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Cinco de Mayo
A Mariachi band and dancers will be performing today in honor of Cinco de Mayo. The performance is scheduled at noon on the University Union south lawn.

‘Sangre de Maíz: Bullet Rituals in Chiapas’

El Teatro Espejo Theatre Company is celebrating its 25th year on campus with a production they have conceived, written and performed. “Sangre de Maíz: Bullet Rituals in Chiapas,” focuses on the corporate invasion of Chiapas, Mexico that is causing a crisis for the Mayan indigenous people.

Under the direction of Theatre Arts Professor Manuel Pickett and Teatro member Andrea Porras, the company is made up entirely of CSUS students and alumni. Audience members may be surprised that “Sangre de Maíz” is not the average play.

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Music Notes: Tune in and turn up
Don’t students ever wonder what it would be like to turn on the radio and be able to listen for at least a full hour of music without hearing the same song twice? Wouldn’t it be nice to not hear the cheesy DJs with dramatic voices spin the songs that we’ve heard hundreds of times yet they swear that they’re “what’s happening”?

CSUS alum keeps ’em laughing
The University Union Ball Room was filled with side-splitting, pee-your-pants laughter last Thursday night, as the University Union’s UNIQUE Programs held its annual “Stars Under the Stars” comedy show.

Lane Kasselman: Wired for money
So nice of AT&T to place an air phone in every bank of air plane seats so every passenger has close access to getting robbed. Sitting in the lobby of terminal A-13, businessmen on their cell phones chat quickly while waiting for their flight to board. First the orange boarding passes, then the silver, everyone waiting in line for the hour trip to Los Angeles.As I am eating my $2 chips and salsa, I watch as these passengers are about to board a flying robbery. No, no – no one hijacked the plane, just our money.

Domestic violence on the line
In conjunction with the Student Health Center and the Sacramento branch of Women Escaping a Violent Environment, the Women’s Resource Center presented an exhibition called the Clothesline Project, which was displayed at River City Day last Friday.

Muliticultural music at CSUS
An evening of Middle Eastern Music and Dance will be presented by the UC Santa Barbara Middle Eastern Musical Ensemble at the University Union Ballroom, Saturday at 8 p.m.