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MITCHELL ENGLANDER: You know CSUN has always had a vision, that it's not just about the students, it's about the community.
That marriage with the performing arts center brining those folks, the local community, the kids,
really can change their lives forever.
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STEVEN THACHUK: We'll what we are going to be doing is that we're looking around for opportunities for children's theater and children's entertainment.
We're trying this out this year with the PBS kids show, Sid the Science Kid.
And what we want to do is to encourage everybody to come together
so that there can be a different aspect to how they enjoy this center.
This is really something new, and we're going to try to plan a number of fun events around it.
So its going to be special family pricing whenever we offer these.
MITCHELL ENGLANDER: And so I'm really excited that we're launching this new program, bring them in, its affordable,
and they're really going to have a great time.
MICHAEL SPAGNA: With some of the testing movement that is happening in our area,
you wind up having arts education stripped out of the curriculum.
The performing arts center is critical to bring those teachers, to bring those students to the campus,
and then to do the follow up and to make sure that this is something to become part of the engagement and enrichment that they experience.
KELLY CALLIRGOS: For them to see first hand, these quality artists, musicians, to perform,
you can't just bring that to the classroom.
It's definitely a lot more meaningful to see it in person and to involve the whole family, and that is great!
DIANNE HARRISON: I think its another way to not just offer arts education but science education as well.
And after all them more we do in their formative years, the better students they will be in the future,
and many of them are our future students.
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