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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 Volume 95, Issue 28 Raising interest in science, math 11th annual NSM- SYMPOSIUM ICC symposium will showcase research • Theme: “Explorations DENA HAMEDANI Daily Titan in Citizen Science” With the campus buzz- • 16 student oral ing in anticipation for scientist Bill Nye’s ap- presentations, 37 stu- pearance on campus dent research poster Thursday, the Natural Science and Mathematics presentations Interclub Council (NSM- ICC) hopes to take ad- • 5 faculty lectures vantage of the excite- ment with two days of science and research • Keynote by Bill Nye presentations. “The Science Guy” The NSM-ICC will pres- ent its 11th annual Sci- ence and Mathematics • Subjects include: Symposium, to be held - Mathematics Wednesday and Thurs- day in the Titan Student - Biology Union. Students and pro- - Chemistry fessors will present their research, encouraging all - Psychology attendees to rethink math - Physics MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan and science. Ingrid Garner, 21, a senior theatre arts major, is transforming her grandmother’s non-fiction book about surviving Nazi Germany as a Each year, the sym- young American girl into a one-hour monoplay, which she will be taking to theater festivals overseas. posium provides stu- • Events start at noon dents who have received Wednesday and Thurs- funding to present their day in TSU research to the CSUF community. Students at- Memoir given new life tending conferences re- ceive funding through physics major and chair NSM-ICC by a majority of NSM-ICC, seeing the Student brings grandmother’s inspiring story to the stage vote. symposium come to life NSM-ICC also extends is sure to feel like a huge but she is also acting each an invitation to organi- accomplishment. He has SONAM MIRPURI role. zations of other disci- been heavily involved Daily Titan At 9 years old, Elea- plines outside of science with fundraising, collab- nor and her family moved and mathematics depart- oration and logistics lead- from the United States ments to partake in the ing up to the event. Cal State Fullerton stu- to Germany during the research opportunity. In addition to all the dent Ingrid Garner is pre- Great Depression. She The theme, “Explora- pre-show festivities, paring to take her grand- hoped for an Allied victo- tions in Citizen Science,” Wright will also be host- mother’s struggle to the ry, yet for years was forced is meant to help gener- ing the events. stage in a captivating show to survive under the Al- ate interest among stu- “I will be the emcee for about an American girl and lied bombs shattering her dents and faculty mem- the student and faculty her family’s determination neighborhood. Her fami- bers from all disciplines research,” Wright said. “I to survive in Nazi Germany ly dealt with separations, at CSUF; not only math eagerly look forward to during World War II. starvation, the fierce bat- and science majors. introducing speakers and Garner, 21, a theatre tle for Berlin and the ter- Shawn Robison, a senior being a part of something arts major, is adapting rors of Soviet occupancy, geology major and direc- bigger than I am.” her grandmother Eleanor according to the inside tor of administration for Sally Padayao, a bio- Ramrath Garner’s book, panel of the book jacket. NSM-ICC, emphasized the chemistry major and into a one-woman play. Producing a monodra- importance of cross disci- chemistry and biochem- Written as a memoir in a ma, can be difficult, but pline for this year’s Sym- istry club member, has non-fiction book,Eleanor’s Garner said she is looking posium theme. also been a big part of the Story: An American Girl in forward to portraying her “(Citizen science) is sci- logistics committee for Hitler’s Germany, is about grandmother. She has the ence for the general pub- NSM-ICC. Eleanor’s life as an Amer- unique challenge of play- lic,” Robison said. “Which Like many other CSUF ican girl surviving in Hit- ing her father, mother, is why it’s such a good students, Padayao is most ler’s regime. brother and various other theme for cross discipline excited about having Bill The adaptation, which is people her grandmother this year. Someone over Nye give his keynote live still in the writing process, interacted with. in communications can on campus. is being drafted almost ex- Courtesy of Peachtree Publishers come and maybe not be clusively by Garner. Not Eleanor Ramrath Garner authored Eleanor’s Story: An American so lost.” only is she writing the play, SEE ADAPTATION, 5 Girl in Hitler’s Germany, which is being adapted into a play. For Bobby Wright, a SEE SYMPOSIUM, 2 Children’s author inspired by social issues meets a coyote, which has The story, Tonatiuh said, Writer explores civil a double meaning because is a tribute to all the Cen- rights struggles, “coyote” is slang for smug- tral American people from glers who sneak people Guatemala and Honduras, migrants’ hardships across the border for mon- who travel across Mexico NICOLE WEAVER ey. The two ride a train, for thousands of miles to Daily Titan cross a river, pay off threat- reach the border. As they ening snakes with tortillas do so, they sometimes re- to crawl through a tunnel sort to dangerous solutions, If Dr. Seuss, who was and then cross the desert to such as traveling on top of known for making political a tiny hut. trains. statements in his work, was “It also talks about the Tonatiuh also includes still writing books today, he dangerous journey that mi- metaphors for dehydration, would probably address is- grants go through to reach vigilante groups and orga- sues of social justice. the United States and the nized crime, which are all Luckily, there is a new separation that exists be- issues immigrant workers name emerging from the tween families,” Tonatiuh face as they attempt to trav- world of children’s books said. el through the deserts. who is incorporating issues ELEONOR SEGURA / Daily Titan Tonatiuh, a dual citizen of An estimated 500 mi- such as immigration, de- Separate is Never Equal, the latest book from Duncan Tonatiuh, is a retelling of the legal fight to end the United States and Mexi- grants who die every year segregation and equality segregation in California public schools in the mid-1940s. co, did not write the story are identified by family into his stories. from his personal experi- members, but that number Duncan Tonatiuh, an and the success he has had of the tragic issues facing Pancho is searching for ences. However, the story could be a lot higher if it in- award-winning author and with the stories he chooses migrants. his father, who left to find is relevant to the struggles cluded all those who died illustrator, spoke Tuesday to tell. The story follows a car- work in the “great carrot of many migrants Tonati- without being claimed. afternoon in the Pollak Li- Pancho Rabbit and the toon rabbit named Pancho, and lettuce fields” but never uh knew in Mexico and also brary about his work in Coyote is one of Tonatiuh’s who illegally comes to the returned. those he met while living in writing children’s books, books that deals with many United States from Mexico. Along the way, Pancho the United States. SEE AUTHOR, 3 INSIDE VOTING BEGINS BASEBALL Find out how to vote The Titans use clutch for Associated Students hitting and strong Inc. president and pitching to take down board of directors the visiting Rebels NEWS 2 SPORTS 8 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DAILY_TITAN VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM PAGE 2 MARCH 19, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN NEWS WEDNESDAY Voting open until Thursday night DTBRIEFS Crimea joins HOW TO VOTE Russia amid criticism • Voting booths on campus will be open Russian Presi- until 8 p.m. Thursday dent Vladimir Putin and Crimean leaders signed a bill Tuesday to • For the first time, officially recognize the students are able to Crimean region as part of Russia, according to vote online from an BBC News. off-campus computer The annexation was in response to a ref- erendum on separa- • Online voting will be tion of Crimea from available Wednesday Ukraine. The referen- and Thursday from dum was approved over the weekend. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. both Western leaders de- days clared the referendum illegal and have called • Cast votes for pres- for an emergency G7 and EU meeting next ident and vice presi- week. dent of ASI as well as Olexander Turchy- MARIAH CARRILLO / Daily Titan Board of Directors nov, the interim presi- An Associated Students Inc. elections staff member aids a student voting at an on-campus voting booth Tuesday. Voting opened dent of Ukraine, com- Tuesday and will be open until Thursday at 8 p.m. Booths are available throughout the Cal State Fullerton campus for students, or they representatives pared Russia’s actions can vote online at Vote.Fullerton.edu from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. to Nazi Germany’s takeover of Austria and Russia. Crimea declared it- FOR THE RECORD self a nation Monday It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual Students, faculty will before signing the trea- errors printed in the publication. Corrections ty with Russia. will be published on the subsequent issue present their research - SASHA BELANI after an error is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on the Opinion page will be SYMPOSIUM are required for the keynote Titan Communications, corrected on that page. Corrections will also Continued from PAGE 1 presentation Thursday at 5 and NSM-ICC will be Child porn p.m.