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‘Occupy’ protests heading to CSUN Angela Braza Daily Sundial
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he Occupy movement that has moved across the country will set up camp at
CSUN Thursday. Student activists plan to occupy the Oviatt lawn from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. during a national student protest.
Known as Occupy Colleges, this branch of the Occupy movement is encouraging walkouts on college campuses throughout the country. Over 90 college campuses are set to participate in this movement, according to the Occupy Colleges’ website. “Around the country, more and more high school students are foregoing a college education because their
families can no longer afford it,” according to the Occupy Colleges’ Facebook page. “So many more are graduating with inconceivable amounts of debt and stepping into the worst job market in decades.” In a mass email, Edy Alvarez, president of CSUN Greens, said he has sent in the field reservation space form and is awaiting approval.
Members of the group have made a list of plans for students to follow in this lastminute effort. Protesters are advised to set up tents and sleeping bags on the Oviatt lawn in an effort to organize a mock tent city, Alvarez’s email read. CSUN Greens will provide vegetarian food and accept donations for Occupy Los Angeles, which is on its
10th day downtown. Since Occupy Wall Street’s beginning on Sept. 17, the movement has grown, spreading across the country to cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C. Participants in the Occupy movement refer to themselves as the “99 percent,” the group outside of America’s top 1 percent of wealthy
and powerful. Protesters have called for the end of corporate greed, high costs of education and war funding. “Our nation, our species and our world are in crisis,” according to the Occupy Wall Street webpage. “The US has an important role to play in the solution, but we can no longer afford to let corporate greed and corrupt politics set the policies of our nation.”
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npaid internships are common, but a recent lawsuit targeting unpaid labor has some college students questioning the worth of these opportunities. Because many students are already burdened with rising tuition costs and other educational expenses, the appeal of unpaid internships is not very high, said communications major Ally Jones, 24. “I’ve had unpaid internships in the past, and I hated them,” she said. “I worked so hard for so little in return.” Two former interns, who worked for free, filed a lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures, alleging their work on the film “Black Swan” violated federal labor laws. For an unpaid internship to be legal, it must: provide training similar to what would be given in an education environment; benefit the intern; not use an intern to displace regular
music Pepper’s Hawaiian sound pumps up the crowd at Club Nokia in Los Angeles
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Bret Bollinger, bassist and vocalist for Pepper, performs at Club Nokia Oct. 9 to a packed venue. Rock reggae act Pepper headlined the show alongside the Expendables and Ballyhoo!
employees; not immediately benefit the employer; the intern is not entitled to a job at the end of their work; and it is understood by all parties that the intern will not be paid, according to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. Alex Footman and Eric Glatt, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, claim they did not receive the educational experience required in order to exempt employers from paying interns. In an interview with Southern California Public Radio, Glatt said he believed all internships should be paid, and that he was speaking out on behalf of all interns who have similarly suffered. But most students’ internship experiences are different, said Shannon Johnson, associate director for the College of Business and Economics Internship Program. “Every intern has to receive some sort of compensation, and many companies offer academic credit,” she
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Mechanical engineering graduate student, Craig Euler, tests the movement and mechanical functions of a wheelchair using a brainwave helmet detector.
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wheelchair operated by human brain waves is in its second phase of experiments at CSUN, where a team of engineers is trying to figure out a way to operate the chair outdoors. The chair, estimated to cost $10,000, is built with intelligent sensors that are placed at the bottom of the chair to recognize oncoming objects, said Dr. C.T.
Lin, director of the project and CSUN mechanical engineering professor. But this technology is not enough to make the wheelchair safe for use. At the highest point of the chair is a camera, which can recognize tabletop objects, yet the camera would not be able to recognize a wide landscape. “Outdoor is a much more challenging dynamic-environment situation,” Lin said. “You have a variety of terrain that may not be user-friendly to the chair itself.”
Another difficulty the team is facing is a lag time between motion commands from the brain-wave helmet, which can create confusion, said computer science graduate Lee Hern. These challenges cannot be fixed so the team will have to become used to the limitations of the system, and learn to work around these restrictions, Hern said. “What we are trying to focus on is the base command, which will protect the user and the wheelchair,” Hern said.
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Improving command recognition will help avoid running into walls and other approaching objects. In order to enhance the performance of the wheelchair, the team needs a computer that can rapidly process incoming data from the sensors, said mechanical engineer graduate student Ara Mekhtarian. Once the wheelchair is ready to be tested, approved by the U.S. Department of Rehabilita-
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Conway, Arkansas – Several men in a car drove up to a dormitory at the University of Central Arkansas and opened fire, killing two students and injuring a third person.
Atlanta, Georgia – The suspect fired several rounds during a fight on Clark Atlanta University, fatally injuring a 19-year-old student from a neighboring college who was walking by.
About an hour later, a symphony of tones and vibrations marked the delayed news of a suspected gunman on campus at the Oviatt Library. Students reacted via social med, expressing their feelings in various ways. Some left immediately while others decided to stay on campus. Although the current genera-
tion of college students have been exposed to tragic events -- from Sept. 11 to the Columbine shooting -- the level of desensitization of the audience varies from person to person, according to psychology experts. “The reactions have more to do with the personal history of people rather than a certain generation of people having a certain
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reaction,” said Dr. Mark Stevens, director of CSUN’s University Counseling Services. “How people respond to trauma is more about what their personal history has been.” Technology has given individuals the ability to view violence second-hand through a variety of mediums, Stevens said. Desensitization can be seen through two
September 2010 Austin, Texas – A 19-year-old student ran through parts of campus, firing several shots into the air before fatally shot himself in the main library at the University of Texas with an AK-47 assault rifle.
paradigms: personal experience and access to media. “I think that students are more consciously aware of the potential risk now. The technology, look at what it’s done, if there is a fight or incident on the campus it’s very likely that you are going to have some students that will document it through their cellphones,” Stevens said.
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Jasmine Tabankia, psychology major, said the consistent watching of violent movies and video games gives people a first-hand feeling of the violence, whereas things happening far away can be easily forgotten without being desensitized. “People become numb when they watch video games, because there’s so much killing going on,” she said. “Definitely psychologically effects people.” Stevens explained that people may be somewhat desensitized when it comes to immediate reaction, but when something violent or atrocious happens near by, they respond with fear and desire to be protected from harm. “I think that everyone at this campus was somewhat affected by this (suspected gunman) experience, and our nervous systems were shaken up a little bit,” Stevens said. “Those that were closest to it, their nervous systems
“Seeing all of the people that have died and all of the situations at different high schools where some random person who attends the school goes on a killing spree, knowing how realistic that is, and that it’s not some construed fantasy, but that it’s real, it makes me more alert and conscious of hostility,”
The fact that the suspected gunman turned himself into police showed that he was considering violence and crying out for help, otherwise he could have turned himself in to a physician instead, he said. Dr. Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center for 26 years, has studied some of the most violent attacks on campuses
over the last decade. He said it all boils down to the collaboration between the school, local emergency entities and the preparations they have put into place. “It may just seem that it’s just paperwork, but it’s more than that. It’s a response plan,” Stephens said. “Get to know these response people. When a crisis unfolds, you don’t want to be meeting them for the first time.”
Jasmine Tabankia, psychology senior
were probably a little bit more activated than those who were on the other side of campus and didn’t see emergency personnel enter.” Tabankia thinks she is more desensitized by things going on overseas than events happening in the U.S. “I’m more cautious about school because it’s closer to home,” Tabankia said. “If they didn’t catch him, I wouldn’t have come (the next day), I was very gung ho about that.” Seeing disasters on television and the Internet have groomed her to be hyper-sensitized, she added. “Seeing all of the people that have died and all of the situations at different high schools where some random person who attends
the school goes on a killing spree, knowing how realistic that is, and that it’s not some construed fantasy, but that it’s real, it makes me more alert and conscious of hostility,” Tabankia said . Dr. Robert Gelhart, chairman and professor of forensic psychology at Argosy University, has been in the psychology field for over 30 years and evaluated criminal cases. Gelhart said that sometimes when people have severe emotional distress they act illogically to signal that they are troubled, and as a sign they need help. He explained that often when individuals threaten to commit a crime and don’t follow through, they are flagging themselves as in need of help.
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tion and made accessible to the market, users will have to complete a training course to use the wheelchair. The training course involves two parts: training with the headset and training with the entire system, Lin said. Users need to learn the commands, mainly movement instructions and directions, that must be given through brainwaves and picked up by the headset. Craig Euler, mechanical engineering graduate student, said the contact electrons pick up the brain-wave signals by measuring the brain’s voltage through the headset. The wheelchair will be programmed by the user, and trained to use his or her thought process to recognize the commands. “The computer will detect those thought patterns and make a sample of them so it may identify a pattern of movement which then will be added to the computer data,” Euler said. “After training the computer program, it will be able to navigate the way.” However, the headset will not penetrate the brain, Lin said. The project is scheduled to be test-ready before it is released to the market by the summer of 2012, making the project a two-year experiment.
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CSUN journalism major, Liberty Zabala, sits in the Valley View newsroom in Manzanita Hall. Zabala will have her top ten music video picks air on mtvU’s ‘Dean’s List,’ and the opportunity to promote CSUN’s Radio Television Digital News Association, of which she is the president.
Matador will be popping up on mtvU’s top-10 music video countdown soon. CSUN journalism major Liberty Zabala will be hosting the network’s top-10 video countdown for the show “Dean’s List.” “I was so happy when I found out I won (the contest),” Zabala said. Contestants have the opportunity to host an episode of “Dean’s List” and represent their student group on air. “I surf the web like crazy,” Zabala said. “I happened to be on MTV and saw a link to mtvU. “There was listed a contest where you can post your own countdown to promote a club. I thought this would be a great way to promote CSUN Radio Television Digital News Association.” Zabala sent a list of her 10 favorite videos and a short paragraph describing why she
chose them. “I choose ‘I Need a Doctor’ by Dr. Dre, because I love rap,” Zabala said. “I grew up listening to rap music, and my favorite (rappers are) Eminem and Dr. Dre.” “Howling For You” by the Black Keys, and “E.T.” by Katy Perry and Kanye West also made the list, chosen for their creativity, she said. Zabala’s top 10 also includes “Hurricane” by 30 Seconds to Mars, “6 foot 7” by Lil Wayne, “Waiting for the End” by Linkin Park, “Telephone” by Lady Gaga, “Gucci Gucci” by Kreayshawn, “Monster” by Paramore and “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes. Appearing on the show will let Zabala showcase her tastes, but also plug her CSUN journalism club. “We do so much, and it deserves to be recognized,” Zabala said. “We really want to advance people’s opportunities and career chances after college by helping.” Keep an eye on mtvU and mtvU.com to catch Zabala’s episode of “Dean’s List.”
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nemployed CSUN students could find the cure to their joblessness at the new Northridge Chick-fil-A restaurant opening
Nov. 10. Chick-fil-A, which specializes in chicken sandwiches, is accepting applications for 80 positions at their new location at 8875 Tampa Ave., said Mandy Coward, owner and operator of the Northridge location.
The new location is looking for part-time and full-time workers for all positions, including kitchen and counter operators, Coward said. “We chose Northridge because we thought it would be a great opportunity to spread the message of Chick-fil-A,” said Coward.
“There are no Chick-fil-A’s in the Valley.” The first 100 customers at the new location’s grand opening will receive free Chick-fil-A for a year, Coward said. Applicants may go to the Northridge location to fill out and application.
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Kaleo Wassman, guitarist and vocalist for rock reggae band Pepper, performs at Club Nokia Oct. 9, with drummer Yesod Williams in the background.
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The reggae-influenced rock ’n’ roll trio Pepper owned the stage at Club Nokia in Los Angeles Sunday, Oct.9. Opening the show, bands Ballyhoo! and The Expendables pumped up the college-aged crowd for the much
anticipated Hawaiian harmony of Pepper. From Denver to Seattle to Oakland to the Southland, Pepper has been touring across the U.S. nonstop throughout September and October. Next month, the band will embark new territory, playing in Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, and rounding out the year in their hometown of Kona, Hawaii.
“It’s always the best to play at home,” said Pepper drummer Yesod Williams. “The Kona show will be like a big homecoming.” Hawaii natives Kaleo Wassman, guitarist/vocalist, Bret Bollinger, basist/vocalist and Williams, drummer, formed their band in 1997, but the group has been playing together since high school.
“Me and Bret grew up on the same street,” Williams said. “Kaleo moved from one of the smaller islands when he was about 12.” In 1999, the three took a leap of faith and left the big island for San Diego to pursue their dream in music. “I went from surfing every day and waiting tables to being poor – the three of us living on the floor of a friend’s
apartment,” Williams said. “I look back now and thank God we had faith in ourselves.” The band’s eclectic sound was influenced by what Williams calls the ‘second wave of punk rock,’ a blend of punk bands, such as Bad Religion and Pennywise, and the embedded reggae
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Halloween Horror Nights spooks and surprises Excitement fills the air of Universal Studios as ghouls lurk around every corner kristin Hugo opinions editor
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Visitors of Halloween Horror Nights enjoy a thrilling evening at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is a dark mixture of lines and festive mazes, with clowns and masked ghouls jumping out wherever you are in the park. As many other theme parks, such as Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain, are doing fun Halloween-themed events until the end of October, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights is a great way to celebrate Halloween. Located less than 20 miles away from CSUN, it is worth venturing down to Universal City to check out this year’s new attractions
The park featured a number of mazes, including La Llorona, Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses, The Thing, Eli Roth’s Hostel, Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare and the Wolfman. As you walk through each maze, or should I say haunted house, actors pretending to be monsters or tortured victims jump out from around every corner. The terror tram was also one of the main attractions of the evening. The storyline was a bit convoluted, but is still fun and scary. Throughout the attraction, actors with their imitation weapons and gory makeup made thrill-seekers scream, jump and giggle. The highlight of the night was a show called “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure.” This show had little to do with Bill and Ted (teenage characters from a 1989
film), and even less to do with Halloween, but it was still filled with laughs, songs and adventure. Dancers dressed as superheroes such as Thor and Captain Canada performed a plot with Bill and Ted impersonators about stopping Osama bin Laden’s evil plan, but stopped several times to perform musical numbers. It was like a more exciting, humorous version of a strip show, with all the good-looking men and women on stage tearing off their clothes and making popculture jokes. Most excellent, dude. A setback for some of the attendees was the length of the wait lines for various attractions throughout the park.
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Pop-that-Tart (homemade pastry treats) 1 package refrigerated pie crust 1 jar of your favorite jam (I use cherry) 1 clean glass Preheat oven to 350 degrees Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking time: 13 - 15 minutes
Easy-Peasy 5 Step Chicken Chili 1 pound chicken cut into small pieces (raw or cooked) 1 large yellow onion diced 1 (15 ounce) can black beans 1 (15 ounce) can red beans 1 (15 ounce) can corn 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chili’s (substitute with mild salsa or plain diced tomatoes if you prefer less spicy) 1 taco seasoning spice packet Optional garnish: Avocado, sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, cilantro Preparation: 5 minutes Cooking time: approximately 25 minutes Step 1: In a large saucepan heat oil, add onion and cook until translucent Step 2: Add chicken, stirring to prevent sticking Step 3: Once chicken is cooked, add taco seasoning and tomatoes with 1 can of water Step 4: Drain and rinse beans and corn, add to pot Step 5: Stir occasionally, cook till bubbling. Serve on top of rice, pasta or just plain and top with avocado, cheese or sour cream. Makes 8 generous servings
Step 1: Roll out pie dough onto a clean surface Step 2: Use top of glass to cut dough rounds (depending on glass size you will get varying numbers of dough rounds) Step 3: Once rounds have been cut, use side of glass to roll the round a little thinner Step 4: Take 1 spoon of jam and place in center of the round, making sure to leave ½ inch around the edge. Step 5: Fold one side over to form half moon and use a fork to crimp edges. Poke top of pastry for steam vents. Step 6: Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 13 - 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 6 - 12 pastries
Pumpkin Peek-a-Boo Muffins 1 box of spice cake mix 1 cup of water 1 (15 ounce) can of pumpkin (not Pumpkin Pie filling) 1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese Preheat oven to 350 degrees Preparation: 8 minutes Cooking time: 20 - 24 minutes Step 1: Combine cake mix with water and entire can of pumpkin Step 2: Cut cream cheese into 24 cubes Step 3: Spray muffin pan with cooking spray Step 4: Fill each cup ½ way, put one cream cheese cube, then cover with more batter Step 5: Bake for 20 - 24 minutes at 350 degrees Makes 24 muffins
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Family fun at Pierce Natalie estrada Arts and life editor
Pumpkins, corn mazes and hay rides are just the start of the fun at Halloween Harvest Festival at Pierce College. “There is something for everyone,” said Robert McBroom, Pierce Farm Center director. “We have extended our facilities this year and have added new activities.” This year, the Pierce Farm Center added four more acres of public area to the harvest festival, McBroom said. With more space, comes more attractions. There are the classic attractions, such as pumpkin picking, a petting zoo, a six-acre corn maze, live entertainment and a bunch of kid-friendly activities. There is also a separate haunted corn maze, “Creature of the Corn,” which is part of the spooky haunts available at night. In order to ensure the event is family-friendly, there is nothing creepy or scary displayed in the public areas.
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The Halloween Harvest Festival at Pierce College offers family-friendly activities and will be on-going until Oct. 31.
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday until Monday, Oct. 31.
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opening night. “I’ve been spending a lot of the night in this line.” If you get the opportunity to go to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood this year, it’s recommended you go. Arrive early to avoid lengthy wait times or purchase a pass to
cut straight to front of the line for all rides, shows and attractions. Be sure to check out the ticket discounts offered by the A.S. ticket office before heading to Halloween Horror Nights. These discounted deals are only available online at ushtix.com/ csun.
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Continued from page 1 from growing up in Hawaii. “I started listening to UB40 and digging into Sublime, and I realized their roots in reggae,” Williams said. “I was having this musical epiphany in the mid- 1990’s.” It was this innate love for music combined with their cultural roots that evolved Pepper into what they are today. Simply stated, it kind of just happened, said Williams. But a claim to fame didn’t happen overnight for the Kona crew. It was with a lot of hard work and a bit of a balancing act that the band organically grew to where it is today. The unique sound of Pepper’s music has earned them a large following of listeners across the globe, including the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia and most recently in South America. The band has performed at the Vans Warped Tour and played with reggae legends The Wailers, 311, Snoop Dogg and Kottonmouth Kings. “This tour is one of our best so far,” Williams said. “We stepped it up with production and our lighting guy is like a crazy, diabolical genius.” Pepper has sold over a halfmillion records, and is writing new music for another album for its label LAW Records, which is anticipated to be released summer 2012.
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What: Downtown Art Walk Why: Join art lovers as they stroll down the streets of LA to view art, eat and hang out. TOMS has commissioned three local artist to participate in an exhibit honoring “World Sight Day” at the Art Walk Lounge. Where: Spring and Main streets between 2nd and 9th streets Art Walk Lounge - 643 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014 Time: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Price: Free Info: http://downtownartwalk.org
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We put together the best bets for your week so you don’t have to! Your guide to all things free (or at least cheap) in Los Angeles over the next seven days.
friday
What: Festival Of California Poets Why: This is the 5th annual Festival of California Poets put on by UCLA’s Hammer Museum. The featured poets will recite some of their poetry, which will be followed by a Q & A. Where: Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024 Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Price: Free
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What: Farmers Market Fall Festival Why: There will be live music, arts and crafts, a petting zoo, carnival games and a pie-eating contest among other entertainment for a days worth of fun. where: 6333 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90036 Time: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Info: http://www.farmersmarketla. com/special_events/index.asp
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What: 2011 World Tetris Championships Why: Watch all the action of the second annual Tetris championship live or if you’re interested sign-up to play and challenge some of the best gaming masters. Where: USC Bovard Auditorium 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Price: $10
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what: Monday Night Football Happy Hour Why: Take advantage of being able to watch the game on an 86-inch screen at Dublin’s. Enjoy happy hour specials, which include $4 well drinks, $3 beers and half price food. Where: Dublin’s Irish Bar and Grill - 9250 Reseda Blvd. #8, Northridge, CA 91324 Time: 4 p.m. Price: Free admission
tuesday
What: “Modern Times” Showing Why: Appropriately set during the great depression, this movie, starring Charlie Chaplin, comically follows him through his survival of the tough times. This film will be followed by a short Chaplin film, “Pay Day.” Where: LACMA - 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 Time: 7:30 p.m. Price: $10; $7 with student ID Info: http://www.lacma.org/event/ modern-times
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what: Il Teatro alla Moda - Theater in Fashion Why: This is the first exhibit to show Italian haute couture designers and the work’s impact on theater and opera. Costume and sketches from Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Fendi and many more will be on display. where: MGM Place - 253 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Time: Noon – 7:00 p.m. Price: Free on Wednesdays Info: http://annenbergbh.com/
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CSUN students to move for a cure in AIDS Walk Angela Braza Daily SUndial
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SUN will join the fight to find a cure for AIDS Sunday by participating at the 27th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles. Over 200 students have signed up to join CSUN’s team for the 6.2 mile walk. Team CSUN is led and sponsored by the Unified We Serve volunteer program. “By participating in this walk we hope to get the campus more involved and educated in providing resources to help combat this epidemic,� said Justin Weiss, activities coordinator of the volunteer program. AIDS Walk Los Angeles began in 1985 and has become the largest AIDS fundraising
event in California, bringing 30,000 participants together annually to fight HIV/AIDS, according to the event’s website. Though the AIDS Walk does not require participants to pay a registration fee or raise a specific amount of money, many teams raise funds to donate to the cause. Last year, Unified We Serve donated about $9,000. The program set a goal to raise $10,000 this year, Weiss said. The main beneficiary of these donations is the AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), an AIDS service organization devoted to improving the lives of people affected by this disease, reducing the risk of HIV infection and educating others on HIV public policy and prevention. Unified We Serve has
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taken part in the AIDS Walk Los Angeles for the past three years, Weiss said. “It’s a tremendous cause that we fully support and believe in,� he said. “For students interested in making a difference but never had the chance to participate, the AIDS Walk is the perfect opportunity to begin their service.� Students must register under the team name “CSUN – 0003� on the AIDS Walk Los Angeles website: http:// www.aidswalk.net/losangeles by Friday at 12 p.m. Three buses will take students from CSUN to the event, and students are encouraged to reserve a seat by visiting the following website: http:// studentvoice.com/csun/AIDSwalkbusregistration. Buses will depart from the G3 Parking Lot at 7 a.m.
on company policy, tradition and budget. The true appeal of an unpaid internship lies in the learning experiences it can offer, she added. “I know that internships are worth it – paid or unpaid,� Berger said in an email. “You are gaining the most valuable experience for your future. When you go to an interview after college, the first question an employer will ask is, ‘Where did you intern?’ and you need to be able to answer that question.� Business law major Tracy
Trieu, 20, agreed. “Getting paid for your work is always a plus, but it’s more important to gain the realworld experiences that internships provide,� Trieu said. Employers searching for prospective candidates will look to see whether the candidate acquired professional skills applicable to the job for which they are applying, Johnson said. “Paid or unpaid, an internship looks good on a resume,� Trieu said. “It provides students more leverage in the job market once they graduate.�
correction Wednesday’s article “Taxing oil for school� did not specify what entity at Cal State Los Angeles supported AB 1481, the proposition calling for a new severance tax on oil, the proceeds from which would go toward state education. Cal State LA’s Associate Students drafted a proposal in support of the bill, which supporters are trying to get on the November ballot. CSUN student Justin Marks lobbied CSUN’s student senators Tuesday to follow in the path of Cal State LA and publicly support the bill on behalf of CSUN.
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evoutly religious people of the three major faiths - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - sometimes seem most hateful toward Queer Americans, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or questioning. Statements like, “God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve,” or “God Hates Fags” frequent picket signs at protests staged by religious hate groups such as the Westboro Baptist Church. In certain Muslim theocratic nations like Iran and Saudi Arabia, “homosexual acts” are punishable by death. However, religions like Christianity and Islam should not be judged by radical members with extreme views on sexuality. Younger religious people are growing in support of lesbian and gay equality more significantly than their parents, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. Older, more traditional generations may argue the millenial generation, who hum to the tune of Lady GaGa’s “Born This Way” and cheer for Lt. Dan Choi as he continues to break the silence and resist homophobic laws, are just becoming more corrupt. On the contrary, religious millenials may be accepting queer people because they are more critical of the patriarchal, heterosexist and homophobic social norms that older generations are used to. Millenials may be open to the idea that their sacred text - the Bible, the Torah or the Quran - is not against homosexuality, and previous interpretations of these texts are based on projections of social and political homophobic views on sexuality. The Rev. Dr. Robert Goss, who teaches in the religious studies department, wrote an essay called “Homosexuality and the Bible: The Practice of Safe Texts” about how popular understanding of the Bible and ancient Jewish customs has been de-contextualized in the modern world. “When I assert that the Jewish and Christian scriptures
say nothing whatsoever about homosexuality as an orientation or modern identity template, it is not an empty mantra,” Goss wrote. “Behind such a statement stands a large body of contemporary literature from cultural and gender studies about the social construction of gender and sexuality, largely ignored by homophobic Christians and scholars.” Goss, like other scholars who study sexuality and gender, described the constructs of homosexuality and heterosexuality as modern concepts coined in German psychiatric practice in 1870 to describe emerging modern identities. A homophobic interpretation of the Bible may have become more widespread when the construct of sexual identity became relevant to social and political life at the turn of the 20th century. “The bible speaks neither about sexual orientation nor about sexual identity nor about the modern subjectivities of heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgendered identity,” said Goss. “These identities are absent from the biblical worldview.” Misinterpreting and decontextualizing ancient text can be dangerous for Queer people, Goss wrote. “There are seven texts used, or rather misused, as texts of terror, as weapons against translesbigay people,” he said. “The issue behind these biblical texts traditionally applied to homosexuality does not concern same-sex behaviors but deals with phallic violence and gender transgressions.” Those seven texts include passages from Leviticus, Genesis, Judges, 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy and Romans. One story in particular occurs in the Bible, Torah and Quran and is possibly the most referred passage that heterosexist and homophobic religious people in the major three religions use to demoralize Queer people: the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. While there are small differences between versions, the main events of the story agree. Lot, a pious and Godfearing prophet, tries to warn the wretched people in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that unless they change, God would punish them. The people do not listen or repent, but God sends two angels disguised as handsome men there to scope out the city before finally destroying it, and they end up at Lot’s house. All the men of the city crowd around Lot’s house and demand he hand over the strangers, so that they could force sex acts on them. Lot
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refused to do so, even offering the crowd his daughters. But when the crowd did not change their minds, the angels told him to take his family and flee the city so they could destroy it. In the King James bible, the crowd demands Lot to give up to the foreign men so that they “might know them.” In the New International Version, the crowd says “bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” This is significant because the term “to know” in the King James version is a closer translation from the original Hebrew word, “yadha.” Goss wrote that yadha is occasionally used as a euphemism for sexual intercourse but in proper context, a better translation would be to “womanize, make into a woman” or to “penetrate a male like a woman.” This is because ancient Near Eastern societies subjected enemies, strangers, and trespassers to phallic anal penetration to indicate subordination, Goss said. The Quran describes the crowd wanting “abominations,” “unnatural crimes” and “lewdness such as no people in creation ever committed before,” but to infer God had a problem with sexual intimacy between two members of the same sex is to read the story with a heterosexist and homophobic viewpoint. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is not a testament to the evils of same-sex acts, but is a story of how God punished a city whose men violently raped strangers and women, treating them as objects to be violated at whim. It is ridiculous that a patriarchal, heterosexist and homophobic reading of this story
results in moral disgust at the idea of same-sex acts, but that Lot offered his own daughters as sacrificial lambs is not as equally morally disgusting and horrifying. Homosexuality is punishable in 76 countries, according to a 2011 report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. In seven of them - Mauritania, Sudan, parts of Nigeria, southern parts of Somalia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen - homosexual acts are punishable with death. Although certainly not all countries that punish homosexuality are led by religion to do so, religious communities within a country can strongly influence state policy. In countries with a history of the three major religions, religious customs sometimes dictate the law or are strongly advocated by lawmakers in power. The Mormon Church and the Catholic church have vocally opposed equality laws, promoting and funding campaigns for policies like Proposition 8. Sodomy laws in the United States punished adult consensual homosexual acts in some states until the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional in 2003. The military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy permitted gays to serve in the military but banned homosexual activity. President Clinton’s original intention to revoke the prohibition against gays in the military was met with stiff opposition. This compromise, which led to the discharge of thousands of men and women in the armed forces, was the result. In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, declared a Texas law unconstitutional which prohibited sexual acts between same
sex couples. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the right to privacy protects adults engaging in private, consensual homosexual activity. Justice
Kennedy’s opinion expressly overruled the Court’s 1986 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick, which came to an opposite conclusion.
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Defender Brielle Slepicoff and the Matadors will be in a grudge match against Long Beach State Friday night at Matador Soccer Field.
he CSUN women’s soccer team will be thinking revenge during its Big West Conference match Friday as the Matadors take on league-leading Long Beach State at Matador Soccer Field. Last season, the Matadors were bounced out of the conference tournament semifinals by the 49ers, who come into Northridge riding a sixgame winning streak. “Yes, (we want revenge),” CSUN junior defender Nicole Cruz said. “The last time I played them, we lost. I want to beat them badly. They’re winning right now, so I want to give them an upset.” Besides avenging their postseason loss, the Matadors are looking to overtake the 49ers in the standings. CSUN has seven points and is in second place in the standings along with UC Irvine. The Matadors (4-7-2, 2-1-1 Big West) have a two-game losing streak against Long Beach State (10-3-1, 3-0) after falling to the 49ers in the regular season a year ago also. Unlike the players, CSUN head coach Keith West doesn’t see this game as a chance for revenge. “We’re just looking for three points,” West said. “I wouldn’t call it revenge. We know what’s at stake on Friday night.”
VS. Friday at 7 p.m. at Matador Soccer Field *Live updates on Twitter @sundialsports57 The Matadors are coming off a Sunday 1-0 victory against UC Santa Barbara. It was the first time in four years CSUN prevailed over the Gauchos. Cruz scored the only goal of the game, her second in only five games played. Senior forward Heidi Farran leads CSUN with five goals. Junior forward Melissa Fernandez is second on the team with three goals and is tied with sophomore defender Amanda Smith with three assists. Junior goalkeeper Cynthia Jacobo earned her second shutout of the season during Sunday’s victory and was the anchor of the strong team defense. “I couldn’t be happier with the way the defense is playing this year,” West said. “We’ve just been giving up mistake goals and that’s hard for me to swallow.” The Matadors have given up a total of 18 goals for the season. But so far, in four conference games, they have only
given up four goals. “We have to stay on top,” Jacobo said. “We have to stay mentally focused and just give it everything we got.” Long Beach State will test the Matadors’ defense. The 49ers have scored a total of 36 goals for the season. Ten of those have come during conference play, including a 6-0 drumming of Cal Poly on Oct. 2. Long Beach State forward Nadia Link is the Big West’s leading scorer with 12 goals. Senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Gustaves, the current Big West Defensive Player of the Week, had nine saves in an overtime win against Cal State Fullerton Sunday. “They’re a quality side and they’re getting some quality wins,” West said. “We match up great. We just need to put the ball in the back of the net. It’s going be a great game.”
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Coach wants to see SLO killers Heading to Cal Poly, Jeff Stork looks for more out of hitters Alonso Tacanga Sports editor
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espite a 3-0 Saturday setback at UC Davis that has the Matadors (8-9, 2-3 Big West) on a two-game losing streak, CSUN head coach Jeff Stork had some weekend kudos to hand out upon his return to Northridge, particularly to star opposite hitter Mahina Haina. “She had two kills in the first set, seven in the second, eight in the third,” Stork said. “She was in some ways the majority of our offense.” Haina’s game-high 17 kills gave CSUN a chance against what Stork called the best team the Matadors have faced in the Big West Conference so far. CSUN lost sets two and three by the minimal difference. Next to Haina, Stork also credited opposite hitter Natalie Allen, who recovered from an injury suffered the night before in a 3-1 loss at Pacific in time to add nine kills. But the Matadors are going to have to get more help than that if they hope to contend for the Big West title, Stork said. “While we have category leaders, we need more,” he said. “An extra hitter, a third hitter, to carry a little bit more of the (offensive) load.” With Haina’s 3.47 kills-per-set average ahead of every other Matador’s rate by more than a full kill, the subtle call for hitters to step up will have a chance to be answered tonight as the Matadors play Cal Poly (8-11, 3-3) at Mott Gym. The Mustangs’ record is not impressive, but their latest wins are. Cal Poly
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swept and gave UC Davis (18-3, 4-2) one of its three 2011 losses on Sept. 30. They did the same to Pacific the following night. Cal Poly lost to last-place UC Irvine (4-15, 1-4) Friday. They beat first-place UC Santa Barbara Wednesday night. “The Big West – I can’t emphasize this enough – is a competitive conference,” said Stork, whose team hosts UC Irvine Saturday. “There are no freebies. If you’re not at your best, teams can beat you.” Beating the Mustangs at their gym has certainly not been a freebie for anyone. No one’s done it yet. Led by six-foot-four middle blocker Jennifer Keddy’s 3.32 kills per set, Cal Poly is 4-0 at home this season. Keddy’s CSUN counterpart, oftenconfident freshman Casey Hinger, talked about the challenge of facing the third tallest middle blocker in the Big West. “That’s all right. Can’t wait to block her,” she said smiling. Not the usual take from a player whose team has suffered two consecutive setbacks, but Hinger has earned
some right to talk. In only her first year, Hinger is the Matadors’ second leading kill-getter, averaging 2.43 per set. She’s been instrumental to Northridge’s success this season. With Keddy and outside hitter Kristina Graven (3.64 kills per set) carrying the Cal Poly offense, Hinger is the odds-on option to become Haina’s complement. Allen (2.35 kills per set) is another possibility. Or maybe senior outside hitter Una Siljegovic. Stork isn’t singling anyone out in particular, though. “Trying to find somebody who can consistently put the ball away is something that we need to continue to work on as a team,” he said. While the Matadors work that out, the season is still going. Two teams trying to lift themselves up from the bottom half of a league in which any team can beat any team will meet tonight. “(The losing streak) is definitely in our minds, but we’re not going to let it get to us,” CSUN starting setter Sydney Gedryn said. “We’re still going in there ready to win and kick Simon Gambaryan / Daily Sundial (the Mustangs’) butts.” CSUN coach Jeff Stork is looking for more kills from more Matadors.
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t the heels of first-place UC Irvine, the second-place Matadors (6-51, 3-1 Big West) are looking to keep up with the Anteaters in the Big West Conference. To do so, they’ll have to take care of UC Davis (4-6-2, 2-2) Saturday night at Matador Soccer Field. The last time Matadors and Aggies met was on Sept. 28, when CSUN shut out UCD, 3-0, with two goals earned by way of penalty kicks. “We have two away wins, and those are tough to get in the Big West,” said CSUN head coach Terry Davila, whose team also won at Cal Poly Tuesday night. He added that if his team wins out at home, the Matadors will make it into the Big West playoffs. The Anteaters have 12 points. Northridge has nine, but has played one game less than UCI. UC Davis produced only nine shots in the last game against CSUN, but Davila feels the next game will be different. “Davis is going to be very prepared,” Davila said. “They’re very wellcoached and disciplined and they’re
coming here to get three points.” The Aggies have won two of their last three games, losing 2-1 in overtime to UC Santa Barbara Saturday night. But Davila has noticed a trend in Big West teams this season. “It looks like a lot of teams have been having a lot of bounce-back wins,” Davila said. “After they lose, they bounce back and win. There have
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been a lot of bounce-back games, so I can’t really predict what’s going to happen. The league is very moody and very tight.” As Davila has repeated throughout the season, the Big West is filled with tough competition, and the Aggies are no exception to him. “It’s going to be a tough game,” Davila said. “Any game in the Big West is a tough game. They’re a legit team and we have to be ready. They will be
determined to beat us.” An area the Matadors have gotten better at this season is their ability to finish on offense. Midfielder Thomas Ramos gave CSUN a quick goal in their match against Cal Poly. His growth and experience has given the Matadors depth on the pitch. “(Ramos) has matured a lot,” Davila said. “That’s the best thing about a freshman becoming a sophomore.” CSUN midfielder Carlos Benavides, another sophomore, has seen the difference in the team since his first year. “With our (Big West) record of 3-1, it gives us some confidence,” he said. “Instead of being like last year where we didn’t win many games, now we have a chance to take hold of the Big West and beat UCI in the standings.” Though the Matadors are near the top of the Big West leaders’ board, Benavides said his team is still an underdog in the conference. “All the other teams look down on us,” Benavides said. “They look at our record from the past year, and they see that we (only) won two games. “But at the same time, we can also use that as an advantage for us and go into the game and surprise them with our ability to play forward.”