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thletic programs at CSUN are trying to set higher standards for student-athletes after the men’s basketball team was penalized last year for not meeting academic requirements. The basketball team has been barred from playing in the postseason after receiving an 871 NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR), below standards for collegiate sports. APR tracks the progress of student-athletes, as well as the graduation rates of sports programs. Teams need to meet an average score of 930 to avoid being penalized, according to the NCAA. Men’s basketball head coach Bobby Braswell was unavailable for comment on his team’s
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espite only being able to nab one morning class this semester, Ellie Sol, communications junior, advocates taking morning classes as a way to make the most of every day. “(After a morning class) you don’t have to worry about it anymore and you can have time to study or go out,” Sol said. “You’re fresher in the morning. Toward the night, you’re just tired.” A recent study by St. Lawrence University proved this to be true. Students who wake up early for morning classes tend to get better grades. The study, conducted by psychology professors Serge Onyper and Pamela Thacher, found that students who
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Urban studies professor, Mintesnot Woldeamanuel, lectures to his 8 a.m. class yesterday. “in a way they are really fresh, in a way they are kind of sleepy, but i dont have a problem to engage them,” said Woldeamanuel.
took later classes slept more but also had more time to go out with friends, which may mean late nights. The reasoning behind this is the
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level of maturity when it comes to handling a college career. “If you know you don’t have to be in class until 2
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performance. Though the basketball team failed to meet their requirements, other CSUN athletic programs are earning the grade. The Matador cross-country team boasts a perfect score of 1000. “The first thing I told (my athletes) is that we’re raising the bar academically,” said Avery Anderson, head coach of CSUN cross-country and track and field. In his first year as head coach, Anderson said he wants his athletes to perform better in the classroom. Last year, the team had an average GPA of 3.0, but Anderson said he wants it higher. “The easiest way to do well athletically is to do well academically,” he said. “It just makes it easier to do what we
he California Department of Public Health fined 12 hospitals, two in Los Angeles, for noncompliance with licensing requirement after an assessment of the facilities on Sept. 7. Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center was fined for failing to implement written policies and procedures for giving out medication, according to the Department of Health press release. This is the fourth administrative penalty issued to the hospital and carries a fine of $50,000. The Brotman Medical Center in Culvery City was fined $50,000 for its failure to follow policies and procedures for fall prevention, the same press release noted. This was the hospi-
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tal’s second administrative penalty. Neither hospital were available for comment by the time of publication. Hospitals nationwide are inspected every 18 months, usually by an outside organization that reports back to the Department of Health, said Ralph Montano, spokesman for the California Department of Health. The organization will deem a hospital acceptable if the facility meets federal regulations and laws, but hospitals are required to self-report some incidents, Montano said. If the hospital doesn’t report an incident and a person or entity complains, the assessment will also look at why the hospital did not report it, he said. The Department of Health allows consumers to see reports and find hospitals in their area, shows any
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Continued from page 1 need to in terms of the athletic-side of things when we’re taking care of business on the academic side.” An APR score can make a team appear on top of their academic game, but Anderson said it’s not as clear as people think. It “can be a little deceiving, in that there are other factors that go into it,” he said. “I don’t think that it tells the whole picture.” Jim Bracken, head coach of CSUN men’s golf, said his small team puts golf’s APR at a disadvantage because they have limited points. Bracken’s team received a 926, just below the required 930, but was given an exception because of the team’s size. But size is not the only thing that matters when it comes to academic progress scores. A few years ago, two golf players left the program before graduating — one to play professional golf, and the other to attend PGA Tour school, Bracken said. The early departures lowered their team’s APR. Men’s golf has improved their APR. Bracken said he does everything he can to help his athletes with their grades. “I want all my (athletes) to graduate, but you can only do what you can do,” he said. “I can’t do anything else.” Bracken said he checks-in with his academic advisers at least three to four times per
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PRACTICE. “It’s definitely a challenge being a student athlete. The first part is being a student, second an athlete,” said Rafael Garcia, captain of CSUN’s mens soccer team. Garcia’s bookbag hangs on the fence as the team practices on Tuesday, September 2011.
week, and gives his athletes time off from practice for tests and class. “I’m very proactive on how they are doing,” he said. Even when Bracken gives his athletes extra time for work, he can be surprised by the outcomes. “I look at grade reports three weeks before finals, and everything’s good,” he said. But when it comes time for finals, Bracken said the momentum did not stick. Student-athlete success in the classroom comes down to the students themselves, Bracken said. Rafael Garcia, co-captain of CSUN men’s soccer, is graduating this Fall semester, but it has not been an easy road for him. “There are challenges that come with athletics, such as traveling and having games
during the semester,” Garcia said. “It’s definitely a challenge being a student-athlete.” Garcia said he gives priority to his academics first and focuses on athletics after, but added he would not be graduating without the help of the athletic department and the services they offer. “I take advantage of all the resources that are available,” he said. “Tutoring and mentoring programs, in my opinion, have helped me a lot. I couldn’t be happier with the programs that they offer here.” Although the men’s basketball team was penalized for not meeting NCAA requirements, Anderson said all teams need to abide by it, no matter how flawed they may think it is. “If that’s the standard, then you need to figure out how to live within the standard,” he said.
complaints and lets viewers see a scanned copy of the original paperwork. “From a consumer standpoint, the penalties and assessments don’t matter much,” said Dr. Brian Malec, health administration professor at CSUN. “Very few patients research their hospital. Should they? Yes. Do they? Probably not.” Some students said they would take the assessments seriously, now that they know it exists. “I can find better options now,” said senior construction management major Preston Jensen. “A hospital that was fined wouldn’t be my first choice.” Hospitals have 10 days to appeal the penalties, Montano said, but he was unable to reveal if any appeals have been filed. Penalties range from $50,000 to $75,000, depending on the severity of the infraction and how many penalties have been issued, Montano explained. California’s Department of Health has issued 198 penalties since the program began in 2007, Montano said. Of those, 150 have been paid and the rest either went to
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Brotman Medical Center, a hospital located in West Los Angeles, is one of dozens that were heavily affected by the Department of Public Health for noncompliance with licensing requirements.
court or were overruled. Malec said large fiscal penalties may affect a hospital’s reputation more so than their bottom line. “When adding up the number of people in and out of hospitals every day, the amount of deficiencies
resulting in penalties is small,” Malec said. “Hospitals are diligent in training employees in the laws and policies but one person can make a mistake, forget to sign a form, it affects the whole hospital.”
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Continued from page 1 morning just to sit around,” said Sam Wachtor, geology senior. Students rationalize that by taking later classes, they are able to sleep in and be better rested — but the study found it was a lower quality of sleep. “The effects of later classstart times might include more sleep,” said Thacher in a prepared statement. “But this might be offset by lower quality sleep, which in turn might affect students’ ability to engage, intellectually, with their coursework.” Despite this, later class times only predicted slightly lower grade point averages. Later classes were correlated with more drinking, which impacts academic performance. “Those who choose later classes also tend to sleep longer and consume more alcohol and other substances, while those who elect earlier classes may be more motivated to find ways to offset the early start time by making healthier choices about their daily living,” Thacher said. However, simply attending early classes will not
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Ari Emuriamn, 23, economics major, reviews his book as he waits for his 9:30 a.m. Latin America georgraphy class to start. “I like morning classes for two reasons: for parking and I’m fresher,” said Emurian.
raise a student’s GPA. “It’s the maturity of the learner and their intent for being there,” said Cynthia Desrochers, professor of education at CSUN. With 29 years of teaching an array of students under her belt, Desrochers argues no
matter what time of day the student attends class, students who are just starting their college education tend to be less serious about their classes. According to the listing of classes in the myNorthridge student portal, CSUN offers roughly the same amount of
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morning and night classes. Additionally, most graduate classes are evening classes, in which more experienced students are enrolled. In a class of graduate students, Desrochers noted the students were more mature not only in age but in having
gone to school longer and knowing what they want to do in life. “Whether I had them at 8 in the morning, 1:30 in the afternoon, or 7 o’clock at night, they were mature learners,” Desrochers said. After teaching multiple
semesters of a freshman seminar, she said she noticed more of a range in maturity levels of students because they were, for the most part, still immature. She said it being their first time away from home and them staying out late was a probable impact. Wachtor took note of this trend in his classes throughout his years at CSUN. “At this point, all my classes are with majors, not just 100-level GE classes with all the rowdy kids,” Wachtor said. Many seasoned CSUN students tend to resist night classes but give in when morning classes are unavailable. Ryan Witkosky, senior geophysics major, is promorning class. “I get tired later on in the day, and it’s harder to focus and concentrate,” Witkosky said. “But you can’t always do that because there are so many other factors that play into that. Sometimes, the class isn’t even offered in the morning or your schedule doesn’t allow for it.” With this information, students can tweak their schedules to make the most of the thousands of dollars they are spending on school.
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Instead of ordering supplies as needed, the department is now limited to one supply order a year, Newton said. They must be extra cautious as to the amount of office items they use or they will run out and need to bring their own. With students having trouble getting classes and graduating on time, it is only fair that the departments have to deal with monetary issues as well, said Monica Montes, 20, liberal arts major. Betsey Jones, office manager of the department of civil engineering and applied mechanics, said her goal for the department is to preserve resources like paper, ink and pens so they can allow students to make copies. “We know (students) don’t have a lot of money and are trying to get through school,” Jones said. Offices aren’t the only
victims of the budet crunch. Engineering labs may soon see the effects because they cannot be updated, Jones said. Students have noticed the lack of paper, which has pushed them to print their own syllabi, but the labs are still acceptable. “I haven’t really noticed anything run-down or dirty, it all seems average or above average,” said Michael Johnston, 19, computer science major. Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communications has experienced these cuts for years and because they implemented resource-saving tactics such as conserving paper and ordering less supplies, they are not facing as much of a crisis right now, said Dean Robert Bucker. Compared to other California universities, CSUN is dealing well with the budget cuts, said Maureen
Rubin, interim associate dean. “Unlike other CSU’s we have not had to lay off faculty, furloughs and other small changes have minimized the effects of budget cuts on faculty and students,” Rubin said. Budgets and money allocated to departments varies. Some departments are more expensive to run than others so they are given more money to cover this, Rubin said. Students like psychology major Nicole Moncree still blame budget cuts for lack of classes, but Rubin said the number and kind of classes offered is monitored by how many students need them, and more classes are added when a need arises. “We (administration and professors) are doing what we can and we are here trying because we want to and enjoy the students,” Rubin said.
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son? Could I justify the future financial burdens that would result from going? Did the benefits of such an opportunity outweigh the cons? In the end, I concluded they did and with that, my journey began. The months before my departure were a whirlwind of preparation. There were countless e-mails back With Kat Russell and forth with the program administration, the professors, and my future classmates. I spent many evenings glued to my computer researching possible grant and scholarship programs. There were applications to be filled out and essays to write and ho knew that an e-mail letters of recommendation to collect. could change the course of my life? It I had to get my transcripts in order certainly wasn’t what I was expecting and mailed out. Not to mention the when I opened the mass e-mail my finalizing of the actual trip details. advisor had sent out. But there it was On top of all of that, lets not forget – opportunity knocking and opportu- homework doesn’t take a vacation nity’s name was The Istanbul Project. simply because I had a trip to plan. It If the universe saw fit, I was to was madness. study journalism in Istanbul for five About a month before my deparweeks through ieiMedia - an intensive ture I received some of the best international journalism program. news I could have recieved. All my Whether or not I was going to be able hard work researching and applying to pull it off was questionable. I am for grants and scholarships had paid a single mom and a full-time student off. I had received a $5,000 scholarand making that work is hard enough ship from the Benjamin A. Gilman without me being in a different coun- Scholarship fund to pay for my study try. On top of that, I’m not exactly abroad experience. I was shocked! swimming in pools of excess money. While I was researching financial aid I was forced to weigh the pros and possibilities, I always found a reason cons of the situation – could I justify why I didn’t qualify for that grant or spending five weeks away from my why I wasn’t going to get this schol-
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Middle blocker Casey Hinger (1) exuded confidence when asked about the Matadors’ Big-West opener at UC Riverside. She said she “can’t wait” to go to the Highlanders’ home court and “beat them.”
aving lost two straight games heading into Big-WestConference play does not seem to faze the Matadors (6-6). CSUN dropped games to UCLA and BYU last week, but the setbacks apparently didn’t do much to diminish its players’ confidence. Freshman middle blocker Casey Hinger is actually quite certain their next game, on the road against UC Riverside, will be a win. “We’re fighting hard and that’s what counts,” Hinger said following CSUN’s 3-1 home loss to BYU on Saturday. “I can’t wait for our first conference game at UCR. I can’t wait to go beat them.” CSUN looked quite capable during Saturday’s third set, dominating the Cougars behind opposite hitter Mahina Haina’s five kills. Outside of that, the Matadors were one step behind BYU the whole way. CSUN hit .130 for the game. Even during their will-imposing third-set win, the Matadors found themselves in an undesirable position. Following a 9-3 run to start the set, BYU scored five straight points to get within a point. It was a similar scenario from the game against No. 7 UCLA on Sept. 12 in which CSUN held multiple leads only to have the Bruins snatch the lead
back every time. Against the Cougars, however, CSUN responded. The Matadors scored the next four points and cruised to a 25-16 win. Focusing on the positives will be key to come out with a win on Saturday at Riverside, CSUN libero Cindy Ortiz said. “We just got to shake it off and move on to the next game,” Ortiz said. “Can’t dwell on the last game and keep moving forward.” Hinger, who hit .227 against BYU, is ready to do that. “I’m very confident,” she said. It’s getting hot in here The first thing fans felt as they entered the Matadome for CSUN’s game against BYU: the temperature elevating. It’s no secret the Matadome’s long lacked an air-conditioning system, and with Northridge reaching the high 80’s temperature-wise on Saturday, CSUN and its fans had to deal with the irksome heat. Not everyone minded it, though. “I like it. When you come off, you’re still warm,” Hinger said. “You don’t have to go into the game cold. “We’re so used to it at this point. We had to do double-days (in the summer) in the middle of the day at 110-degree weather, so we’re used to it at this point,” she added. Ortiz actually sees the hot gym as part of the home court advantage.
“It’s an advantage for us because we play in there everyday,” she said. “But when it’s hot, it’s hot, you just got to play.” But would she mind it if it wasn’t so warm in there all the time? “AC is better,” Ortiz said. “But it’s OK, I guess.” Mariah Counts, too Outside hitter Mariah Counts didn’t play during CSUN’s first set vs. BYU. She then saw limited action in the second and third set before finally getting considerable playing time in the fourth. CSUN head coach Jeff Stork’s explanation for this: her serving. “At one point we weren’t scoring in the rotation,” Stork said. “We put Mariah in and she had a run of three or four points. She’s a good, confident server and we look to put her in that rotation to score points for us.” Counts, who has appeared in eight of the Matadors’ 12 games, had two digs, an ace and two serving errors for the game. Orlandini still out After appearing in a careerhigh 31 matches during the 2010 season, senior setter Sam Orlandini hasn’t seen a minute of action this season. According to a team source, Orlandini broke a team rule, resulting in her sidelining. When asked to explain the circumstances of Orlandini’s suspension, Stork declined comment.
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Get to know...Chloe McDaniel Full name: Chloe McDaniel Date of Birth: Dec. 22, 1991 Place of Birth: Palmdale, California
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Food: Italian food from Olive Garden Music: Country/ Alternative Movie: Legally Blonde Song: None Singer: None Team: Manchester United Hobbies: Drawing
Height: 5’6” Position: Defender Major: Kinesiology
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High School: Quartz Hills 2011 Stats: 1 goal, 2 points, 6 games started
Team goal for 2011 season: “Win Big West Conference and to get in the NCAA Tournament.” Personal goal for 2011 season: “Score three goals. I already scored one, so I have two more to go.”
Extras life
Greatest Difficulty: “I’m a positive person, so I don’t really find things difficult.” Greatest Goal Accomplishment: “Getting a 3.5 or above GPA in every semester in college.”
Other sports played: “I was a cheerleader in middle school and I also played volleyball and track and field.” Started playing soccer: Four years old Person I would most like to meet: Will Ferrell Interesting fact: McDaniel’s brother, Logan, plays for the Loyola Marymount men’s soccer team. Greatest Hero: Mom
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Best part of my game: Leadership Pre-game rituals: “Don’t really have any.” Superstitions: None
Next Game: Friday @ Loyola Marymount, 4 p.m. Simon Gambaryan / Daily Sundial
CSUN sophomore Chloe McDaniel (right) fights off a New Mexico defender on Sept. 2.