Pictured above is Lewis Ringel, Moot Court Director, Political Science; Alex Guillermo, College of Business; Political Science students: Michelle Le, Siobhan Kennedy, Jillian Martins, Nick Carabetta; LA Times Supreme Court correspondent, David Savage; Political Science Students, Ted McNamara, Mason Taylor, and Muhammad Ataya (photo courtesy of Jeff Chiow).
The team of Mason Lawrence Taylor and Ted McNamara reached the semi-finals. The other team of Muhammad Ataya and Nicholaus Carabetta was also competing for the first time. Additional CSULB students attended the event and were afforded the opportunity to scrimmage for the purpose of gaining additional experience. The event was held at the US Federal District Court located at the John Prettyman Courthouse. Students argued in real courtrooms before panels of distinguished judges. CSULB founded and organized the event with Patrick Henry College (PHC). Plans are for the event to rotate sites and to be held in Long Beach in 2009. Four schools competed. Schools are invited to compete. The purpose of the event is to promote moot court -- in particular at colleges or universities that have new programs.
Dr. Pamela Bunte, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, and Master’s candidate Roman Gratreaks, Department of Anthropology, have been working with San Juan Southern Paiute tribal elders in Arizona on language documentation and revitalization projects. Having been in discussion with Viacom's Nickelodeon producers and their umbrella legal department at MTV since August 2007, on January 14, 2008 Roman was notified by MTV that he has successfully secured the rights to translate and dub SpongeBob SquarePants into Southern Paiute for the Tribe’s first summer youth language immersion program. These summer language camps are the first step towards creating a language curriculum and pedagogical materials to preserve and revitalize an endangered Native American language. "At the request of tribal elders, it is our goal to use SpongeBob SquarePants as a medium of language learning and Paiute literacy. Nickelodeon & MTV are making an enormous contribution towards the preservation of a Native American tribe's cultural and linguistic heritage, for which we are incredibly grateful," says Roman.
David Gruca with Loma filming Six inches from Paradise
David Gruca, Rhonda Holden & Loma
The Anthropology Department hosted its first Ethnographic Short Film Showcase. The Department recognizes the foresight of Drs. Howell and Wilson in creating the Anthropology and Film course, Anthro 478, and working with the first class of twenty-one students to help them produce nine high quality ethnographic films.
A special thank you to Dr. Scott Wilson for his intensive work in the lab with students as they struggled to learn the production side of film-making while managing the theoretical framing and ethnographic expression through film.
Congratulations and thank you to all of the undergraduate and graduate students who were willing to share their work with the larger campus community in this department-sponsored event. They are, Hector Alarcon, Giuliana Aldana, Mark Booth, Lauren Brounley, Marissa Flores, James Gilpatrick, Roman Gratreaks, David Gruca, Rhonda Holden, Krystal Long, Crystal Martinez, Cherrey Obedoza, Hanna Ruckman, January Sanalak, Michael Smith, Jessica Steaffens, Sarah Taylor, Kyle Veremans, Ryan Watanabe, Cynthis Wilson, and Michael Young.
A special thank you to Jesus "Nino" Palaminos who shared his gift of music by playing the guitar for our faculty/student mixer. What he said in the film about him is true - music is a universal language.
For those of you who missed it, the film titles and short descriptions are listed below:
Bark Park – Dog owners negotiate the space of a neighborhood dog park.
Dave in the Shade – Virtual life meets real life for a “Shade” gamer.
Tunnel Vision – A journey of life and music through diminishing sight.
Jesus "Nino" Palaminos (film subject), Hector Alarcon & Mark Booth
My Fifteen, Mi Quince – Documents the socio-cultural context of one girl’s coming-of-age ceremony.
Lifting the Spirits – Community theater in an Argentine village.
Open Your Ears – Documents artists and their applications of sound art.
Cherrey Obedoza & Ryan Watanabe (Editor)
Coyote Meets Spongebob – Translation and language preservation among the Paiute of Arizona
Gracias a los Gringos – Tourism and sustainable development in rural Mexico. THIS INSPIRING FILM CAN BE VIEWED FROM DEPARTMENTS>ANTHROPOLOGY>STUDENTS> STUDENT PROJECTS SCROLL TO VIDEO
Six Inches from Paradise – Tourism for the mobility-challenged and their caregivers.
Boeing Co. University Relations Scholarships in Human Factors for the 2007-2008 Academic Year.
Jimmy Nguyen and Katsumi Minakata were selected for this award because of their previous academic successes as a student in Psychology, and their stated interests in a human factors career in the aerospace industry. The University Relations Program at Boeing Co. provides scholarships to improve the quality of higher education and expand the pool of highly qualified graduates.
As part of the award, they will have an opportunity to participate in the Center for the Study of Advanced Aeronautic Technologies (CSAAT) at California State University Long Beach. CSAAT is a collaborative effort between Southern Boeing, NASA Ames Research Center and the Psychology Department at California State University Long Beach. This facility is being used to evaluate and resolve human factors and air-traffic-management issues that arise from the introduction of new air vehicles, technologies and operational concepts. It serves as a research lab for Boeing Co., NASA Ames, and other Air-Traffic-Management (ATM) and Unpiloted-Air-Vehicle (UAV) focused concerns. CSAAT also serves as a training facility for human factors students interested in the human factors issues in air traffic management and advanced air vehicles. Therefore, they should gain valuable skills in human factors by participating in this
A culmination of work students have done as part of ANTH 453/553 (Field Research Design), ANTH 485/585 (Physical Science Methods in Archaeology) and MA Thesis work (ANTH 592). This is a small poster event -- a chance for students to show what they have done as part of their class projects and to exchange ideas, comments, etc with each other and faculty.
Jason Miller; Archaeology
James Daniels, Jr.; Archaeology
The purpose of this activity is to explore the degree to which stylistic variability among obsidian biface (mata'a') can be used to measure spatial patterns of relatedness that existed in the prehistoric populations of Easter Island. http://www.csulb.edu/~clipo/papers/551Posters-2007/Mataa.pdf Mata'a are small bifacially-flaked implements with a short stem. While often associated with prehistoric warfare, these implements have wear patterns consistent with their use as a knife or as an agricultural implement. While similar in overall form, the shape of the stem exhibits significant variability that does not appear to be related to function but to the idiosyncratic patterns of manufacture. In a pilot study conducted in the Spring of 2007, we measured metric and discrete attributes of several hundred mata'a that were photographed during the Summer 2006 CSULB archaeological field school on Easter Island. A frequency seriation analysis demonstrated that mata'a are variable through time and that there may be a spatial component indicative of local area manufacturing. This summer we plan to expand this study to include a larger sample of mata'a from publications and our own photographic collection. We will also include new photos of mata'a that are located in the P. Sebastian Englert Museum on Rapa Nui. With this larger sample we should gain a better understanding of the degree to which mata'a form varies through time and will get a more comprehensive view of patterns of spatial variability.
Title: From Rewrite to Screen: The Future of Chinese Film in Four Tones
A. Description of the Research Project:
Purpose and Intent: In this study, I propose to work under my academic mentor's, Dr. Kao's, guidance to critically examine four aspects of Chinese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong film: the history of Chinese cinema (Dianying), Chinese filmmakers' linguistic choices for their movies, the current state of Chinese cinema, and the business regarding the popularity of rewriting Chinese films for Hollywood.
A set of policies and actions taken by local governments and the State of California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His Research Objectives: To collect, organize and evaluate information regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) reducing policy options that the City of Laguna Beach might pursue, appropriate to the size and demographics of the City, and the authority it has, as well as considering the context of policies already in place, or being considered, at the state and federal level. The final research product, Climate of Change: A set of policies and actions taken by local governments and the State of California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (98 pages), is available online at http://www.csulb.edu/programs/es-p/. It is designed to benefit the City of Laguna Beach, but also provides a template for other cities, as well as setting out a rigorous protocol for selecting appropriate policies. Faculty Mentor: Darwin Hall
Title: Examining Labor Unions in China: Challenging the State. The Purpose and intent: This study will examine and contextualize the developing autonomous trade unions and independent labor watchdog organizations in China. The project also will assess their overall economic, social and political impact on state policies and labor conditions.
Photo courtesy of German World Magazine: Jeff High, Nele Hempel, Dr. Col. Don Fischer, Adan Gallardo,Henrik Sponsel, Christina Bacht, Michael Höfig, Markus Muller.
CSULB hosted one of the larger meetings of the SC American Association of Teachers of German to date. Over 50 high school, college, and university German faculty attended.
Speakers were Dr. Colonel Don Fischer of the Defense Language Institute, Michael Höfig of the Goethe Institute New York-Atlanta, and Helga Schlünder of California High School in Whittier.
College of Liberal Arts German professors served as advisors while the MA candidates and German Club planned most of the event. MA candidates Adan Gallardo, Christina Bacht, and Henrik Sponsel hosted the event and introduced the guests. German Club President Gallardo organized a large part of the funding and served as emcee.
Approximately 60 posters were displayed exemplary research that students have conducted this semester across a range of substantive topics. Students come from four different classes – HDEV 180: Lifespan Human Development, CLA 230: Home in Comparative Perspective, and HDEV 320: Research Methods in Human Development (2 sections) – and represent first year students through seniors. The efforts of our students and faculty are consistent with the heightened focus on undergraduate research at CSULB
WINNER: Chantelle Hemmens
WINNER: Daisy Briseno: MASCULINE OR FEMININE TOY PREFERENCES. One of Two Winners from HDEV 320. Each class had it's own winners. For HDEV 320, they were Daisy Brisenos, shown above and Chantelle Hemmens, shown above, whose experiment was on ratings of attractiveness according to perceived sexual orientation.
WINNERS: from HDEV 180 (Life Span Human Development):Steven Parker for his poster on sibling relationships And Andrew Robinson for his poster on burial rituals and bereavement.
WINNERS: from CLA 230 (Home in Comparative Perspective):Adrienne Foote, Jordan Vogel, Richard Villa, Matt Nelson and Allyson Westervelt for their poster on Cambodian Refugees in the Long Beach area.
Participants(not all shown):
Tara Jones: ANIMAL THERAPY
Audree Palos & Diana Angel (not shown): HOME GIRLS causes and consequences of gang membership in female adolescents
Yewande Noah: PREVENTING SEXUAL ASSAULT ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
Emerald Bondoc: A WOMAN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND HER BODY
Chris Price: FOODIES & CULTURAL CAPITOL
WINNER Hum Dev 320 (research Methods class) ; Edwin Fuerte: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW exploring the college experience of GLBT students and the effects on academic performance
Melissa Walz: LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION body satisfaction?
Rozana Ceballos: WHO CAN A HOMELESS PERSON DEPEND ON relationship between gender and money given
Continuing my innovative research on Cervantes’ novel, Don Quixote, and its relationship to Colonial Spanish-America, specifically regarding the notions of imperialism and conquest as they relate to the book’s two protagonists, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. This past semester, I was enrolled in Professor Gasior’s SPAN 400 course, which looked at the masterpiece through close readings, general overviews, and critical approximations. I was simultaneously enrolled in Spanish 450, Colonial Spanish-American Literature, in which I became familiar with the intricacies of the New World Encounter. Through an encompassing examination of the Spanish-speaking world of the sixteenth and seventeenth century, I had the advantage of understanding the transatlantic implications of colonization as a continuum, not something that began in the East and materialized in the West, but rather an event that had overarching, symbiotic implications. My final paper for the 400 course, entitled “Don Quijote y Sancho Panza en una conquista encantada” (“Don Quijote and Sancho Panza on an Enchanted Conquest”) compares Don Quijote and Sancho Panza to several of the conquistadors of the time period within the Quijotesque spirit of adventure, bewitchment and folly. I will work closely with Dr. Gasior to revise the paper so that I can be a part of a student-oriented panel she is organizing for the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies conference in Claremont McKenna College in early November tentatively entitled “The New World Literary Encounter: Mothers, Brothers, and Others.”
Women’s Studies majors Ashleigh Klein and Katie Sipes have received generous summer research grants from the office of Provost Karen Gould. Klein and Sipes are tackling the issue of sexual assault prevention from two distinct perspectives. Klein is focusing on using visual art in prevention education programs. Sipes is interested in creating campus prevention programs without promoting climates of fear. She is specifically interested in university programs for male students who are allies in preventing sexual assault. Klein and Sipes are trained volunteers for the emergency hotline run by the Long Beach Sexual Assault Crisis Agency. They are working closely with Assistant Professor Dr. Shira Tarrant of the Women’s Studies Department.
The CSULB speech and debate team competes in local and regional tournaments from September through February preparing for the national championship tournaments in March and April. These tournaments offer competition in three different forensics genres: policy debate, parliamentary debate, and individual events. Beach Forensics just finish competing in the 2007 national speech and debate tournaments were they competed against all major universities in the US including; Berkeley, Harvard, Northwestern, Emory, Stanford, and USC just to name a few. CSULB ranked in the top 20 universities in the USA in debate and top 10 in individual events resulting in over 25 individual awards.
Karl Holland (BA 2007) received a bursary to attend the York BA Festival of Science, the largest science festival in the UK.
The German Academic Exchange Service DAAD went to undergraduate scholarship winner Angela Bauer, Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures
