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No more $5 debit fee Major banks cancel controversial fees kat russell daily sundial

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ank of America has abandoned a monthly $5 debit card fee, which was scheduled to begin in early 2012.

The announcement came after competitors, namely Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, announced they were no longer going to exact similar fees.

The bank cited customer feedback and a changing competitive marketplace as the reason for the bank’s “change of heart,” according to a Nov. 1 statement.

“We have listened to our customers very closely over the last few weeks and recognize their concern with our proposed debit usage fee,” David Darnell, co-chief operating officer, said in the statement. “Our customers’ voices are most important to us. As a result, we are not currently charging the fee and will not be moving forward with any additional plans to do so.”

Bank of America has been at the center of consumer anger over the past couple months after announcing in late September that they were thinking of implementing the monthly debit card

usage fee.

An estimated 650,000 consumers have joined credit unions since the $5 charge was announced Sept. 29, according to the Credit Union National Association. This increase was massive compared to the estimated 600,000 consumers who made the switch in the whole of 2010.

A new federal rule went into effect Oct. 1 limiting the fees banks can charge merchants when debit card purchases are made.

New limitations are expected to cost banks an estimated $6.6 billion a year in revenue beginning in 2012, according to Javelin Strategy and Research.

The initiation of debit card purchase fees were part of an effort by banks to recover some of those losses.

The news of the fees sparked consumer outrage, with thousands of consumers pledging to move their money out of big banks, according to CNN. A poll conducted by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling showed 62 percent of consumers said they would leave their bank if it began charging for debit card transactions.

In opposition of the new fees, consumers have turned to the Internet to campaign against major banks and

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A bicyclist uses the Bank of America drive-through ATM machine.

their fees.

“Bank Transfer Day,” started on Facebook by small business owner Kristen Christian, signed up more than 80,000 people who pledged to transfer their monies. “Bank Transfer Day” was scheduled to take place Nov. 5, and has received much support from Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Molly Katchpole, a 22-yearold woman from Washington, D.C., launched an online petition on Change. org opposing the debit fees, and has collected over 300,000 signatures. The petition beseeches Bank of America to

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Murals may soon be legal

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ules governing murals in Los Angeles could be loosened now that L.A. City Council members voted in favor of revising the law last month.

The city put a ban on private property murals in 2002 after outdoor advertising companies sued the city council for regulating signs, but not murals, said Rick Coca, spokesman for District 14.

These regulations became tightly enforced between 2006 and 2007.

Before this time, there wasn’t any ordinance on murals but there was a law governing signs and bill-

boards, Coca said. Billboard companies argued this wasn’t fair because it was too difficult to distinguish the difference between signs and murals.

Now, any type of sign is not allowed on private property, but publicly funded murals are OK, said Coca.

Martha Martinez, Chicana/o studies and sociology double major, focused her research project for the Ronald E. McNair Scholars program on murals.

“Some of the murals on campus depict the history of Chicana/o and it’s important to have students know the history of the murals. It’s about the history of CSUN,” she said. “It’s

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A colorful mural occupies the side wall of Juan M.’s El Mini Discount Store/T-Shirt Spot.

He say’s it has been up for the past year and has not had any problems with the city or taggers that would always write on the wall on a daily basis.

NEWS Study finds that children of illegal immigrants finish less school than legal immigrants p. 4

OPINION Surveillance cameras promote campus safety p. 6

new scholarship for CSUN faculty and staff wishing to return to school or pursue a new degree has been created carrying President Jolene Koester’s name.

As Koester prepares to retire in December, the CSUN Foundation has established the Jolene Koester Presidential Scholarship Endowment.

“A lot of our staff does great work that goes unnoticed,” Koester said.

“They take care of our students (and) it’s my way of saying ‘thank you’ before I leave.”

This funding is meant to encourage faculty and staff to pursue their desired degrees, said Vance Peterson, president of the CSUN Foundation.

The foundation’s board of directors guaranteed to match private contributions up to $100,000, aiming for an total endowment of $200,000.

An estimated $35,000 has been raised so far, bringing the current endowment, including the board’s match, to $70,000.

“There’s such a widespread admiration for Dr. Koester’s leadership and accomplishments here at CSUN,” Peterson said.

That admiration will likely be the cause of 99 percent of the private gifts dedicated to the funds, Peterson added.

Even though CSUN faculty and staff have not seen a pay increase for the past four years, the endowment is meant to encourage their academic progress despite the economic turmoil.

Faculty and staff are eligible to enroll in the Fee Waiver Program, a state-

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Continued from page 1 “do the right thing” and reverse its decision to charge consumers for their debit card usage.

It is not entirely clear whether Bank of America revoked the fee in response to consumer outrage or because the massive bank was left alone in the consumer hot seat after other major banks decided the week before to dismantle their fees.

Bank of America “listened to customer feedback and decided not to implement the fee,” Anne Pace, Bank of American spokeswoman, said in an email.

Wells Fargo “based its decision (to not implement debit fees) on early feedback from their customers and remains committed to helping customers succeed financially,” said Marlo Vasquez, senior vice president of Well Fargo’s San Fernando Valley Community Bank.

Despite the fee recall, some remain convinced that big banks will continue to try to raise revenue through the implementation of fees.

Bankrate.com analyst Greg McBride warned consumers to prepare for higher checking and overdraft fees, higher fees for using another bank’s ATM and additional fees if they want to receive paper statements.

Analysts also suspect that banks will attempt to make it harder for consumers to avoid checking fees by raising minimum balance requirements.

“The debit card fee was only one of several different levers that banks can pull,’’ McBride told the Boston Globe. “Consumers should continue to be vigilant about the prospect for new and higher fees.’’

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Do you think Bank of America canceling the proposed $5 charge will be enough to get back customers that have already left the bank?

elliot timnak mathematics “It depends if you already went to another bank and the trouble to cancel them and go back to Bank of America. I thought all banks were going to follow suit so I thought of just getting a heavy safe and putting my money in there. I bank with U.S. Bank and they’re usually the last ones to start doing what everyone else is doing.”

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“In spite of the proposed charges being dropped customers are still being charged to keep their accounts open so I don’t think the proposed charge was a good idea.

They might get some customers back, not all but I think some might return.”

“I am a socially liberal person but fiscally, I’m more in the middle. I think dropping the fee is not enough. I didn’t really care because I’m not a Bank of America customer, but I don’t think they’ll get customers back. If you were outraged enough to close your account over a $5.00 charge Bank of America would need to offer some type of incentive to get back lost customers.”

funded program which covers a maximum six units per semester, but course restrictions may apply, according to fee waiver coordinator Sue Talavera.

There are more details to be worked out regarding how many members will receive the award, the process of nominating members and how much awards will be worth. These details won’t be finalized until Dec. 31.

Unlike financial aid, this endowment will not be “invaded” for other needs depending on the state of the economy.

“Depending on the final amount of the endowment established, perhaps more than one scholarship will be given out each year,” Peterson said.

If the goal is reached, 4 percent of the $200,000 will be awarded annually, following the CSUN Foundation policy of the endowment percentage.

Peterson said the magnificent number of faculty and staff who make gifts to the university and to help students is a “wonderful unknown fact.”

Koester said faculty and staff who take classes are a different kind of student.

“We don’t have many ways to honor their work,” said President Koester.

The Jolene Koester Presidential Scholarship Endowment is scheduled to be presented to President Koester on Dec. 3.

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Tragic past molds student’s passion

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Biology major uses past expereiences as his inspiration for a better future

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or most people, college is a time to figure out their options and where life takes them. Although encouraged, most do not find passion in what they choose for a career, but Matthew Landesman is an exception.

Landesman, 21, is a biology major and pre-med student set to graduate within three and a half years.

One could say he is lucky for having carved his path at a young age but it was not by choice that he would stumble upon his passion so early on.

“When I was 14 my father unexpectedly passed away,” he said. “Not only that but I grew up in a family with my mother being disabled and the accumulation of the two lead to me wanting to be a doctor where I could help others and prevent people from living through some of the things I’ve had to as a kid.”

Not every tragedy breeds such an inspiring individual but in Landesman's case, it has proven through his dedication, extra-curricular involvement and head-on approach into the field of medical research.

A group called American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is a club on campus dedicated to providing guidance, support and information for pre-med students who are striving to be accepted into medical school.

As president of the club, Landes-

man facilitates meetings, gathers sponsors like the Princeton Review, Kaplan Review and the Gold Standard to provide students with study materials for the MCAT, which might be the most difficult test they will ever take, he said.

Aside from his full load of 17 units and running the club, he also volunteers at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles where he assists in DNA research under geneticist Dr. Richard Boles, a professor at USC’s Keck School of Medicine where Landesman hopes to soon attend.

Before pondering if he has the time for his hobbies, like fishing, dirt biking and snowboarding, he decided to join the CSUN’s Honors Biology Program.

Landesman's advice for finding your own passion is, “It feels incredible and the challenge is getting there.

Stick with your education, and given some time it will come to you.”

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Matt Landesman, 21, is currently a biology major who will be graduating early to enter medical school.

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hildren of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles are at an educational disadvantage compared to children of Americans who immigrated legally, according to a recent study.

Citizenship status of Mexican immigrants directly affects the education of their children, who finish two years less school than the children of legal immigrants, according to the study.

Undocumented Mexican parents have heterogeneous statuses – meaning they’ll be leaving and entering the United States frequently – which impacts their children’s education, according to the study.

“For Mexicans, many of whom initially come as temporary unauthorized migrants, we hypothesize that parental status combinations will be heterogeneous and greater in number and that marginal membership statuses will exert negative net effects on education in the second generation,” the report noted.

David Moguel, a CSUN education professor, said young children whose parents are deported would be emotionally disrupted, and could have a harder time learning.

“If parents aren’t present, the kids would be devastated,” Moguel said. “It would impact their education as much as, if not more, a bitter divorce.”

These children could also have a tough time in school because future educational prospects aren’t much of a reality, Moguel said.

“It’s hard for them to believe that working hard and doing their homework will give them rewards,” Moguel said. “They also have less access to financial aid, making it difficult for them to see college as a goal after high school.”

The study, published by Frank Bean, director of the center for research on immigration, population and public policy at University of California, Irvine, and three other researchers, used data collected from a 2004 survey conducted by Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles.

The survey focused on

4,780 adult children of immigrants in five counties, and the study mainly compared Mexican children to Asian children.

Data found that Asians receive better education because their parents have an easier time immigrating and becoming naturalized.

Mexicans “are not only likely to exhibit substantially lower overall levels of naturalization than Asian groups,” the report noted. “By contrast, many Asian-origin migrants have predominantly migrated to the United States almost entirely under legal auspices, with the intent of settling permanently.”

The study suggested the government provide more opportunities for legalization because the negative influence on the children will go on to future generations.

“The fact, especially that the force of legal status appears to exert its own positive effect on second generation education implies that the failure to provide pathways to legalization risks the development of an expanding underclass of unauthorized entrants,” the report noted.

Eric Ruark, director of research for the Federation for American Immigration

Reform (FAIR), said it’s not the responsibility of schools to educate these children – it’s a problem policy makers should face.

“These children are getting caught up in the middle of a political fight about immigration and policy makers always talk about how the immigration system is broken, but do nothing about it,” said Ruark. “The problem is that public schools aren’t equipped to handle these kids, but there are no policies in place to handle this problem.”

However, Moguel said there isn’t necessarily a link between immigration laws and education because undocumented immigrants don’t come to the United States because of education or financial aid.

“It’s extremely difficult to immigrate to this country, possibly harder than it’s ever been before, though I’m not sure there is a link between easier immigration and education,” Moguel said. “But it’s important to note that you can work to improve the education children receive without worrying about the immigration status of them or their parents.”

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Continued from page 1 about culture and political activism, as well.”

Los Angeles used to be known as the mural capital of the world before the 2002 regulation went into effect.

“This ordinance will allow murals to flourish again,” Coca said.

“There is a big interest in how this plays out.”

Murals in the Southland started primarily in the Chicana/o movement in the 1970s and 1980s, said Larry Oviatt, CSUN art professor.

“I find it delightful to pass by,” he said.

“If there’s an ugliness about a cement wall you keep driving along and you paint a mural on it, you pay attention to it.

It becomes a part of the landscape.”

What an individual landowner chooses to do with their property is their right, Oviatt added.

“If you want to paint your house chartreuse and everything else is brown and grey in your neighborhood, you should be able to do that,” he said.

The revision would allow murals to be painted on private property

again after distinguishing them from advertisements and billboards.

District 14 Councilmember José Huizar allocated $20,000 to local artists in 2008 to create a mural in Ramona Gardens’ Community, according to a press release from that time. Because the mural was city sponsored and on public land, it wasn’t against the regulation.

The new L.A. City Council Planning Commission is working on this new ordinance for murals and looking into creating one for signs, Coca said.

Martinez said murals should be allowed on private properties, but there must be a clear distinction between ads and murals.

Oviatt said what defines a mural as art as opposed to an advertisement or sign is if there is a logo embedded into it or it features a specific product.

“They don’t need to have that on the sides of buildings or fences unless they want to support the mural or artist,” he said. “They have taken away a lot of billboards, which I agree with. I don’t think we need to have all of those.”

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CSUN food garden gets new residents

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The 'Tree Hugger' art project, located in the CSUN Campus Food Garden, features stick figure-like men made out of 'completely green' material.

ree huggers have invaded the Campus Food Garden on the north east side of campus.

These little men made of organic materials were assigned by professor Edie Pistolesi and used as inspiration for a garden art party hosted by the Institute of Sustainability late last month.

The art is still on display as stick figure-like men made of hay, leaves, and unripened nuts cling to a tree, plant stems and vegetable vines in the garden, located between the softball field and the Northridge Academy High School.

The display will stay as long as possible, Pistolesi said, as the only enemies of the art project are squirrels and the November winds.

The majority of the art was made by non-art students, as students in her children’s art and introductory art classes are mostly liberal study majors or freshman outside of the art major, Pistolesi said.

They, along with students from the Northridge Academy High School, designed the art project to connect art with their research on global warming. Pistolesi was asked by Wendy Burke of the Institute for Sustainability to bring the “completely green” project to

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“For the situation, the tree huggers seemed like a good match,” Pistolesi said.

Materials were collected by students, and, outside of the raffia used to tie them together, were completely green and completely free, Pistolesi said.

“The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the CSUN food garden and there was an art opening and reception for CSUN’s campus sustainability day,” said Dr. Erica Woodman with the psychology department.

The project grew to include Dr. Ken Sakatani, Dr. Lynette Henderson and a teacher from Northridge Academy, Rene Shufelt, Pistolesi said.

About 40 students attended the garden art party, along with a film crew that made a video on CSUN’s sustainability practices, said Sarah Percle, student assistant with the Institute of Sustainability.

“The Campus Community Food Garden was established to educate students about healthy food choices, sustainable food gardening techniques, and to promote community involvement to students,” Percle said.

Garden workdays are held every two weeks, when students can plant what is in season and harvest it once it’s ready, Percle said. Produce goes to whoever cultivates the food.

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Who Should Be the Next Owner of the Dodgers?

Embattled Dodgers owner Frank McCourt finally agreed to sell the team this week. He will work with Major League Baseball to seek approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to auction the team.

McCourt and his wife Jaime, who were never fully embraced by the community, further tarnished their image when they announced their separation in 2009, beginning an on-going saga of court battles over who was the rightful owner of the team, leaving the franchise strapped for cash. It has been reported during their tenure in L.A., the McCourts may have diverted as much as $189 million from the team for their personal use.

McCourt bought the Dodgers in 2004 for $421 million. It is now expected to sell for upward of $1 billion. Possible rumored suitors currently include Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, a group put together by former Dodgers Orel Hershiser and Steve Garvey, and former Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley, who sold the franchise to FOX News Corp. in 1998.

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urveillance cameras spread across campus may have cut down the time and resources spent searching for the suspected gunman at the Oviatt Library last month. Although there are security cameras in the Oviatt structure, the remaining university buildings aren’t monitored, which allowed the suspect to walk away, seemingly unnoticed.

“Cameras may reduce the likelihood of crime,” said Ellis Godard, a professor of sociology. “It’s a construct where people do feel safer when cameras are up. People behave themselves. They’re alerting people to what they do.”

Security cameras track people.

They document the paths of potentially thousands of people every day. The cameras offer some peace of mind knowing if someone is going to commit a crime, they’ll be caught on tape.

So long as there are signs indicating an area is being observed by security cameras, regardless if the

cameras are even functioning, Godard said anytime people are made to think they’re being watched they’re less likely to do anything unlawful in public.

If this is the case, how did surveillance cameras miss the suspected gunman?

“It was kind of slow in this case,” Godard said.

Ultimately, the only image of the Oviatt suspect was captured by a student, which was then distributed through multiple social media outlets as well as the campus police department.

However, had there been surveillance cameras in the buildings surrounding the Oviatt, it is highly likely he would have been spotted faster.

“We could have other kinds of surveillance, like more police,” said Godard.

In the case of the suspected gunman, we could rely more on civilians reporting incidents he said.

In other cases, despite surveillance cameras capturing criminal activity or a person in danger, for example, the recent example of the baby in China being run over by two vehicles, no

one seems to pay attention.

Godard said in these situations, if there’s not someone who’s tasked to do something, people don’t act.

Opposition to more surveillance cameras across campus may argue the cameras are an invasion of privacy. Instead of attending a university, they are attending a prison, where every move you make is watched by “Big Brother.”

“There’s a trade-off in both,” said Godard. “It would be harder to get away with crime or any form of deviance but there’s no right to privacy in a public area.”

We’re living in an age of a massive technological revolution where nearly our entire lives are digitized.

According to Facebook the social media giant has over 800 million active users—consumers that upload over 250 million photos per day.

Considering the fact that many of those photos are shot in public places, chances are you might be in the background of someone else’s photo. If that photo is uploaded to the web via social media like Facebook

or Flickr, could you still consider the argument invasion of privacy?

While security cameras won’t be able to stop an incident like a hit-and-run, having them on campus would definitely make a criminal think twice before they pull a weapon on an unsuspecting student or faculty member, vandalize school property, or steal someone else’s belongings; in the very least, having a suspect caught on tape will aid in prosecution if they decide to ignore the warning that they are being watched.

Privacy in a public place, in that case, would be a small price to pay for such protection.

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CSUN falls to 49ers again in conference semis “We played really well. I don’t think we were ready to start the second half.”

The 49ers dominated poshe Matadors had their session of the ball and were season come to an end last being very physical with the year after being eliminated Matadors. CSUN, on the

by Long Beach State in the other hand, had difficulties Big West Conference Tour- getting the ball out of the nament semifinals. This sea- defensive side of the field son, Northridge was hoping and did not respond well to history didn’t repeat itself. the physical play.

Unfortunately for them, “We had our opportuniit was more of the same. ties and they had theirs,” The Matadors were bounced sophomore defender Chloe out from the postseason McDaniel said. “They just

by Long Beach State for a came out with them today.” second consecutive time in Junior forward Nadia the tournament’s semifinals Link put Long Beach ahead after losing 2-0 on Thursday in the 54th minute with afternoon at George Allen her 15th goal of the seaField. son. Link, who leads the Going into the game, the Big West in goals, received Matadors’ (7-10-2) confi- a pass from senior forward dence was high after pulling Nicole Sweetman from the an upset victory over the left side of the field and Ken Scarboro / Editor in Chief 49ers (14-5-1) at the Mata- Link just one-touched the For the second straight year, CSUN was eliminated by Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament semifinals. dor Soccer Field on Oct. 14. ball into the net.

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Alexis Barbara said. “We she touched the ball. mistakes, but I thought we came out lackadaisical in the heads down and were nonThe Matadors tried to just let a couple things go.

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Matador saves the best for last Haina overcomes slow start, leads CSUN to second place in conference Alonso Tacanga Sports editor

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SUN outside hitter Mahina Haina was having one miserable game and referee Rick Olmstead wasn’t helping her state of mind.

With the Matadors leading 1-0 and ahead 26-25 in the second set of their Saturday night match-up against Pacific, CSUN setter Sydney Gedryn put down an apparent set-winning point to the opposite side’s deep corner.

Haina, her teammates and most of the Matadome started to celebrate. Olmstead, however, blew his whistle, called the hit out of bounds and overturned the point.

An irritated Haina looked at Olmstead and yelled, “C’mon!”

“It was a really tight game, that point would have made it much easier,” Haina said.

Big west Standings 1. LBSU 2. UCSB 2. CSUN 4. Pacific 5. UC Davis 6. Fullerton 7. Cal Poly 8. UC Irvine 9. Riverside

(17-6, 11-2) (14-11. 7-5) (13-11, 7-5) (16-10, 7-6) (20-8. 6-7) (11-14, 6-7) (10-15, 5-7) (10-14, 4-8) (6-20, 3-9)

Trouble-free, it was not. But CSUN (13-11, 7-5 Big West) and Haina managed to overcome the hurdle, won the set 33-31 and went on to sweep the Tigers for their fifth win in the last six games. The victory put the Matadors in second place in the Big West Conference along with UC Santa Barbara.

Haina’s minor outburst could have had something to do with her subpar start. The outside hitter had six attack errors and hit -.308 in the first set. She added two more errors in the second, but also had five kills to help the Matadors repel the pesky Tigers in the critical frame.

“She (Haina) was coming in early,” CSUN head coach Jeff Stork said. “(Gedryn) was giving her a normal set, but it was a little bit too slow for what her timing was.”

CSUN, which had also swept UC Davis the night before, led 24-21 before Pacific crept up on it and sent the game into extra points. Behind Megan Birch’s 12 kills in the frame, the Tigers even went ahead, 31-30.

The Matadors, however, went on to score the next three points to take the win and a 2-0 lead into intermission as the home crowd of 437 exploded in an eruption of cheers.

“We won when it mattered,

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Mahina Haina (10) tallied 12 kills in CSUN's straight sets victory over Pacific Saturday night at the Matadome.

that was a clutch moment for us,” said CSUN middle blocker Casey Hinger, who had 11 kills and hit a team-high .364.

The Matadors, who hit .244 for the game, had large leads in every set. In the first, they led by as many as five points before the Tigers came roaring back and took an 18-15 advantage thanks in part to 12 attack errors and five service errors from CSUN. The Matadors then responded with a 10-5 run to take an early

command of the match.

The third set was the only frame in which CSUN didn’t have to sweat a win down to the wire. The Matadors led by as many as eight points and finished Pacific off with a 25-17 victory.

“We’re winning in a lot of different ways,” Stork said.

“And certainly that wasn’t our best performance, but we won and that’s what’s most important.”

Haina, the Matadors’ kill leader at 3.34 per set, added five more kills in the third set to bring her total up to 12, a team-high along with the 12 from Natalie Allen. Haina improved her poor early hitting up to .125 by game’s end.

“Volleyball’s 95 percent mental as people say,” Hinger said of her teammate’s early struggles. “Sometimes that stuff happens, but all that matters is that she pulled it out in the end.”

In the end, Haina – who kept her composure for most of the match – was all smiles.

“Everybody gets heated in the game,” Haina said, referring to her small exchange of words with Olmstead. “My adrenaline was running and I didn’t necessarily say anything bad, I just said … stuff."

“I apologized (to the ref). I said, ‘Yeah, you’re right, I’m sorry,’ but I mean, it’s sports, it happens. You get angry.”

Men's basketball

Greene provides spark, CSUN cruises in tuneup Alonso Tacanga Sports editor

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SUN guard Josh Greene was the designated sixth man for the Matadors’ exhibition game against Cal Baptist Saturday afternoon, making his anxious return to college basketball take just a bit longer than he wanted it to.

He finally went in five minutes into the game. Two minutes later, he took his first shot, a 3-pointer.

He swished it.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment all week,” Greene said afterwards.

The trey was the first of four for the sophomore in the midst of an 86-51 pounding of the Lancers at the Matadome. Greene led all scorers with 18 points.

Eleven of those came in a first half where CSUN punished Cal Baptist badly enough to make the second period an afterthought.

Greene was 5-of-7 from

the field, 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.

“The credit goes to my teammates,” Greene said.

“They found me when I was open. I just take the shots and have confidence every time I shoot it.”

As a team, the Matadors didn’t shoot the ball particularly well, making only 40 percent of their attempts.

They found their winning formula in something that’s been their bread and butter for years under head coach Bobby Braswell’s tenure: defense.

CSUN forced Cal Baptist into shooting an atrocious 29 percent from the field and turning the ball over 19 times for the game.

The Matadors got 30 points off the throwaways.

“That’s how we start to get our offense rolling, starting confident with the defense first,” said CSUN guard Aqeel Quinn, who scored 15 points.

The Matadors built their advantage with a 22-5 run

midway through the first half. Greene had half of the points during the frame as CSUN went up 33-12 with 8:03 left in the half.

CSUN had as many field goals made as Cal Baptist had field goal attempts (19) in the first half.

Two additions to this season’s playing roster made their presence felt against the Lancers. Redshirt freshman Stephan Hicks scored all of his 11 points in the first half before sitting out most of the second with an apparent ankle twist. True freshman guard Allan Guei had 13 points, dazzling the crowd of 633 with quick, strong moves to the basket.

“Once I got out there and made my first basket, I was loose,” said Guei, who made five of 10 shots. “I was like, ‘It’s time to play, I belong out here.’”

Forward John HaywardMayhew had 10 points and eight rebounds and fellow forward Thomas Jacobs scored eight and grabbed

eight rebounds for the Matadors, who held their biggest lead at 77-41 with 7:02 left in the game.

Cal Baptist was led by center Luke Evans with 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Lancers were outrebounded 51-37.

While the Matadors beat up on the Division-II Lancers, they know the competition will only get tougher from now on. Their seasonopening rival will be USC Friday at the Galen Center.

“I’m real confident,” said Greene on the prospect of CSUN going into the Galen Center and coming out with a win. “I didn’t want to make any promises or anything because I wasn’t sure how we were going to play today, but I feel like everyone is focused, everybody is on track and hungry.

“They (the Trojans) are a good team, but we’re a good team also. We have to defend them, but they have to defend us also.”

Mariela Molina / Visual Editor

Josh Greene scored a game-high 18 points against CBU.