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hile several major banks consider raising their fees, consumers may be wondering what alternative banking options are available. Bank of America’s new $5 a month debit fee is just one of many changes that big financial institutions have begun making in the past few months. According to the L.A. Times, BofA, Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase and Citibank have already begun phasing out their free checking services and phasing in monthly maintenance fees that could cost the average consumer
approximately $100 a year. The alleged profit hoarding of the big banks have stoked consumer outrage and frustration and begged the question – what are my options? There are a myriad of choices when looking for a financial institution, however consumers must ask themselves what it is that is really important to them. Is it convenience, lower fees or higher-return interest rates? Ultimately when choosing between an alternative banking option and a larger financial institution, there is going to be some give and take. Alternatives to big banking include Credit Unions, online banking and smaller community banks.
Credit Unions vary from big banks in the fact that they are owned by their members and do not answer to shareholders. According to Marnie Nemcoff, marketing director for Matadors Community Credit Union, credit unions often offer all the same services a big bank does but usually at lower costs. Unlike big banks, credit unions are not-for-profit organizations, meaning any money they do make is given back to their members in the form of lower fees and higher interest rates, said Nemcoff. Credit Unions also offer more convenience than some of the other alternatives. Nemcoff said the Matador Community Cred-
it Union is part of a co-op network in which members are able to use other credit union branches and ATMs, free of charge, to do their banking. She also added that they offer online banking and bill pay, direct deposit and that all 7-11 ATMs are part of the credit union’s free ATM network. Some customers have found that credit unions offer more personalized service than bigger banks because they’re smaller financial institutions. Matador Community Credit Union member, Dorris Jean, has been banking with the credit union for the past 25 years. She said she originally chose to bank with the credit union because it was affiliated
with CSUN, but has since chosen to stay because she feels the credit union treats its members more fairly. She also said she appreciates the more personal service she receives - citing that she has established friendships with most of the tellers at her branch. Other alternative banking options include online banks and smaller community banks. Online banks, such as ING Direct and Ally, differ from big banks in the sense that they have very few physical branches, if any at all. According to the U.S. News financial blog, online banks offer many of the
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SUN police arrested a suspect Thursday in connection to a bicycle theft on campus. According to the police department’s crime log, the suspect, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was arrested in Redwood Hall at 2:20 p.m. for stealing a bike secured to a rack on the west side of the building. During the arrest, the suspect had a pair of bolt cutters in his possession. The suspect, who has a criminal record and is currently on probation for being convicted of grand theft earlier this year, was processed at CSUN PD’s jail facility, then later booked for petty theft at Lost Hills Sheriff Station. The arrest comes in the wake of an increase in bike thefts since the beginning of the year. According to police officials, 99 bikes have been stolen since the start of the year, 38 from this semester alone. “It’s a tough problem, but not an unusual problem,” said Anne P. Galvin, chief of police, in an interview with the Sundial in September. “It’s probably one of the most common campus crimes that there is.” Police officials advise students to register their bikes, which puts a trackable serial number on it, and use secure compounds, noting that no bikes have been stolen from a compound this year.
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There’s a first time for everything The Matadors rally back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat No. 7 UCLA , 3-2, Saturday night and record their first win ever at Drake Stadium. Forward Edwin Rivas scored the game-winning goal in the 87th minute.
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hile News Corp. shareholders held their annual meeting inside the 20th Century Fox studio in LA, Friday, protesters rallied outside the studio against the media giant’s mishandling of the phone hacking scandal and calling for the resignations of Rupert and James Murdoch. British Parliament member and News Corp. shareholder, Tom Watson, who, according to Reuters, has been openly critical of the company, made a brief appearance before heading into the studio, telling reporters that News Corp. is “being run like a dysfunctional family firm.” The protest concerned many of the same issues that have come to be associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, with many of the participants carrying signs and chanting the familiar “we are the 99 percent” and “down with corporations, yes to regulations.” Occupy LA, which arranged to have its participants bused from their Downtown LA encampment, was joined by several other activist groups including Good Jobs LA, Avaaz.org, CommonCause.org and MoveOn.org. “We’re fighting for a more fair economy,” said Refugio
Mata, Good Jobs LA spokesperson. “We see Fox as the symbol for corporate greed and basically corrupting the airwaves, pushing an agenda for Wall Street interests instead of main street interests.” Brianna Cayo-Cotter, key organizer for Avaaz, traveled from San Francisco to participate in the protest. “News Corp. has acted in a criminally irresponsible way,” said Cotter. “They have undue influence on our politics, and they are poisoning our democracy.” Cotter said that she hopes to see the News Corp. shareholders fire the Murdochs and get them off the board immediately and from this point on become a responsible and accountable media organization. The protest, which started off as a small group of approximately 40 people, was scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and steadily grew in size as the morning wore on. Protesters crowded outside the studio carrying signs with slogans saying “We are the 99 percent,” “Fire the Murdoch Mafia,” and “I’m not your ATM.” One protester wore a large costume head of Rupert Murdoch and wandered around, much like someone wearing a Disney character costume would, waving and giving people thumbs up and high-fives.
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ver a hundred people marched the streets of Downtown Los Angeles Saturday for the 16th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation, demonstrating their anger and grief with the violence they feel police continue to perform unjustly towards minorities across the country. Protesters of varying ages and part of different organizations gathered at Pershing Square to show their support to people who lost relatives due to police violence. Bryan Avila, a 17-year-old Eagle Rock high school student, stood in the front lines with other high school students hoping to make a difference. “I’m here because I really dislike what the police do,” Avila said. “They claim to protect and serve us
but they’re not protecting my black and brown brothers and sisters, this needs to change.” It seemed to be a challenge for some family members and friends of victims to be present and share their stories of loss and grief as a result of police brutality. Cheena Chou, a UCLA graduate, lost her friend, Michael Cho, also a UCLA student, on Dec. 31, 2007 after he was shot 11 times by the police in broad day light. Chou said she wants people and the community to know that unjust acts are not only being done towards black and brown people, “it’s happening to everyone” and no one should be silenced by the police because of fear. “We used to be a country where women couldn’t vote and blacks were slaves,” said Chou. “It took the 99 percent to come together to change that and we fought believing and knowing that this is not OK.”
As people stood outside the police department, they yelled, “Hey cops what do you say, how many kids have you killed today?” and “We’re fired it up, can’t take it no more, police brutality has got to go.” Longtime activist, Magally Miranda, who joined the protest as part of the Occupy LA movement, said her main concern is the need for justice to be served. “A badge is not an excuse for any cop to kill without being questioned,” said Miranda. Other demonstrators laid on the ground imitating dead bodies shot by police while others outlined their bodies with chalk demonstrating a crime scene. A former prisoner who wanted to be identified as Sticks said he was placed in jail for 45 days and felt like a “raging animal inside a cage” because he was mistreated by the police. “I guess I’m fortunate to not have been shot like the rest of my
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Protestors march down the streets of Downtown Los Angeles during the National Stop Police Brutality March on Saturday Oct. 22.
brothers who went ahead of me.” The demonstrations final meeting point was at MacArthur Park, where protesters came together as a community to share their support for everyone who had to live through a loss caused by the police. Maricial Gurra, an organizer for Answer LA Organization, who brings awareness of police violence to the public, said the government
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Protestors stop and rally outside the Rampart Police Station during the National Stop Police Brutality March in Downtown Los Angeles.
Protestors march down the streets of Downtown Los Angeles during the National Stop Police Brutality March on Saturday October 22.
Traditional dancers led the National Stop Police Brutality March in Downtown Los Angeles on October 22, 2011.
A red truck, covered on the sides with posters of alleged victims of police brutality and murder, took the lead in the march in Downtown Los Angeles.
Angry protestors chant and march through Downtown Los Angeles in the National Stop Police Brutality March.
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The National Stop Police Brutality March ended with a candlelight vigil in McArthur Park.
Police officers rode on bicycles alongside the National Stop Police Brutality March in Downtown Los Angeles. The police presence during the march was minimal.
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Dancing, singing, poetr y and fun bring Matador spirit back to CSUN at annual Student Showcase the amount of preparation people spent on this night. Kevin Castech, event coordinator for the night, was speechless most of the night, watching something that he had planned since July supersede his expectations. “This is going better than I could have ever expected, a little crazy, but I’m glad the kids are having a good time,” said Castech. Four awards were give out this year: Overall best in show, best in dance, best musical performance and best poetic performance. The overall best in show went to a group called “Committed Feet,” whos dance routine had hints of Michael Jackson’s thriller, with some biblical flair and costumes
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he 10th annual Student Showcase started with a seemingly tame crowd, and ended with host Ron G barely able to control them during the dance-off that would end the event, Thursday night. “The crowd was incredible,” said Ron G, seven-year comedian from Georgia. “I love this school, I’ve done over 100 schools and the diversity of this school makes it special, when the music comes on, it doesn’t matter their ethnic background, it seems to bring them together,” The energy and costumes of the performances showed
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that reminded the audience that Halloween is just around the corner. “(We’re) very surprised; to us it’s not all about the competition- it’s about God, and having fun,” said Diontay Odom, dance coordinator for Committed Feet. “Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news, that’s our motto.” Best in dance came to a dance-off at the end of the night where judges based the tiebreaker off of the volume of cheers from the audience. The Amazonian styled “CSUN dance” ended up winning over “Fasmode” and their medical-ward, zombie routine. “We came to entertain and represent CSUN,” said Sarah
Rose, member of Fasmode. “It took about 9 years to get to this level and I’m proud to be a part of this.” With his fast-talking and ability to energize the crowd, Danyial Motiwala took the award for best poetic performance, and Jessica Samiere won best musical performance. “This is a great honor, (I) had a lot of support in the crowd,” said Samiere. “Thank God of course, this is a really good feeling.” The judge’s expertise spanned from Matt Eickhoff, lip synch champion, to NBC Universal manager, Ingrid Hadley. “(I) love being part of something where students get to serve other students
immediately, but can also be seen as a plus as said separation can prompt one to consider big purchases more carefully. Unlike big banks, online banks boast the ability to offer customer service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A third banking option is local community banks.
According to ConsumerReports.org, smaller local banks emphasize service and community ties and can often offer their customers better deals such as lower credit card interest rates, higher yields on savings accounts and lower interest rates on loans. One of the major drawbacks to using smaller
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Dance group CSUN Dance won the 10th annual Student Showcase as the overall best dance group on Thursday, Oct. 20.
and are passionate about the commitment to achieving the ultimate college experience,” said Shanell Tyus, events manager for the USU, who localized banks is they are not as widespread and do not offer the same ATM coverage as big financial institutions. Individuals should make their own decisions, according to Professor James Dow, CSUN’s department chair of Department of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance
earned her under-graduate and graduate degrees from CSUN. “I’m a Matador through and through,” said Tyus. chair, wrote in an email interview: “No bank is right for every person. It’s important for the consumer to figure out what banking services are most important to them and then find that bank that offers those services at the lowest cost; know what you want and then shop around.”
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letter to the editor It’s Time to Eat Real, America! Food Day October 24, 2011
What better way to describe the purpose of Food Day than what was voiced by its sponsors, “we want Americans to cook real foods for their families again”. Over the last thirty years, the American diet has transformed from one that involved the preparation of fresh applesauce by our grandmothers to one that is ordered from fast-food restaurants, highly processed and nutritionally empty. Convenience, instead of wholesomeness, has become our priority in foods. The American diet, high in calories and poor in nutritional quality, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, has exponentially increased the rate of obesity in Americans, contributing to innumerable chronic diseases and premature deaths. Food Day, which takes place on October 24th, is dedicated to bring “real” back into the American diet, and return it to its wholesome and
sustainable roots. It is a day where consumers and food producers join each other in celebrating foods that are safe for our health, and that of our farm workers, farm animals, and environment. The history of Food Day dates back thirty-six years. In 1975, the first three national Food Days took place to raise awareness of food safety and nutritional issues. Food Day has since contributed to major accomplishments nationwide, including food sodium and trans fat labeling, ban on food sulfite preservatives, funding for food safety inspections, fast food restaurant menu labeling, reduction and ban of soda and junk foods from public schools, and Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. This meaningful day is sponsored by the Center for Science in Public Interest (CSPI), a program that has been committed to promoting nutrition, health, and food safety since 1971. Food Day is not only about food consumption, but also about changing food polices, making people aware of our nation’s food system and how they can become a part of the change process.
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Food Day brings people together and creates a forum where people can discuss Demonstrate your advocacy of Food Day by requesting congress to support Food Day’s following goals: 1. Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe healthy foods 2. Support sustainable farms and limit subsidies to big agribusiness 3. Expand access to food and alleviate hunger 4. Protect the environment and animals by reforming factory farms 5. Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids 6. Support fair conditions for food and farm workers healthy foods and how to access them. No venue is too small
to participate in Food Day activities. In fact, churches, schools, and homes are encouraged to cook healthy meals on National Food Day. Recipes will be included in the Food Day recipe booklet provided by CSPI, free of charge. Visit http://foodday.org/newsroom/releases/ food-day-cookbook-release. pdf to find a multitude of recipes. Delicious recipes such as Fennel Apple Soup and Hot and Sour Salmon with greens are available in the booklet. The booklet is given not only as a tool, but also in hopes of inspiring more people to cook for themselves and their loved ones. Students can participate by organizing pot lucks encouraging students to bring small dishes made from scratch to share with their peers. There are a variety of events taking place on October 22-24th. To learn more about Food Day and how you can celebrate this year’s event, visit: www.foodday.org. Sincerely, California State University Northridge 2011-2012 CSUN/NEVHC WIC Diatec Interns http://www.csun.edu/hhd/fcs/di/
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he CSUN men's soccer team rallied back to defeat No. 7 UCLA, 3-2, for the first time ever at Drake Stadium Saturday night and snapped a two-game losing streak in the process. However, the non-conference victory over the Bruins didn't end the Matadors' Big West losing skid, but it was the confidence booster CSUN needed as the season winds down. CSUN forward Edwin Rivas scored the game-winning goal in the 87th minute with a powerful shot into the right side of the goal. Rivas had the ball on the right side of the box, when he turned to his left and found an opening to take a shot. “I’ve been looking for that the whole season,” Rivas said. “One-on-one, got him with the left, took a shot, and it went in.” The game turned around for CSUN (7-7-1, 3-3 Big West) when forward Brian Behrad scored the equalizer in the 83rd minute after the Matadors were down 2-1 for most of the second half.
Defender and co-captain Joe Franco was able to cross the ball into the box, where Behrad had an open look to the goal. “Personally it felt great,” Behrad said. “I need to score more and I need to do it more for the team. Putting our team up there against UCLA, it’s fun. It’s really fun.” The Matadors bounced back from their meltdown loss at UC Riverside Wednesday night where they allowed two goals in the final four minutes of regulation, including the game-winning score with 19 seconds left on the clock. CSUN goalkeeper Michael Abalos, who gave up two crucial goals against UCR, did not tally a save in the match, but his team’s offense was able to pick up the slack. “The way we bounced back tonight showed a lot of character,” Abalos said. “Coming here to UCLA, we didn’t let what happened on Wednesday affect us.” Matador forward Christian Gonzalez Diaz netted the first goal of the match in the 34th minute. Midfielder Thomas Ramos ran the ball up the right side of the box and found Diaz trailing on the
side. Ramos gave the ball to Diaz who sent the ball into the back of the net. Bruin forward Chandler Hoffman has been UCLA's key to scoring, coming into the match with 11 goals. It was more of the same for Hoffman in the first half. After Diaz’s goal, it took Hoffman five minutes to find the equalizer in the 39th minute by receiving a through ball from midfielder Fernando Monge into the box. Hoffman also scored the second goal for UCLA in the 44th minute, putting his team up by one to end the half. A corner kick by midfielder Eder Arreola found teammate Andy Rose in the box, who passed the ball to Hoffman where he found the back of net. During the first half, UCLA seemed to be taking their time with the ball. The Bruins were making simple touch passes in their half of the pitch, as if they were playing keep away from the Matadors. “They possessed it very well in the back,” CSUN assistant coach Peter Bomar said. “If you want to keep passing the back on your third of the field, then we’ll let them.”
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carefully. Hoffman had a chance to get his hat trick in the 59th minute, with a cross right in front of Abalos, but just missed his opportunity and let the ball roll out
of play. With only four games left on the schedule, CSUN gets back to Big West play on Wednesday for a home match against UC Irvine.
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Never a doubt in their minds Matadors use blistering hitting in fifth set to shake off pesky UCR Alonso Tacanga Sports editor
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C Riverside was coming off a tremendous comeback at UC Santa Barbara. Down 2-0, the lastplace Highlanders rallied spiritedly and took down the second-best team in the Big West Conference record-wise, 3-2, on Oct. 15. Fast-forward to a week later, Saturday at the Matadome, and there were the Highlanders again falling behind 2-0, this time to CSUN. Following act: another UCR upsurge, two consecutive set wins to force a fifth, deciding frame. Gratifying déjävu for UCR? UCSB-like choke for the Matadors? “That was not going to happen to us,” CSUN middle blocker Casey Hinger said. “No way” Thankfully for the Matadors (10-10, 4-4 Big West), CSUN’s fifth set was as dead set as Hinger’s postgame words. The Matadors had 11 kills in 12 attempts, a staggering .917 hitting percentage, en route to a 15-8 fifth-frame win to finish off the impotent Highlanders, 3-2. UCR (5-17, 2-6) came into the final set following an impeccable fourth in which it only committed three attack errors and hit .378. The Highlanders also doubled their block totals in that set alone, going from three to six, despite CSUN's Mahina Haina and Natalie Allen’s 10 combined kills. The Matadors hit .233 in the set, but the Highlanders’ sizzling
hitting was too much as they won the frame 26-24. Momentum was on UCR's side. Hinger, who had 13 kills and hit .458 for the game, remained unfazed, however. “We kind of relaxed a little bit, which is an easy thing to do," she said. "But once they woke us up, we were like, ‘OK, well now we’re done with you guys. We need to get you down.’” Haina was the one who delivered the dismissal message the strongest to UCR. The outside hitter had four kills and a solo block in the frame to push the Matadors to victory and into fifth place in the Big West standings. Haina, who had a team-high 15 kills, was just “doing her job.” “I just really wanted to get everything done,” Haina said. “We needed the win.” The match started with both teams looking dead even. The first set was toe-to-toe for most of its duration until the Highlanders went on a spree of mistakes. Tied at 18, CSUN took advantage of six UCR mishaps (four attack errors and two service errors) to go on a 7-2 run and win 25-20. Only a kill by Britney Graff got in the way of the UCR blunder. UC Riverside, which was led by otside hitters Shelby LeDuff (16 kills) and Amanda Vialpando (15 kills), spread the errors more evenly in the second while the Matadors played nearly flawless volleyball, only committing two attack mistakes. CSUN’s hitting went from a subpar .103 in the first set to more than triple that in the
second at .312. The Matadors won 25-18, taking a 2-0 lead into intermission, making it look like it’d be a short Dig Pink night. And then, for a second week in a row, UCR got inspired. “We knew they could do that,” said CSUN setter Sydney Gedryn, who had 47 assists. “We got a little too comfortable, which we shouldn’t have done.” UCR took a 7-2 lead right off the gate in the third set, forcing CSUN head coach Jeff Stork to call a timeout. CSUN fought back and took an 11-10 lead, but UCR responded and pushed ahead again, causing Stork to call for time once more. “(UC Riverside) is a muchimproved team,” Stork said. A kill by Natalie Allen (11 kills) got the Matadors within 23-22, but UCR finished them off with two consecutive points to cut into CSUN’s lead. They hit .286 for the frame. The remarkable hitting continued in the fourth as the Highlanders tied the match to set up the do-or-die fifth. “By the fifth set, we’d just decided as a team, ‘you know, we’re winning this game and there’s nothing else to it,”' Gedryn said. And that was all she wrote. CSUN blasted UCR in the fifth to avoid a colossal collapse and is now on a two-game winning streak. "When it mattered, we served tough, we blocked well and got some balls to the flow with attacking," Stork said. "It's a good night to be a Matador."
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The Matadors celebrate during their five-set victory over UC Riveriside Saturday night at the Matadome in a Big West match-up.
Women's Soccer
Farran's goal sets up a first-place showdown Christina Azouz Daily Sundial
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Heidi Farran (left) scored the game-winning goal in CSUN's road win over the Titans.
n early goal by senior forward Heidi Farran was all the CSUN women’s soccer needed to defeat Cal State Fullerton, 1-0, Thursday evening to set up a first-place battle between Northridge and UC Irvine Sunday night. Heading into their match at Matador Soccer Field, the Matadors and Anteaters led the Big West Conference Standings with 13 points apiece. The winner clinched a spot in the fourteam Big West Tournament and now controls their own fate for a conference regular season title. Results of the match were not available before publication, but a recap will be on dailysundial.com after the game and in Tuesday’s issue.
Before CSUN’s firstplace showdown, Farran scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season to put the Matadors ahead in the eighth minute of play against the Titans and eventually giving them the victory. Junior forward Melissa Fernandez made her way through the penalty box and passed the ball to senior defender Brielle Slepicoff, who then found Farran wide open. Farran shot the ball to the left post, beating Titan goalkeeper Lindsey Maricic. “It was a great build-up and when I got the pass I thought about cutting it inside, but I saw two players so I just took a swing,” Farran told gomatadors. com. “I was a little off balance, but a goal is a goal and I’ll surely take it.” Junior goalkeeper Cynthia Jacobo continued her
strong play, including a save on redshirt sophomore midfielder Kishi Smith’s shot. Jacobo lunged to her right, but when she saw Smith shooting to the left side of the net, Jacobo readjusted and managed to deflect the ball wide of the net with her left hand. Jacobo, who was named Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday, earned the 22nd win of her career and her 16th career shutout. Farran tied former teammate Susie Mischenko for sixth in school history for goals scored with 12. “Our club worked hard tonight and deserved the result,” said CSUN head coach Keith West. “It sets up a great match Sunday where both clubs know what is at stake.”