magic of the exhibit was home-grown artists being able to display their work. “It’s not just about art, it is a complete university experience that just involves art,” Sims said. “It enhances university life.” Misti Osmialowski, an executive assistant for the center, said the exhibit was intended to get people to think about experiences and feel emotions. At Friday’s exhibit opening, attendees could bid on the artwork displayed in the exhibit with proceeds going to support the “Art 4 Health II” program. Spofford and Osmialowski said 20 pieces were sold in the auction and $3,405 was raised to benefit the current and future exhibits. “The positive energy generated from the SHCC staff, and those attending the opening says we are doing something important here,” said Cheryl Groch, exhibit coordinator. “It was a good bonding experience for everyone involved,” Spoffard said smiling. “Especially me.” The event was required coordination between the Art Department and the SHCC. “I really liked the collaboration between the two departments,” Spofford said about the exhibition. Sims and Groch both echoed Spofford’s sentiments. “It was a fabulous collaboration,” Sims said. “And it’s important because it encouraged the development of the artists and sparked conversation. Art should spark conversation.” Some of the pieces on display looked like they would spark more conversations than others, like junior communications major See ART, Page 2
Students and alumni get a chance to perform classic dance numbers by amy dempsey
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Students take sex education a step farther with Sex Positive Week By Caroline Duffy
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By Alyssa Bonavita/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Cal State Fullerton student Tania Jazz (not pictured) exhibits her acrylic on wood painting at the CSUF Student Health Counseling Center.
By Alyssa Bonavita/Daily Titan Staff Photographer CSUF student Matthew Gush exhibits his photograph titled “Peace” at the CSUF Student Health and Counseling Center.
A group of Long Beach State students have organized Sex Positive Week, a three-day celebration of sexual awareness starting Oct. 6 at the school’s campus. Members of the student group Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality organized the event with the intent of increasing positive and progressive thinking about sex. “The idea for Sex Positive Week came about from a growing frustration with people’s attitudes about sex and sex education,” Wandie Kabule, a CSULB journalism student and co-chair of Sex Positive Week, said. “One of our campus newspapers printed an opinion piece that was blatantly judgmental of alternative sexual lifestyles. It was very closedminded. We agreed that these attitudes are a result of our society’s antiquated sex education. It’s still hard to get people to admit that the problem is our educational system and the lack of information available for teenagers and young people.” With discussions on traditional sex education topics – sexually transmitted diseases, sexual assault, and the role between sex, drugs and alcohol – Sex Positive Week will offer students information about sexually-related issues. “I’m especially looking forward to Sex Workers Outreach Program coming to campus (CSULB),” said Mariana Velázquez, a co-chair of Sex Positive Week and a human development major at CSULB. “I don’t think that most people think positively when they think of sex workers, so I’m sure this one’s going to raise some eyebrows and hopefully push some buttons. I really want people to take advantage of the presentation to try and allay stereotypes they may have about the profession or the people involved in it.” Cal State Fullerton’s women’s studies department hosted their own event last year, but with a different focus. “We had a similar event, but it was a single day and we called it ‘I Heart Consensual Sex,’” said Dr. Renae Bredin, the program See SEX, Page 2
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Cal State Fullerton’s Dance Repertory Theatre will be performing dances created by professional choreographers Jose Limon and CSUF alumnus Mike Esperanza at Irvine’s Barclay Theatre at 8 p.m. on Oct. 4. The Dance Repertory Theatre consists of CSUF dance majors and four alumni who were invited to join, or auditioned to be in, the Repertory and Performing Techniques class. The class acts as training for the dance company, which then
learns, studies, perfects and performs the old and new dances, such as Jose Limon’s “Concerto Grosso,” which was created in 1945 and has become a classic piece in the dance industry, according to Professor Robin Johnson from the theater and dance department. Mike Esperanza’s “IV” was choreographed for CSUF’s repertory theatre, Johnson said. “The repertory theatre gives the best students professional experience,” Johnson said. “After being a part of the company, they will be prepared for the real-world dance industry.” Irene Jung graduated from CSUF in May as a dance major. She is one of four alumni who were invited back to perform in the show. “When I was asked to come back and dance with the company, I felt really honored,” Jung said. “The fact
that they wanted me back for such a big performance is so exciting.” One of Jung’s favorite things about studying dance at CSUF was the friendship between students and instructors in the dance department. She always felt her professors really cared about their students and that they pushed the dancers to their fullest potential. Alex Blakey is a senior at CSUF who is performing in “Fratres” an original work for the DRT choreographed last year by Russian choreographer Viktor Kabaniaev, on Oct. 4. It has been shown before, but according to Blakey, each time she begins rehearsing for a new performance, it is completely different than the last. “This repertory theatre is great because you are able to revisit pieces,”
Blakey said. “It allows you to interpret each dance differently, and learn something new every time you perform.” Instead of having the show at the new performing arts center, it will take place at the Barclay Theatre in Irvine. Blakey said the prestige of the Barclay Theatre fits with the maturity, professionalism, dancers’ strengths and diversity of the show. “Performing at Barclay lets our department participate in community outreach and recruitment,” Johnson said. “By being on a different campus, dancers from other areas are exposed to the talent within our department. This allows us to continue getting the best dancers for ballet and modern dance.” “I enjoy working with the Dance Repertory Theatre because it gives
me a change to redo some older pieces that have been performed before,” Debra Lockwood, production manager for department of theatre and dance, said. “With each dance, I try to give it an identity of its own so it doesn’t look like any of the others.” She has been teaching at CSUF for eight years, and has professional freelance experience in lighting and design in the Southern California area. The department of theatre and dance received $29,000 to re-establish the Dance Repertory Theatre by President Milton Gordon through the Cal State University Mission and Goals Initiative. The company also performs at special civic events, festivals, such as L.A. Dance Invitational and Dance Under the Stars.