THE HONOR CODE MAGAZINE

CSULB UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM 2019-2020 CONTENTS

A JOURNEY TO AMERICA 6

WHEN IN WALES 8

I HAVE 99 PROBLEMS; CODING ISN’T ONE 11

A TALE OF TWO PROJECTS 12

THE OPPORTUNITY OF A DECADE 13

THE LIVING ANIME PROTAGONIST 14

PRISM: SHATTERING PERCEPTIONS 16

GROWING THE FUTURE 18 B ig 20 I s SHRINKING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE de ture as, Bigger Fu UHP 2020 GRADUATES 22

CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 28

COVER DESIGN: @KATIESERRANODESIGN ON INSTAGRAM 3 INSIDE PAGE DESIGN: HANNAH GETAHUN

EDITOR’S NOTE It has been an unpredictable year. For most students, our everyday lives and routines completely shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At The Honor Code, our entire magazine production was done remotely, and I am truly proud of the work that the staff has produced. This is because while everything seems so scary and uncertain, the University Honors Program students continue to show that their ideas are bigger than whatever is thrown at them. In this 2019-2020 issue of The CARLOS MEDINA MEGHAN WINZLER PENNY YAGAKE Honor Code, we are showcasing the exeptional talent of our UHP Content Editor HANNAH GETAHUN Photographer Content Editor students, who dare to dream beyond the confines of this world. Editor in Chief From UHP graduates who are making a real difference in the face of this pandemic to our amazing seniors and their unique and academia-changing theses, this year’s magazine shows just how exemplary the UHP really is.

Sincerely, Hannah

ZADIE BAKER MICHAEL LAM ABBAS ABDULHASAN STAFF Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer

IMAN PALM EDWARD RHO EMILY TORRES MARY USUFZY JIREH DENG MATTHEW TOY Online Staff Writer Online Editor Staff Writer Online Staff Writer Assistant Editor in Chief Assistant Online Editor

MELANIE MORALES KATIE SERRANO VALERIE PALACIOS MAILEA ANG 4 Online Staff Writer 5 Social Media Manager Graphic designer Photographer THE JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES Lizbeth Castillo uses her internship studying immigration courts at the Mexican-American border to empower the voices of asylum seekers.

By Jireh Deng

izbeth Castillo found herself “Judge bias played a really big role in in El Paso, Texas last summer whether or not asylum seekers got their case contributing to research on approved,” Castillo said. one of the country’s largest As she court-watched, she filled out a issues: the border crisis. form where she observed whether litigants LHer research consisted of observing how were self-representing or if they had a established United States court policies translator, but the main bulk of the work disenfranchise migrants from fair hearings. was “analyzing and identifying the obstacles “The work I did...does contribute to [migrants] faced in court.” spreading awareness,” Castillo said. The personal experiences Castillo Castillo’s journey started when she was “Judge bias shared in her qualitative research gave the a student-assistant at the University Honors depth beyond the quantitative numbers on office. During this time, she searched for played a national news. She said that the national community on campus and was encouraged discussion is failing to focus on the larger to reach out to Caitlin Fouratt, a professor really big issue: whether the public can rely on the of the International Studies Department. state to uphold human rights as the U.S. Soon after, the summer of her freshman role in continually rejects asylum seekers arriving year she spent collecting data with Fouratt’s at the border. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LIZBETH CASTILLO research team in studying the Castillo is passionate about the work she Lizbeth Castillo speaks with the Hope Border Institute interns at a vigil commemorating all of those who have died in U.S. whether or detention centers. portrayal of migrants in the national media. does. Now on the cusp of entering a future Three years later as a senior, she won not asylum either in graduate school or law school, she the College of Liberal Art’s “Outstanding looks forward to studying and supporting Undergraduate Research Student Award” seekers got vulnerable populations either at home or for her work, under Fouratt, conducting abroad. She said the most exciting part of digital storytelling workshops with migrant their case the research is collecting the data that she youth in Costa Rica. Within the tight- will later use when she writes her papers. knit community of international studies She suggested to others who are students, she found her niche. approved ” interested in joining undergraduate She said her most recent opportunity research to take the time to find projects in El Paso, funded by the National Science they are interested in and emailing the Foundation with the Hope Border Institute, professor. Castillo said it took tenacity to allowed her a hands-on experience as complete her four years at CSULB while she collected qualitative data from “court being a first-generation college student who observations and [saw] how policy was has made waves in anthropology, a field of affecting migrants” trying to cross into the research that is still overwhelmingly lacking U.S. in people of color. Just reaching out, she She noted that not a lot of Americans said, is the first step, “not being afraid or A protest in Juarez, raises awareness of the novel The Hope border institute interns speak at an Migrant Protection Protocols. The images are of children who event in El Paso, Texas. have witnessed the way that migrants are intimidated that the professor might say no.” have died in U.S. custody. treated in the courtroom.

6 7 study abroad trip is often a life-changing experience for students. Jamila Javier’s trip to Wales isA no exception. As a kinesiology major, she learned about an opportunity to study abroad at Cardiff Metropolitan University When in Wales with the Sports Exercise Science program. Javier learned about the opportunity through her classes. The study abroad trip was open to sophomores and juniors, and once she figured which upper division classes she in could take, CMU provided the necessary courses. Javier saw it as an amazing opportunity to study elsewhere and still remain on track for graduation. Upon arriving in the new country, the cold climate greeted her as she took a bus Wales to the university. She realized that she was about to embark on a new journey outside her comfort zone, but it was an exciting opportunity to learn and grow. As Javier got situated into her dorm and prepared for the next day’s orientation, she suddenly realized that,“I’m not in the ‘States. I’m actually in another country.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAMILA JAVIER Attending college in Wales was Javier poses in front of Scott Memorial Lighthouse in Roath Park. very different from CSULB. She slowly adapted to daily life but sometimes found the adjustment difficult with her new classes. For Javier, lectures and labs of having free textbooks to check out team and met international gymnasts. were only once a week for an hour. Some and the relaxed, laid-back mindset in The most important lessons she learned classes only had one assignment that Wales. Public transportation was more were following the proper techniques determined the entire grade, she said. accessible, but she could easily walk to and learning how to trust herself more. In classes, students were less likely places since it was a small community. She loved going to Roath Park in her to sit in the front rows and professors In Wales, she slowly adapted to daily downtime since it was only a 10 to 15 didn’t have office hours. Instead, they life and made new friends. She had to minute walk from campus. Interestingly, focused on their research and students navigate a cultural barrier, because the scenery resembled a park near her had to email them their questions. Jamila Javier retells her experiences at Cardiff people held various assumptions about home, which was very comforting as she Since her college was specifically for Americans. Nevertheless, she enjoyed studied and chatted with new friends. Metropolitan University in Wales kinesiology majors, every student was the close-knit community, but also “There was a large lake, a trail an athlete who wore their sports uniform tried her best to remain connected surrounding the lake, a rose garden, a and Wednesdays were “sports days.” By Mary Usufzy with friends and family back home. She playground for families, animals from In addition, Javier noted the perks joined the university’s trampolining dogs to ducks, and a café called Terra 9

Nova,” she said. “It was always my go-to place.” Cardiff Castle, Wales Even though she had I HAVE 99 a wonderful study abroad experience, Javier admits PROBLEMS; that she should have traveled more during her free time CODING and taken advantage of the public transportation. ISN’T ONE During spring break, she traveled to , , Switzerland and England.

She had previously traveled to the Philippines and the Bahamas with her family. “This [trip] shattered Electrical engineering major Marco everything for me, because it Marrufo had an internship with was me being on my own for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and worked as a software the first time,” she said. engineer with a data analysis Javier was also connected project. COURTESY OF MARCO MARRUFO to the community in Wales through a church called By Mary Usufzy Calvary Chapel Cardiff. She also met another American ASA’s notability comes also used an algorithm as a trend series to find and had a mentor who provided feedback exchange student from New from sending rockets into the most searched firms in the database. and guidance. A preliminary test even Jersey at Cardiff and they space or discovering new However, through the course of his revealed that his program ran correctly and became travel buddies during planets in the universe. project, Marrufo also faced some challenges. accomplished its data processing goals of her trip, but eventually grew However, NASA is also An outside entity was manipulating the search finding trends in data. to be best friends. “Everyone Ninvolved in software and data analysis. Last engine data, which negatively affected the Throughout his internship, Marrufo was there has become family to summer, electrical engineering major Marco software he was building. In response, he built guided by the principle of “It’s not what you me, and I miss them all very Marrufo participated in a NASA internship a spam filter that looked at documents with know, but what you’re willing to know.” much,” Javier said. as a software engineer at the Armstrong parsed text and separated authentic data from Marrufo said that he “wasn’t afraid to She hopes to go back Flight Research center in Mountain View. At the spam. mess up, because [he] messed up a lot in the to Wales for her master’s his internship, he developed software that Despite this obstacle, Marrufo’s favorite beginning.” From setbacks and successes, he degree program in the future performed data analysis on search engines. part of the internship was the community asked questions and applied his knowledge of because this trip helped her Marrufo was awarded the internship after at the NASA AFRC. His mentors and peers software engineering to this project. learn how to rely on herself winning a business competition: the Minority guided him through the project and he built After getting his degree in electrical and gain a new perspective University Research and Education Project friendships and connections with wonderful engineering, Marrufo wants to pursue a on life. Innovation Tech Transfer Idea Competition. people. graduate degree and find a career at NASA. “You have the wonderful “It’s been my dream to pursue a career at Marrufo said that he was fortunate enough However, he admits that if his internship opportunity at this school NASA...it was a choice that I had to say yes to,” to work alongside some incredible people offers a job, then he will take that opportunity with so many resources...,” Marrufo said. and is proud of his accomplishments at the before a Ph.D program because of his interest Javier said, “Go explore the Marrufo created new software called NASA. Even though he only had around in NASA’s future projects, which includes the world and see it for what it TrendFinder, which worked with search three months, he succeeded in developing Artemis program and colonizing Mars. really is.” engine data to look through a list of major functioning software. His advice to students applying for firms and how often they came up in Google “[I] can’t believe I did all that,” Maruffo internships is: “Develop your interest….go searches. If a firm had more media coverage, said. above and beyond to show this is what you then it was often highly searched. The software He worked on the project independently really want.” 10 11 THE OPPORTUNITY OF A A TALE OF TWO PROJECTS DECADE By Zadie Baker By Melanie Morales

uring senior year, most productive,” she said. ith each decade comes Honors students wrap up With this in mind, Nesbitt turned to critical a chance to change the their valiant efforts to craft race theory to guide her research. next 10 years through a worthy thesis project. “Critical race theory underpins how you can the census. The United Graduating senior, History study whiteness as an actual construct, along States Census Bureau DStudent Association president and former with other racial identities and other types of conductsW a count of the nation’s population once Honor Code staff writer Anastasia Nesbitt has identities in general,” she said. every decade to appropriately distribute federal gone above and beyond with two substantial On a trip sponsored by the Mellon Mays funds, provide accurate representation within the research endeavors. A double major in Undergraduate Fellowship, she was able to visit U.S. House of Representatives and to reconstruct international studies and history has allowed the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s congressional and state legislative district lines. her to explore her interdisciplinary interests. archive to gather primary resources. I had the honor of being selected to participate Nesbitt’s honors thesis “Existential Risk—A “I sat in that archive for, like, three days in the Bateman Case Study Competition, the Discourse of Democratic Reason” examines the straight, and read and took scans, and brought premier national case study competition for role of institutes in developing the discourse those all back, and now I’m using those,” Nesbitt public relations students run by the Public around how technologies like synthetic biology said. She was able to examine a periodical of the Relations Student Society of America’s. I was able and artificial intelligence pose existential risks to WCTU, among other things. to apply my education and internship experiences people. It was founded on her interest in the field Nesbitt said that building relationships with to create and implement a full public relations of Science, Technology, and Society, a relatively faculty was one of her most significant takeaways campaign for this year’s client, the U.S. Census new subject to scholarly discourse. from four years at CSULB. Bureau. “It’s the...humanistic study of the sciences, “I’ve had some amazing mentorship and The decennial census attempts to count so if sciences don’t qualify as humanities, then some people who’ve really understood how I everyone in the nation, however, various it’s the humanities using the sciences as an work and who I am,” she said. communities like renters, homeless individuals COURTESY OF MELANIE MORALES COURTESY OF ANASTASA NESBITT object of study,” she said. She has a keen interest in graduate study, and young Black and Latino males make up Count On Me promotes the 2020 Census at CSULB’s spring TEDx Conference. Nesbitt presents her project on A.I. This field incorporates elements of and is looking at schools that have STS or a few hard-to-count populations that are at the International Students Thesis. international studies, history and anthropology. similar programs like Stanford, MIT, Berkeley underrepresented each decade. Seminar. Nesbitt presented this project at CSULB’s and Georgia Tech. She may also find a way For instance, according to the 2010 census, Count On Me LB partnered with the PRSA and the community to help us share our key 32nd Annual Student Research Competition in to incorporate race and gender into her post- 2.1% of Black Americans and 1.5% of Latinos Foundation, the City of Long Beach Census messages. To reach our target audience, we February and won in the Humanities and Letters and misery’: Youth, Reform, and Racial Politics baccalaureate studies. in the U.S. were undercounted. For each Committee and the U.S. Census Bureau to raise understood it was vital for our content to be category. No dedicated STS program exists on in North Carolina” has been in the works for a However, graduate school is being put on undercounted individual, a community loses awareness of the 2020 census, educate our engaging, multilingual and informative. Our campus, so Nesbitt has had to figure out her own longer time. Her goal was to examine whiteness hold for a gap year or two. approximately $2,000 in funding for resources community on the benefits of participation and efforts resulted in our community being better niche. In fact, it’s likely that her audience at the as a politicized category, incorporating how “Every faculty member I’ve talked to has like Federal Pell Grants, student loans, Medicare collaborate with organizations that reach young prepared and educated about the critical role of competition learned something new. racism towards children negatively affected the recommended that students take a gap year and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Latino and Black males. the 2020 census. “There was kind of a long pause after I was reform efforts of the biracial Woman’s Christian before they…go to grad school,” she said. Program, among others. Together, in collaboration with our campus I am proud of our campaign and how it served done…I think that was most likely because that Temperance Union of North Carolina in the late After graduate school, Nesbitt sees herself To combat the disparity in data and decrease and community organizations, we created a the diverse community of Long Beach. This type of project…is [not] very common to see in 19th century. As a white woman, she found that in a career where she can “do what I want to do the number of undercounted individuals, our powerful circle of people who were motivated to experience not only enhanced our ability to work humanities and letters, at least not at a school it was important to be conscientious about the and think about what I want to think about.” team created Count On Me LB, an awareness participate and teach others about undercounted in team settings, but also significantly increased that doesn’t have a department that…does that way she approached her subject matter. Teaching at the university-level is high on the campaign targeting the young Black and Latino and underrepresented populations. We did this our professional development and work ethic. kind of work,” she said. “For a long time, it has been white academics list, but, considering the highly competitive job male population, whose racial groups make up by creating memorable content, hosting various Nesbitt’s second project “Children of ‘vice speaking for people of color and for marginalized market for humanities faculty, she is keeping an 12.9% and 42.5% of Long Beach, as well as 3.93% events and activities and utilizing students 12 communities, and I don’t believe that that’s open mind. and 40.5% of CSULB respectively. 13 oing abroad is on many teacher ever.” Casie said the experience helped students’ bucket list. Casie her grow and it was the way she “wanted to Bacani, rather than put it off, contribute to the world—it just felt right.” decided to put a check mark While learning Korean in class, Casie was on hers, and she has done encouraged to participate in cultural events Git more than once. Having already traveled and activities. One of her highlights was road to France, and Japan on multiple tripping to the East Sea, hiking a mountain to occasions, Casie now adds to her a nearby Korean temple, and staying the night list. in the temple with Buddhist monks. During As a third-year linguistics and Japanese her night there, she was able to experience double major, Honors program presidential the monks’ way of life, including eating food scholar, and world adventurer, last summer from the nearby forest, drinking tea and Casie studied abroad at Dankook University participating in one of their traditions. Each THE near the heart of South Korea. During her time night the monks would undergo a series of 108 there, she spent half of it teaching English bows and so being the eager global learner, to the Dankook students and the other half Casie participated. By the end of it, Casie LIVING learning Korean at the university. recalled how her knees would be at their limit. Being fortunate Back at CSULB, enough to call Casie Casie works at the ANIME a friend, I wondered Earl Burns Miller why she chose to travel Japanese garden and to South Korea—why “By studying enjoys watching anime. PROTAGONIST not somewhere like abroad, she says In particular, “One Japan where she knew Piece,” an anime about the language? she ‘learned what an eager and young Casie Bacani She told me she I wanted in life, pirate traveling the purposely chose South open seas resonates traveled to Korea despite only how I wanted to deeply with her. Casie South Korea to knowing how to count contribute and is as animated and experience the “one to 10 because as adventurous as of Taekwondo.” She how I wanted to the anime characters trip of a lifetime. wanted a “changed live.’” she admires, being viewpoint on how drawn to the spirit of language works” or traveling, learning and as linguistic majors growing. By Michael Lam describe it, developing “meta-linguistic It had been a while since I had last awareness” or “thinking about language spoken with Casie, but I sensed that she was beyond it being language.” Moreover, she evolving before my eyes. In the future, Casie wanted the opportunity to teach English hopes to teach English in countries afar with abroad and further develop her global mindset. the goal of obtaining her Ph.D in Linguistic By studying abroad, she said she “learned Anthropology down the line. Casie is as what I wanted in life, how I wanted to friendly as she is energetic, promoting others contribute and how I wanted to live.” to adopt a “global mindset” as well as pursue Reflecting on her time in the classroom, a semi-nomadic lifestyle of “never settling Casie is glad she chose Dankook because and always adventuring.” In the spring, Casie it encouraged and allowed her to build will be studying abroad in Japan for the first relationships with her students. For instance, time (although she has traveled to Japan on a she fondly recalled having a picnic with her number of occasions). Without a doubt, Casie’s students where they taught her and the other future, while not entirely known, will always English teachers Korean games. In return she incorporate a drive to explore and the fervor taught them American games and was elated to overcome any obstacle. No matter how hard when her students threw her a surprise party or impossible something seems, she will never PHOTOS COURTESY OF CASIE BACANI and gifted her a pen that read “you are the best lose sight of her goals. 14 15 board meetings. Other current honors members make up the rest of the student organization that puts on this event. To name a few: Sumaiyah Hossain was the director of operations and logistics, Meghan Winzler was director of events and activities and Raymond Luu was director of communications and marketing. As the director of operations and logistics, Hossain kept track of all the essential items needed to make the event a success. Inspired by the chance to be a part of the CSULB Ted Talk experience, Hossain was ecstatic about joining the management team. “I’ve been entirely fascinated by the TED talks,” Hossain said. “I would watch all throughout middle school and high school. The clips that you get to see on YouTube look so professionally organized, including those held at the high school and college campuses, and the speakers often discussed a wide range of topics.” Hossain wanted to help CSULB with PRISM: TEDx to contribute to a space where diverse ideas are shared. Like David, Hossain agreed that this SHATTERING PERCEPTIONS year’s event was successful and speakers relayed valuable and inspirational advice to audience members to implement into By Iman Palm their daily lives. The theme for this year’s conference The management team wanted the

“By challenging, was Prism: Shattering Perspectives. event to create a new global conversation efore the COVID-19 Some of the event speakers included: about breaking the perspectives. pandemic forced CSULB reframing and first-year CSULB student Noah J. UHP’s first TEDxCSULB conference into a virtual shut releasing ourselves Christiansen, CSULB alumma Amber was held in 2016 when former student down, the University L. Wright, Long Beach State graduate Matthew Argame saw the opportunity to Honors Program had the from the limits student Will Truong and Associated bring a version of the conference to the opportunity to bring the famous Ted of perspective, B Students Inc. Woman of the Year university campus. Talk experience to campus. recipient Taryn Williams. “Matthew Argame knew that he The TEDxCSULB event gives the ‘Prism: Shattering According to David, the theme was wanted to bring TEDx to California State campus community and broader Perceptions’ chosen to make attendees aware of University, Long Beach because he saw Long Beach-area a chance to listen to would open our different viewpoints on campus. CSULB as a vibrant community of brilliant motivational speeches, network and As curator, David was in charge of people, all in their own right,” according to share ideas. The event is entirely student- viewpoints to see selecting speakers and assisting them the TEDxCSULB website. ran and this year graduating senior and different realities.” during their speech development phase. Four years later the tradition still honors student Lorre-Eliana Ynzon President’s Scholar Taryn Williams speaks about the impact that She was also responsible for holding continues with the same vision Argame David served as curator for the event. implicit bias has on providing opportunities to indviduals who were speaker workshops and TEDxCSULB formerly incarcerated in her talk “Rising Scholars.” had when creating this event.

16 17 GROWING THE FUTURE PHOTOS BY MELANIE MORALES

Over the past year, students in the UHP Los Cerritos dormitory partnered with Long Beach Farms and Operation Jump Start to grow their own community garden. According to the Long Beach Farms website, it is “an urban farm with a mission of creating a more secure, local sustainable food model.” The community service initiative is a part of Honors Civic Engagement to improve food accessibilty and to allow students to become mentors for underrepressented youth in Long Beach. Students planted a variety of seeds and seedlings and learned about the skill of urban gardening in the city.

18 19 sustainability, she works on refining the company’s environmental SHRINKING THE practices. Bussjaeger works with companies to take in their electronic waste to DIGITAL DIVIDE refurbish it for further use for those in need. “A lot of people recycle their electronic waste, but we try to refurbish UHP alumna Allie Bussjaeger is helping students with their technology needs it and redistribute it to people who can during the COVID-19 pandemic. use it again,” Bussjaeger said. One of the major hurdles that Bussjaeger faces in her job at human- I-T is communicating to people that By Abbas Abdulhasan waste is a really big issue in society and has vast societal ramifications . llie Bussjaeger, the “There is so much technology director of impact and thrown away and discarded and we are sustainability at human- always encouraged to buy the newest I-T and UHP alumna, is model and upgrade our phones and helping connect students computers every few years when that toA low-cost internet and refurbished technology is still perfectly usable,” laptops in the hopes of addressing the Bussjaeger said. lack of academic opportunities, which She said it is hard to communicate has become a larger issue due to the that out to people in mass volumes and COVID-19 pandemic. tell them: “Do not get rid of this great “We are working to get laptops to commodity, give it to us and we will low-income students studying from refurbish it, clean it...and then give it home in Long Beach and beyond,” to people who really need it.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALLIE BUSSJAEGER Bussjaeger said. “We are also helping At human-I-T, one of Bussjaeger’s Bussjaeger‘s son works on schoolwork over a video conference call. people sign up for low-cost internet main tasks is addressing the concern connectivity in their homes.” about the wide-ranging digital divide Bussjaeger received her bachelor’s between people that have access to degree in psychology with a minor in Allie Bussjaeger, left, holds a recognition award that she and human- technology and people who do not. environmental science and policy from I-T received from GreenBiz, for taking action addressing the issue of According to Bussjaeger, students electronic waste. CSULB in 2011. She then went on to need technology for school and become the co-executive director at parents need it to find jobs to support the non-profit organization Grades their families; furthermore, access of Green for seven years teachng Bussjaeger said. refining and improving the delivery to technology can help seniors find kids how to take action and help the In March of 2020, Bussjaeger was and expansion of low-cost internet, health care options. Bussjaeger is environment. employed as the director of impact technology and digital literacy most excited about her job because Due to her active engagement in and sustainability at human-I-T, a training to a greater percentage of the she gets to create part of the solution the opportunities provided by the nonprofit organization in Long Beach. community. to the problem of waste in Long Beach Honors program and Grades of Green, Human-I-T connects low-income “Sixty percent of the material we and the country as a whole. Bussjaeger realized how passionate she communities with technology, digital get is refurbished and [given] back into “Technology is so important for is about improving the environment literacy training and low-cost internet. the hands of the students,” Bussjaeger people to be successful,” Bussjaeger and went on to pursue a master’s One of human-I-T’s most valued said. She also works on planning out said. in nonprofit management. “I would aspirations is to bridge the digital fundraising and encouraging new Visit human-i-t.org to learn have never considered grad school if divide. As director of impact and community members to engage in about how you can help. it was not for the Honors program,” sustainability, Bussjaeger focuses on the work they are doing. In terms of

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By Kelli Nakamara

Resentful sagebrush Salutes the gritty guard towers that examine the lonely Abalone Mountain. Situated inside stalls pungent from Thoroughbred perspiration,

The Nikkei wait to be “relocated.” Gone are the fishermen skinning mackerel upon their vessels, Taiko drummers tending persnickety persimmons, Robed Buddhist ministers chanting namu amida butsu. The Isei, ineligible for citizenship, are interrogated, confess Before tribunals intoxicated with racism, They answer for their ancestry, a blameless sin.

Dilapidated barracks are coated with salvaged paper to resist the persistent dust. Rifles are invariably pointed inward, towards the feeble Ojichans, Ruthless, yet impartial rattlesnakes guard the outhouses. Even the buzzards avoid the caress of the crooked barbed wire. Women, educated in the respectable art of ikebana and chado tea ceremonies, Relieve themselves in latrines lacking doors. Lumpy rice, saturated with liquid, is served, as A glossy layer of syrup coagulates at the surface. And a stray paper crawls upon the crushed mica, Artemis Mission Student Poster A remnant from a whimsical wishing tree— By Marco Marurfo

NASA asked student creators to develop a poster showcasing the Artemis mission, which will land 28 the first woman to the moon in 2024. This was Marrufo’s submission. Everyone in the poster was29 a student intern at Armstrong Flight Research Center. Carlos Medina: Photography

Cultural Curiosity

Cultural Curiosity is a book I created during a semester abroad in Hamburg, Germany about cultural perception and cultural reality for a handful of students from all over the world. Each section contains I took this photo of my friend Sandra on Second information from interviews with international students that I befriended during my time abroad. I Street. As a barista coming from San Francisco, I took this photo of my friend Pedro at Magic Mountain in front also photographed them and created a visual representation of their responses in this book. I’m a big fan of Philz Coffee, so I took her there of the CraZanity ride. Pedro is really afraid of thrill rides, so I for her first time. It’s photos like this one that, thought this look of awe with the reflection of CraZanity in his although they may look good, are more about the glasses was a perfect shot for him. memories that come back to you. Katelyn Serrano: Graphic Design

PSA Poster Series Maddie Aub: Art

The purpose of this poster series is to shed light on racism. It depicts the idea that regardless of how we look on the outside we are all the same on the inside.

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California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Library, Room 507 Long Beach, CA 90840 (562) 985-1774 [email protected] Winner: 2018 NCHC Newsletter Awards, Print, 2nd Place www.csulb.edu/honors