Communiqué May 2007 - College of Communications
Communiqué May 2007 - College of Communications
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STUDENT<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Communiqué</strong><br />
ETC Mixer<br />
Pam Caldwell at Poetry Slam<br />
Alumni Luncheon<br />
Coordinators<br />
Advertising Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Chris Medina<br />
Student Photo Exhibit<br />
Police Chief<br />
Christine Murray<br />
Poetry Slam Committee in the TSU Pub<br />
Comm Week Task Force<br />
Alumni Luncheon Grant Anderson<br />
“Chicanos/Latinos in Media” Panel<br />
Film Director Donald Petrie<br />
Poetry Slam Judges<br />
Alumni Luncheon<br />
Laura Gaghan<br />
Tuffy<br />
Comm Week Welcome Desk<br />
OC e-BIZ Conference<br />
Reality TV Panel<br />
Reality Star Johnny Bananas<br />
Titan <strong>Communications</strong> with Stephen Cannell
AWARDS WARDS SEASON SEASON<br />
IN FULL FULL<br />
BLOOM BLOOM<br />
What better way to end the spring <strong>2007</strong> semester than with awards!<br />
The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> topped <strong>of</strong>f this year with a slew <strong>of</strong><br />
prestigious honors coming from various department concentrations.<br />
The Daily Titan's advertising student staff attended the CNBAM (<strong>College</strong><br />
Newspaper Business Advertising Managers) conference in Portland<br />
picking up six awards. Additionally, The Daily Titan’s own Keith Hansen<br />
and Dan Beam won three <strong>2007</strong> ADDYS from the Orange County Ad<br />
Club. The Daily Titan was ultimately the #2 paper in the nation behind<br />
the University <strong>of</strong> Kansas.<br />
Tusk magazine received best collegiate design and best overall college<br />
magazine by the WPA (Western Publications Association).<br />
Peter Martinez with Peggy Bockman and<br />
Dean Pullen at the Mark <strong>of</strong> Excellence<br />
Awards Luncheon.<br />
CNBAM Student Award Recipients (From Left to Right):<br />
Emily Alford, Grant Paulis, Beth Stirnaman, Dan Beam,<br />
Stephanie Birditt, Keith Hansen, Sarah Oak, Kevin<br />
Frederickson, and Kathleen Cisneros.<br />
Tusk writing was also honored in the national Hearst competition and by the<br />
SPJ (Society <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Journalists). The SPJ held its annual <strong>2007</strong> Mark <strong>of</strong><br />
Excellence luncheon on <strong>May</strong> 5 during Comm Week where Peter Martinez also<br />
accepted FIRST PLACE on behalf <strong>of</strong> “On the Edge,” a student produced news<br />
magazine show that won first in the TV Newscast category, beating out USC’s<br />
“Annenberg TV News.”<br />
Public relations students Scott Cobett, Kristine Smeets and Pei Pei Chu (along<br />
with adviser/pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dean Kazoleas) will compete for the national title in<br />
the PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society <strong>of</strong> America) National Bateman PR<br />
Campaign Competition from <strong>May</strong> 17-20. Students will go up against teams<br />
from the University <strong>of</strong> Georgia and Elon University, all <strong>of</strong> whom beat out 125<br />
other teams across the nation to be in the top three.<br />
The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> debate team also finished one <strong>of</strong> its most successful seasons competing in the CEDA and the<br />
National Debate Tournament. At the CEDA tournament, Brenda Montes and Luis Magallon finished as the 4th and 7th<br />
speakers in a field <strong>of</strong> over 300. Fullerton was the only school with two speakers in the Top 7. Also competing at CEDA were<br />
Fullerton students Josh Pang and Parija Patel, both seniors, as well as Pooja Chopra, Brett Beeler and Caitlin Gray. The<br />
squad is coached by Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Toni Nielson and Jon Bruschke.<br />
Although the AAF Team didn’t win the regional, it finished 4th among ten campus teams from Southern California. The<br />
competition was tough, and the voting by judges was very tight among the top four teams.<br />
And last, but not certainly least, film students Marie Sanyas, Brett Meyer, Fahmi Farahat, Michel Makins, Michael<br />
Castaneda, Andy Chinn, Sean Nietschmann, Neil Sakatani, and Becky Baumgartner (see article on page 3) showcased<br />
their short films at the Newport Beach Festival that were held in April.<br />
FUTURE UTURE TITANS TITANS!<br />
! SIXTH SIXTH<br />
GRADERS GRADERS<br />
VISIT VISIT<br />
THE HE DAILY DAILY<br />
TITAN TITAN<br />
What do you call fifty, sixth graders dressed in matching CSUF shirts and packed in The Daily Titan <strong>of</strong>fice? Kids to<br />
<strong>College</strong> Day, <strong>of</strong> course! The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> welcomed a local middle school as part <strong>of</strong> an outreach<br />
program aimed at providing potential Titans an opportunity to engage in hands on newspaper activities. Students and<br />
Daily Titan staff members Emily Alford, Dan Beam, Sarah Oak, Beth Stirnaman, Rose Anne De Ramos, Clarisa Ailin<br />
Buigues, and Kathleen Cisneros participated in various activities with students that included making mock ads.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sage and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lee also help facilitate activities.
Heart <strong>of</strong> a Soul Surfer is currently<br />
being shown at various film festivals.<br />
For more information, please visit:<br />
www.myspace.com/<br />
heart<strong>of</strong>asoulsurfer<br />
The Power <strong>of</strong> Hope, Faith, & Film<br />
Sometimes the forces <strong>of</strong> fate are as unpredictable as the vast ocean itself. When<br />
teenager Bethany Hamilton lost her arm in a freak shark attack, it seemed her<br />
dreams <strong>of</strong> becoming a pro surfer were lost. Through her determination, hope, and<br />
faith, Hamilton has become an inspirational symbol <strong>of</strong> hope and is also the subject<br />
<strong>of</strong> CSUF alumna BECKY BAUMGARTNER<br />
AUMGARTNER new short documentary Heart <strong>of</strong> a Soul Surfer.<br />
ECKY B<br />
“As a fellow surfer and friend <strong>of</strong> hers, I felt compelled to<br />
share her perspective through this documentary,” says<br />
director/producer Baumgartner who spent the last two<br />
years working on the project.<br />
She got the idea <strong>of</strong> chronicling Hamilton’s road to recovery<br />
while enrolled in RTVF 427 - DOCUMENTARY<br />
DOCUMENTARY<br />
PRODUCTION PRODUCTION<br />
with<br />
PROFESSOR ROFESSOR WARD WARD.<br />
The course provided her the training to<br />
pursue the project further where she says, “I learned a lot as<br />
I went and it was a refreshing experience that gave me a<br />
good idea <strong>of</strong> how things work as a filmmaker.”<br />
“The documentary definitely had its challenges,” explains<br />
Baumgartner. Getting rights to footage and licensed music<br />
were all part <strong>of</strong> the careful production although<br />
Baumgartner cites Hamilton as her most important source <strong>of</strong><br />
inspiration who “challenges her everyday.”<br />
Heart <strong>of</strong> a Soul Surfer had its Orange County premiere at the NEWPORT EWPORT BEACH BEACH<br />
FILM<br />
FESTIVAL FESTIVAL<br />
featured in both the Action<br />
Sports Shorts and Teen, Tween Short categories. Bethany Hamilton’s brother, Noah, was also at hand where he watched<br />
the short documentary for the first time in a theater setting.<br />
“It’s so much stronger on the big screen. It was so clean and well done. It’s hard to make something only 30 minutes, but<br />
[Baumgartner] put it together really well ,” says Noah Hamilton who learned a lot during production as well. His sister’s<br />
story is something he believes should be “given away” to audiences enhanced by the film’s ability “to bring out good<br />
emotions while also being entertained.”<br />
The film received a positive reception during the Action Sports Shorts screening where the audience eagerly clapped<br />
during the end credits. “It’s such a rewarding experience when people come up to and say that the film really changed<br />
their life,” says Baumgartner who, after the screening, engaged in a Q&A session with the audience. Hamilton’s story, she<br />
explains, shows that “there is always something more [after a tragedy, like Hamilton’s] that can be true for all <strong>of</strong> us if were<br />
open to it.”<br />
“I hope the audiences come away from the film with the hope and courage that will change their life for the better. I think<br />
that whatever it is that they are going through in their own lives, they will walk away encouraged, inspired to press on, or<br />
be challenged to take steps <strong>of</strong> faith…” adds Baumgartner.<br />
Currently, Baumgartner is in pre-development for Bethany Hamilton's feature film where she will serve as a producer.<br />
STUDENTS TUDENTS VISIT VISIT<br />
MUSEUM MUSEUM<br />
OF TOLERANCE TOLERANCE<br />
Students from HCOMM 492T (Leadership - Toxic,<br />
Innocuous, & Intoxicating Leaders) class visited the<br />
Museum <strong>of</strong> Tolerance in Los Angeles and went out to<br />
dinner afterward to discuss the tour. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Irene<br />
Matz teaches this upper division, graduate course<br />
that covers issues <strong>of</strong> leadership, toxic and intoxicating<br />
leaders, gender leadership, bullies in the workplace,<br />
emotional intelligence, and ethics.
http://communications.fullerton.edu<br />
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AWARD-WINNING<br />
AWARD WINNING TUSK<br />
MAGAZINE MAGAZINE.<br />
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EDITOR DITOR IN CHIEF CHIEF:<br />
: KIM<br />
ORR<br />
EDITORIAL DITORIAL ADVISER ADVISER:<br />
: JEFFREY JEFFREY<br />
BRODY BRODY<br />
WEBSITE EBSITE: : TUSKMAGAZINE<br />
TUSKMAGAZINE.FULLERTON<br />
FULLERTON.EDU EDU<br />
NEW EW STUDENT STUDENT<br />
LEADERS LEADERS<br />
ANNOUNCED ANNOUNCED<br />
Say hello to the new <strong>2007</strong>-2008 Executive Committee<br />
Board for SOAR-CICC. Congratulations to (picture, from left<br />
to right) AMANDA MANDA RUIZ RUIZ<br />
(Director <strong>of</strong> Administration), PETER ETER<br />
MARTINEZ ARTINEZ (Chair), and JASON ASON CHAU CHAU<br />
(Vice-Chair) as the new<br />
student leaders in the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> club council.<br />
SOAR-ICC provides funding for student clubs and<br />
organizations to enhance the learning experience outside <strong>of</strong><br />
the classroom. Additionally, SOAR promotes collaboration<br />
among all communications student groups by facilitating an<br />
idea exchange and working together on college-wide<br />
projects that benefit all students. For more information,<br />
please visit: http://commstudents.fullerton.edu/soar/<br />
ACTOR CTOR GOES GOES<br />
BACK BACK<br />
TO SCHOOL SCHOOL<br />
Although Kevin Costner is a<br />
big-time movie star, he has not<br />
forgotten his CSUF roots. In a<br />
rare appearance by the actor, a<br />
packed PA Theatre crowd<br />
participated in a informal talk where Costner covered<br />
everything from his entertainment career and his own personal<br />
journey to stardom. Selected students from <strong>Communications</strong>,<br />
Radio/TV/Film, and Business (where Costner received his BA)<br />
departments were invited to this exclusive event.<br />
Some fortunate guests were also treated to a free,<br />
advanced screening <strong>of</strong> Costner’s new film Mr. Brooks held in the<br />
Titan Theatre. The film is quite a departure for the actor where<br />
he plays a loving family man with a dark side in this new<br />
psychological thriller that comes out in June <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
<strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong><br />
Dean - Rick Pullen, rpullen@fullerton.edu<br />
Associate Dean - Fred Zandpour, fzandpour@fullerton.edu<br />
Assistant Dean - Peggy Garcia Bockman, pbockman@fullerton.edu<br />
Chair, Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Communications</strong> - Anthony Fellow, afellow@fullerton.edu<br />
Chair, Department <strong>of</strong> Radio-TV-Film - Ed Fink, efink@fullerton.edu<br />
Chair, Department <strong>of</strong> Human Communication Studies - Kurt Kitselman, kkitselman@fullerton.edu<br />
Newsletter Editor - Karen Alonzo, karenalonzo@csu.fullerton.edu