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Tae Kwon Do fighters to compete in world university games Juana Esquivel Senior Reporter

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wo CSUN students have kicked their way into the Tae Kwon Do Collegiate World Championship.

Alexander Ahlstrom and Stephon Westbrook are part of the Tae Kwon Do 2011 Collegiate National Team, which they won at UC Davis and are on their way to the world university games in August.

“It’s almost like a mini Olympics because they don’t just have tae kwon do, they have weight lifting, swimming, tennis, boxing, like a lot of different sports,” said Ahlstrom, 24, working on an informations systems degree.

Ahlstrom and Westbrook, who have known each other since they were approximate-

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Anazarry Danganan said she created two profiles on Facebook in order to seperate her professional and personal life.

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President Barack Obama and countless of celebrities have one. You network with friends and family through it. However, among the circle of your Facebook page visitors, there might be another member lurking through your profile you might feel uncertain about, your boss (or future boss in certain cases).

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As thousands of students across the nation turn the tassel and graduate with degrees in hand this spring, many will seek employment. Others will be scavenging for summer jobs to comply with tuition costs and other necessities.

Before handing out an application and heading out to an interview, experts like Monica McGuthrie, peer educator at the CSUN career center, say there is a high chance employers will be investigating sites registered under the applicants’ names. They said students should take this into account and “clean up” their profiles.

“You shouldn’t have damaging stuff on your Facebook,” McGuthrie said.

“Sooner or later it gets out.”

Users like, Anazarry Danganan, 24, have opted to create two separate accounts, one for the workplace and the other for friends and family.

“I’m not hiding anything, or who I am, I’m just keeping it professional,” the journalism major said. “Casually talking at home is different from talking at work. You adjust yourself to everything that should be applied to social media.”

In her professional account she shares news stories, wisdom quotes, items relat-

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ed to her career and rarely some personal information.

She feels strongly against announcing her whereabouts (like restaurants or other locations), a new sensation that floods new feeds on Facebook, usually with mobile device applications like FourSquare.

Experts advise people to create two separate profiles when it comes down to filtering social media content.

A recent study, conducted by Dr. Larry Chiagouris of Pace University in New York, shows that about 75 percent of college students ruin their chances in obtaining a job

because of inappropriate content on their personal Facebook pages.

According to research results, more male students post “Facebook faux pas” compared to female students.

Other organizations have also noticed employment trends within social networking.

Leonel Fuentes, program director at Work Source, a California employment agency, decided to implement a workshop regarding social media to teach beneficiaries the do’s and don’ts of cyberspace.

He said he understands how popular Facebook is, especially among college students and other young employees, thus they should beware of their posts.

“Facebook is a new field,” he said.

“People have lost jobs because of what they put on Facebook.”

Mike, who has chosen not to reveal his full name, is a project manager at a warehouse company who has had to fire employees because they revealed their relationship on their Facebook pages.

“I was on my Facebook when I saw a picture of my two employees kiss-

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ly ten years old and have been teammates for four years, will be two people among 16 from across the country to compete for the title.

“It was really nice (to make the team) because we kinda grew up together,” said Westbrook, 21, kinesiology major.

Ahlstrom said colleges that have tae kwon do teams can send their athletes to compete.

“CSUN does not have a (tae kwon do) program, but since I am enrolled here, I can represent in the national or world university games,” Ahlstrom said.

Ahlstrom, who has been practicing tae kwon do for 14 years since the age of 10 said that when he enrolled at CSUN, he saw an opportu-

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Trio Voce group to perform at VPAC Sharon Hardwick Staff Reporter

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ppearing for the first time at California State University, Northridge, ‘Trio Voce, sponsored by The Music Guild in Los Angeles, will be performing three chamber music pieces at the Valley Performing Arts Center Wednesday evening.

The piano Trio Voce, which is a music ensemble of piano, cello and violin (not three pianos), will perform Beethoven’s “Kakadu” variations, Arensky’s Trio No. 1 in D minor and Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 1 in D minor, Opus 49. “(The piano trio voce concept) has been in existence since the time of Hayden, and it makes for a real intimate partnership,” said Eugene Golden, the guild’s executive, and artistic, director since 1985. “It’s a real partnership where they each supply the voice that is need to round out

the piece. It’s very good, and one of the most popular (instrument) combinations.”

The Music Guild, which provides free music master classes at CSUN, has been performing chamber music concerts in the Los Angeles area since 1945.

The guild has performed six concerts at CSUN to date, and has a very close relationship with the music department at CSUN, Golden said. This concert will be the guild’s last for the season.

Soloists Marina Hoover (cello), Patricia Tao (piano) and Jasmin Lin (violin) are each world-renowned musicians in their own right, having won numerous awards internationally, Golden said. But the concept behind the piano trio voce is to combine the talents of the individual musician into one “voce,” or voice.

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“Koester stepping down. We get a new president and possibly a new CSUN.”

“The student with a gun in the dorms. It brings us to reality that the dorms aren’t safe, especially with the burglaries.”

“The VPAC. I know students get discounts, I can go watch shows and it’s cheaper for me.”

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“The budget cuts. The cuts are reducing class size which makes it harder to graduate.”

“The Sigma Xi student research symposium. As an undergraduate it gave me a chance to learn from others and improve my neurobiology work.”

“The budget cuts. It affects me the most because I will have to pay more and class will get cut.”

nity to compete so he went for it.

Ahlstrom earned second place at the U.S. National team last year and third place the year before.

He added that he has lost count of the number of competitions he has participated in.

“It’s indescribable, when you finally make it,” he said.

Ahlstrom said there are 26 people in their division, from all over the country, and their team consists of seven to eight people.

“We have one of the strongest teams in the nation,” Westbrook said.

Although he says he is not a very superstitious person, Ahlstrom said he likes to listen to Bob Marley and drink a cup of coffee to help him relax before a competition but once the fight begins everything goes away.

“I train hard enough, long enough to where when it’s time to fight, there’s nothing else about it,” he said.

For his part, Westbrook said he says a prayer before competing.

Ahlstrom said the biggest challenge of doing tae kwon do is finding the time, because besides training with his coaches everyday for up to two hours and doing some strength training on his own for competi-

tions, he works two jobs and attends school full time.

Ahlstrom, who not only works on campus with computers support also teaches at Kings Combat Sports, a mixed martial arts, tae kwon do and Brazilian jiujitsu training facility in Chatsworth, where he met his coach, Luis Reyes.

Reyes, a member of the U.S. National Team and Master at Kings Combat Sports coaches both CSUN students and said time management is key to being able to not only coach Westbrook and Ahlstrom but also compete himself.

“They’re both really good athletes and good people,” Reyes said.

Westbrook said it is great to have Reyes as a coach because besides having someone to train with, he can find someone to relate to.

A few months ago, Ahlstrom competed for the Olympic trials but did not qualify. He said he is still debating about trying for the 2016 Olympics because it will depend on his career since he is graduating in two semesters and does not know if he wants to continue doing taekwondo.

“It’s very time consuming,” Ahlstrom said. “I’ve sacrificed a lot to do this sport and to compete at the level I compete at and so I don’t know if I can justify continuing making that

sacrifice especially as I get older and my career picks up, I may not have the time.”

Ahlstrom said that although he is not a very violent person, it is the fighting he enjoys the most when practicing tae kwon do.

“I really do enjoy just stepping in the ring and competing and all the training we do up to that point,” he said. “There’s just nothing like it. There is nothing like fighting.”

Ahlstrom said tae kwon do has changed his life he has become a completely different person than if he would have not been in martial arts.

“It gives you a lot of confidence, you really learn at what you’re good at as far as your personality, you really just get to know yourself,” he said.

Although he spends most of his time practicing tae kwon do, Ahlstrom said he does not see it as something he wants to all of his life.

“In the United States, there’s not a lot of ways to make money doing tae kwon do, so it’s not something I see to support myself in the future or support a family with,” he said. “You can make money doing it, but not much.”

As for Westbrook, he said he will continue to compete as long as he can.

“It’s a nice feeling to have, we (Ahlstrom) both made the team,” he said.

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Program designed to treat marijuana use Krista Daly Senior Reporter

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t’s been over 30 years since Greg Wilkin graduated from CSUN and a lot has happened since he walked the campus as a college student.

Recently, Wilkin, decided to take a negative experience and transform it into a promising business venture.

The alum has created a program to help people cut down or stop their marijuana use.

Wilkin designed The Chronic Coach 90 day turnaround program out of his own experience.

“I thought it was basically harmless and I had become so addicted to it (marijuana) I couldn’t do anything without it,” said Wilkin, a chronic pot smoker for more than 10 years.

Wilkin said he destroyed his ankle fishing when the bank of a rock gave way under him shattering his fibia and malias and ripping up his ligaments. His doctor at the time told him to try

marijuana, he said.

“I would take it with the prescription meds and it had a good synergy and seemed to help me relax so I said this is good,” Wilkin said. “There’s no reason to stop this. So I stayed with it and I ended up being a more than 10 year everyday usage.”

Wilkin said he became embarrassed by how much he was dependent on marijuana. He also said he realized it wasn’t helping his pain anymore.

“It ended up I was always stoned and I didn’t realize the effect it was having,” Wilkin said. “Not to mention it was a $6,000 a year habit.”

He said 12 step programs didn’t work for him, which is why Wilkin came up with his own program. It took him a year and a half to research and write the program, he added.

“There was nothing out there that deals with the approach that I want to suggest and that’s recalibration, moderation and tapering down jut versus abstinence,” Wilkin said.

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A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and schizophrenia.

Part of the research in the last couple years has been harm reduction and moderation in the use of the substance, he said.

“My program has evolved into the marijuana equivalent of the drink responsibly campaign,” Wilkin said. “Same craving, but different candy.”

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He said he designed his program as a gradual withdrawal program. The first thing he does is have people cut their use in half, Wilkin added.

“Once you start tapering down and you’re not smoking those massive amounts of dope, the body starts to reduce a little bit,” Wilkin said.

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sity of Texas is now showing that restraint centered programs are more effective than the 12 step programs, he said.

“It’s like if you’re going on a diet,” he said. “You look and you see something that you absolutely love like that big slab of bread with butter and then all of a sudden you’re going to have to take it if you restrain all the time. Have it, but just have one piece. Don’t have two or three pieces.”

Janis Martin, wellness coach at the Klotz Student Health Center, said each person would respond to a taper down program differently.

Martin said the obvious health risks are the memory loss.

“My concern is impairment of people’s ability to do things,” Martin said. “The memory loss is something that can be lingering.”

She added that marijuana is just like any other drug.

“It’s the good feeling part of our brain that makes us want more,” Martin said. “It’s addic-

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tive, it’s a drug and that’s it.

“For some, harm reduction works great and for others it’s just not feasible. Some people need total abstinence and some people are able to taper down.”

Wilkin said he wants to make people more aware of the dangers of chronic marijuana use.

“I will never give up on trying to keep it real on the dangers of chronic marijuana use,” Wilkin said. “It’s not like it’s a hard drug, where if people do heroine or cocaine or crack or any of that, you know that stuff is going to ruin your life, but the insidious thing about it is that it is fairly benign.”

Some students like senior Randall Curtis, 23, said they think the program and its methods will work.

“People are going to him because they want help,” said the political science major.

“It’s not going to help people who really need it because they don’t think they have a problem, but it will help people who want to get help.”

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CSUN grad still hunting for her dream job Alison Gellar Staff Reporter

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etting the job of your dreams isn’t as easy as it sounds, even with a college degree, at least that is what Adriana Fonesca, 26, has found out since graduating from CSUN in Fall 2010.

Fonesca graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animation and even after an 8-month internship with animation studio, Film Roman, she is still searching for a position where she can utilize her skills and follow her dreams.

“They were going to offer me a job but it turns out they were doing some cuts,” said Fonesca who was an intern production assistant at Film Roman (“Super Hero Squad”, “The Avengers”).

“So that’s what made it difficult to hire us (interns).

While she has applied to numerous studios she says that like all other jobs animation is a very competitive field.

“It’s really hard to get

them to respond to you,” Fonesca said. “For example, Nickelodeon, when I applied for a job, it took them three months to answer back.”

Instead of doing nothing, Fonesca is currently a teacher’s assistant at Newcastle Elementary School where she helps kids with basic academic work and teaches art for an hour each day.

“I’m doing this teacher’s assistant thing that I’ve been doing for six years, because that’s what’s most immediate, I know how to do it and it pays the bills for now,” Fonesca said.

“I’m given the opportunity to teach art for like an hour a day.

So I teach kids cartooning, landscape art, storyboarding. My teacher really loves it when I get into detail with the artwork.”

Although being a teacher’s assistant pays the bills for now, Fonesca makes it clear that teaching is not something she wants to pursue as a career.

“I do not want to be a teacher, that’s for sure,” Fonesca said.

“I mean its fun, but I do not see myself correcting paperwork, I

do not see myself going to those kinds of meetings for the district. I don’t want to keep doing the same routine everyday or dealing with kids attitudes, because they are difficult.”

Fonesca speaks from experience when it comes to middle school kids. In 2010, she taught animation at an afterschool program at Lawrence Middle School in the San Fernando Valley.

“That was really, really tough,” Fonesca said. “Especially working with staff, they’re so picky about everything you do. They don’t see the importance in it (art) so you have no support.”

Fonesca said with all the state budget cuts the Los Angeles Unified School District is getting rid of their art program at the end of this school year.

So, for now, Fonesca will continue working as a teacher’s assistant while enrolling in community college this summer so she can apply for another internship, this time at Warner Bros.

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Since graduating in Fall 2010, Adriana Fonesca has served as an intern as well as a teacher’s assistant and art teacher.

needs to be a student to apply.

“I want to do an internship at Warner Bros,” Fonesca said. “It’s a way bigger studio than Film Roman. So I feel like if I do an internship then maybe I’ll have a chance to get production assistant.”

Fonesca urges all students,

current or graduating, to try and get internships. “(Internships) are really crucial,” Fonesca said. “You’ll get the experience. They’ll teach you other things that they don’t teach you at school. Simply because that’s not what the classes are about.”

When asked if she regrets majoring in animation since it’s been difficult to find a job she said no.

“I could never give art up,” Fonesca said. “It gives you this whole other different feeling, it’s amazing. It’s life itself. It is who I am.”

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Student saved by soccer Samantha Tata staff reporter

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s one of CSUN’s thousands of commuter students, Evelyn Vasquez does not exactly break the mold.

But she has broken the constraints of the daily drive and integrated herself within the campus community using a lifelong passion: soccer.

The sophomore commutes 40 miles from Compton multiple times a week, an arduous journey that, at one point, prevented her from enjoying her college experience.

“I come to class, I go home,” she said. “I didn’t really know anyone and I wasn’t involved.”

That aloof relationship with CSUN changed in Fall 2010 when Vasquez joined the campus soccer club.

“I’ve been playing since I was 8 years old and I’ve always been on a team,” she said.

The right forward said her hobby has allowed her to immerse herself in campus life.

“I’ve met friends, had more fun and felt a part of the campus,” she said. “Now I bump into teammates in the hallways.”

Vasquez played on her

high school soccer team and local park teams. CSUN’s women’s soccer club has furthered her sporting experience, taking her to San Diego to play against club teams from Loyola Marymount University, USC and UCLA, among others.

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“It’s pretty competitive,” she said. “It demands more time and dedication.”

The club practices twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday, meets for games on the weekend and dedicates their time to specific conditioning exercises, such as cardio and weight training.

Having played the physically demanding sport for 11 years, Vasquez said it has never

crossed her mind to experiment in any substance that could hinder her performance.

“It’s kept me away from bad influences because I’ve been too busy,” she said. “I choose not to drink because it could affect my performance on the field.”

Vasquez, a child development major, said she aspires to be a child life specialist or psychologist and is debating entering the field in a clinical or educational capacity.

Regardless of her choice, Vasquez is confident in her decision to pursue this career path.

“I know this was what I wanted to do as soon as I took my first intro class,” she said.

Vasquez said she is most fascinated by the stages of life and theories surrounding childhood development.

She is particularly impressed by the amount of knowledge children are born possessing.

Citing one of the more impressive pieces of information she has garnered, Vasquez said children can distinguish color.

“When they start sucking on the pacifier fasting, that means they notice a difference,” she said.

Vasquez plans to move into on-campus housing next semester and become even more involved in college life.

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o help students study and suffer less stress before final exams, the University Student Union (USU) is hosting Up All Night, which began Sunday and goes through Thursday.

Up All Night is set up in the (USU) for finals week.

Anyone who attends will be able to use study rooms, enjoy free snacks and massages, and receive a study kit. There will also be fun activities and areas to unwind with fellow students during quick brakes from books and notes.

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voice,” Golden said. “They sing with the music, not just play the instrument.”

After performing at CSUN, the trio voce will head to Edmonton, Canada to perform. However,

student fees.

“Up All Night is set up in collaboration with Residence Hall Association and they will be serving pizza on Sunday,” Tyus said. “One thousand to 1,500 study kits will be given away to students who attend the event.”

Freshman Andrea Vega, Apparel Design and Merchansiding major, attended Up All Night during Fall 2010 finals week.

“It was fun and different, after some studying I was able to get a massage and eat some snacks,” Vega said.

“Students during their breaks were watching TV and just talking to others. I got a little study kit with scantron, pen, pencil and a blue book for essay questions.”

Some students find it harder to study in groups or events before leaving they will be performing at hospices for Alzheimer’s patients in Los Angeles. It’s an experiment to see how Alzheimer’s patients react to music, Golden said.

The trio voce have a website where chamber music enthusiasts can sample their music for free as

like Up All Night. Luis Santiago, an Environmental & Occupational Health senior prefers to study alone.

“I think it is harder to concentrate when there are people around, you can get distracted easily. I usually study in a library by myself, it’s very quiet there and this way it is easier for me to get ready,” Santiago said.

Since there is no certain formula to get straight A’s and not stress out at the same time, Up All Night might be an alternative way for some students to get ready for last week of the semester.

Up All Night when: Sunday, May 15, 7 p.m. – Thursday, May 19, midnight Place: USU well as get information of future performances: www. triovoce.com. Tickets for CSUN students are $5, purchasable through The Music Guild website: www. themusicguild.org The trio voce will also be performing at California State University, Long Beach Tuesday, May 17.

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CSUN professor rates highly on website

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ne of CSUN’s English teachers has been listed this year on ratemyprofessor.com’s list of the top 25 professors at universities across the U.S. Dr. Evelyn McClave is a professor of English and linguistics and the coordinator of the linguistics program here at CSUN. She was listed as No. 13 in the 2010-11 list.

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owned by MTVU, the collegebased part of MTV. It allows users to rate their teachers according to helpfulness, clarity, easiness, and hotness.

The annual top professor rating is based on the “overal quality” section, which is an average of helpfulness and clarity.

“Hotness” was listed as a bonus category.

When asked to comment on the story, McClave declined.

“I’m sorry, but I’m going to decline. The reason is that that site really isn’t a scientific sur-

vey. It doesn’t reflect the official evaluations done here at Cal State Northridge,” McClave said.

According to the ratemyprofessors.com press release, for the first time this year campuses were also rated in a top 25 list. Professors with 30 or more reviews are ranked according to the best reviews, with more weight put on more recent years.

Junior Kimberly McClelland has taken English 301 and 302 with McClave.

“I think she’s awesome,” said the 20-year-old liberal studies

student. “She does a really good job covering the material. It’s not easy but she makes it really understandable to learn.”

For more info on how the top professors are decided, check out http://www.ratemyprofessors. com/methodology.jsp for their methodolgy.

Ratings can serve as both recommendations and warnings.

Some teachers are rated low on the “easiness” scale, which can be discouraging for potential students. However, users will also give tips on how to pass the class

like showing up to class and taking notes.

An anonymous reviewer wrote that McClave was a good teacher because she takes the time to explain the material to her students and warned them to show up class.

“Wonderful teacher! She really gets into her lectures. If you don’t understand something she stops to make sure you do. Her class is fun, and interesting! Make sure you show up! She doesn’t take attendance, but if you miss a class it’s terribly hard to catch up.”

correction

In “CSU” prepares contingency plan,” published May 12, Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley), who is the chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, was misquoted. His quote should have read: “I am opposed to the idea of an all cuts budget because it would devastate our state colleges and price tuition out of reach for many students,” Blumenfield said. “The governor releases his revised budget on May 16 and we do not yet know what approach he will take to solving the remaining $15 billion deficit. As the Legislature reviews what the governor proposes, I encourage students to get involved and speak out.”

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(LEFT) At 10 years old Katie Walker’s parents made the difficult decision to amputate her leg, since then she has adapted to her prosthesis and lived an active life. “I don’t see my leg as something that holds me back, I see it as a reason to get up and go,” Walker said.

(BOTTOM) Walker’s father taught her to play golf as a young child.

They both enjoy spending time together hitting balls in their backyard, Walker’s lab, accompanies her as she practices her game in her home in Bakersfield, California.ww

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ELLEN KRAUSSE CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Katie Walker is a senior at California State University Bakersfield. At birth Walker was born without a tibia bone in her left leg. When Walker was 10 months old her parents made the difficult decision to amputate her leg and she was fitted for her first prothesis shortly after the amputation. Walker has maintained an active life despite her differences.

As a patient of Shriners hospital, Walker also gives her time

back to the program mentoring other children who have similar cases. For the past two years she has been involved in the Shriners Children’s Hospital golf tournament hosted by Justin Timberlake.

Walker’s parents are very involved in her life and are her biggest supporters. “Not every child can say that their mother yells at them saying pick up your leg up off the floor we have company coming over!” Walker said.

Her attitude toward life gives her courage to play collegiate golf and compete just like another athlete. Walker balances school, golf, work and mentoring for young children. When she has a free moment she spends it with her family and friends. A new obstacle she has decided to take on with some of her friends is rock climbing.

“You think this leg is going to stop me”, Walker said. “It just gives me more motivation.”

(TOP) Katie enjoys a laugh while getting a pedicure on April 16th.

She jokes about going to the salon on Rosedale Highway because it is one of the few places that gives her half price for a pedicure.

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Relaxing at a neighbor’s pool, Katie spends time with her lab Charlie.

Katie’s father shares a joke with his daughter in their Bakersfield home.

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Continued from page 1 ing,” Mike said.

The company, like many others, does not allow internal relationships within the workplace.

Mike said the company usually does not check their employees’ Facebook pages but the photograph casually appeared on his newsfeed.

“They have the right of privacy,” the manager said. “All they have to do is block their superiors.

I do it. I don’t accept my boss’s (friend) request.”

Facebook is not the only social networking site that is under the microscope. Employers also check

websites like Twitter and Linked In and research shows more companies are going online to hire.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that 56 percent of employers use social networking sites in their search for fitting applicants, and another 20 percent said they plan to go that route in the near future.

“Students should create a professional account to use as a networking tool and finding companies,” McGuthrie said.

Personal pages orientated for friends and family should be under a distinct name.

“Be smart,” McGuthrie said.

“Everyone knows wearing short shorts is not good to have on your

account. Keep it professional.”

Facebook usually updates their privacy settings as well as their profile features.

Fuentes advises to frequently visit your own Facebook and Twitter pages to check up on what content is available to the public. He also said accounts that open for everyone or “searchable” should be taken into consideration for privacy.

Although junior Holly Allene Kerker, 21, has never posted any indecent photographs or controversial comments on her page, at one point during her employment, her boss took their professional relationship on Facebook to a whole other level.

She said her boss would always

check her Facebook page and bring up her (Kerker’s) posts in the workplace. Most of the time it was personal comments or experiences she shared.

“She always picked on me in public and it was a lot,” Kerker said.

“It got to a point where I would cry before work, at work, and after because I was so emotionally drained from that job.”

Although reluctant at first, Kerker eventually quit, despite the stable salary.

“I felt like my personal page was definitely invaded,” she relates. “I felt like part of my life was taken away.”

Her advice to everyone was to “keep your Facebook private and don’t add your boss.”

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Sudoku #1

Boy Band Logic Puzzle The So Kool Record company recently held auditions across the country to find four singers to form a new band. The four guys chosen are now super-stars but can you work out each guy’s previous day job, his age (19,20,21,22) and home town?

1. Greg is exactly two years younger or older than the guy from Cleveland who used to be a truck driver.

2. Either Darren or the guy from Seattle (who may or may not be Patrick) used to deliver pizzas.

3. The guy from New York is younger than Daniel but older than the one who used to be a carpenter.

4. The 22 year old from San Francisco isn’t the one who used to be a waiter.

Cryptogram #1 “LB BXXJ GP IPRPDBPPD FPQSI BX NPB 3,000 CLBI LD EQIPEQUU. L TLT LB LD XDP QVBPSDXXD XD BCP NXUV MXHSIP.”

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Hubbub Word Search

Cryptogram #2 “XDA NEXCEJSSWEF LWHWE AYW. PVWR OIFP QJL’P Q JF ZWDD.” - JLXL.

Birthday Puzzle The seven people in this puzzle have a birthday today.

Peter is twice as old as Gloria, who is three times older than Linda, who is five years younger than Tom, who is twice the age of Susan, who is twice the age of Jake, who is six years younger than John. Their combined aged is 100 years, so how old is each person today?

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Give your brain a break from studying and solve these puzzles!

Solutions on page 14

Word Puzzle #1

Time Puzzle

Using the grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central D and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 55 words. Good: 42 words.

Average: 33 words.

N H S E D O S T I

Exactly how many minutes is it before seven o’clock, if 40 minutes ago it was three times as many minutes past two o’clock?

Sudoku #3

Cryptogram #3 “WRH KNSUQ UL S PCQGHNDIV CNOSQ; UW LWSNWL PCNAUQO WRH TCTHQW JCI OHW IX UQ WRH TCNQUQO SQG GCHL QCW LWCX IQWUV JCI OHW WC WRH CDDUFH.” - NCKHNW DNCLW

Octa-Plus Puzzle Can you enter the eight correct numbers into the Octa-Plus diagram? No two numbers are the same. Each number is a whole number and no number is less than 1 or greater than 40.

1. B minus C is either 11 or 12.

2. G equals H minus F. 3. B plus C equals H. 4. D equals G divided by F. 5. F is half the value of C. 6. An eighth of H is a whole number.

7. A third of B is an even number.

8. E is either H minus G or H minus D. 9. A equals 100 minus the sum of the other seven numbers.

Word Puzzle #2 CALLED, DAMAGE, FLYING, MODERN, RHYMES. Which one of the following words belongs in the list above and why?

BEAUTY, GADGET, PHRASE, STUDENT, TAILOR.

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Riding through the night PHOTOS BY

MARIELA MOLINA STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

STORY BY

TESSIE NAVARRO STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

CSUN’s Longboarders Club meet weekly on campus. Even though it consists mostly of CSUN students, this club is open to the public.

Senior Josh Beaumont, 25, deaf studies major, and junior Justin Gore, 22, kinesiology major pick up speed as they race through a parking structure in the middle of the night.

(TOP) Members of the CSUN Longboarders Club, Bryan Olan, 25 (left) and junior Justin Gore, 22, kinesiology major (right).

(LEFT) CSUN Longboarder’s Club meets once a week at a parking structure on campus.

TESSIE NAVARRO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Josh Beaumont (far right), watches other members longboarding and perform various tricks. Beaumont said he enjoys longboarding because of the speed and adrenaline rush.

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When classes are done and it seems like everyone has left campus, the CSUN Longboarders Club can be found skateboarding through various parking structures on campus.

“It’s just like in the way that a lamp attracts insects, so does a good parking structure to longboarders,” said CSUN Longboarders Club president Jason Ackerman, 25, junior anthropology major.

The club formed in 2009 and quickly drew a following. There was a time when the club had almost 60 members. Currently, there are around 9 core members that comprise the club.

“It’s just fun, you get to do what you like to do,” said club member Justin Gore,

22, junior kinesiology major.

The club meets once a week in different CSUN parking structures. The meetings are open to the public, so other longboarders are able to join in.

After several hours of longboarding, members end the night playing a game that Ackerman described as “trashketball.” In the game, members longboard throughout the parking structure with trash bags and pick up any trash they find. Ackerman said it was their way of “giving back” to the campus. “(The club) is just a way to get longboarding out there,” Ackerman said. “It’s a green mode of transportation, it’s fun, exercise, and it’s a community.”

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May 16, 2011

staff editorial

Students deserve to be heard

Mariela Molina / Staff Photographer

Sasha Osorio, 19, Krystal Small, 19, Yvette Infante, 22 and Katia Hermosillo, 20 stand together holding a banner in front of the Oviatt Library at CSUN during the March 2 protests.

As the 2010-11 school year draws to a close, we reflect at the Daily Sundial on the issues we reported on and the themes that emerged. We hope our coverage is a reflection of what is most relevant to the CSUN community. By far, the topic that stands out to the editors of this newspaper is the rising cost of education and subsequent surge of student activism to thwart further increases.

Yet, it has become clear to us that the well-intended energies of the student activists is often misdirected and it is the opinion of the Daily Sundial editors that the focus of blame needs to shift from university administrators to our elected local and state leadership. It is time to call upon our lawmakers to do whatever is necessary to give our administration the resources required for an affordable education.

The student’s voices have echoed loud on our pages and we see that as our contribution to the cause and a fulfillment of our duty as journalists. We applaud the exemplary efforts of the students who have spearheaded the cause; they have worked hard to represent the financial interests and burdens of CSUN students. However, the cuts to education do not come from CSUN President Jolene Koester or Chancellor Charles Reed.

We implore students to direct their calls to action instead to the state legislature, to those with authority to acquire and distribute funding.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal that includes a $500-millon cut to the CSU system is actually a best-case scenario, hinging on a ballot measure to get voter approval extending tax increases set to expire in June. However, partisan lines run deep and Republican lawmakers stand in the way of putting

the measure on the ballot at all.

In a budget update from CSUN chief financial officer Tom McCarron last month, he said without the tax extensions – taxes Californians already pay - the CSU system is facing a $1 billion dollar cut instead. You thought it was bad now, but it is completely possible things will get worse.

In an opinion piece published in the LA Times by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, he pointed out the tragic irony of this impasse - 42 Republicans in the legislature, 29 of them were students in the state system of higher education and yet they will watch it crumble on the premise of being unwilling to see any cuts to education and unwilling to raise taxes. However, this is not an option with a state budget deficit of more than $15 billion through June 2012, something has to give.

Last week, Assembly minority leader and Fresno State alumna Connie Conway, proposed a budget, which includes the $500-million dollar cut to the CSU system and would prevent the doubling of that figure on the wing-and-a-prayer that state tax receipts continue to come in higher than anticipated - $5 billion higher than anticipated.

Or we could deal with reality and just see if voters are willing to keep paying the taxes they are already paying.

Either way, increases to tuition and fees have little to do with Koester, Reed, or any university administration and we suggest students direct their energies at their local lawmakers. Move the sit-ins, rallies and other demonstrations to their doors. Write letters or send appeals via video message to state senate and assembly members reminding them of their obligation to preserve the public education system they once enjoyed.

How to become an agent of change By the Gender and Women Studies 300 class "Women as Agents of Change" Think about your daily schedule. For many of you, you wake up in a comfy bed, brush your teeth with clean water, take a relaxing, hot shower, get to campus to begin the last weeks of the semester—the last push—all while you down the caffeinated beverage of your choice. But regardless of how overwhelming it may seem, it is nothing compared to the struggles like those of Meena Hasina.

When she was 8-yearsold, Hasina was kidnapped and sent to a brothel in India.

From the time she was 12, she suffered brutal sexual abuse, including rape. After years of exploitation and suicide attempts, she escaped the brothel, but she was forced to leave her two children behind.

While the story has a happy ending and Hasina’s children found her, her struggles are common throughout the world. Sexual abuse, lack of medical care and education are plagues that can be avoided with your help - you can become an agent of change.

An agent of change is a person who makes a positive difference at the global, national, or local level that affects the lives of others. as well as the life of the person who chooses to create progress. The ideology of the agent of change is to improve the world one cause at a time, whether through a single person or tackling a new issue each day. And that agent is you.

Consider the money you waste on a daily basis and the luxuries of the United States you take for granted. You may hear about global problems on

the nightly news or even from watching the commercials asking for money to help feed hungry children. But the fact of the matter is that you can make a difference without sending a check to an organization plastered on the big screen.

Our class has taken it upon itself to reach out to local and global organizations through donations and support. We decided to collect spare change for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles in support of their junior Born to Act Players first summer performance.

Some of our class members wrote letters reaching out to authors and organizations mentioned in our textbooks.

As well, some of us collaborated to write this article to encourage others on campus to be agents of change too.

For example, to help vic-

tims of sex trafficking like Hasina, you can donate to organizations such as Apne Aap International, a non-governmental organization based in Mumbai, India, that gives vulnerable girls and women the resources to escape and avoid sex trafficking. Go to apneaap. org for more information.

You can also give micro loans through kiva.org, which directly connects you to a person in need of a relatively small amount of money; some people only need $25, to start a business that will support their families.

Even a no-cost way to help is available at freerice.com, where you can play free vocabulary games and every time you win rice is donated to hungry people around the world.

There are many opportunities to become an agent of change. What will you do?

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My Time at CSUN Conor Lansdale The Fall of 2006 was my first semester on campus, and every day since then I have been impressed and proud of our leadership for taking strides to improve our enjoyment and to enhance our experiences while pursuing a degree.There used to be only 2 parking structures, vintage apartment-style dorm suites, and little to no Matador Spirit, a.k.a. Matatude.

Those days are well past us now, but there have been two constants throughout the past few years - rising tuition and student fees and more value in your education than ever before.

The purpose of this letter to the Daily Sundial and to all Matadors, who either pick up the newspaper on campus or peruse it over their smart phone or tablet, has also been one of my goals during my undergraduate career, which is to dispel misinformation.

Yes, our tuition and student fees have increased over the past few years, but don’t pigeonhole your perspective.This campus has given back to you more than you probably know.

Go on to the www.calstate.edu budget page and find the 2010-11 California State University Tuition and Fees webpage. You will see that CSU Northridge costs less than the average at the 23 campuses by over $100.

Then, if you explore www.collegeportraits.org, you will see a link for the Average Loan Debt of 2008-09 Baccalaureate Recipients who Started as Freshmen and Assumed Loans. For a CSUN student, the average is $15,165 versus the state average, which is $17,326.

Compare this to the national average of $24,000.

The other important and relevant data provided by College Portraits is found on a link to Salaries of Baccalaureate Recipients -- Payscale (2010). The national average starting median salary of graduates from public universities is $41,525, however CSUN graduates’ median starting salary is $43,200.

I could provide data all day long about why CSUN is outstanding by most measures that parents, guidance counselors, and even state legislators monitor, but what really matters, to me, is that YOU know the value of your education and experiences here at California State University, Northridge.

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Game Time! solutions Birthday Puzzle Peter 42, Gloria 21, Tom 12, John 9, Linda 7, Susan 6, Jake 3.

Cryptogram #1 “It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” - Hank Aaron Cryptogram #2 “Old programmers never die. They just can’t C as well.” - Anon.

Cryptogram #3 “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.” - Robert Frost Octa-Plus Puzzle All the numbers are whole numbers (intro). C is an even number (clue 5). A third of B is an even number (clue 7), so B is even, so B minus C is 12 (1). B is a multiple of three between 18 and 36 (intro and 7). C is a multiple of three between 6 and 24 (1 and above). No number is greater than 40 (intro), so B is 18 or 24 and C is 6 or 12 and H is 24 or 36 (3 and above). An eighth of H is a whole number (6), so H is 24, B is 18 and C is 6. F is 3 (5). G is 21 (2).

D is 7 (4). No two numbers are the same (intro), so E is 17 (8 and above). A is 4 (9).

Time Puzzle 65 minutes Word Puzzle #1 deist, deists, den, dens, dent, dents, desist, dhoti, dhotis, die, dies, diet, diets, din, dine, dines, dins, dint, dints, dis, dish, dishes, DISHONEST, diss, dissent, dit, dite, dites, dits, do, doe, does, doest, doeth, doit, doits, don, done, dons, donsie, dos, dose, doses, doss, dost, dot, dote, dotes, doth, dots, ed, edh, edhs, edit, edits, eidos, end, ends, hid, hide, hides, hied, hind, hinds, hinted, hissed, histed, hod, hods, hoed, hoiden, hoidens, hoised, hoisted, honed, honied, hosed, hosted, id, ides, ids, nide, nides, nod, node, nodes, nodi, nods, noised, nosed, noshed, noted, od, ode, odes, odist, odists, ods, ohed, onside, send, sends, shed, sheds, shend, shends, shied, shined, shod, shoed, side, sides, sited, sned, sneds, snide, snidest, sonde, sondes, stied, STONISHED, ted, teds, teind, teinds, tend, tends, tide, tides, tied, tined, tod, todies, tods, toed, tondi, toned, tossed.

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Inspiration through slience CSUN’s sole deaf basketball player is role model to many people Gilberto Manzano Senior Reporter

M

ichael Lizarraga, 22, the only deaf player in Division I men’s basketball last season, had his inspiring story covered by “The New York Times,” “Los Angeles Times,” ESPN, Fox Sports, “Los Angeles Daily News,” CBS Sports and many other media outlets.

Having to cover the Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team for the last two seasons, I had the opportunity to see all the attention Lizarraga received from reporters and began to wonder if he ever got tired of the spotlight.

Prior to a road game against UC Riverside in February, Erin Matthews, Lizarraga’s interpreter, told me the 6-foot-7 senior forward does get annoyed at times, especially if the interview is after a loss, but he understands it’s for a good cause.

Lizarraga has become a role model to many young deaf athletes and has been receiving countless fan mail through his personal and fan page on Facebook.

“Mike you are an amazing inspiration. I just worked a basketball tournament for hearing impaired children and these kids are learning a lot from you. Keep up the good work,” Maura Baginski said.

Lizarraga doesn’t only encourage deaf children.

“It was amazing and inspirational being able to sit on press row and watch you (Lizarraga) play in person tonight at Pacific.

From one D-I athlete to another, congratulations on all that you have achieved in your career

and good luck in the Big West Tournament. You represent everything that is great about an athlete overcoming a challenge to pursue their dreams,” said Gwen Arafiles, a senior softball player at UC Berkeley.

I asked Lizarraga if we could schedule a meeting so I can ask him a few questions.

“Sure, but how do you want to do this?” he said.

I paused and realized his interpreter Matthews wouldn’t be around since the basketball season was over. We arranged to meet in front of the Matadome with our laptops to talk through Google chat.

During our one-hour chat, I got to know Lizarraga’s personality off of the court and how he handles being a role model.

Hey Michael, I saw your article on ESPN and it was the highlight of my day. I was also born deaf. I grew up with the most powerful hearing aids, wore a microphone through school and also had a sign language interpreter until the end of high school. My sign language is terrible, I just know a few words and my ABCs in sign only because I never communicate with anyone through sign, and so I tried extremely hard to focus on reading lips.

I’m currently a sophomore at Southeast Missouri State University and I wear a cochlear implant. I can hear better than my hearing aids in high school, but it not the greatest since I still ask people to repeat what they say. This is also my second year without an interpreter because I just decided I didn’t need one since I still don’t know much sign language. I just focus on the teacher’s lips and meet after class to be sure what to prepare for the next meeting. It can get frustrating through my hearing sometimes.

I just wanted to let you know whenever I’m reading the ESPN article about you, I’ll be happy again. Today you made my day and you’re my hero.

- Luke Edwards

Off to a bad start

Lizarraga and I decided to get together at 3 p.m. on May 6 after he was done playing pick-up basketball with current and former teammates.

It’s 20 minutes after 3 p.m. and I’m starting to think he forgot about our interview or he just didn’t want to talk.

A CSUN assistant coach walks by and I ask him if he can remind Lizarraga about our interview.

“Oh, no, I can’t do that.

Michael (Lizarraga) won’t stop playing until the game is over,” he told me.

A few minutes later Lizarraga comes out of the gym and points at my laptop and gives me a disappointed look. He then pulls out his fancy Apple MacBook and I realized that he was making fun of my less-expensive PC Toshiba.

So far I’ve learned that Lizar-

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raga takes pick-up basketball seriously and is a jokester. Oh, wait, and he gets bored easily.

While I ask Lizarraga who he has winning the NBA Finals (he picked the Heat and was right about the Lakers going down), I catch him on his Facebook and watching YouTube videos of Clippers AllStar forward Blake Griffin.

It turns out Lizarraga wanted to show me one of the letters he received on his fan page.

Popular Mike

Gilberto: Do you respond to most letters?

Michael: Yea some, but sometimes I get e-mailed long letters and at times I’m not in the mood to respond back.

Gilberto: Does it get tiring being a role model?

Michael: Not really. I like to get

attention (laughs).

I then remind Lizarraga about the video Telemundo, a Spanish-language TV channel, ran about him.

Michael: Oh yeah!! I love that video, but sucks that I don’t understand it at all!

Gilberto: So you don’t know Spanish?

Michael: Te amo (I love you).... hermano (brother)... hermana (sister)... lol I guess that’s a no.

Lizarraga, a native of Dixon, California, will return to his high school, California School for the Deaf, on May 26 to be a guest speaker at a banquet. He will discuss his time as a studentathlete at Northridge.

Gilberto: Have you ever been a guest speaker?

Michael: Never! I’m looking forward to it! I am so

#42: Lizarraga ended the 2011 season with 134 rebounds, 19 assists, 22 steals and 189 points.

excited about it.

Just a regular guy

Lizarraga’s teammates began to walk by and he would stop them to show them videos on his laptop or just to talk. Freshman forward Jordan Mitchell began to talk about the movie “Thor” with Lizarraga.

“I love Jordan (Mitchell) but he’s a big nerd,” Lizarraga, said.

“He loves to read comics.”

I then noticed that Lizarraga is watching at least his third dancing video during our interview.

Gilberto: You like to dance huh?

Michael: Yeah, I love to dance because of my team! I dance a lot at bars and parties. Oh, I went to Dublin’s (a bar and grill

near campus) and some girls and guys came up to me. They were so crazy.

Gilberto: I then thought about how tough it must be to dance without being able to listen to the music.

Michael: I don’t need to follow the music to dance. I can feel the beats or just dance without the music.

Lizarraga, who is polite, funny, friendly and a leader, has shown that being deaf has not stopped him from living a normal life and doesn’t expect anyone to feel sorry for him.

Except for movies without subtitles.

“Don’t they understand not everyone can hear?” Lizarraga said jokingly.

Just a minor complaint.

Future of Matador athletes monique muÑiz / sports editor

Nicole Concialdi Served as goalkeeper for the Cal State Northridge water polo team. As a Matador Concialdi tallied 268 saves in her career and is fourth in saves at CSUN. Her career-high was this season with 141 saves in 19 games. Concialdi plans to continue her higher education at Cal State Fullerton to obtain her teaching credentials and masters to ultimately become an elementary school teacher.

Rashaun McLemore The Virginia native played two-seasons with the CSUN basketball team. Last season he was Most Inspirational Player. For the Matadors McLemore average 10.7 points per-game and 493 points. He had 53 assist, six blocks and 35 steals. McLemore had a career-high 26 points in two games this season first one at UC Santa Barbara and against UC Davis. He was also named co-MVP this season by his teammates. McLemore signed with an agent and will play professional basketball overseas.

Sydney Sonoda Sociology/Criminal Justice major, and Matador water polo player, Sonoda leaves CSUN as fifth in leading scorer with 143 goals. As her last season as a Matador, Sonoda collected 53 goals, 27 assist and 26 steals. Sonoda gained first team All-Big West women’s water polo honors for the second season. Sonoda will be working this summer and training this fall in hopes to play water polo overseas.

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