On Egypt's revolution: courtesy of Dr. Dahab

The following is courtesy of Comparative World Literature faculty member Dr. F. Elizabeth Dahab:

Luckily, there are moments of infinite beauty in a Revolution stemming from the People. Here is one (video) of those moments, led by a five-year old!



This young boy is chanting at least 15 slogans. At one point he stumbles and looks at the sign in his hand. Someone besides him humors him: "Are you cheating or what"?

Here are some of the slogans he chants (I [Dr. Dahab] translated them into English below):

-Hosni Mobarak, Suzanne Mobarak, Ahmed Shafik, Omar Soleiman : Null and Void
-Where are the journalists. Here are the Thousands
-Resistance until the regime steps down
-Take heart our country; freedom is being born
-The People demand the fall of the regime
-Step down step down Hosni Mobarak
-Revolution till victory
-We are all one hand; we are all together
-Egypt, here are your children; for you we have worried so
-Revolution on all the streets of Egypt
-Neither Shafik nor Soleiman [newly appointed prime Minister and vice-president];they are American collaborators
-Wake up, Mobarak. Today is your last day
-The people want to condemn the president
-The people demand the fall of the regime
-Until the regime falls down
-Mother Egypt, we are not tired: Liberty takes time

The B-Word Project: ‘Defiant Gardens’ in Wartime

Banned, Blacklisted and Boycotted: Censorship and the Response to It (The B-Word Project) is the first campus-wide initiative at CSULB, led by the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, to focus attention on one broad topic through innovative collaborations with professors, departments, organizations, and off-campus entities. It will stimulate wide-ranging discussions and activities that examine what happens when a voice—whether in artistic endeavors, journalism, scientific research or other areas—is stifled through governmental, commercial, or social restraints.

The B-Word Project activities include significant participation by the performing artists known as the NEA 4 (Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, and Karen Finley); a talk by former NEA chair Bill Ivey; many new course offerings; a reconstructed dance piece by Bill T. Jones performed by CSULB students; creation of new digital music by students under the guidance of Negativland and Girl Talk; a major visual art exhibit on the Peace Press; a substantial look at newly-restored censored murals by David Alfaro Siqueiros; a film series on the effects of the Hollywood Blacklist and FCC Decency/Obscenity Rules; a visiting artist series focusing on visual artists with informal meetings and lectures; a residency by Sweet Honey in the Rock with performances and workshops on the music of American slaves; a project on Japanese internment camps of WWII and the inmates’ creation of gardens as a response; among other events.

The CLASsiC Blog will cover all future events as part of the B-List Series. The first event held as part of the B-Word Project will be held on February 25 by the CSULB Japanese Garden.

CLA's new Master's in Applied Sociology Program

The Department of Sociology at CSULB is pleased to announce our new Master's Degree Program in Applied Sociology. Applications are still being accepted for the 2011/2012 Academic Year!

• Have a passion for social justice?

• Interested in honing your skills in solution-driven community-based research?

• Want to work with community organizations in order to understand, evaluate, and solve social problems?

The primary aim of the Applied Sociology MA Program is to prepare graduates for positions in a variety of community organizations that require research-based decision-making. The program will stress the development of social research skills, including quantitative and qualitative data gathering, analysis, and presentation.

For more info please visit our website: www.csulb.edu/sociology or email Dr. Gary Hytrek at ghytrek@csulb.edu.

Run for student government and be a COLA Senator!

Interested in making a difference in your life and the lives of thousands of CSULB students? Want to make an impact in the College of Liberal Arts by representing the Liberal Arts student body in the AS Senate? Then run for ASI Student Government! Filing for elections has already begun. The deadline to file is Friday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. For information on positions, procedures and important dates, click here.

Every year, the College of Liberal Arts student body elects two students to serve as the senators for the AS Senate. All CLA majors are encouraged to apply. Our senators have gone on to great positions, including ASI President, CLASC President, ASI Treasurer, and CSSA President.

You can get an application from the AS Government Office in USU 311, starting February 7 through February 18. Because the form must be completed on triplicate paper and signed, the application is not available online. Online elections are from March 21-24, 2011.

To learn more about being as AS Senator for the College of Liberal Arts, find it all after the jump.

SPJ's 1st Meeting & Campus Media Panel

A message from the CLASC Organization, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ):


Hello everyone! We have been working really hard to try to make our agenda as fun and beneficial as possible for everyone and with this we bring you our first meeting of the spring semester FEBRUARY 15, 2011 at 6 p.m. in SSPA-029C.


Join us for an evening full of information on how to get involved on campus media organizations! We will have six wonderful and talented media organization leaders who will inform you and answer your questions on how to get involved!

Find out who's on the Campus Media Panel after the jump!