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Spring SemesterSpring Break 1Jack Brown 2Club Highlight 2The Elixir of Love 3Health and Wellness 3Games 4Event Calendar 4

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Spring Break

March 2009

5 Ideas for the Frugal College Student

Spring Break! Spring Break! Spring Break! Spring Break!

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places to visit. San Diego offers every-thing from family oriented attractions(like Balboa Park and the San DiegoZoo) to night life and bars. San Diego’sshort distance from Tijuana, Mexicomakes a side trip quick and easy. SpringBreak in San Diego is a win win situa-tion. If all else fails, you can just hangout at some of the most beautiful beachesin the world.

3.) The Lab

: If you are tired of visitingthe same outlets and stores in Cabazon or Ontario, The Lab offers a refreshing andinnovative take on retail. Located inCosta Mesa, The Lab is a self-described“anti-mall,” built around uniqueness thatnearly has a culture of its own. It pro-vides guests with places to eat and relaxlike Restaurant Habana (a Cuban themedrestaurant) or the bohemian style GypsyDen Café and Reading Room whichserves health oriented food and organiccoffee. The Lab also houses hip bou-tiques like Urban Outfitters and BuffaloExchange, which serves as a glorifiedthrift store where customers can tradeclothes and jewelry with other customerson the spot. Directions are available ontheir websitethelab.com.

4.) The Houseof Blues

:House of Blues(HOB) venuesare located inSan Diego,Anaheim, andWest Holly-wood. There aretypically one or two perform-ances a night by popular artistsand bands.Jimmy Eat World, for example, will be performing with No Knife at HOB inWest Hollywood March 5

and Adelewill be with The Script at HOB in SanDiego March 9

. Ticket prices differ witheach performer, but are generally within$10 to $40. Check outHOB.comfor other shows during the break.

5.) Lake Havasu City

:Lake Havasu City is one of the mostaffordable Spring Break vacation loca-tions. Rental boats, jet skis, kayaks andmore are available, but it is no difficulttask to find ways to have fun withoutthem. Simply spending the day hangingout along the crowded lake is a fun wayto meet other college age Spring Breakersand enjoy the wild atmosphere.

LakeHavasu has such a reputation for rowdycollege aged festivity during March andApril that

Entertainment Television

andthe

Travel Channel

ranked it 5

best inthe world. If you do happen to own or rent a boat be sure to check out the SandBar, where the party is often the rowdiest.

Article by Matt Brooks

March 9th - 13th marks one of the most anticipated vacation times inany college student’s life; Spring Break!However, with the failing economy andthe rise in gas prices, what is a collegestudent surviving on financial aid andminimum wage supposed to do for fun?Here are 5 local and inexpensiveideas that will stay in your memory andout of your wallet.

1.) Whale Watching at Dana Point:

Have a “whale” of a time whale watch-ing at Dana Point where each spring pods of Grey Whales, Humpback Whales, and sometimes even Killer Whales can be spotted as they migratefrom cooler oceans in Alaska to thewarmer waters of Mexico. Dana Pointalso holds the Dana Point Festival of Whales, which is one of the biggestwhale watching festivals in Californiaattracting around 100,000 people a year.The festival is free and whales watchingtours are only a short distance away somoney is not a big issue.

2.) San Diego

:San Diego isthe epitome of SouthernCalifornia’sSpring Break atmosphere,where there areso many possi- bilities and fun

“The Advisor” is now ac-cepting applications forthe 2009-2010 school year

:Staff WritersPhotographersEditorsand Designers

Join the team and help take “The Advisor” studentnewsletter to the next level! Applications available in the Student Life officelocated next to the cafeteria. For more info just visitthe office or call (909)389-3410

CLUB HIGHLIGHT: PHI BETA LAMBDA

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visits from multiple guest speakers to helpeducate members on various business relatedtopics and has been active in supportingKiwanis Club and Rotary Club events aswell as NASCAR events held in Fontana.If you are considering a future in busi-ness PBL can get you going in the right di-rection. As O’Toole said, “[PBL is a] verywell-run and focused organization,” so if youare interested, visit one of their meetingsheld on Wednesdays at 4:30 pm in the Craf-ton Center or contact one of the officers for more information on how to join. To be eli-gible for membership you need at least a 2.0GPA.

President

: Via Aquino

Executive Vice President

: Arcadio Torres

Co-Vice President of Scheduling andEvents

: Kristina Raza and Jilian Smith

Co-Vice President of Communications

:Joshua De La Cruz and Michelle Stebbings

Vice President of Finance

: Chandice Mall

Faculty Adviser

: Bob O'Toole

Article by Matt Brooks

Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a club thathelps Crafton students (interested in pursuingcareers in business) develop their skills as business leaders, establish connections withother future business leaders, and providethem with valuable experience in manage-ment. PBL began at Crafton Hills in 2005, but did not really pick up steam until a year later when Arcadio Torres, now the club’sExecutive Vice President, and other moti-vated business hopefuls joined on and got the ball rolling.The club’s Faculty Advisor, RobertO’Toole, had great things to say about PBLand its members, commenting that “They arethe future leaders of business and the com-munity; and as such, the future of our coun-try and of our community is in very goodhands!” So far this year the club has had

Jack Brown (CEO) Visits CHC

PBL members strike a pose after their weekly meeting. Photo by Aaron Hendersen

Performing Arts Center.At the start of the presentation, Brown had asimple request: “Don’t take notes.” That requestshaped the entire presentation, which played outinto a slightly informal talk that covered a widerange of topics, ranging from personal anecdotesto his current business philosophy at Stater Bros.Life was difficult for a young Brown,whose mother had tuberculosis. Brown recalledhow his dad would bring him to the hospital onSaturdays to see her, but he was only allowed toview her through glass.“For a year, she couldn’t hug or touch me,”Brown said. Six years later, after she recuperated,his father passed away. Brown described howhard his mom worked to support her family. She became the most important part of his life.“I talk about my mom a lot because mywork ethic is from watching her,” Brown said.“When I had my own children, I wondered howshe did what she did.” Watching his mom work sohard to make ends meet, he decided at the age of 13 to work for a grocer and became the box boy.This gave him experience in the industry. Despitethe difficult circumstances in his early life, Browndid not deter from his dreams.Brown worked his way up in the grocery business, working at various companies, includingtaking risks and moving to work in grocery chainsin Indiana and Nebraska.“I took risks in my career, but if you have agood education, you can work through it most of the time,” he said. “It will work out okay.”In 1981, Brown joined Stater Bros. Mar-kets, a local chain, as president and CEO. Salestook off. Today, Stater Bros. is the largest pri-vately owned Supermarket Chain in SouthernCalifornia, with annual sales in 2007 of $3.7 bil-lion. Stater Bros. is also the largest employer andthe number one supermarket chain in the InlandEmpire area of Southern California (San Bernar-dino and Riverside Counties), which is America’sfastest growing economic area.Brown mentioned he often visited Stater Bros. stores to speak casually with employeesabout store operations. He acknowledged thatevery one of the 16,000 employees is vital to thesuccess of the chain, particularly since an averagesales clerk deals with hundreds of people a day.Brown stayed for a few minutes after the presentation’s end to mingle with attendees andmembers of the Phi Beta Lamda (PBL) club. Itwas clear that attendees enjoyed his presentation,including PBL’s Vice President of Events, Kris-tina Raza.“It was great having Mr. Brown as our guest speaker,” Raza said. “Not only was he veryengaging, articulate, and enigmatic, he was alsoreally funny. I was inspired by his sense of values,which seemed to stem from his family and his pastexperiences,” she said. “it is very nice to hear someone highly respected and successful to makefamily be one of the priorities in life.”

Article by Alyssa Campiran with contributions from Patrick Fite & Julie Johnson

The Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Future Busi-ness Leaders club of Crafton Hills College hostedthe “Pursuing a Dream” presentation by Jack Brown, Stater Brothers Markets chief executiveofficer (CEO), February 10

at the CHC Finkelstein

Explains the Steps to Success

Jack Brown speaks to CHC students. Photo courtesy of Patrick Fite

Entertainment

Health and Wellness Center

The University of Redlands and Crafton Hills College to Collaborate on Opera Production

March 2009 Page 3

years past, during the Flu season, theHWC has offered discounted Flu shots($5) to enrolled students and during theallergy season, medication is providedfree of charge.Students can take advantage of theHWC with or without an appointment.However, students interested in bloodwork or immunizations are encouragedto call ahead.Besides providing resources for physical health, the HWC also offersdepression/stress testing and counseling,

crisis intervention and short-termsituational counseling for relation-ship difficulties

. Also, marriage andfamily relations therapy is availablethrough a licensed psychotherapist.Each year, the HWC staff providecampus activities to raise awareness of specific health risks. On

April 6th -9th

, the HWC will host “WellnessWeek” in the Library Quad to promotehealthy activities for students. For moreinfo contact the HWC at (909)389-3271

Article by Jack Price

The health and wellness center is one of the most underrated resources on theCrafton Hills College campus.At registration, students pay asmall fee which covers basic health careneeds. Unfortunately, most students donot take advantage of this service or arenot aware of the Health and WellnessCenter’s (HWC) mission.Located beneath the CounselingOffice, the HWC provides a number of services to students. Everything fromtaking care of basic cuts and bruises,medication, immunizations, to STD test-ing (free male and female prophylacticsavailable) and mental health screeningare included in the HWC services

Nurse Laura Estrada and Secretary Liane Jimenez

Article by

Joe Bleistein

Following last year’s very successful production of Giuseppe Verdi’s

LaTraviata,

the University of RedlandsSchool of Music and Crafton Hills Collegeare pleased to announce a second operaticcollaboration, a full production of GaetanoDonizetti’s

L’Elisir d’Amore

(The Elixir of Love)

The production will feature musi-cians and faculty from the University of Redlands with sets, costumes and lightingcreated by students and faculty fromCrafton Hills College.

L’Elisir d’Amore

is a romantic com-edy, written and composed for the lyrictheater. In this modern setting, a love-sick nerd is about to lose his sweetheart wereit not for the intervention of a quack doc-tor, a furtive tear and the placebo effect.The opera is directed by Universityof Redlands Artist Professor MarcoSchindelmann. The sets and costumes aredesigned by Crafton Hills College Chair of Fine Arts Snezana Petrovic. The light-ing design is by Crafton Hills CollegeTechnical Director Kevin Palkki.The University of Redlands Orches-tra will be conducted by Lossett Artist inResidence Per Brevig.The four performances will be heldat the Finkelstein Performing Arts Center at Crafton Hills College March 26, 27,and 28 at 8 pm and Sunday, March 29 at3 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5for students and are available from theUniversity of Redlands Campus Events at(909) 748-8881 or at the door.

The Elixir of Love

Upcoming Fine Arts Events

March 19 - April 9

Faculty and Staff Art ExhibitsPAC Gallery

March 26 - 29 8pm

The Elixir of Love (Theater)PAC

April 16 - 30

An Explanation of Material andForm (Art)PAC Gallery

April 24 - 25 8pm

Suburbia (Theater)

For more information Contact theFine Arts DepartmentArt: (909)389-3353Music: (909)389-3293Theater: (909)389-3296