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Giving back in times of crisis Alumnus receives presidential award for volunteer service MATTHEW MEDINA Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton alumnus Ryder Evans has fostered a love of volunteering and helping those in need during times of dire emergency. For his efforts to provide relief after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last year, he was given a Presidential Volunteer Service Award by ShelterBox, the charity he volunteers with.

Evans grew up in Orange County and graduated from CSUF with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1991. He later moved to Lake Tahoe, where he has been involved with the Rotary Club of Tahoe-Douglas for more than a decade.

While reading the Rotarian, a magazine for club members, Evans discovered ShelterBox USA, a charity that focuses on providing temporary shelter and care packages to those in need after natural disasters and other emergencies. As part of the ShelterBox response team, he has taken one trip to Brazil in 2010 and two trips to the Philippines in 2011 and 2013.

His presidential service award is a silver-level honor, which is bestowed upon qualifying volunteers who have spent between 250 and 499 hours serving others.

ETHAN HAWKES / Daily Titan Amir Dabirian, vice president for information technology, explains the intricacies of the data center in the basement of Pollak Library North.

Wi-Fi fixes in the works University will make improvements to network in coming semesters SAMUEL MOUNTJOY Daily Titan

An explosion in the amount of devices competing for Wi-Fi connectivity in recent years has pushed Cal State Fullerton’s network beyond its capabilities, but Amir Dabirian, vice president for information technology, hopes a new influx of funding from the student success fee will allow the

network to catch up.

It isn’t just laptops anymore. With iPads, iPods and cellphones connected to the network, each student can have three or four devices all competing to connect to the Internet.

This puts a strain on wireless access points, the blinking white boxes with protruding antennae, in classrooms and common areas–kicking students off and interrupting their work.

The Wi-Fi is the worst in McCarthy Hall. Built in 1963 with thick concrete walls, the structure’s dense and closed floorplan creates a challenge for the network that the architects

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who designed the building could not have possibly foreseen.

Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, Cal State Fullerton’s most modern building, offers the best Wi-Fi connectivity for students, but the hardware in both buildings is almost exactly the same.

Even if existing access points in McCarthy Hall were upgraded, access to the Internet would still be subpar.

More access points are needed to fill in the weak spots of the wireless network. Access points in McCarthy Hall are about 60-100 feet apart, on average, but in Mihaylo, they are about 40-80 feet apart. Access points have a

Routers in every building connect to data center using fiber optic cables

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theoretical range of 330 feet without obstructions.

The architecture of the buildings combined with outdated access points that can only handle 25 connections at a time, causes bottlenecks that result in dropped connections.

And with more and more students carrying more and more devices, bottlenecks have increased. Dabirian wants access points capable of handling 100 connections in every classroom, with multiple access points in the largest classrooms.

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Data center in library From servers in basement, CSUF connects

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internet

Bottlenecks in connection occur closer to user

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Bootlegger’s Brewery to celebrate anniversary with special event Music and beer fest to help raise money for local businesses JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

Bootlegger’s Brewery will celebrate its sixth anniversary this weekend with the Bootlegger’s Music and Beer Fest at The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton.

The brewery was founded by Aaron Barkenhagen, a home brewer and beer enthusiast. After two years of planning and development, the first seven-barrel brewhouse came to Fullerton and delivered its first keg in April 2008.

After its opening, the reputation of Bootlegger’s quickly spread among novice beer drinkers looking to try something new and difficult to please aficionados alike. “(The City of Fullerton) understands our brand, that we

are here to not only educate about beer but bring a sense of community, a place where people could come and hang out, drink beer and make friends,” said Patricia Barkenhagen, the vice president of Bootlegger’s.

Bootlegger’s has continued to expand its distribution and production by launching its own pilot brewery and tasting room, which has created over 30 local jobs.

Their facilities are built with the objective of “making the highest quality beer that is poured not far from where it is brewed,” according to its website.

The unofficial motto of the brewery is “Drink Fresh, Drink Local.”

“Fullerton is super supportive,” Barkenhagen said.

“We are all about helping local small businesses and supporting each other and supporting causes. If we are going to be doing an event, we want to make sure it’s going back to the community.”

A portion of the event’s

proceeds will go to The Muckenthaler Center and other local charities.

In addition, guest breweries such as The Bruery in Placentia, Newport Beach Brewing, Stone Brewing Co., Goose Island, Firestone Walker, Eagle Rock Brewing, BottleLogic, Noble AleWorks, Congregation Ale House and many more.

The event will include live music and gourmet food trucks from Dos Chinos, Fred’s Wood Fired Pizza and Porko Rico BBQ. Also on site will be Brew Cakes Desserts, a Redlands Bakery that fuses pastries and local craft beers into unique desserts.

“The event is for the regulars who help make us who we are,” Barkenhagen said.

“To help celebrate six years and it’s for giving back and everyone having a good time.”

The event will be held Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Pre-sale tickets can be bought through Eventbrite for $40 or at Bootlegger’s Pilot

Courtesy of OC Beer Blog Since its opening in 2008, Bootlegger’s Brewery has expanded its distribution and production through the incarnation of its own pilot brewery and tasting room.

Brewery and Tasting House if you want to avoid online charges. Tickets can also be purchased at the door of the event for $50 while supplies last.

Included in the ticket price is: unlimited 4 oz. pours, access to 30 Bootlegger’s beers, commemorative tasting glass, cigar bar and access to

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The Muckenthaler Gallery exhibit showroom.

The Muckenthaler Cultural Center is located at 1201 W. Malvern Ave. Per Bootlegger’s website, it recommends that those attending arrive 30 minutes before the start of the event for check-in.

If you cannot make the event Saturday, Bootlegger’s

Tasting Room and Pilot Brewery opens daily at 11 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m., except on Friday and Saturday when it closes at midnight. It is located at 130 S. Highland Ave. in Fullerton.

For more information on the event, go to BootleggersBrewery.com or TheMuck.org.

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Alumnus provides emergency aid after typhoons, floods strike SERVICE Continued from PAGE 1

Evans focuses on logistics and overcoming challenges that hinder volunteers’ ability to transport supplies to affected regions.

This was an especially difficult problem after Haiyan, because Tacloban, the city that was hit hardest by the storm, is isolated from major cities like Manila and Cebu City.

“There were sides of mountains that looked like a wildfire had gone through there because they were all gray, but they were all gray because all of the vegetation had just been stripped,” he said. “Even houses that were more substantially built, made out of brick, were severely damaged by these trees and other things turning into projectiles that would take out walls. The need for aid there was just immense.”

Although his team’s main goal is figuring out the logistics of providing temporary shelter and transporting supplies in the charity’s

Courtesy of Ryder Evans Ryder Evans (left), a volunteer with ShelterBox USA, works with care packages on a cargo ship after Typhoon Haiyan in November.

Courtesy of Ryder Evans Cal State Fullerton alumnus Ryder Evans stands outside a tent with local residents. Typhoon Haiyan destroyed more than a million homes in the Philippines in November.

unique green boxes, Evans also takes the opportunity to improvise.

After Haiyan struck, a grandmother who was looking over four children had stepped on some glass, and she was not able to seek treatment for three weeks.

Evans was able to help get her transportation so she could have her wounds

resilient people were in the face of devastating losses, Evans said.

“Even though it’s temporary, these tents are just made for them to live in for about six months or so until they can rebuild something better, but when the family units can get back to where they have their own house, essentially, it really brings

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properly treated.

“For all I know, she’d be walking around with glass in her foot today if we had not taken some initiative to help her,” he said. “So that was definitely special to have helped her in that way.

It’s the simple things.”

In his experience with responding to three disasters, it was surprising how

a lot of dignity back into their lives,” he said. “And you can just see it on their faces when they tell you how grateful and thankful they are for that; it really is a special thing to get to be a part of that and make such a difference in their lives.”

Aside from volunteering, Evans is the co-owner of Visionary Legal Technologies,

which focuses on software for the legal industry.

In addition to his involvement with the local Rotary Club and ShelterBox, Evans also serves as a volunteer with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue Unit, and he is involved with local Little League and Boy Scouts organizations.

Fee to help improve network WI-FI Continued from PAGE 1

“The increases have been crazy in the last three years,” Dabirian said.

“That’s the reason we went to SSI (the success fee, formerly known as Student Success Initiative) and other campuses are doing the same kind of thing.”

If the fee had not been approved, the Wi-Fi system would continually receive regular upgrades, but that would not be able to keep up with student demand.

“There’s not enough funding that is dedicated to improving the Wi-Fi in my budget to be able to sustain the increased need of the students, unfortunately,” Dabirian said.

The university is continually installing access points that can accommodate 100 connections at a time. But unless the infrastructure behind those access points is also upgraded, the network won’t be able to handle the load.

“You can’t just put a high-volume access point here if you don’t have a high-volume connectivity to the network,” Dabirian said. “Your throughput is going (to be limited to) the smallest pipe in the network.”

Last year, the campus upgraded its connection to the Internet from a 1-gigabit-per-second connection to a 10-gigabit-per-second connection, and the network usually uses about 30 percent of that. However, the connection from the access points to the rest of the Internet is still bottlenecking the connection.

When a student connects to a wireless access point, data goes through the air to the access point and then through twisted-pair copper wire to a router, then another and another. All the way to a 10,000 -square-foot-data center in the basement of the library where the connection to the Internet is made.

Upgrading the infrastructure means making sure the cables connecting those routers can carry the traffic all the way to the Internet without becoming overwhelmed.

The increase of demand could almost be considered a perfect storm.

Within the past few years, content providers made high-definition streaming video more accessible and student population has steadily

WI-FI • $25 of student success fee, paid by each student, will go to improving Wi-Fi network • Fee will be phased in over three years, beginning fall 2014 • Current network can accommodate 14,000 connections • Goal is 20,000 next year, 40,000 by 2017

Cal State Fullerton Information Technology Mihaylo Hall’s architecture allows for better Wi-Fi connectivity.

Cal State Fullerton Information Technology McCarthy Hall has several “cold” spots (green) throughout its classrooms.

increased. On top of that, low-cost mobile devices have much more capable hardware than a few years ago, meaning that more devices are capable of using up more data.

“Megabytes and megabytes of data is coming down, and a hundred people looking at a YouTube video just bogs everything down,” he said.

To help improve the WiFi network, a $181 per semester fee will be phased in over the next three years, starting next semester. $25 of each student’s payment will contribute to improving the Wi-Fi. The 2013-2014 budget for information technology was $12,808,397. Once the student success fee is fully phased in, about $1 million will be added to that exclusively for Wi-Fi. “I’m just thrilled that this passed, because now we have the revenue funding for students, by students to provide what they need,” Dabirian said.

Right now, the network can handle about 14,000 connections at the same time, but that number should be around 20,000 or 25,000 by next year,

Dabirian said. His goal is to reach as many as 40,000 within the next two years.

Improving technology on campus is among the least controversial aspects of the student success fee, data shows. When students took surveys during the four-week consultation process in February, they rated how strongly they agreed or disagreed with proposed spending goals.

On a scale where 5 indicated highest approval, the average rating given for the need to improve technology by the 3,809 students who took the survey was 3.77, nearly an entire point higher than increased support for athletic programs.

“It just doesn’t let me finish my work,” said Phiphi Ann Truong, an undeclared freshman. “I want to be able to use my laptop, not have to go to the library to use their computers. It’s just not working for me.”

The Wi-Fi is the No. 1 complaint the information technology office receives right now. “We are just not meeting the needs of the

students,” Dabirian said.

“We really need to provide that (Internet) access for their education. They need it for everything.”

“It doesn’t work. It usually drops and sometimes you can’t get a signal or you see it has a signal but it doesn’t work anyway for no conceivable reason,” said Michael Wiechert, an English major. “Honestly, for the first two years I went here I never used the Internet here because it wouldn’t work at all.”

Starting next semester, the plan for the implementation of the student success fee calls for doubling the capacity in all common areas, such as the Pollak Library and Mihaylo Hall, in the first year. In the second year, Wi-Fi capacity in classrooms and instructional spaces will be doubled.

In year three of the fee’s implementation, Wi-Fi capacity in outdoor areas will be expanded. From year four and onward, the fee will continue a cycle of updates and additional expansion.

Matthew Medina and Sasha Belani contributed to this report.

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DTBRIEFS Taukeiaho honored for third time Cal State Fullerton softball star Missy Taukeiaho collected more hardware as she received her third Big West Player of the Week honor this year.

Taukeiaho had an unbelievable series against arch-rival Long Beach State, batting .600 with four runs and four runs batted in. In addition, Taukeiaho had a .667 on base percentage and hit safely in all three games.

CSUF’s school record for Big West Player of the Week in one year is held by Jenny Topping, who received it five times in 2003.

The sophomore transferred from University of Washington, one of the elite softball programs in the country.

She has stepped in at third base to lead the Titans all year long.

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Former Titan impresses in marathon Former Cal State Fullerton distance runner Nick Arciniaga participated in the Boston Marathon Monday morning and finished seventh overall in the race.

Arciniaga was also the second American male to finish the Boston Marathon. He finished with a time of 2:11.47.

Meb Keflezighi was the first American to finish the race, and he was the overall winner with a time of 2:08.37.

Arciniaga came into the Boston Marathon as the defending U.S. Marathon champion.

He has also run in two U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and finished in the top 10 in the 2008 Boston Marathon. He was the first American man to cross the finish line that year.

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Titans ready for Big West Tournament The Big West Women’s Tennis Championships loom around the corner for the Cal State Fullerton team, a team that faces a first round matchup with the winless UC Riverside.

The tournament will be held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and will begin on Thursday at 9 a.m.

The Titans (7-14, 1-7 Big West) have had a rough go all season and will head into the tournament as the eighth seed in the Big West Conference.

The Titans will have a winnable first match with the Highlanders (0-19, 0-8 Big West), a team that is the ninth and final seed of the tournament.

CSUF’s lone conference win came against UC Riverside on April 11 in a sweep, a result they hope to repeat.

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CSUF ready to take on Bulldogs Titans look to end five-game skid as they head to Fresno JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

After a rough two weeks, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team will look to get back on track as it welcomes Hawaii to Goodwin Field this weekend for a Big West Conference matchup.

Having lost five straight, including a sweep at the hands of Big West leader Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the Titans (18-16, 3-6 Big West) hope the last place Rainbow Warriors will allow the team to regain some confidence and momentum that the team had to start the season.

If the struggles on the field were not enough, Head Coach Rick Vanderhook is still on paid administrative leave as the university reviews allegations that came to light against the thirdyear coach last week.

After receiving the news, the Titans went on to get cumulatively outscored by the Mustangs, 15-3, in the three losses.

Assistant coaches Mike Kirby and Jason Dietrich continue to act as interim co-head coaches in the absence of Vanderhook.

Despite their struggles, the Titans’ bright spot this season has been on the mound.

Thomas Eshelman is having a strong sophomore season with a record of 5-1.

In 76.1 innings pitched, Eshelman has a 2.12

WINNIE HUANG / Daily Titan Junior outfielder Austin Diemer will look to recover from his hitless weekend at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and the Titans are hoping to snap out of a hitting funk and raise their team batting average from .242. Diemer is currently hitting .227 on the season with nine RBIs.

earned run average and 56 strikeouts.

In his last start against Cal Poly SLO, he allowed eight hits and two runs in seven innings in a no-decision.

The pitching staff has gotten a little deeper over the past few weeks as Justin Garza made his return to the pitching rotation.

Garza had not pitched since March 8 before making two appearances in the last two weeks.

In his last outing versus the Mustangs, the sophomore struggled, giving up nine hits and seven runs in 3.1 innings.

When looking at the Titans’ struggles this season, one can immediately point to the difficulties on

offense.

With a team batting average of .242, second to last in the Big West, the Titans have undoubtedly struggled to get things going offensively.

CSUF has tallied a conference-worst 278 hits and has struck out a conference-leading 249 times.

J.D. Davis has done his part this year, batting .318 with three home runs and 24 runs batted in. The junior leads the team in hits with 42.

Junior Matt Chapman is batting .267 with a teamhigh five home runs and 27 runs batted in.

Meanwhile, junior Clay Williamson has produced in recent weeks, raising his average to .275 to go along

with 12 runs batted in.

Hawaii (15-21, 3-9 Big West) enters the series with struggles of its own, going 2-8 in the last 10 games.

Batting .236 as a team, the Rainbow Warriors offense is last in the conference and will hope to get the bats going against a tough Titans pitching staff.

The top offensive threat for the Rainbow Warriors is Marc Flores, who is batting .285 with four home runs and 30 runs batted in.

The Warriors’ pitching staff has done a good job this year despite a lack of offensive support.

Matt Cooper is 3-4 with a 1.95 earned run average.

In 69.1 innings, the senior has struck out 60 batters

while holding opponents to a .238 batting average.

Last season, the Titans won two of three games against the Rainbow Warriors.

The Titans hope to improve their 12-5 record in front of the home crowd.

Hawaii will look to build on its 4-6 away record.

CSUF will hold the Armed Forces Weekend for this series.

All current and former U.S. military personnel will receive two tickets to any game versus the Rainbow Warriors as long as they present a valid military ID. For more information on the CSUF baseball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

Titans look to stay hot against conference rival SLO CSUF hopes to avoid letdown after series win over rival 49ers JOHNNY NAVARRETTE Daily Titan

Coming off arguably its biggest series win of the season, the Cal State Fullerton softball team will look to climb the Big West standings as it travels to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this weekend.

On Saturday, the two teams will play a doubleheader with the first game starting at 2 p.m. and the second a few minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

The final game will start on Sunday at noon.

Having handed Long Beach State its first two conference losses of the year, the Titans (26-18-1, 7-5 Big West) will face off

with the Mustangs (25-16, 7-5 Big West) in a battle for sole possession of third place.

CSUF’s success this season has been due to its dangerous offense, which has been hard to slow down.

As a team, the Titans are batting .302 with a conference leading 48 home runs and .491 slugging percentage.

Leading the way for the Titans is Missy Taukeiaho. With a .426 batting average, 14 home runs and 38 runs batted in, the sophomore third baseman has been an absolute nightmare for opposing pitchers.

In the series versus the 49ers, Taukeiaho batted .600 with four runs batted in and four runs scored.

For her performance, she earned Big West Softball Player of the Week honors for the third time

this season.

The record for the award in a season belongs to former Titan Jenny Topping, who received it four times in 2001 and five times in 2003.

Adding to the offensive firepower are Gabby Aragon and Eliza Crawford.

Aragon is batting .318 with six home runs and 28 runs batted in while Crawford has a .284 average, 10 home runs and 28 runs batted in.

Consistency in the circle will be key if the Titans expect to rise in the conference standings, and they will look to the trio of Jasmine Antunez, Monique Wesley and Christina Washington to lead the way.

Antunez is 10-8 this season and comes in with a 4.02 earned run average.

Her 90 strikeouts are by far the most on the team with Wesley

coming in second with 47 strikeouts.

Wesley is 3-5 with a 5.10 earned run average in 59 innings pitched.

Washington enters the series with a 9-5 record and 3.73 earned run average.

In 103.1 innings, the freshman has struck out 46 batters while allowing 51 walks.

The series will be another tough test for CSUF as the Mustangs enter the weekend on a four-game winning streak that includes a sweep of Hawaii.

Offensively, Cal Poly SLO is led by Sierra Hyland, who is batting .367 with five home runs and 28 runs batted in.

Another player to watch is Emily Ceccacci, who is also batting .367 with 19 runs batted in.

Her 51 hits leads the team.

In the circle, Cal Poly

SLO keeps it simple with a two pitcher rotation, which is also led by Hyland.

The freshman is 21-7 with a 1.76 earned run average. She has struck out 221 batters in 202.2 innings.

The other Mustang pitcher is Chloe Wurst, who enters with a 4-8 record and 4.27 earned run average.

In 85.1 innings, the junior has 38 strikeouts.

Last season, the Mustangs swept the Titans in the three-game series, outscoring CSUF, 8-2, at Anderson Family Field.

This year, the Titans will travel to Bob Janssen Field where Cal Poly SLO is 9-3 in 2014. CSUF holds a 3-2-1 away record this season.

For more information on the CSUF softball team and all Titan Athletics, go to FullertonTitans.com.

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Abuse of heartbleed immoral MICHAEL CHEN Daily Titan

Plugged In The QR code struggle ETHAN HAWKES Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton, which just passed a fee that will increase campus technology, is still riddled with alien-like relics across its campus.

Pieces of paper with multiple square shaped objects, known as QR (qiuck response) codes, printed on them litter campus advertisements.

These artifacts wait for people to scan them, which will direct the scanner’s smartphone to a website. This is the intention, but people hardly ever use QR codes correctly.

Instead, passing walkers simply read the text above the QR code. If the text conveys most of the information, why should people be bothered to pull out their smartphone and be directed to a website that will give them nearly the same information they already read.

At the Daily Titan, we recently tried using QR codes as a way to drive traffic to our website and its multimedia pieces. Unsurprisingly, out of thousands of copies that were passed out to students only two scanned them.

Why is it that a technology invented alongside some of the earliest smartphones is still being used today?

The easy answer is to say there hasn’t been a better option for sending people to digital media from print media. No one wants to type in a long convoluted URL to head to a website that may not even be worth it.

Two major problems I can attribute to the fall of QR codes: Integration and ease of use.

At the moment, users still have to install a separate app to view QR codes.

It’s not built into Android, iPhone, Blackberries or Windows phones.

Only a few apps are officially supported by the

software. Google Glass is one of them. While it works well enough, the few times I get the urge to scan a QR code I rarely have it installed.

In order for QR codes to gain more prevalence, an app that will scan QR codes needs to be integrated into the camera app itself. Not only does it need integration but it also needs to be readily accessible, similarly to the ease of accessing the camera from the lock screen.

The only downside would be the amount of battery power scanning could deplete. Scanning the codes may take a ton of battery power, but the camera wouldn’t be on at all times.

Realistically, it would use the same amount of energy as taking a picture.

Similarly to the ease of use of accessing the camera from the lock screen, QR codes need to be readily accessible.

If all phones had an easily accessible QR scanner integrated into it, more people might actually use it. This could lead to a chain of events where companies see more people are using QR codes so they will come up with better ways to use QR codes.

The Xbox One is actually a pretty good example of using QR codes in a smart way. The Titanfall bundle of the console came with a free download of the game.

You could either navigate through a handful of menus and enter a code to redeem your copy of the game, or you could place a QR code in front of the Kinect camera and the console would take you to the redemption page.

The idea of scanning a code to shorten the process of getting to a website is sound. It just needs to be used in smarter ways and maybe more people will actually do it. Until then, I suppose simple URLs are the only temporary solution to this problem.

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It would be a breach of citizen privacy if the NSA abused Heartbleed Recently, news of a bug called Heartbleed spread, and with it came news of the National Security Agency possibly abusing the bug to gather information on U.S. citizens. If this information is true, it would be yet another strike against the NSA. The Heartbleed bug is one of the biggest flaws in Internet history. It has affected up to two-thirds of the world’s basic security, according to Bloomberg.

When an individual uses a computer to browse a webpage on the internet, the computer connects to the websites’ server; the website then sends a certificate, or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), along with a key that the computer then uses to unlock the certificate, verifying the websites contents and also assuring the user that the website is legitimate.

The bug creates an opening in the SSL certificate that makes it possible for potential hackers to monitor anyones browsing history and possibly steal personal information.

Hackers, or possibly even the NSA, can hijack the security key the website sends back to the computer and use that to steal information without the website knowing, thus leaving the individual completely unaware of any wrongdoing.

When the Heartbleed bug was discovered earlier this month, many companies across the nation started checking and double checking their security system for any holes that could have allowed the bug to slip through.

wikimedia commons Reports have emerged that say the NSA has been abusing the Heartbleed bug for two years.

It’s not rare to see bugs emerge on the Web. The shocking part of this bug is that for two years before the public learned of this bug, the NSA was using it to gather the information on U.S. citizens, according to Bloomberg.

During this time, the NSA did not tell the public about the security flaw; they simply abused it.

While the NSA is a spy organization that works in all things covert, that does not excuse them from hurting the security of the very people they are meant to protect.

“Putting the Heartbleed bug in its arsenal, the NSA was able to obtain passwords and other basic data that are the building blocks of the sophisticated hacking operations at the core of its mission, but at a cost. Millions of ordinary

users were left vulnerable to attack from other nations’ intelligence arms and criminal hackers,” said Michael Riley, a writer for Bloomberg.

The notion that the NSA may have used the bug in order to obtain the information of United States citizens is still unconfirmed.

However, the idea that they would even be contemplating such a tactic is undermining the liberty of this country; this is the nation of the strong and the free and its citizens should not be worried about the government prying into their personal lives.

The notion of it is pervasive and uncivil at best.

“Contentions that NSA is secretly exploiting holes in commercial or open source software have

sparked protest abroad, with other countries threatening to use the reports as pretext for banning American software,” said Gautham Nagesh, a writer for the Wall Street Journal. “While the administration contends there has been little change to how it handles the security holes since the review, the process remained highly opaque until the review was recently complete.

The administration’s latest statement came only as part of an effort to deflect what they said was an inaccurate report.”

America is founded on many civil liberties, and individual freedoms are of the utmost importance.

For any individual to worry about governmental intrusion in their personal life is highly undemocratic.

Science of the Impossible New-age rain dance GUSTAVO VARGAS Daily Titan

Rain is loved by many, hated by others, but is overall necessary for our planet. The famous inventor Nikola Tesla thought very highly of nature and believed we ought to mimic its mechanics.

That is to say, nature is an incredible force and it has always been thought of as uncontrollable by man. Some have tried to manipulate nature, while others think the whole idea is implausible.

Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics and the University of Arizona have begun developing a new method of allowing laser beams to travel longer distances without its performance weakening. The purpose is for the laser to be beamed into clouds to induce rain and/or lightning.

Though it might sound like a plan a villain from a James Bond film would come up with, the act of creating “man-made” rain is not a new concept.

In 2010, scientists working for the United Arab Emirates government were able to create 52 artificial rain storms in the Abu Dhabi Desert.

The $11 million project was

part of a secret program that aimed to control the weather in the Middle East.

China is also not unfamiliar with the act of inducing rain.

This form of weather modification is referred to as cloud seeding, in which precipitation (or snowfall) from the clouds is the desired effect brought about usually by adding other substances into the clouds.

The researcher’s new solution is to surround the laser beam with another beam that acts as a “dress” from which the central beam can refuel and be helped from dissipating as it travels long distances.

Static charged particles are known culprits in clouds where water condensation and lightning activity are present. The proper laser aimed at manipulating

those particles may be the way to one day call upon rain, whenever and wherever it is wanted. A new-age rain dance, if you will.

This report “Externally

The issue they want to solve is how to get close enough to aim a beam at the clouds witout running into conflict with actual ligtning. refueled optical filaments” was published in the journal Nature Photonics and was made possible by a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Defense.

“Because a filament creates excited electrons in its wake as it moves, it artificially seeds the conditions necessary for rain and lightning to occur,” Mills said.

The issue they want to solve is how to get close enough to aim a beam at the clouds without running into conflict with actual lightning. That is where the “dress” laser beam comes into play.

“It turns out that if you wrap a large, low intensity, doughnut-like ‘dress’ beam around the filament and slowly move it inward, you can provide this arbitrary extension. Since we have control over the length of a filament with our method, one could see the conditions needed for a rainstorm from afar.

Ultimately, you could artificially control the rain and lightning over a large expanse,” Mills said So far, Mills and other researchers alongside of him have been able to lengthen the beam from 10 inches to about 7 feet.

On one hand, this may one day be a great achievement to be able to control the weather. On the other hand, it was funded by the Department of Defense, which tells you what type of people would be interested in such a thing.

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Courtesy of Sleeper Agent Sleeper Agent will take the stage of the Constellation Room at The Observatory in Santa Ana this Sunday, April 27. The alternative rock sextet, who is performing alongside Holychild and Pagiins during the tour, will then continue their travels to the south, performing in San Diego on April 29. The tour kicked off earlier this month.

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In just three short years, Sleeper Agent has steeply ascended the alternative rock ladder, becoming a band that means business.

Hailed by Rolling Stone as a “Band to Watch,” the Kentucky-based sextet has made a name for themselves by touring with bands such as Manchester Orchestra, Cage the Elephant and Weezer.

Headlining their first

tour, the garage pop act has come a long way from their small town of Bowling Green, KY. They released their latest album, About Last Night, in January and will be bringing their tour with Holychild and Pagiins to three Southern California locations, including the Observatory in Santa Ana on Sunday, April 27.

The “Little Act That Could,” as the band is often deemed, has achieved what seems like overnight success.

The band’s frontwoman, Alex Kandel, attributes the cohesiveness and success of Sleeper Agent’s music to the similarities that all six

of the members possess.

“Everyone has their own influences that they bring into the band but I would say, collectively … we draw a lot from a lot of old punk bands that we all like …

There are bands that we all love equally together, but everyone has their own very specific taste as well,” Kandel said.

Being the only girl in an all-male band would seem to come with its fair share of challenges, but Kandel insists the only obstacles she faces come from outside sources.

Playing certain crowds has shown her that just because she’s a girl on stage, men think they can treat

her a certain way, regardless of how she is dressed. “(The issue of sexism) comes up quite a bit, especially when I started I think I might not have had a thick enough skin yet to learn how to internalize that … when that is thrown in your face,” Kandel said.

Dealing with sexism was a hurdle she had to overcome, but additionally, dropping out of high school to join a band of five guys was an entirely different monster.

Kandel had met lead guitarist and vocalist Tony Smith when she was 16, playing local shows in town and opening for his band. She joined the band

nearly a year later.

“I could see that the opportunity was becoming something more than being in a local band and we were getting interest from labels, so I kind of had to do a little soul searching. I was a pretty good student and I was kind of set to go to college,” Kandel said.

“It kind of changed a lot of those plans for me. So I knew that if I left school that I would finish on my own, so that’s what I did.

I finished on my own and ... started touring when I turned 18.”

It proved to be well worth it for the now 21-year-old Kandel, who has two albums to her

name and a long list of crowd-drawing shows.

If their last show at the Constellation Room with New Politics is any indicator, the performance Sunday will surely garner quite the crowd, and add another notch to that list.

“It’s a very high energy, very fun show. I know fun sounds like a simple term, but I can’t really think of any better way to put it,” Kandel said.

Kandel makes it a point to say that she loves meeting everyone when she’s playing a show.

“It’ll be kind of like you’re joining a family if you come out,” Kandel said.

Game of Thrones sets tone for turmoil Daenerys aims to free Mereen slaves in latest episode eric gandarilla Daily Titan

Sometimes shows slow down. Sometimes that change of pace makes a show quite the snorefest. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case for this week’s episode of Game of Thrones.

Although this week’s episode was much slower than the last two, it was still an interesting one. Not every episode needs to be infused with the spirit of Michael Bay. This episode felt a lot like a gentle calm before everything starts going awry.

The portions of the episode featuring Daenerys were definitely the most captivating moments of the episode.

The last scene of the show depicted a slave of the city of Mereen picking up a collar of a slave Daenerys has freed.

This foreshadows a possible revolt by the city’s slaves against their oppressors for next week’s episode.

If this transpires, Daenerys might be able to add another notch to her city-conquering belt.

Back at King’s Landing, Cersei is still in the same heartbroken rage-filled state she was in the last episode over King Joffrey’s death.

Tyrion is going to trial for murder of the king and judging from the witnesses he has on his side and the witnesses on the opposing side, the situation is looking pretty grim for him.

It seems news of the king’s death has spread throughout Westeros. Stannis Baratheon in particular seemed quite interested in the state

Courtesy of HBO Now that King Joffrey is dead, his younger brother, Tommen Baratheon, will take over the iron throne.

of King’s Landing with a recently fallen king.

He wants an army and money to be able to attack King’s Landing now that the king is dead. The only problem is that he lacks both of those things.

He tasks Davos Seaworth with securing his needs, but after losing the battle of Blackwater, that has proven difficult.

However, that difficulty has not stemmed Stannis’ anger at all. He still blames Davos for not securing enough bannermen.

But Davos might have a plan to get more bannermen.

During his reading lesson with Stannis’ daughter, he had an epiphany of sorts that might mean the Baratheon’s luck may soon be changing.

Littlefinger made his first appearance of the season. It seems he was the person behind Sansa’s rescue.

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as conniving as Littlefinger, but Littlefinger loved Sansa’s mom. She should be relatively safe under his protection.

Arya and the Hound found themselves in another situation where they ended up hurting someone.

A man and his daughter invited the two of them to dinner after some smooth talking on Arya’s part. The man needed protection and a farm worker so he offered the Hound fair work for fair wage.

He shouldn’t have done that.

Although the Hound agreed to the deal, he was only waiting for the man to show him his silver. As soon as he did that, he knocked the man out and walked away with his money.

The takeaway from this episode: Don’t judge a book by its cover, unless the book’s name is the Hound; in which case, judge. Judge away.

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DJ to turn up at Becker DJ Cease to lay down original tracks at ASIP weekly concert MICHAEL CHEN Daily Titan

The Becker Amphitheater will hear a fresh mix of sounds as DJ Cease brings his passion for the turntable to Cal State Fullerton as the featured ASIP Wednesday concert act.

Cesar Nuñez, 27, also known as DJ Cease, has been around the DJ scene his entire life.

“Growing up, I was always around turntables because my uncles were DJs. This was back in the ‘90s, when it was all vinyl. As a kid, I always thought the DJ was that cool guy, but It wasn’t until 2005, when I actually started to get more into it, and buying my own records,” Nuñez said.

Ever since, Nuñez has had a passion for spinning tracks and has been working to improve his craft every day.

“At first, I just wanted to scratch, I’ve always thought that was cool when I would hear DJs doing it on the radio. Then I just fell in love with everything,” he said. “Now, I would say 95 percent of my friends are all DJs, and basically, it has taken over my life, and I’m constantly practicing.”

Nuñez said he hopes to share his love for remixing music with his audience and feels a huge sense of pride when he sees the audience react to his music.

The crowd that gathers to watch him is why he continues to improve and perfect his performance.

“I DJ because I enjoy the art form of it. There’s a certain indescribable feeling you get when you drop a

certain song and the whole crowd goes nuts over it,” Nuñez said.

He said he prefers to play an opening set as opposed to a headlining one because of the extra challenge it poses.

“I enjoy the challenge of playing the right songs early and taking the crowd from ‘cold to warm’ meaning, playing the right music at the right time while people are getting to the party.

I think it takes more skill to do that,” he said.

Nuñez never settles or takes the easy road and this shows in his performance. His enthusiasm for his own music is what makes him a better DJ. “To tell you the truth, I’m a very competitive person within myself, my friends always tell me I’m too hard on myself,” Nuñez said.

“When I’m DJing, I constantly ask my friends, ‘Is the music OK?’ I’m a student of this DJ art form and always try to make my next performance better than my last.”

In the future, Nuñez doesn’t hope to become the next big DJ, rather his dreams for his future are much more reserved and less extravagant. He hopes that his musical talent will translate into more shows and hopefully he’ll travel the world doing what he loves to do.

“To be honest, my dream is just to be able to play music anywhere I can, and maybe do a little traveling here and there,” Nuñez said. “I don’t really care about being famous or anything like that.”

Nuñez is not engaged in Facebook or Twitter but he does have his own Instagram, which has over 300 followers.

He performs Wednesday at the regular Becker concert timeslot at noon.

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Courtesy of Melanie’s Clicks Luke Bryan will be one of the headlining acts at the eighth annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival, which takes to the desert Friday.

Other popular country acts will take the stage, including Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean and Hunter Hayes.

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Clean your hat, dust off your boots, shine your biggest belt buckle and tune up “yeehaws.”

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival will be kicking up its heels this weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.

The festival, which is held on the same grounds as the Coachella Music Festival, is in its eighth year and has been sold out since early March.

The three-day event is headlined this year by Eric Church and Brantley Gilbert on Friday, Jason Aldean and Hunter Hayes on Saturday and Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line will close the show Sunday night.

Other well-known performers scheduled to appear include Lee Brice, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, Easton Corbin and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

As in the past, festivalgoers had the opportunity to purchase general admission wristbands, priced at $249 for all three days, as well as reserve a spot in the “RV Resort” to stay on the festival grounds and avoid having to find other accommodations.

While rental RVs are

once again allowed in the RV Resort, contrary to last year’s festival, tent-camping of any kind will not be permitted.

Camping on-site is not only more convenient, it’s also an easy way to avoid driving after drinking.

The festival acknowledges the fact that people will be drinking, and has a strict alcohol policy in place in order to help avoid any drinking-related issues.

Bringing alcohol into the concert venues is not permitted. However, attendees who are camping and over the age of 21 are allowed to bring a limited quantity of their own alcohol into the campground. This too will

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a barbecue competition, with the winner advancing to the World Championship in Kansas City, Mo., later this year.

Samples from the competition will be available for $3 all three days for those in attendance.

Those who have already received their wristbands for the festival can go to StageCoachFestival.com to activate them.

Wristband activation allows festivalgoers access to enhanced customer support, linkage to social media profiles and sweepstakes offers with prizes including merchandise and ticket upgrades, according to the festival website.

Courtesy of Jeff Wright This year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival kicks off Friday at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. Tickets for the three-day festival sold out in early March.

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“Each person over the age of 21 with a valid camping pass may enter the campground with 2 total of the following items (not 2 of each item): case of beer-cans only, alcohol in plastic bottle, or boxed wine,” reads the festival website.

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It’s all about action today (with a Grand Cross in cardinal signs), but the one who initiates loses. Test before pushing ahead. It could get tense. Watch your step! Mercury enters Taurus, beginning a phase of pruning, trimming and adjusting. Clear out old branches for new growth.

TAURUS

(APRIL 20 - MAY 20):

Keep communications grounded in facts this month, with Mercury in Taurus. Postpone travel, risk and expense today... it could get explosive. Take it slow to avoid waste and accidents.

Complete old projects, and stay flexible with changes. Support your networks and it comes back to you.

GEMINI

(MAY 21 - JUNE 20):

Keep your communications stable, consistent and solid this month. Provide support at home and work. Grab a good deal quickly. Stay out of arguments, controversy and upset. Recite a prayer or mantra to cool a tense moment. Avoid risky business or expensive propositions. Quiet study time soothes.

CANCER

(JUNE 21 - JULY 22):

Community and group efforts thrive by weaving together resources, talents and support structures over the next month, with Mercury in Taurus. Avoid distractions and upset today... tempers could flare. Keep to practical facts. Work on existing projects, and launch new ones later. Slow and steady does it.

LEO

(JULY 23 - AUG. 22):

Your communications skill advances your career this month, with Mercury in Taurus. Avoid debate, risk or spending today, and maintain momentum to complete a project. Plans change. Stand firmly for your commitments, with flexible scheduling. Think fast with surprises, but keep actions measured rather than impulsive.

VIRGO

(AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22):

Gardening and outdoor activities satisfy this month, with Mercury in Taurus.

Fall in love with a fascinating subject.

Negotiate turns and maneuvers carefully. The way forward may seem blocked, and shortcuts dangerous. Take it slow, flexible and gentle. Provide peace and calm.

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LIBRA

(SEPT. 23 - OCT. 22):

Base financial decisions on fact rather than fantasy this month. Update plans and budgets with conservative figures.

A conflict with regulations or authority could arise, impeding the action. Others may lose their cool... keep yours.

Favor private over public. Let love guide your actions.

SCORPIO

(OCT. 23 - NOV. 21):

Someone has a hair-trigger temper... avoid setting them off. Private actions go farther, with less friction. Dance with changes as they arise, without impulsive reactions. Mull over consequences first.

Reassure one who needs support. Stick close to home and clean up. Play peaceful music and serve tea.

SAGITTARIUS

(NOV. 22 - DEC. 21):

Breakdowns and obstacles slow things.

Get multiple bids for major repairs.

Take extra care with kitchen utensils.

With Mercury in Taurus, edit your communications this month for solid impact. Plan, prepare and research before presenting. Private actions close to home on existing projects get farther.

CAPRICORN

(DEC. 22 - JAN. 19):

It’s easier to express your love for a month with Mercury in Taurus. Plant seeds hidden in messages. Proceed with caution today, despite chaos. Old beliefs get challenged, obstacles arise and thwarted intentions distract. Avoid upset by working quietly. Don’t get singed in all the fires. Hunker down.

AQUARIUS

(JA. 20 - FEB. 18):

With Mercury in Taurus for a month, have your home express what you love.

Resist the temptation to over-spend.

Reschedule travel and new project launches. Work quietly to complete a job, to minimize conflict. Rest and recharge, while assimilating new changes.

Take it easy.

PISCES

(FEB. 19 - MARCH 20):

Consider the impact of your words before speaking, with Mercury in Taurus for a month. Ground arguments in fact.

Avoid conflict today by keeping a low profile. Slow the pace, and anticipate resistance. Use discretion. Stay off the roads. Use extra care with tools.

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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm “Five Deadly Sins in P.R.” Presented by: David Whiting, OC Register Hosted by: Professor Dennis Gaschen Location: Hetebrink AB

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm “Life After Cal State Fullerton” Presented by: Gabe Medeiros, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Hosted by: Professor Holly Ocasio-Rizzo Location: Tuffree AB

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm “Millennials vs. The World: How to Break the Stereotypes” Presented by: Matt Prince, The Walt Disney Company Hosted by: Professor Jeesun Kim Location: Alvarado AB

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm “Finding Your Passion and Breaking Into Television Animation” Presented by: Veronica Esquivel, Nickelodeon Hosted by: Professor Shelley Jenkins & Laura Neal Location: Juniper 150 (Student Housing III)

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm “Hispanic PR: Reaches and Impacts Latino Publics” Presented by: Jose Xicohtencatl, and Stephen Chavez, Chavez Marketing & Communications Hosted by: Professor Dean Kazoleas Location: Pavilion A

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm “Why You Should Care About What Happens on Wall Street” Presented by: Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg News Hosted by: Professor Holly Ocasio-Rizzo Location: Pavilion B

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “How Not to Cover a Government Program” Presented by: Michael Hiltzik, LA Times Hosted by: Professor Mel Opotowsky Location: Ontiveros BC

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm “Writing Compelling Feature Stories” Presented by: Samantha Dunn, OC Register Hosted by: Professor Vik Jolly Location: Hetebrink AB

7:00 pm - 9:45 pm Communications” Presented by: Reena De Asis, Dress for Success Worldwide West Hosted by: Professor Valerie Orleans Location: Tuffree AB

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm “Personal Wellness Symposium Panel” Presented by: Jack Mierop, Jack Up Your Life; Jason Teven, CSUF; Peter Christenson; Heron Stone, Gendo; Christi Bell, CSUSD & David Roel Hosted by: Professor Jack Mierop Location: Titan Theatre

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm “PRSSA Carnivale” Hosted by: Professor Dean Kazoleas & CSUF PRSSA Location: Pavilion A

10:15 am - 12:45 pm “Motion Picture Sound Techniques” Presented by: Greg Agalsoff Hosted by: Professor John Hoffhines Location: Bradford AB

11:30 am - 12:45 pm “The Business of Communication” Presented by: Jeff Longshaw, Group L Hosted by: Professor Joe Winski Location: Hetebrink AB

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm “KTLA - Business in Television” Presented by: Henry DiCarlo, KTLA Hosted by: Professor Brent Foster Location: Hetebrink AB

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm “The Broadcast Industry and the Internet: Fighting for Audience, Benign CoExistence, or Dynamic Partners?”

Presented by: Thom Callahan, Southern California Broadcasters Association Hosted by: Professor Henry Puente Location: Alvarado AB

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm “Sports Media Panel” Presented by: Andria Wenzel, CSUF; Brian Whitehead, OC Register & Kenny Connolly, OC Register Hosted by: Professor Bonnie Stewart & Professor Tom Clanin Location: Tuffree AB

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm “How to Communicate Persuasively to The Jury” Presented by: Mark Gerard, The Litigation Group Hosted by: Professor Fred Zandpour Location: Bradford AB

4:00 pm - 6:45 pm “Media Literacy” Presented by: Marc Lorber Hosted by: Professor Philippe Perebinossoff Location: Pavilion C

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm “Entertainment, Marketing, and PR Proposals” Presented by: Troy Lindquist, Management Resources and ProFun Management Group Hosted by: Professor Carol Ames Location: Tuffree AB

Thursday 4.24

Friday 4.25 & Saturday 4.26

FRIDAY 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “See What You Can’t Hear: An Inside Look on Deaf Culture” Documentary Screening Presented by: Sharon Don Hosted by: Professor Carolyn Coal Location: Titan Theatre

FRIDAY 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm “How To Win The Hispanic Gold Rush” Presented by: Francisco Valle, Manna Consulting Hosted by: Professor Fred Zandpour Location: Hetebrink AB

SATURDAY 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm “Career Awareness Day” 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Dr. Terry Saenz - Welcoming/Timeline for Undergraduate Students in Communicative Disorders 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Dr. HyeKyeung Seung - Autism Spectrum Disorders 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm - Dr. Nancy Adzovich - Audiology 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm - Professor Therese Cooper - TBD 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm - Panel of Professionals: Dr. Kenneth Tom - Voice/Craniofacial, Emily Wang - Graduate Student at CSUF. Hosted by: Professor Terry Saenz & NSSLHA Location: Pavilion ABC

Dates, times, locations and speakers are subject to change.