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LETTER FROM THE<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
Will it really get better? I can’t help but have high expectations for<br />
2011 and there’s no denying that the social challenges students are<br />
confronted with have increased. That is why I have zoomed our focus<br />
away from an entertaining cover to one that would make U think a little<br />
harder about how you treat yourself and others.<br />
I strongly encourage U to take time out of your busy schedule to engage<br />
in one of our programs that challenge your assumptions or provoke your<br />
mind. I have witnessed the impact our programs have had in advancing<br />
social justice and improving the lives of people. Our dedicated and<br />
hardworking staff has worked diligently in expanding existing programs and<br />
inventing new ones to encourage U to think about your role here at CSULA!<br />
The U-SU Calendar is ALWAYS changing. I am on a quest to push our<br />
boundaries a bit further and deliver something unexpected every time. I<br />
am sure you have noticed and I hope that this calendar will resonate with U!<br />
I can’t stop looking at the cover and what it<br />
means to not speak out on these important<br />
issues. I hope you feel the same and do your<br />
part to make it better for people from all<br />
walks of life!<br />
JOSEpH M. AGUIRRE<br />
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
UNIVERSITY-STUDENT UNION<br />
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
Thanks to the following departments and organizations who contributed<br />
to Winter 2011 programs and events: American Communities Program,<br />
Asian and Asian American Studies, Black <strong>Student</strong> Association, Center<br />
for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, Chicano Studies, Department<br />
of Public Safety, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, History, Latin<br />
American Studies program, M.E.Ch.A., Mujeres Activas en Letras y<br />
Cambio Social, Pan-African Studies, Philosophy, <strong>Student</strong> Health Center,<br />
The Queer Connection, <strong>University</strong> Bookstore, Vietnamese <strong>Student</strong><br />
Association, Women’s and Gender Studies program, and student fees.<br />
U-SU BUILDING HOURS<br />
Monday - Friday 7 am - 10 pm<br />
Saturday 7 am - 6 pm<br />
Sunday Closed<br />
FOR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT OFFICE HOURS, PLEASE CALL:<br />
U-SU Administration (323) 343-2450<br />
Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement (323) 343-5110<br />
Cross Cultural Centers (323) 343-5001<br />
Graffix (323) 343-2464<br />
The Pit (323) 343-2520<br />
<strong>Union</strong> Meeting & Event Services (323) 343-2465<br />
Xtreme Fitness Center (323) 343-7546<br />
U-SU Website www.calstatela.edu/usu<br />
01. JOSEF ALAYRA Fitness Manager<br />
02. FRANGELO AYRAN Assistant Director for <strong>Student</strong> Development, CSI<br />
03. MARIELENA BECERRA Campus Involvement Coordinator, CSI<br />
04. CHRISTIAN CAMPOS Graphics Coordinator<br />
05. DENISE CARLOS, M.S.W. Gender & Sexuality Resource Center Coordinator, CCC<br />
06. JENNIFER CELAYA DAVIS Director, CSI<br />
07. TONY CHRISTOPHER Building Services Coordinator<br />
08. MICHELLE HOOPER Administrative Services Coordinator<br />
09. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON Campus Involvement Coordinator, CSI<br />
10. CHERYL JOSE Accounting Technician<br />
11. MIGUEL JUAN Building Services Coordinator<br />
12. RHONDA MITCHELL Program Coordinator, CCC<br />
13. JOHN ORTIZ Director, Operations<br />
14. SANDRA QATAMI <strong>Student</strong> Development Coordinator, CSI<br />
15. RON AARON RUIZ Operations Technical Coordinator<br />
16. MARTIN SANDOVAL Assistant Director, Operations<br />
17. JOSEPH SEDLACEK Assistant to the Executive Director<br />
18. FREDERICK SMITH Director, CCC<br />
19. ROWENA TRAN Assistant Director, U-SU / Financial Services<br />
20. VERONICA WOO Director, Graphics & Marketing<br />
21. AMBER WRIGHT Meeting & Event Services Coordinator<br />
22. LENA ZENG Accounting Technician<br />
COVER MODEL INFORMATION<br />
Front Cover » Laura I. Tejeda. Major: English<br />
Back Cover » Christian Flores. Major: Dance<br />
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING DISCLAIMER<br />
Due to the nature of public programming, dates, times, or locations<br />
are subject to change. For updated information, always check the U-SU<br />
website at www.calstatela.edu/usu or call (323) 343-2450.
03<br />
Mon<br />
STUDENT LEADER AWARDS<br />
pACKETS AVAILABLE<br />
8 am » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The <strong>Student</strong> Leader Awards recognizes<br />
and celebrates the many activities, events,<br />
and contributions of student organizations,<br />
members and advisors at CSULA. Community<br />
members are strongly encouraged to apply or<br />
nominate individuals and groups who have impacted campus<br />
life! The 2010-2011 <strong>Student</strong> Leader Awards include:<br />
Outstanding Community Service/Philanthropic Contribution<br />
Outstanding Scholarship/Academic Program<br />
Outstanding Contribution to Social Justice<br />
Outstanding <strong>Student</strong> Organization Officer<br />
Outstanding <strong>Student</strong> Organization Advisor<br />
New <strong>Student</strong> Organization of the Year<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Organization of the Year<br />
In order to be considered for an award, the student organization<br />
must be <strong>University</strong> recognized and complete an Awards<br />
Packet. Awards Packets are due by Friday, March 11 at 5pm<br />
at the Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement. The <strong>Student</strong> Leader<br />
Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 12, 2011.<br />
LEADER TO LEADER<br />
AppLICATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
8 am » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Calling all experienced and graduating CSULA student leaders!<br />
Applications for Leader to Leader are now available! Apply to<br />
become a part of this lunchtime seminar series that gives you<br />
an opportunity to:<br />
• Refine leadership skills for your post-CSULA transition<br />
• Develop a professional resume<br />
• Learn from inspiring leaders on campus<br />
• Gain job interviewing skills<br />
The 5 seminars begin Thursday, April 7 from 12 to 1:30 pm.<br />
Space is limited so apply today to become a part of this<br />
enriching program. Program participants will be awarded a<br />
certificate of completion at the annual <strong>Student</strong> Leader Awards.<br />
Applications are due February 25. For more information or<br />
for an application please contact the Center for <strong>Student</strong><br />
Involvement at 323-343-5110 or visit CSI at the <strong>University</strong>-<br />
<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong> Room 204.<br />
WELCOME BACK CSULA<br />
3 pm » Monday, January 3 & Wednesday, January 5<br />
12 pm » Tuesday, January 4 & Thursday, January 6<br />
U-SU Plaza<br />
Welcome back to Cal State L.A. for<br />
another exciting quarter! Join the<br />
Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement as we<br />
dive into a spirit-filled new year with<br />
FREE Cal State L.A. gear giveaways,<br />
live music, and all the info you need to<br />
get connected and get involved!<br />
U-CONNECT: p3<br />
3:15 pm » Pasadena Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join the Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement’s elite<br />
squad of honorary programmers and prepare<br />
to PROMOTE, PARTICIPATE in, and even PLAN a wide variety<br />
of fun and exciting campus events. This info session will give<br />
you the necessary info to be a part of this quarter’s program.<br />
06<br />
Thu<br />
THE MEANING OF FOOD<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us for another installment of this fun<br />
and heartwarming documentary about<br />
food, how it brings people together in<br />
almost all communities, and how it reflects<br />
the cultural and economic realities of people<br />
worldwide. Directed by Karin Williams,<br />
2005, 60 minutes.<br />
10<br />
Mon<br />
HOpE IN TIMES<br />
OF DARKNESS:<br />
AN AFTERNOON WITH RANDy JURADO ERTLL<br />
3:15 pm » Alhambra Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Randy Jurado Ertll, Executive Director of El Centro de Accion<br />
Social in Pasadena, CA, shares from his memoir, Hope in<br />
Times of Darkness, which depicts the challenges and triumphs<br />
he faced as a Salvadoran American youth growing up in<br />
South L.A.<br />
11<br />
Tue<br />
OLD<br />
FASHIONED BINGO<br />
3 pm » The Pit<br />
Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Old fashioned bingo... is not what it used to be,<br />
and it’s a good thing it’s not. Come to The Pit<br />
and check it out.<br />
ApI TEA TIME FILM:<br />
pERSEpOLIS<br />
3:15 pm » Asian Pacific Islander<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Stop by the Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource center for a viewing of Persepolis,<br />
an enthralling, animated feature about a spirited young<br />
Iranian woman who spends her life trying to deal with the<br />
consequences of her nation’s history. Directed by Vincent<br />
Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, 2007, 95 minutes.<br />
12<br />
Wed<br />
U-LEAD:<br />
DELEGATION<br />
3 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. At this workshop, learn how<br />
to delegate responsibility and how to make delegation a<br />
developmental experience.
12<br />
Wed<br />
pASRC MOVIE SCREENING:<br />
EVE’S BAyOU<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films<br />
that entertain and educate about Black<br />
culture. In Eve’s Bayou, Louis Batiste is a<br />
popular physician in 1960s Louisiana who<br />
has a beautiful wife, a loving family, and a<br />
weakness for women, whose infidelities<br />
crush all respect his daughters and<br />
community have for him. Directed by Kasi<br />
Lemmons, 1997, 109 minutes.<br />
CSI NIGHT@THE MOVIES<br />
6 pm » Los Angeles Room BC<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
CSI brings the hit movies directly to you!<br />
Enjoy a FREE screening of the super sequel<br />
“Iron Man 2” starring Robert Downey Jr.<br />
Bring your friends, blankets, pillows, snacks,<br />
and join us in the Los Angeles Room for this<br />
great movie!<br />
13<br />
LEADERSHIp RETREAT:<br />
A LEADERSHIp CONFERENCE<br />
Thu 18<br />
Tue<br />
AT CSULA - AppLICATIONS AVAILABLE<br />
8 am » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement invites<br />
you to a one-day, leadership conference on Friday, April 22.<br />
Two hundred participants from colleges and universities<br />
throughout California will attend workshops that focus on<br />
communication skills, cross-cultural awareness, teambuilding,<br />
and program planning. <strong>Student</strong>s involved in programming,<br />
student organizations, fraternities, sororities, and student<br />
government are highly encouraged to attend. This is an<br />
excellent opportunity for CSULA students to network with<br />
campus leaders from all over the state. The registration fee<br />
for Cal State L.A. students is $15 however, many scholarships<br />
are available. Completed scholarship applications must be<br />
submitted to CSI by April 5. Breakfast, lunch, a t-shirt, and a<br />
lot of leadership learning are included! For more information,<br />
check out http:»www.calstatela.edu/usu/leadershipretreat/<br />
S.T.A.R.S. EMpOWERMENT SERIES<br />
CCC MEET AND GREET<br />
3:15 pm » Cross Cultural Centers<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
We want you to stay and graduate from Cal State L.A., and<br />
connecting with faculty, staff, and students who share and<br />
identify with your life experiences is one way to ensure your<br />
academic and social success. Stop by the Cross Cultural<br />
Centers for an informal “meet and greet” where you can meet<br />
others who want to ensure that your Cal State L.A. journey is<br />
a positive one.<br />
REqUIRED<br />
ORGANIzATION<br />
MEETING<br />
5 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
<strong>Student</strong> group members will receive important information<br />
on campus policies and procedures pertinent to clubs. One<br />
representative of each organization must attend at least one of<br />
the available meeting dates to maintain <strong>University</strong> recognition.<br />
Don’t be late!<br />
WHICH WAy HOME<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
As the United States continues to build<br />
a wall between itself and Mexico, Which<br />
Way Home shows the personal side of<br />
immigration through the eyes of children<br />
who face harrowing dangers with enormous<br />
courage and resourcefulness as they<br />
endeavor to make it to the United States.<br />
Directed by Rebecca Cammisa, 2009,<br />
70 minutes.<br />
HOW TO CHOOSE A MAJOR<br />
10 am » Career Center<br />
Determine which academic majors are compatible<br />
with your skills, interests and values and learn how<br />
they relate to various careers.<br />
WARM & TOASTy TUESDAy<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
Feeling cold? Don’t worry, CSI has<br />
something warm for you. Stop by our<br />
table and enjoy a delicious warm drink<br />
and pastry to get your day going. Be<br />
sure to pick up a tips card of fun things<br />
to do during this winter season. Enjoy!<br />
SISTERHOOD CIRCLE:<br />
LOVE yOUR BODy THROUGH DANCE!<br />
3:15 pm » Xtreme Fitness Center, Multipurpose Room<br />
Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The relationship we have with our bodies requires constant<br />
work towards connection, balance, and love. With a series<br />
of three dance workshops, this quarter’s Sisterhood Circle<br />
encourages you to discover how dancing facilitates learning<br />
how your body moves and build a sisterhood with yourself<br />
through dance. Join this journey of self-appreciation through<br />
Belly Dance, Afro-Boricua Bomba, and West African dance<br />
workshops. Prior dance experience is NOT required.<br />
Additional workshops on February 1 and 15 at 3:15pm.
18<br />
Tue<br />
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,<br />
JR. CELEBRATION<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for our annual discussion and<br />
celebration in honor of the life, work, and<br />
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
U-LEAD: BATTLING<br />
NEGATIVITy<br />
4 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. Negativity can be a normal and<br />
healthy emotion that helps us instinctively detect and respond<br />
to a threatening situation. More than this, when it is properly<br />
channeled, it can be a powerful motivating force to remedy an<br />
obvious injustice. Learn how to create a culture of both trust<br />
and open communication among your members.<br />
U-SU STUDENT<br />
INVOLVEMENT SCHOLARSHIp:<br />
SpEECH COMpETITION<br />
5 pm » Los Angeles Room AB<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Support your fellow Golden Eagles as the<br />
3rd Annual <strong>Student</strong> Involvement Scholarship<br />
finalists are revealed! <strong>Student</strong>s, faculty, staff<br />
and guests are invited to attend the speech<br />
portion of the Scholarship competition.<br />
Light refreshments will be provided while<br />
supplies last.<br />
19<br />
Wed<br />
WRITING A WINNING<br />
RESUME<br />
3 pm » Career Center<br />
Learn how to put together an effective resume and<br />
a power cover letter.<br />
STALKER<br />
AWARENESS SAFETy<br />
3:15pm » Alhambra Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Stalking. “It’s not a joke. It’s not romantic. It’s not okay.”<br />
January is National Stalking Awareness Month and it’s never<br />
too early to learn how to recognize stalking and the steps<br />
everyone can take to stay safe. Join us in a crafty informational<br />
where you will also have an opportunity to build your own<br />
safety kit and empowerment memento.<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
SCHOOL DAzE<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films that<br />
entertain and educate about Black culture.<br />
School Daze is a groundbreaking musicalcomedy<br />
that takes a look at race, class,<br />
and gender issues at play in a fictional<br />
historically-black college campus. Directed<br />
by Spike Lee, 1988, 121 minutes.<br />
20<br />
Thu<br />
FUNDAMENTALS<br />
OF INTERVIEWING<br />
2 pm » Career Center<br />
Learn how preparation and practice can help you land the job.<br />
THE LAST ABORTION CLINIC<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
While the U.S. still allows women the right<br />
to choose about their bodies and health<br />
to some extent, pro-life advocates have<br />
waged successful campaigns in many states<br />
to reduce women’s access to clinics and<br />
healthcare professionals providing clear<br />
and unbiased family planning services.<br />
This documentary investigates the steady<br />
decline in the number of healthcare<br />
professionals performing abortions, and<br />
focuses on local political battles in states and cities where very<br />
few clinics perform the controversial procedure. Directed by<br />
Raney Aronson-Rath, 2005, 60 minutes.<br />
21<br />
Fri<br />
REqUIRED<br />
ORGANIzATION MEETING<br />
2 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
<strong>Student</strong> group members will receive important information<br />
on campus policies and procedures pertinent to clubs. One<br />
representative of each organization must attend at least one of<br />
the available meeting dates to maintain <strong>University</strong> recognition.<br />
Don’t be late!<br />
24<br />
Mon<br />
U-LEAD:<br />
pUBLICITy AND<br />
MARKETING<br />
2 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. Get creative and savvy with new<br />
publicity and marketing ideas to get the attention your<br />
organization wants.
24<br />
Mon<br />
STRAIGHT, FROM<br />
yOUR GAy BEST FRIEND<br />
AN AFTERNOON WITH TERRANCE DEAN<br />
3:15 pm » Alhambra Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Straight, From Your Gay Best Friend gives<br />
women direct and useful, though often<br />
tongue-in-cheek, advice from Terrance<br />
Dean, their new gay best friend, on some<br />
of life’s most challenging issues - family,<br />
friends, career, love, sex, and intimate<br />
relationships with men. Dean offers direct<br />
and to-the-point insights, mixed with a<br />
little sass, wit, humor, forwardness, and<br />
spirituality, as only a gay man can do.<br />
FEATURING<br />
THE ONLy MICHAEL JAMES<br />
3:15 pm » U-SU 2nd Floor Street-side Balcony<br />
CSI takes your afternoon music fix in a new direction! Go<br />
acoustic for an intimate musical performance featuring The<br />
Only Michael James on the balcony off of the Forest (West)<br />
Lounge on the 2nd floor of the U-SU.<br />
www.theonlymj.com<br />
SELF-DEFENSE EDUCATION:<br />
RApE AGGRESSION<br />
DEFENSE SySTEMS<br />
(R.A.D.)<br />
January 24, 26, 31, and February 2<br />
6:30 – 9:30 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Systems is a<br />
program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. It<br />
is a comprehensive, women-only course, which begins with<br />
awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, as<br />
well as the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not<br />
a Martial Arts program. The courses are taught by nationally<br />
certified R.A.D. Instructors and provide each student with a<br />
workbook/reference manual. The course includes lecture,<br />
discussion and self-defense techniques, suitable for women<br />
of all ages and abilities. The basic physical defense program<br />
consists of four sessions lasting three hours each, for a total<br />
of twelve hours of instruction including a dynamic simulation.<br />
Please note that girls under age 13 may not participate due to<br />
the adult-themed subject matter. Sign up by Friday, January 21<br />
at 3:00pm at the U-SU Administration Office, Room 306, in the<br />
<strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong>. Cash is the only form of payment<br />
accepted by the U-SU.<br />
Cal State L.A. <strong>Student</strong>s $10<br />
Faculty, Staff, or Guests $20<br />
25<br />
Tue<br />
WARM & TOASTy TUESDAy<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
Feeling cold? Don’t worry, CSI has something warm<br />
for you. Stop by our table and enjoy a delicious warm drink and<br />
pastry to get your day going. Be sure to pick up a tips card of<br />
fun things to do during this winter season. Enjoy!<br />
ApI TEA TIME FILM:<br />
pLEASE VOTE FOR ME<br />
3:15 pm » Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Stop by the Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center for a viewing of Please<br />
Vote for Me, a charming documentary<br />
about elementary school elections in<br />
China, including the low blows, character<br />
assassination, and competitiveness driving<br />
the quest for leadership. Directed by<br />
Wei-jun Chen, 2007, 50 minutes.<br />
26<br />
Wed<br />
STUDENT ORGANIzATION<br />
ADVISOR TRAINING<br />
2 pm » Boardroom North<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
<strong>Student</strong> organization advisors are<br />
encouraged to attend this reception and<br />
training to learn about policy updates<br />
and winter quarter opportunities for<br />
their groups. Attendees will have the<br />
opportunity to dialogue with other advisors about successful<br />
strategies for working with clubs and organizations. RSVP<br />
by Monday, January 24 by calling the Center for <strong>Student</strong><br />
Involvement at (323) 343-5110.<br />
NAME THAT TUNE<br />
3 pm » The Pit<br />
Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Two contestants compete against each other to test their<br />
knowledge of songs. It’s a trivia game where we give you a line<br />
of lyrics and you have to name the song.<br />
ARE yOU BEING STALKED?<br />
3:15 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Health Center, Room 210<br />
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Do you know<br />
what stalking is? One in twelve women and one in 45 men will<br />
be a victim of stalking sometime in their lives. Come learn how<br />
to identify this threatening behavior, how to protect yourself,<br />
and how to help a friend in need.<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
THE COLOR pURpLE, pART 1<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films that<br />
entertain and educate about Black culture.<br />
The Color Purple tells the story of a young<br />
African American woman named Celie who<br />
faces extreme poverty, racism, and sexism<br />
within her community, and her transformation<br />
as she finds her self-worth through the help of<br />
two strong female companions. We’ll screen<br />
75 minutes today and the final 75 minutes on<br />
February 2 at 3:15 pm. Directed by Steven Spielberg, 1985,<br />
153 minutes.
26<br />
Wed<br />
SELF-DEFENSE EDUCATION:<br />
RApE AGGRESSION<br />
DEFENSE SySTEMS (R.A.D.)<br />
6:30 – 9:30 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
January 24th event description.<br />
27<br />
Thu<br />
OpEN HOUSE:<br />
CENTER FOR<br />
THE STUDy OF GENDERS<br />
AND SEXUALITIES<br />
3:15 pm » King Hall D4050<br />
Meet and mingle with the faculty, staff, and students involved<br />
with the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, a<br />
university-wide interdisciplinary center housed in the College<br />
of Arts and Letters. The Center’s mission is to promote cuttingedge<br />
research and scholarship in gender and sexuality at the<br />
intersections of race, class, religion, ability, and nation.<br />
OUTRAGE<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
A searing expose of the secret lives of<br />
closeted gay politicians, Outrage probes<br />
deeply into the psychology of this double<br />
lifestyle, the ethics of outing closeted<br />
politicians, the double standards that the<br />
media upholds in its coverage of gay public<br />
figures, and a look at the harm closeted<br />
gay politicians have inflicted on millions of<br />
Americans with their legislation. Directed<br />
by Kirby Dick, 2009, 89 minutes.<br />
MARTIAL ARTS SEMINAR<br />
7 – 9 pm » Xtreme Fitness, Multi-purpose Room<br />
Basement, U-SU<br />
Join us for a Black Belt Seminar with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black<br />
Belt Rene Salazar covering topics of competition strategy and<br />
techniques including open guard applications. Belt assessment<br />
and promotions will be included.<br />
28<br />
Fri<br />
GOLDEN EAGLE<br />
AWARDS<br />
OF EXCELLENCE<br />
AppLICATION DEADLINE<br />
5 pm » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Did you pick up an application last fall? Don’t forget to turn it in<br />
today. Need an extra copy? Drop by CSI to pick one up ASAP.<br />
CSULA students are making a difference every day on campus<br />
and in their communities and they deserve to be recognized!<br />
Scholars, athletes, student organization members, community<br />
activists, volunteers, and all Golden Eagles who have impacted<br />
their community in a positive manner are encouraged to<br />
apply for this award which recognizes outstanding student<br />
achievement. The Golden Eagle Awards of Excellence<br />
recipients will be honored at a reception with family, friends<br />
and campus dignitaries during the winter quarter. Applicants<br />
must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for consideration.<br />
29<br />
SAT<br />
CHANGING BOUNDARIES:<br />
HISTORIC MApS OF THE U.S. - MEXICO<br />
BORDER FROM THE COLLECTION OF<br />
SIMON BURROW<br />
Saturday, January 29 – Saturday, February 26<br />
Fine Arts Gallery, 1st floor, Fine Arts Building<br />
Maps tell stories. The Latin American Studies Program and<br />
Cross Cultural Centers bring you this enlightening exhibit<br />
of historic maps which tell the story and evolution of the<br />
US-Mexico border over the last four centuries. The exhibit<br />
answers and raises questions about the battle of Los Angeles,<br />
California’s original geography as an island, and current<br />
immigration policy in the land and space that was once known<br />
as Mexico.<br />
31<br />
Mon<br />
SUSTAINING<br />
COMMUNITIES:<br />
FORGING COLLECTIVE MEMORIES<br />
4:30 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join scholars, cultural theorists, and artists as they explore<br />
the ways and rituals through which specific communities are<br />
performed, remembered, memorialized, and narrativized.<br />
Speakers include:<br />
• Elizabeth Chin, Anthropology & Critical Theory<br />
and Social Justice, Occidental College<br />
• David Delgado Shorter, Anthropology, <strong>University</strong><br />
of California, Los Angeles<br />
• Kianga Ford, Sound Artist, The Story of This<br />
Place, a site-specific project that explores<br />
relationships between physical and cultural<br />
proximity<br />
• Ari Kletzky, Artist, CalArts, Islands of LA, an<br />
exploration of the use and availability of traffic<br />
islands as public space to foster discussion and<br />
create community<br />
SELF-DEFENSE EDUCATION:<br />
RApE AGGRESSION DEFENSE<br />
SySTEMS (R.A.D.)<br />
6:30 – 9:30 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
January 24th event description.<br />
01<br />
Tue<br />
WARM & TOASTy TUESDAy<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
Feeling cold? Don’t worry, CSI has<br />
something warm for you. Stop by<br />
our table and enjoy a delicious warm drink<br />
and pastry to get your day going. Be sure to<br />
pick up a tips card of fun things to do during<br />
this winter season. Enjoy!
01<br />
Tue<br />
CULTURAL GRAD<br />
CELEBRATIONS<br />
AppLICATION AND SIGNUpS AVAILABLE<br />
Tuesday, February 1 through May 2010<br />
Cross Cultural Centers, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
If you’re graduating in June 2011, stop by the Cross Cultural<br />
Centers this quarter for information on the four Cultural<br />
Graduate Celebrations presented by student groups affiliated<br />
with the CCC. Information on planning committees for Asian<br />
Pacific Islander, Black/Pan African, Gay & Lesbian Pride, and<br />
Raza Graduate Celebrations will be available through May<br />
2011. Contact the Cross Cultural Centers at (323) 343-5001 for<br />
more information, or visit www.calstatela.edu/usu/grad.<br />
SISTERHOOD CIRCLE:<br />
LOVE yOUR BODy THROUGH DANCE!<br />
3:15pm » Xtreme Fitness Center, Multipurpose Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The relationship we have with our bodies requires constant<br />
work towards connection, balance, and love. With a series<br />
of three dance workshops, this quarter’s Sisterhood Circle<br />
encourages you to discover how dancing facilitates learning<br />
how your body moves and build a sisterhood with yourself<br />
through dance. Join this journey of self-appreciation through<br />
Belly Dance, Afro-Boricua Bomba, and West African dance<br />
workshops. Prior dance experience is NOT required.<br />
Final workshop on February 15.<br />
BLACK TALK SERIES<br />
3:15 pm » Los Angeles Room C<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center and affiliated<br />
Black student groups as we ponder the HOT topics in the<br />
young, Black community today. Come out to this talk-show<br />
style discussion, as we get down to the nitty gritty and<br />
get REAL.<br />
02<br />
Wed<br />
LUNAR NEW yEAR<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
(if rain, U-SU Theatre)<br />
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit!<br />
This year’s celebration features hiphop<br />
performer Rocky Rivera, popular<br />
dance crew Culture Shock L.A., The<br />
Dim Sum Food Truck, as well as<br />
the traditional Lion Dance, games,<br />
red envelopes, and campus and<br />
community organizations.<br />
2011<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
THE COLOR pURpLE, pART 2<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films that<br />
entertain and educate about Black culture.<br />
The Color Purple tells the story of a young<br />
African American woman named Celie who<br />
faces extreme poverty, racism, and sexism<br />
within her community, and her transformation<br />
as she finds her self-worth through the help of<br />
two strong female companions. We’ll screen<br />
the final 75 minutes of the film in today’s screening. Directed<br />
by Steven Spielberg, 1985, 153 minutes.<br />
THE LyRICAL GETAWAy<br />
pASRC COMEDy AND SpOKEN WORD NIGHT<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
as we kick off Black History Month with an<br />
evening of socially and politically conscious<br />
(and fun and superficial, too!) comedy,<br />
poetry, and spoken word by students and<br />
local performers, including Thea Monyee<br />
from L.A.’s acclamed Da-Poetry Lounge, and<br />
comedian Chinedu Unaka.<br />
SELF-DEFENSE EDUCATION:<br />
RApE AGGRESSION DEFENSE<br />
SySTEMS (R.A.D.)<br />
6:30 – 9:30 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
January 24th event description.<br />
03<br />
Thu<br />
FUNDAMENTALS<br />
OF INTERVIEWING<br />
10 am » Career Center<br />
Learn how preparation and practice can help you<br />
land the job.<br />
FOOTBALL FEVER<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
Join the Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement as we celebrate<br />
one of America’s unofficial holidays: The Super Bowl! Enjoy<br />
music, refreshments and giveaways. Test your passing skills<br />
on our football target. Wear a<br />
jersey from your favorite football<br />
team to enter the prize drawing<br />
for a chance to win the Super<br />
Tailgating Kit! Only CSULA<br />
students with a current student<br />
I.D. will be allowed to enter the<br />
prize drawing.
03<br />
Thu<br />
WE H8 GAy BULLyING:<br />
SUICIDE AND MENTAL<br />
HEALTH IN THE LGBT<br />
COMMUNITy<br />
3:15 pm » Los Angeles Room C<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Tyler, Asher, Seth, Justin, Raymond, and Billy are just a few<br />
names of gay victims of bullying who committed suicide<br />
in recent months. Suicide and attempted suicide rates for<br />
young people perceived to be gay or lesbian, or who are<br />
questioning their sexual orientation or gender presentation,<br />
are higher than other young people in the U.S. This roundtable<br />
discussion focuses on societal and inner-community issues that<br />
influence and shape mental health issues for members of the<br />
LGBTQ community.<br />
U-LEAD: THE WISE<br />
USE OF CREDIT<br />
4 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. You have credit or need to establish<br />
credit — now what? Managing your credit responsibly helps<br />
build a solid foundation for your financial future.<br />
DIy: BLANKET MAKING<br />
6:10 pm » Los Angeles Room AB<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
It’s winter time! Time to learn how to make<br />
cozy blankets. Sign up after January 18<br />
for this blanket making workshop at CSI<br />
located on the second floor of the U-SU,<br />
room 204. All materials will be provided.<br />
Space is limited!<br />
NESHOBA:<br />
THE pRICE OF FREEDOM<br />
FEATURING DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER!<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom tells<br />
the story of a Mississippi town still<br />
divided about the meaning of justice,<br />
forty years after the murders of civil<br />
rights workers James Chaney, Andrew<br />
Goodman and Michael Schwerner. Film<br />
followed by discussion with filmmaker.<br />
Directed by Micki Dickoff and Tony<br />
Pagano, 2010, 86 minutes.<br />
07<br />
Mon<br />
S.T.A.R.S. EMpOWERMENT SERIES<br />
IMAGINING<br />
BLACK BOyHOODS:<br />
A TALK By DR. MICHAEL DUMAS<br />
4:30 pm » Los Angeles Room AB<br />
3rd floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Dr. Michael Dumas, assistant professor<br />
of Social and Cultural Analysis of<br />
Education at California State <strong>University</strong>,<br />
Long Beach, argues that the absence<br />
of Black boys in the public imagination<br />
of childhood and in popular and<br />
academic discussions of Black males<br />
and masculinity have rendered Black<br />
boyhood both unimagined and<br />
unimaginable. How come it is so<br />
difficult for us to imagine young Black boys as children who<br />
giggle, play, and daydream, who have their own stories to tell,<br />
and form their own unique views of the world? Dr. Dumas will<br />
discuss the concept of Black boyhood, and help us think about<br />
what it takes to truly see and be seen by Black boys.<br />
08<br />
Tue<br />
ApI TEA TIME FILM:<br />
MISSISSIppI MASALA<br />
3:15 pm » Asian Pacific Islander<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Stop by the Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center for a viewing of Mississippi<br />
Masala, a film exploring interracial love<br />
between an African American man and<br />
an Indian woman, and the ensuing family<br />
drama that occurs because of the romance.<br />
Directed by Mira Nair, 1992, 118 minutes.<br />
MARDI GRAS: LE JAzz HOT<br />
6:30-9:30 pm » U-SU 1st & 2nd Floors<br />
Mardi Gras is back and jazzier than ever! We’ve got a great<br />
line up of live performers for you, including comedy improv<br />
pros the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, CSULA<br />
student musicians, and a live Zydeco band! We’re also keeping<br />
the traditions strong with a live drag show, caricature drawings,<br />
henna tattoos, and our very own Psychic Connexion! Be sure<br />
to bring your current CSULA student ID in order to enter the<br />
Mega Prize Raffle for a chance to win some AMAZING prizes,<br />
including [TBA], our grand prize!<br />
09<br />
Wed<br />
NO GLOVE, NO LOVE!<br />
GET yOUR FREE GIFT WRAp HERE!<br />
11 am – 2 pm » Walkway Outside the<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Health Center<br />
Have a Happy Valentine’s Day. Stop by for free condoms,<br />
lubricant, and latex dams. We will have a table set up outside<br />
the <strong>Student</strong> Health Center with lots of good information and<br />
free gifts to keep you happy and healthy.
09<br />
Wed<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
RISE AND FALL OF JIM<br />
CROW, pART 1<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films that<br />
entertain and educate about Black culture.<br />
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow offers the first<br />
comprehensive look at race relations in the<br />
U.S. between the Civil War and the Civil<br />
Rights Movement. Part One focuses on the<br />
years 1865 – 1896, and the origins of Jim<br />
Crow, the empty promises of Emancipation,<br />
and African Americans’ efforts to assert<br />
their new constitutional rights despite the<br />
violence and resistance they faced from<br />
Southern whites. Directed by Bill Jersey, 2002, 56 minutes.<br />
U-LEAD:<br />
TRUE COLORS<br />
4 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. True Colors will help to improve<br />
communication through recognition of a person’s true character.<br />
This is an interactive workshop with an easy and convenient<br />
way of discovering one’s strengths and understanding<br />
human behavior.<br />
CHANGING BOUNDARIES:<br />
HISTORIC MApS OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER –<br />
A pANEL DISCUSSION ON THE COLLECTION OF<br />
SIMON BURROW<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Artists, scholars, community activists, and students involved<br />
with the Chicana/o Latina/o <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center discuss<br />
the Changing Boundaries exhibit by Simon Burrow, currently<br />
on display in the Fine Arts Gallery, 1st floor, Fine Arts Building<br />
through Saturday, February 26.<br />
10<br />
Thu<br />
13<br />
TH ANNUAL<br />
DISTINGUISHED<br />
WOMEN AWARDS<br />
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS<br />
9 am » Cross Cultural Centers<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Nomination packets for the 13th Annual Cal State L.A.<br />
Distinguished Women Awards will be available in the Cross<br />
Cultural Centers and online at the U-SU website (www.<br />
calstatela.edu/usu/women). This spring quarter event honors<br />
women faculty, staff, and administrators from CSULA for their<br />
many outstanding achievements and contributions to the<br />
community. Please see the application or website for deadline<br />
information and selection criteria, or call the Cross Cultural<br />
Centers at (323) 343-5001..<br />
pRE-VALENTINE’S DAy BINGO<br />
3 pm » The Pit<br />
Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Win that last minute gift for your Sweetheart. Heart- shaped<br />
candies, pretty cards, and lots of xoxoxo. Get everything you<br />
need at Pre-Valentine’s Day Bingo.<br />
DIy: VALENTINE’S DAy TREATS<br />
6:10 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Did somebody say chocolate covered pretzels? Yum, that’s the<br />
most perfect combination of salt and sweet. Join CSI as we<br />
turn this delight into the cutest treat. Sign up after January<br />
24th at CSI located on the second floor of the U-SU, room 204.<br />
Space is limited!<br />
pRAy THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
This documentary highlights the remarkable<br />
story of the courageous Liberian women<br />
who came together to end a bloody civil war<br />
and bring peace to their shattered country.<br />
Thousands of women - ordinary mothers,<br />
grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both<br />
Christian and Muslim - came together to pray<br />
for peace and then staged a silent protest<br />
outside of the Presidential Palace. Directed<br />
by Gini Reticker, 2008, 72 minutes.<br />
11<br />
pROJECT ANGEL FOOD<br />
8:30 am » Hollywood, CA<br />
Fri CSI will be spending another<br />
day in the kitchens of Project Angel<br />
Food, an important organization<br />
that provides meals to those who are<br />
struggling with HIV and AIDS. Give back<br />
to the community, gain some volunteer<br />
hours, meet new friends and most of<br />
all, get ready to have FUN! We will be<br />
meeting on-site at Project Angel Food.<br />
Sign up in CSi by Wednesday, February 9th.<br />
14<br />
CAREER CENTER SERVICES<br />
10 am » Career Center<br />
Mon Find out about the services appropriate to your level<br />
of career awareness, and learn how your participation in the<br />
career development process can lead you to a satisfying career.<br />
HAppy<br />
HEART DAy!<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
It’s time to love your<br />
heart. February is Heart Disease Awareness month. Stop by<br />
CSI’s table to learn more about how you can take care of your<br />
heart. You’ll also have a chance to relax as you make heart<br />
inspired crafts.
14<br />
Mon<br />
LOVE JUNKIE:<br />
AN AFTERNOON WITH RACHEL RESNICK<br />
3:15 pm » Alhambra Room<br />
3rd floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Are you a LOVE JUNKIE? From accepting<br />
unacceptable behavior from our partners<br />
to mistaking sex for love, many of us can<br />
say we are sure about one thing when it<br />
comes to love: I. HAVE. ISSUES! Join Rachel<br />
Resnick as she discusses her memoir Love<br />
Junkie and a candid discussion about how<br />
to identify your own dating patterns, and<br />
how to intervene with a friend who may be<br />
a ‘love junkie.’<br />
My LOVELy SAME SEX VALENTINE<br />
6 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
“Roses are red, violets are blue, this is our rainbow so let us<br />
feed you. This year will be different, this year feel free, to love<br />
your same-sex valentine, in friendly company.”<br />
Instead of spending the day of love at home, alone, hiding your<br />
boo from your family, or at your local commercial restaurant,<br />
come wine and dine your same-sex partner with us! Space<br />
available for 20 pairs; first-come first-serve. Sign up at the Cross<br />
Cultural Centers, 2nd Floor, U-SU, by Monday, February 7th,<br />
or call (323) 343-5001.<br />
15<br />
Tue<br />
WARM & TOASTy TUESDAy<br />
Noon » U-SU Plaza<br />
Feeling cold? Don’t worry, CSI has something warm<br />
for you. Stop by our table and enjoy a delicious warm<br />
drink and pastry to get your day going. Be sure to pick up a<br />
tips card of fun things to do during this winter season. Enjoy!<br />
WORKS-IN-pROGRESS COLLOqUIUM<br />
“FORCED DISAppEARANCE,<br />
STATE TERROR, AND<br />
TRAUMATIC MEMORy”<br />
1:30 pm » King Hall D 4050<br />
Join the Cross Cultural Centers and<br />
American Communities Program as<br />
CSULA professors Dr. Gabriela Fried<br />
Amilivia, Department of Sociology, and<br />
Dr. Angela Vergara, Department of<br />
History, share their current research.<br />
SISTERHOOD CIRCLE:<br />
LOVE yOUR BODy THROUGH DANCE!<br />
3:15 pm » Xtreme Fitness Center, Multipurpose Room<br />
Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
The relationship we have with our bodies requires constant<br />
work towards connection, balance, and love. With a series<br />
of three dance workshops, this quarter’s Sisterhood Circle<br />
encourages you to discover how dancing facilitates learning<br />
how your body moves and build a sisterhood with yourself<br />
through dance. Join this journey of self-appreciation through<br />
Belly Dance, Afro-Boricua Bomba, and West African dance<br />
workshops. Prior dance experience is NOT required.<br />
THE “q” WORD<br />
ARE WE qUEER, GAy,<br />
OR DOES IT REALLy MATTER?<br />
1:30 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
<strong>Student</strong>s, scholars, activists, and everyday people discuss the<br />
merits and challenges of using the various words and social<br />
identity markers used to describe the LGBT (lesbian, gay,<br />
bisexual, transgender) community. Join us afterwards for<br />
a reception and Open House in the Center for the Study of<br />
Genders and Sexualities at 3:15 pm in King Hall, D 4051.<br />
U-LEAD: GROUp TEAMBUILDING<br />
5 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices, Room 201<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. A group that plays together stays<br />
together. Come to this interactive workshop to learn fun<br />
leadership activities.<br />
16<br />
Wed<br />
JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES<br />
3 pm » Career Center<br />
Learn how to prepare for and conduct an effective<br />
job search campaign.<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW,<br />
pART 2<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center for<br />
Wednesday afternoon films that entertain and educate about<br />
Black culture. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow offers the first<br />
comprehensive look at race relations in the U.S. between the<br />
Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Part Two focuses<br />
on the years 1896 - 1917, and the continuation of Jim Crow<br />
segregation despite the emergence of a successful Black<br />
middle class and Black intellectual and political power.<br />
Directed by Richard Wormser, 2002, 56 minutes.<br />
CAL STATE L.A.<br />
CON SABOR!<br />
5-7 pm » U-SU Plaza<br />
(if rain, U-SU Theatre)<br />
Join us for a night of fun and entertainment under the stars, as<br />
we celebrate the diversity and cultures of the Chican@ Latin@<br />
diaspora, featuring performances by Los Poets del Norte,<br />
Afro-Latino musicians, Salsa, Flamenco and Samba dancers,<br />
Azucar L.A., student organizations, and more!<br />
CSI NIGHT@THE MOVIES<br />
6 pm » Los Angeles Room BC<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
CSI brings the hit movies directly to you! Enjoy<br />
a FREE screening of the hilarious international<br />
romp “Get Him to the Greek,” starring Russell<br />
Brand and Jonah Hill. Bring your friends,<br />
blankets, pillows, snacks, and join us in the Los<br />
Angeles Room for this great movie!
17<br />
Thu<br />
FUNDAMENTALS<br />
OF INTERVIEWS<br />
10 am » Career Center<br />
Learn how preparation and practice can help you<br />
land the job.<br />
S.T.A.R.S. EMpOWERMENT SERIES:<br />
MONEy<br />
MANAGEMENT FOR WOMEN<br />
WITH DR. RIKA HOUSTON AND KAy MORI<br />
3:15 pm » Los Angeles Room A<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
As young women graduate from college, start new jobs, rent<br />
apartments, open credit cards, and start to pay down student<br />
loans, they start making important financial decisions that will<br />
have a lasting impact upon their quality of life and the financial<br />
stability of their future families. Learn how to budget, save,<br />
and invest in a secure financial future that will ensure your<br />
success and independence as a woman in today’s fast-paced<br />
world. Join Kay Mori, Founder and Senior Financial Advisor of<br />
Mori & Associates, and Dr. H. Rika Houston, CSULA College of<br />
Business and Economics, for a free financial literacy workshop<br />
designed especially for the needs of young women.<br />
DIy:<br />
CAKE & COOKIE pOpS<br />
6:10 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Affairs Building, Room 110<br />
Wanna bake? CSI does! Join us as we learn how to turn regular<br />
cookies and cake into creative, fun Pops. Sign up after February<br />
7th at CSI located on the second floor of the U-SU, room 204.<br />
Space is limited!<br />
A CRUSHING LOVE<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
A Crushing Love, Sylvia Morales’<br />
sequel to her groundbreaking history<br />
of Chicana women, Chicana (1979),<br />
honors the achievements of five activist<br />
Latinas – Dolores Huerta, Elizabeth<br />
“Betita” Martinez, Cherrie Moraga,<br />
Alicia Escalante, and Martha Cotera –<br />
and considers how they balanced single<br />
motherhood and activism. Directed by<br />
Sylvia Morales, 2009, 58 minutes.<br />
18<br />
Fri<br />
SKI &<br />
SNOWBOARD TRIp<br />
7:30 am » Big Bear Lake, CA<br />
Join CSI on the annual ski & snowboard trip<br />
to Bear Mountain. Whether it’s your first time<br />
or you are an expert, you’ll enjoy this season’s<br />
best package deal. Transportation, equipment<br />
rental, 2 hour lessons and lift ticket are included.<br />
Purchase your ticket after January 18 at the<br />
U-SU Administration Office, room 306. Space<br />
is limited. All participants must use equipment<br />
provided by the resort and transportation<br />
provided by the U-SU.<br />
CSuLA <strong>Student</strong>s $60<br />
Guests $65 *CASh only<br />
22<br />
Tue<br />
U-LEAD: THE BENEFITS OF<br />
STUDENT LEADERSHIp IN<br />
COMMUNITy SERVICE<br />
3 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership<br />
journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal,<br />
group, and community leadership<br />
competencies. Join us for an<br />
interactive session focusing<br />
on the impact of student engagement in community based<br />
organizations and the leadership opportunities that develop<br />
as a result of this interaction. <strong>Student</strong>s attending this session<br />
will leave with examples of how they can benefit from serving<br />
in the community while building experiences that will enhance<br />
their leadership capabilities for future ventures.<br />
THE COUpLES / BFF GAME<br />
3 pm » The Pit<br />
Basement, U-SU<br />
A game for couples or BFFS where you will see just how much<br />
or how little you know about each other.<br />
ApI TEA TIME FILMS:<br />
THE GRACE LEE pROJECT<br />
3:15 pm » Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Stop by the Asian Pacific Islander <strong>Student</strong><br />
Resource Center for a viewing of The Grace<br />
Lee Project, a clever, hilarious, and highly<br />
unscientific look at diverse Asian American<br />
women who share the name “Grace Lee.”<br />
Directed by Grace Lee, 2005, 68 minutes.<br />
23<br />
Wed<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
RISE AND FALL OF<br />
JIM CROW, pART 3<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource<br />
Center for Wednesday afternoon films<br />
that entertain and educate about Black<br />
culture. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow<br />
offers the first comprehensive look at race<br />
relations in the U.S. between the Civil War<br />
and the Civil Rights Movement. Part Three<br />
focuses on the years 1917 - 1940, and the<br />
massive Black migration out of the South,<br />
increasing strength of Black resistance<br />
movements, and the emerging coalitions<br />
building for social change. Directed by Bill<br />
Jersey, 2002, 56 minutes.
24<br />
Thu<br />
JUKE JOINT & BLUES<br />
AT HATTIE MAE’S CAFé<br />
6 - 9:30 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Let the rhythmic sounds of jazz and blues take you to that<br />
cherished juke joint where the bands are live and the food<br />
is full of soul! Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for faculty,<br />
staff, and general admission. Admission includes a delicious<br />
soul food buffet, dancing, and live entertainment by CSULA<br />
alum Melissa James and her band, MsJames and the Playhouse<br />
Players, and the world-renowned Arthur Adams Blues Band!<br />
Tickets will be available at the U-SU Administration Office, 3rd<br />
floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong>, beginning Monday, January 31<br />
through Wednesday, February 23. Be sure to dress to impress!<br />
DIy: CANDLE DECORATING<br />
6:10 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Beautiful candles can be expensive but not if you learn how to<br />
decorate them yourself. Come and get inspired to decorate<br />
candles with your personal touch. Sign up after February 14th<br />
at CSI located on the second floor of the U-SU, room 204.<br />
Space is limited!<br />
25<br />
Fri<br />
LEADER<br />
TO LEADER<br />
AppLICATIONS DUE<br />
6 pm » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the January 3rd event.<br />
28<br />
Mon<br />
FEATURING THE pENNANT<br />
3:15 pm » U-SU 2nd Floor Street-side Balcony<br />
CSI takes your afternoon music fix in a new<br />
direction! Go acoustic for an intimate musical<br />
performance featuring The Pennant on the<br />
balcony off of the Forest (West) Lounge on<br />
the 2nd floor of the U-SU.<br />
www.myspace.com/isaiahblas<br />
JAILS ARE NOT HOMES:<br />
TRANSFORMING SKID ROW<br />
4:30 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
A compelling multimedia presentation<br />
on the campaign to build a sustainable<br />
community in the downtown Los Angeles<br />
community of Center City East (Skid<br />
Row). Residents and activists associated<br />
with the Los Angeles Community Action<br />
Network (LA CAN) will present their<br />
stories, poems, and short films on the<br />
resilience of residents in the face of<br />
economic recession, homelessness,<br />
displacement policies, and negative media<br />
representations such as The Soloist.<br />
01<br />
Tue<br />
02<br />
Wed<br />
I AM NOTHING LIKE<br />
My MOTHER:<br />
A ONE-WOMAN SHOW By<br />
CHRISTINE CORpUz<br />
6:15 pm » U-SU Theatre<br />
1st Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Mother/Daughter relationships can be<br />
fulfilling, dramatic, loving, emotional,<br />
powerful, competitive, and extremely<br />
joyful. In her semi-biographical onewoman<br />
show, I Am Nothing Like My Mother,<br />
actress Christine Corpuz explores the gray<br />
areas in mother/daughter relationships,<br />
employing the Filipina Nanay – not only as<br />
a character with a funny accent – but as a<br />
bridge for other characters in her play to<br />
live out seeming contradictions in life.<br />
AHHHHHHH…<br />
WOULDN’T A MASSAGE<br />
FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW?<br />
3:15 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Health Center, Room 210<br />
Did you know that you can get a<br />
relaxing massage at the <strong>Student</strong><br />
Health Center? Come meet<br />
Vanessa Vargas, Licensed Massage<br />
Therapist, who uses an array of<br />
Eastern massage techniques such<br />
as Acupressure, Shiatsu, and Energy<br />
Work to restore balance to the mind,<br />
body, and soul of CSULA students,<br />
faculty, and staff. Come by to destress,<br />
re-energize, and revitalize<br />
yourself. The first 10 participants<br />
in this workshop will receive a free<br />
mini-chair massage.<br />
pASRC FILM SERIES:<br />
RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW,<br />
pART 4<br />
3:15 pm » Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join us in the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center for<br />
Wednesday afternoon films that entertain and educate about<br />
Black culture. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow offers the first<br />
comprehensive look at race relations in the U.S. between the<br />
Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Part Four focuses<br />
on the years 1940 - 1954, and the surge of Black activism that<br />
took place after World War 2 which laid the ground for the Civil<br />
Rights Movement of the 1950s, 60s, and beyond. Directed by<br />
Bill Jersey and Richard Wormser, 2002, 56 minutes.
02<br />
Wed<br />
HEALING LIKE OUR<br />
ANCESTORS DID<br />
3:15 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Is there some truth to the home remedies our grandmothers<br />
taught us? Or are they urban myths and folklore? Join us for a<br />
panel of healers from established, <strong>University</strong>-trained medical<br />
workers to more alternative/grassroots perspectives, who<br />
share their opinions on food, the body, and if our ancestors<br />
got it right with their home remedies.<br />
BLACK TALK SERIES<br />
6:15 pm » Alhambra Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Join the Pan African <strong>Student</strong> Resource Center and affiliated<br />
Black student groups as we ponder the HOT topics in the<br />
young, Black community today. Come out to this talk-show<br />
style discussion, as we get down to the nitty gritty and<br />
get REAL.<br />
03<br />
Thu<br />
RACE, pANETHNIC IDENTIFy,<br />
AND GROUp SOLIDARITy:<br />
A TALK By DR. TOMMy LOTT<br />
3:15 pm » Pasadena Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Dr. Tommy Lott is a professor of Philosophy at San Jose State<br />
<strong>University</strong>, an alumnus of Cal State L.A., and one of very few<br />
African Americans in the field of Philosophy. His talk focuses<br />
on a critical examination of the reconstruction of race in<br />
public policy.<br />
U-LEAD:<br />
IDENTIFyING yOUR<br />
LEADERSHIp ROLES<br />
4 pm » <strong>Student</strong> Club and Organization Offices<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Plot your student leadership journey through the U-Lead<br />
program as you explore personal, group, and community<br />
leadership competencies. What kind of leader are you?<br />
Consciously or subconsciously your leadership style more<br />
than likely incorporates the leadership styles discussed at this<br />
workshop. Understanding the variety of leadership approaches<br />
presented can help you develop your own personal leadership<br />
style and help you become a more effective leader.<br />
yOU GO GRRRL!<br />
DESSERT RECEpTION FOR THE LADIES<br />
6 pm » Los Angeles Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Celebrate Womyn’s Herstory Month by showering your CSULA<br />
BFF, sister, or comadre with sweetness at this dessert reception!<br />
The Gender & Sexuality Resource Center invites you to sign-up<br />
and honor a woman in your life and continue a tradition where<br />
women are appreciated for their contributions, support, and<br />
friendship. Prior Sign-up is required and only CSULA students<br />
may be honored. Sign up at the Cross Cultural Centers, 2nd<br />
floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong> by Friday, February 18. Space<br />
is limited!<br />
04<br />
pROJECT ANGEL FOOD<br />
8:30 am » Hollywood, CA<br />
Fri CSI will be spending another<br />
day in the kitchens of Project Angel<br />
Food, an important organization<br />
that provides meals to those who are<br />
struggling with HIV and AIDS. Give back<br />
to the community, gain some volunteer<br />
hours, meet new friends and most of<br />
all, get ready to have FUN! We will be<br />
meeting on-site at Project Angel Food.<br />
Sign up in CSi by Wednesday, March 2nd.<br />
08<br />
SURVIVE SpRING BREAK<br />
12 pm – 2 pm » U-SU Plaza<br />
Tue Spring break is your reward for studying hard all<br />
winter quarter. You deserve some rest & relaxation. However,<br />
spring break is also a deadly time of year for college students<br />
nationwide. Check out this event for information on how to<br />
protect yourself from the scarier side<br />
of spring break: skin cancer, date-rape<br />
drugs, sexually transmitted diseases,<br />
and impaired drivers. We want to<br />
see you back at CSULA this spring, so<br />
stop by the information booth to get<br />
tips on how to make this spring break<br />
memorable and safe.<br />
DISC JOCKEy<br />
3:15 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
So you think you have what it takes to be<br />
a DJ? The Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
proudly brings you Disc Jockey, a<br />
workshop to help you learn essential skills,<br />
like beat-matching, equalizations, volume<br />
control and more. Spaces are limited. Sign<br />
up in CSI, U-SU 204.<br />
CSI NIGHT @ THE MOVIES<br />
6 pm » Los Angeles Room BC<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
CSI brings the hit movies directly to you!<br />
Enjoy a FREE screening of the laugh-riot cop<br />
flick “The Other Guys,” starring Will Ferrell<br />
and Mark Wahlberg. Bring your friends,<br />
blankets, pillows, snacks, and join us in the<br />
Los Angeles Room for this great movie!<br />
09<br />
Wed<br />
ApA ATTITUDES<br />
TOWARD LGBTIq MATTERS:<br />
RESULTS OF A pILOT STUDy<br />
3:15 pm » San Gabriel Room<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Dr. Gina Masequesmay, professor of Asian<br />
American Studies at CSUN, shares her latest<br />
research on Asian Pacific American attitudes<br />
toward issues related to the lesbian, gay,<br />
bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer/<br />
questioning community.
09<br />
Wed<br />
U-LEAD DISTINGUISHED LECTURE<br />
TONy BLAIR<br />
FORMER pRIME MINISTER OF<br />
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND<br />
8 pm » Pasadena Civic Center<br />
CSULA student leaders are invited to see<br />
one of the most respected and admired<br />
world leaders in the last 50 years. Blair<br />
offers an unparalleled analysis of the<br />
world’s most difficult and complex issues.<br />
He was prime minister from 1997 to 2007,<br />
and is credited with revamping Britain’s<br />
public services through a program of<br />
investment and reform. He continues to be<br />
active in public life and is now involved in<br />
mediating the peace process in the Israeli-<br />
Palestinian conflict. Through the Tony<br />
Blair Faith Foundation, he has become a strong advocate of<br />
a values-based, activist and multilateral foreign policy with<br />
action on issues like climate change, global poverty, Africa and<br />
the Middle East Peace Process and understanding of all the<br />
major religions.<br />
Open to CSULA students. Advance registration for the<br />
lecture is required by Monday, February 28th in the Center<br />
for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement, Room 204 of the <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong><br />
<strong>Union</strong>. Space is limited.<br />
All participants must use transportation provided by the<br />
university-<strong>Student</strong> union.<br />
10<br />
NAME THAT TUNE<br />
3 pm » The Pit<br />
Thu Basement, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Two contestants compete against each other to test their<br />
knowledge of songs. It’s a trivia game where we give you a line<br />
of lyrics and you have to name the song.<br />
11<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - midnight » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
Fri 3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Are you looking for a place to study during finals? The U-SU<br />
will be open for extended hours for group study. Come on up<br />
to Los Angeles Rooms A, B, and C! No reservations necessary!<br />
STUDENT LEADER AWARDS<br />
pACKETS DUE<br />
5 pm » Center for <strong>Student</strong> Involvement<br />
2nd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to<br />
the January 3 event.<br />
12<br />
SAT<br />
14<br />
Mon<br />
15<br />
Tue<br />
16<br />
Wed<br />
17<br />
Thu<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - 6 pm » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
March 11 event.<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - midnight » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
March 11 event.<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - midnight » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
March 11 event.<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - midnight » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
March 11 event.<br />
WINTER STUDy SESSION<br />
7 am - midnight » Los Angeles Rooms<br />
3rd Floor, <strong>University</strong>-<strong>Student</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
For more information on this program, refer to the<br />
March 11 event.<br />
XTREME FITNESS CENTER<br />
Get a fresh start to the new year! Join us at the Xtreme Fitness<br />
Center for some new and exciting classes or work out on<br />
your own on our state-of-the-art fitness equipment. Have<br />
questions? Ask one of our friendly Floor Supervisors for free<br />
fitness training advice. Fitness classes offered include: Mind<br />
and Body, Cardio, Fitness and Conditioning, and Martial Arts.<br />
For more information on hours of operation, specific group fitness<br />
classes, accommodations for a disability, or to sign up for an Xtreme<br />
Fitness membership, please call (323) 343-7546, or visit us in the<br />
Basement of the U-SU.