California University

VOLUME 12, NUMBER 12 APRIL 19, 2010

Retired Col.
Patricia J.
McDaniel ’77,
the first
AfricanAmerican
woman to join
the Army ROTC
program at Cal
U, recently
returned to her
alma mater and
participated in
many activities,
including
offering the
keynote
address at the
inaugural
Women’s
History Month
banquet.

Groundbreaker Recalls
ROTC Training

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McDaniel was the keynote
he first African-American
speaker at the inaugural Women’s
woman to join the Army
“I would not be anywhere History Month banquet, and she sat
ROTC program at Cal U was
near where I am today down in the CUTV studio for an
invited back to campus recently to
interview with Dr. David Lonich that
share her story as part of Women of
without Cal U.”
will be archived in a collection in
Accomplishment: An Oral History
— Patricia J. McDaniel ’77 Manderino Library. She also met
Project.
with current ROTC members.
Patricia J. McDaniel ’77, a native
“I was honored to be asked to
of Pittsburgh who now lives in
participate in this project, and I thought it would also be
Austin, Texas, is a retired colonel with more than 31
great to come back,” McDaniel said. “I would not be
years of active and reserve service. She holds three
anywhere near where I am today without Cal U.”
master’s degrees — in business administration, public
McDaniel was commissioned in December 1977 into
administration and strategic studies — and a Juris
the Women’s Army Corps with “permanent detail” to
Doctor degree.
the Military Police Corps. Among her assignments were
The Cal U Women of Accomplishment project is an
platoon leader, company commander and operations
initiative of the Women’s Center and the Teaching with
officer. She was appointed as a judge advocate and held
Primary Sources Center for Oral History. The Office of
positions including defense counsel, senior defense
Women’s Studies is helping with the interview process,
counsel, legal liaison officer and an executive officer in
developing curriculum related to the project and
the Office of the Judge Advocate General.
coordinating student participation.
She was mobilized for a year to serve as chief of the
The goal is “to preserve their legacies, share their
U.S. Army Trial Defense Service, where she supervised
stories and inspire other women to pursue worthy and
more than 300 judge advocates. Today, McDaniel is a
noble goals,” said Nancy Skobel, Women’s Center
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director.

Cal U
Rolls Out
Learning
Management
System

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ver the next few months, the Pennsylvania
State System of Higher Education
(PASSHE) will introduce a new Learning
Management System across all 14 state-owned
universities. At Cal U, that means that students and
faculty no longer will need to learn two different
software platforms in order to access important
class information.
University Technology Services, in
collaboration with Academic Affairs, has to
announced that Desire2Learn will replace
BlackBoard at Cal U, beginning with the summer
session in June. It will take the place of eCollege at
the start of the fall semester.
Becky Nichols, director of Applications and
Academic Support, expects a smooth transition to
the new web-based software.
“Users will notice a slightly different look to the
page, but the concept remains the same,” explained
Nichols. “It will be much easier for everyone when
we have one consistent approach across the entire
campus.”
The change to the Desire2Learn system will
affect every academic offering at Cal U, including
Global Online classes, web-based courses on the
undergraduate and graduate levels, and traditional
face-to-face courses.
UTech Services is creating empty “shells” that
faculty will use to add course content, including
syllabi, due dates for specific assignments, quizzes,
links to outside reading material and so on. An email distribution list for the class will be available
to help students and faculty connect, and
discussion threads will enhance class collaboration.
Some new features with Desire2Learn include
increased customization of the shells, rubrics,
competencies and checklists.
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Pike Run Stocked for Annual Fishing Festival

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California stream will be stocked with
hundreds of trout for the 15th annual Pike
Run Youth Fishing Festival, set for 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday at Rotary Park, off Route 88
(Third Street) in California.
The free event is open to boys and girls age 15
and younger. Participants must bring their own
fishing gear, and an adult must accompany children
under 13.
The Pike Run Fishing Festival Committee,
which for years has provided entertainment and
food for the event, will stock the stream with nearly
800 rainbow, brook and golden trout, some as long
as 21 inches. Young anglers and the public are
encouraged to participate in the stocking of the
stream during the early afternoon on Friday.
In addition, students from a Cal U parks and
recreation class will hold a special fishing session
from 3-7 p.m. Friday as a service-learning project

for physically challenged and special needs children
Registration for the fishing festival begins at 7
a.m. Saturday. The weigh-in will be held when
fishing ends; prizes and trophies will be awarded
immediately. Besides excellent fishing, participants
can look forward to family-friendly games, raffles,
fishing contests and many other activities during
the festival.
“This annual event demonstrates the valuable
contributions of our students make and positive
impact they have on the California Borough and
the surrounding area,” said Dr. John Confer, an
adviser for the festival who directs Cal’s Parks and
Recreation Management program.
“This is the largest and longest-running
California area community recreational activity,
and everyone involved in the event learns about
environmental stewardship.”
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The largest
and longestrunning
California area
community
recreational
activity, the
Pike Run Youth
Fishing
Festival, takes
place for the
15th
consecutive
year this
Saturday at
Rotary Park.

Honors Program Co-hosts ‘Intersections’

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he Cal U Honors Program joined
Robert Morris University as cohosts of the Intersections
Undergraduate Research Conference,
held Friday at RMU’s Sewall Center, in
Moon Township, Pa.
The event highlighted intersections
between various academic disciplines,
research and methodologies.
With the support of a Portz Grant
from the National Collegiate Honors
Council, the conference featured videoconferencing with honors programs at
other institutions, such as Northern
Kentucky University. Selected
presentations were videotaped for an
online archive.
Dr. Andrae Marak, interim director of
Cal U’s Honors Program, said the
conference resulted from a yearlong
collaboration with RMU.
“The purpose was to allow our
students who are ready to take part in
national and regional conferences to have
something that sort of steps in before they
go to these bigger-level conferences, so
they can practice their craft, hone their
skills and get more exposure,” he said.
“We reached out to other area honors
programs, and this was a sub-regional

Dr. Andrae Marak and the Cal U Honors Program collaborated with Robert Morris University
to co-host the Intersections Undergraduate Research Conference. Next spring’s conference
will take place on the Cal U campus.

conference for southwestern
Pennsylvania.”
Cal U will host the Intersections
conference next spring.
Marak emphasized that students play
a major role in this event — and not only
by presenting papers.

“This is not the equivalent of what
happens at these national conferences,
where it’s a bunch of professors putting
them on with the students not playing
much of a role,” he said. “Here the
students play a central role in the whole
process. They even choose which papers

Earth Day Activities Set Thursday

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aculty from the departments of
Biological and Environmental
Sciences, Earth Sciences, Elementary
Education, Art and Design and
Communication Studies are collaborating
with students on a variety of activities to
celebrate the 40th Earth Day on Thursday.
• Noon: composting demonstration and a
sustainable smoothies booth, both outside
Frich Hall
• 1 p.m.: Organic farming lecture, Frich
202
• 2 p.m.: compositing demonstration, wormbox
composting demonstration and sustainable smoothies
booth, all outside Frich Hall
• 2:45 p.m.: 40th birthday cake, outside Vulcan Theatre in
the Natali Student Center
• 3 p.m.: Screening of the movie “No Impact Man” in
Vulcan Theatre by the Cal U Eco Learning Community
(raffle and door prizes afterward)
• 5 p.m.: On-campus sustainability campout outside Frich

Hall and Leave No Trace
demonstrations by Venture Outdoors.
Registration is required
• 6 p.m.: Earth Day graffiti mural
painting at Jozart Studios, California,
Pa.
• 8 p.m.: On-campus campout
continues with acoustic blues band
In addition to these events, displays
related to Earth Day will be set up
throughout the Frich Hall lobby and
outside along the sidewalk.
Members of the student chapter of The Wildlife Society
will travel to The Wilds, a nonprofit conservation center in
Ohio, on Saturday to plant trees and restore the habitat for
free-ranging endangered species.
Students from local school districts may visit campus
for Earth Day activities, as well.
For more information, contact Dr. Carol Bocetti at
bocetti@calu.edu or 724-938-5967, or Dr. John Confer, at
724-938-4211 or confer@calu.edu.

are used and then published afterwards.
In that respect, it’s a significant
advantage over the bigger conferences.”
More than 40 papers were
presented, and Cal U students
contributed the greatest number.
Presenters included Jade Berkley,
Jeanne DiNovis, Becca Geiger, Louis
Hartz, Desiree Helterbran, Seamus
Hutchens, Berajah Jayne, Amy
Johnson, Anne Komacek, John Locke,
Priscilla Lupo, Andrew Marra, Emily
Martik, Vic Masciarelli, Chad Morrow,
Eric Peccon, Justin Piper, Bridget
Rogan, and Jennifer Wherry.
Dr. M.G. Aune, of the English
Department, chaired a panel that
focused on A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
the subject of an honors course at
Cal U.
“Dr. Aune and other teachers
focused on students producing original
work and research in the honors classes
we offer,” Marak said. “From there they
took their work and shared it. A great
deal of what was presented came right
from our curriculum.”
Several students not enrolled in the
Honors Program also presented, based
on faculty recommendations.

Pike Run Festival
Marks 15 Years

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Confer also praised fellow Cal U faculty
member Dr. Harrison Pinckney for leading
Friday’s fishing session.
Festival co-sponsors include the Student
Activities Board, the Department of Earth
Sciences, and the Parks and Recreation
program at California University, as well as
the Cal U Eco Learning Community in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission, California Rotary Club,
Borough of California and the California
Borough Recreation Authority.
For more information, contact Confer at
724-938-4211 or confer@calu.edu, or Zane
Reinard, Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival
program chair, at 814-573-1699 or
rei4825@calu.edu. Interested participants can
also visit the Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival
website at http://workforce.calu.edu/
confer/Projects/Pikerunfish.htm.

Parks and Recreation Program Wins Statewide Award

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al U’s Parks and Recreation
Management program and its
Parks and Recreation Society are
winners of a statewide award from the
Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society
(PRPS).
The program and club received the
collegiate Excellence in Recreation
Programming Award for their work with
the annual Pike Run Youth Fishing
Festival.
The award was presented at the 63rd
annual PRPS conference, held last month

New PASSHE Logo
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education has unveiled a new logo for use on
its printed materials and website.
Shippensburg University student Caitlin
Wilson created the winning design, which was
chosen from among more than 100 entries
submitted by PASSHE students. Inspired by
the sun, the new logo features the outline of
the commonwealth and identifies the
locations of the 14 PASSHE universities.

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at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in
Champion, Pa. Representing Cal U were
Department of Earth Sciences faculty
Drs. Tom Wickham, John Confer and
Harrison Pinckney, along with a number
of Cal students from the Parks and
Recreation Management program.
Founded in 1935, PRPS is the
principal organization promoting quality
recreation and park opportunities for all
Pennsylvania citizens
The popular fishing event started in
1996. Cal U was nominated for the award

by alumna Lisa Black ’98, assistant
recreation director for the Penn-Trafford
Area Recreation Commission. During her
undergraduate days, Black participated in
the first several fishing festivals.
Students Joseph Unger and Jared
Fencil were honored individually at the
PRPS conference.
Unger, a sophomore from Somerset,
and Fencil, a senior from Warrendale,
received the Wayne C. Johnson Memorial
Scholarship. A 1971 Cal U graduate,
Johnson passed away in October 2008. A

Greensburg city councilman and the park
maintenance and development
coordinator for the Westmoreland County
Parks and Recreation Commission, he
received a Distinguished Member Award
from the PRPS in 1994.
Through the generosity of his widow,
Nancy, the scholarship covered expenses
for both Unger and Fencil to attend the
PRPS conference.
“Joseph and Jared are fine students
and excellent recipients for this
scholarship,” Confer said.

Academic Excellence Days This Week

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o showcase the talents of faculty and students, the Faculty Professional Development
Committee will present the fourth annual Academic Excellence Days this Tuesday
and Wednesday. This year’s Academic Excellence theme is “Enriching Professional
Development through Collaboration.”
A variety of activities designed to stimulate academic excellence will take place from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. each day in the Performance Center. Dozens of faculty and student
presentations will take place during the two-day event.
For more information and each day’s schedule, contact the FPDC office at 724-9384505 or e-mail fpdc@calu.edu.

Anthropology Undergrads Present Research

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PASSHE students will incorporate their work and research at the Undergraduate
Anthropology Conference weekend at the Kara Alumni House.

nthropology students from
Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned
universities will share research
results at the annual PASSHE
Undergraduate Anthropology Conference
this weekend at the Kara Alumni House.
The meeting was organized in 1990 to
give anthropology majors an opportunity
to learn how to conduct research and
present their findings at a conference.
Anthropology professor Dr. John Nass
said students present the results of
research based on classroom projects,
independent study and internships. Both
posters and oral presentations are options.
Presentations can be made by
individuals or teams of two or more
students. Juniors and seniors are strongly
encouraged to present either a research
paper or a research poster at the
conference.
The event prepares students to present
their work at other conferences or annual
meetings, such as the Mid-Atlantic

Archaeology Conference, the Eastern
States Archaeology Federation annual
meeting, and the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists.
At the conclusion of the PASSHE
conference, attending faculty meet to select
next year’s host. Cal U last hosted the
event four years ago.
“Hosting the event is a major
investment of student and faculty time,”
said Nass, the faculty adviser to Cal U’s
Anthropology Club. “Students are
responsible for organizing the program,
chairing the different sessions, deciding on
menus for the attendees and providing
entertainment.”
Faculty members help to arrange
financing and obtain a guest lecturer for
the conference.
Information about this year’s conference can
be found on the department and program
websites at www.calu.edu. For more
information, send e-mail to Nass at
nass@calu.edu.

Game Features Alumni, New Players

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al U’s football team will conclude
its spring drills Saturday by
hosting the Black & Red Spring
Game at Adamson Stadium’s HepnerBailey Field.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Pirates
and Washington Financial, the game will
begin at 1 p.m.
As part of the partnership, Pirates’
President Frank Coonelly will serve as the
honorary coach at the Spring Game.
Before the game, the Vulcans will
recognize Hall of Fame players Elmo
Natali ’53 and Sam Mannery ’92 with an
on-the-field ceremony.
At halftime, Cal U will introduce its
new players for the 2010 season and
announce the recipient of the DeMichela
Award for leadership, spirit and hustle in
spring practice.
This award is named after alumnus
Michael DeMichela ’76, an all-conference
tight end who was the driving force
behind the alumni game event that was
contested for 30 years from 1979-2008.

After the game, spectators will be
allowed to go onto the field for a
photograph and autograph session with
the players.
The traditional Spring Game
“smoker” will be held after the game at
Lagerheads in Coal Center at 5 p.m.
“With the NCAA interpretation last
year eliminating (alumni participation in)
the traditional alumni spring game, we
tried to refocus and make this an event
equal to that of the traditional game,”
said Cal U ninth-year head coach John
Luckhardt.
“With the Pirates and Washington
Financial co-hosting the game, and Cal U
recognizing two former greats, we feel
this will bring attention to the game and
make it an interesting event and a
preview of the 2010 season,” Luckhardt
added.
Natali, who retired in 1991 as Cal U’s
vice president for student development
and services, was the first player in school
history to rush for more than 1,000 yards.

The only Cal football player to be selected
in the NFL draft, he was a 10th-round
pick by Cleveland in 1953. The renovated
Student Center was renamed in his honor
in 1992.
Mannery was a four-year starting
quarterback for the Vulcans from 19871990. A 1988 All-American and the 1990
PSAC-West and ECAC Player of the
Year, Mannery finished his career with
9,125 yards of total offense, which at the
time was the second-highest total in
NCAA Division II history. He still owns
the school career records for total offense
and passing yards (8,680).
The Vulcans, three-time defending
NCAA Division II Regional champions,
open the 2010 season at Saginaw Valley
State (Mich.) on Sept. 4. Over the past
three years, Cal U has compiled a 36-7
cumulative record with 20 consecutive
divisional victories.
For more information on the April 24 Cal
U football festivities, call Leslie Fleenor in
Alumni Relations at 724-938-4418.

Groundbreaker Recalls
ROTC Training

University
Technology
Services, in
collaboration
with
Academic
Affairs, is
pleased to
announce
that
Desire2Learn
will replace
BlackBoard
at Cal U,
beginning
with the
summer
session in
June.

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Learning System to Be Launched
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Support for Desire2Learn will be available
around the clock for all users.
“Desire2Learn is a very good system,”
said Dr. John Cencich, interim dean of the
School of Graduate Studies and Research
and the academic affairs representative for
the new technology initiative. “Our goal is to
smooth out the transition between the old
and the new platforms, and minimize any

Elmo Natali ‘53 will be honored
during this Saturday’s Black and Red
Spring Football Game.

bumps along the way.”
There’s an added benefit to the switch,
Cencich said. Since all schools in the PASSHE
system will utilize Desire2Learn, there will be
an increased opportunity for more
collaboration between faculty at the 14 stateowned universities.
Training sessions will be offered through
the Faculty Professional Development Center.
Registration information and dates and times
of training will be announced by e-mail.

procurement attorney with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“I found something — I found my own voice,” McDaniel said about
her experience in the ROTC program at Cal U. “Women were held back
in so many ways at that time. But cadets were equal. They treated us all
the same. We all had to run together.
“Everyone knew the Army wanted equal training for women, and
that’s what we got. It was my first opportunity of being treated as a full
citizen.”
“I think we take for granted the path of the women who came
before us,” Skobel said. “She eloquently told the history of women
while intertwining her personal and professional story regarding the
successes and obstacles that she endured.”
Said Dr. Michael Brna, who directs the Library of Congress
Teaching with Primary Sources program at Cal U: “Without studying
these archived perspectives, future generations of women at Cal U may
not fully comprehend the path others have laid for them or how
California University can positively impact their lives.”
“It was an honor to have Col. McDaniel back on campus,” said
Robert Prah, the director of the Office of Veterans Affairs at Cal U.
“She has set the bar high (for our cadets).”
Reflecting on her time at Cal U and the early years of her career,
McDaniel said, “It was such a time of radical change. I didn’t have that
many expectations.
“Today, women have so many opportunities.”

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THE CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY FORUM
March 16, 2010 / 4:00 p.m., LRC Auditorium
MINUTES

Recording Secretary

The California University Forum
met in regular session Tuesday,
March 16, 2010, in the LRC
Auditorium. Presiding Officer
Hoover called the meeting order
at 4:08 p.m.
The following senators were in
attendance:
Ms. Jessica Bettilyon
Dr. Jane Bonari
Ms. Angela Burrows
Mrs. Roberta Busha
Dr. Leonard Colelli
Ms. Jenna Dunmire
Ms. Sharon Elkettani
Ms. Fran Fayish
Dr. Kevin Koury
Dr. Tom Mueller
Dr. John Nass
Ms. Rebecca Nichols
Dr. Nancy Pinardi
Dr. Kimberly Woznack
The following were also in
attendance:
Mr. Douglas Hoover,
Presiding Officer
Mr. Loring Prest,
Parliamentarian
Mrs. Dana Turcic,

The following senators were
absent:
Dr. Lenora Angelone
Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr.
Ms. Ashley Baird
Ms. Brittany Balaz
Mr. Rick Bertagnolli
Dr. Bill Biddington
Mr. Richard Bolinger
Ms. Jackie Davis
Ms. Kay Dorrance
Ms. Rachel Fletcher
Dr. Joyce Hanley
Mr. Thomas Hasbrouck
Ms. Geraldine Jones
Mr. Keith Kappel
Mr. Josh Mrosko
Ms. Ashley Munoz-Briggs
Dr. Susan Ryan
Mr. Gary Seelye
Mr. Paul Sible
Mrs. Jenifer Sigado
Dr. Michael Slaven
Dr. Linda Toth
Dr. Tom Wickham
Dr. Brian Wood
Due to the lack of a quorum of
Forum senators, Presiding
Officer Hoover adjourned the
meeting at 4:10 p.m.

April 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m/LRC Auditorium
TENTATIVE AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
IV. MINUTES OF MARCH 16, 2010

(Approved by e-mail ballot – refer to Forum website or Public Folders
in Outlook)

V. MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

(Informational Only – Minutes of April 6, 2010)

VI. PRESIDING OFFICER’S REPORT

A. Miscellaneous Information
Forum meeting dates 2010/2011:
September 7, 2010
December 7, 2010
March 15, 2011
October 5, 2010
January 25, 2011
April 19, 2011
November 2, 2010
February 15, 2011
B. Notice of Executive Committee Meeting: August 31, 2010 –
University Community Welcome

MOTION: That the Forum extends its gratitude to the students who
served on the Forum — Ashley Baird, Brittany Balaz, Jessica Bettilyon,
Richard Bolinger, Jackie Davis, Kay Dorrance, Jenna Dunmire, Rachel
Fletcher, Ashley Munoz-Briggs and Bryan Tolle — whose service to the
Forum will end with this meeting.

IX. NEW BUSINESS

X. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next FORUM Meeting September 7, 2010

XI. ADJOURNMENT

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ap star KRS-ONE will share his views on “Media, Film, Scholarship and the
Global Impact of Hip-hop” during Cal U’s fifth annual Hip-hop Conference.
The weeklong event, today through Friday, features panel discussions, a student
debate and the annual “4 Elements of Hip-Hop Tribute” at Jozart Studios in California
Borough.
The conference is sponsored by the Student Activities Board, the Black Student Union,
the Frederick Douglass Institute, the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the
Office of Social Equity, the History Club, the Women’s Studies program, and the deans of
the colleges of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Services, and the Eberly College of
Science and Technology.

2010 Hip-hop Conference
Schedule and Speakers
April 19
6-7 p.m., Vulcan Theatre, inside the Natali
Student Center
First viewing, award-winning PBS
documentary New Muslim Cool, starring
Puerto Rican-American Muslim hip-hop
performer Hamza Pérez.
April 20
11 a.m., Duda Hall, Room 103
Presentation, “Bling-Bling: Financial
Swagger vs. Conspicuous Consumption in
the Hip-hop Generation,” by Brian Willis,
financial planner and author of Help I’m
Drowning in Debt.
April 21
6 p.m., Eberly Hall, Room 225
Panel presentation, “The Alchemy of
Hip-hop Aesthetics, Television and
Pedagogy: Classroom Implementation of
‘The Boondocks’ and ‘Chapelle’s Show’ to
Explore Racial Discourse,” with moderator
Dr. Harrison Pinckney and panelists Dr.
Derrick McKisick, Dr. William Boone, Brett
Wilkinson and Cliff Coates.

THE CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY FORUM

VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS
VIII. INTERPELLATION

Week of Activities
Highlights Fifth Annual
Hip-hop Conference

April 22
11 a.m., Duda Hall, Room 103
Student debate, “Is Hip-hop Dying?,”
Cal U vs. Tidewater Community College,
with students Aquene Zechneider, Robert
Martin, Ronald Taylor Jr. and Seth
O’Brien.
2 p.m., Duda Hall, Room 211
Presentation, “MLK vs Jay-Z: Rhetorical
Thoughts, Strategies, & Rhythms of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Hip-hop Music,“
by the Rev. Earle J. Fisher, instructor of
religion at Lemoyne-Owen College.
5 p.m., Jozart Studios,
333 Second St., California
4 Elements of Hip-hop Tribute, hip-hop
performance featuring Invincible, a
Detroit-based hip-hop artist and activist.
Panel, “Life on the Underground,” with
moderator Brett Wilkinson and panelists
Invincible, Vic Stith, Cliff Coates and Gene
Stoval.
The art of hip-hop DJing, by DJ Aura.
Breakdancing performances, starring
“Dr. Edmonds’ B-Boys.”

KRS-ONE

Freestyle battle, by Cal U students.
Graffiti art presentation, by Cal U art
students.
April 23
1 p.m., Residence Hall D,
multipurpose room
Presentation, “Young, Gifted and
Black: The Hip-hop Generation and
Academic Success,” by Dr. David Canton,
associate professor of history at
Connecticut College.
2-3 p.m., Vulcan Theater
Viewing, New Muslim Cool, featuring
Hamza Pérez.
3-4 p.m., Vulcan Theater
Discussion with Hamza Pérez, with
moderators Dr. Derrick McKisick and
Jennifer Dawson.
6 p.m., Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre
Keynote panel, “Media, Film,
Scholarship and the Global Impact of Hiphop,” with rapper KRS-ONE (a.k.a. Krist
Parker), hip-hop pioneer and community
activist Claude “Paradise” Gray, journalist
Jeff Chang, and filmmaker Maori Karmael
Holmes.

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