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LA community honors life of Nipsey Hussle Many people lit candles and left notes outside of Nipsey Hussle’s clothing store, The Marathon, after memorial services for the murdered rapper on April 11.
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rmias Joseph Asghedom — the rapper known as Nipsey Hussle — took his final lap around the city of Los Angeles on Thursday. The rapper’s memorial service was held at Staples Center. Many fans found the venue fitting, knowing Hussle was a Lakers fan and would attend games regularly. Fans were lined up for hours before the doors opened and it was an atmosphere of love and celebration for the man who did so much for his South Los Angeles community. The stage was full of white, purple and blue f lowers with Hussle’s signature “All Money In” logo f lower design above his gray casket, along with the Eritrea f lag hanging on the side of the casket. The service included scriptures and prayers, and performances by some of Hussle’s favorite artists, including Jhené Aiko and Stevie Wonder. Hussle’s brother, Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom, held back tears recalling how protective Hussle was of him, and how from a young age he was a hustler and an innovator. Asghedom said he remembers his brother building a computer from scratch, and later recording music on that same computer. He said Hussle made the world proud. Fans were patiently waiting for Hussle’s longtime girlfriend Lauren London to take the stage. She broke her social media silence days before the memorial by sharing pictures on Instagram. London shared a private text message she sent to Hussle earlier this year — in which she professed her love for him while he was asleep one morning. She ended her speech with loving words for Hussle, saying, “I love you beyond this earth and until we meet again, the marathon continues.” A 25.5-mile-long procession followed the funeral. It passed by parts of South Los Angeles, Inglewood and The Marathon Clothing store where Hussle was shot to death on March 31. Fans called the procession Hussle’s “Victory Lap” after the album he released in early 2018. People packed sidewalks and streets waiting for the hearse to pass. Many had a chance to talk to Hussle’s mother as the procession was stuck in a sea of people f looding the street. She urged people to end violence and find peace. Nipsey Hussle’s victory lap ended at the Angelus Funeral Home.
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Thousands of people lined Slauson Avenue for the murdered rapper’s final 25.5 mile procession on Thursday, April 11.
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Faculty evaluations reveal gender biases A committee will look into reported discrimination in student evaluations of professors GILLIAN MORAN-PEREZ
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tudent evaluations of teachers may be discriminatory due to gender bias, according to CSUN’s Educational Equity Committee. A recent report called “Gender Bias in Student Evaluations” by professor Kristina Mitchell from Texas Tech University and Johnathan Martin from Midland College found students evaluate female and male professors differently. Mitchell and Martin’s findings showed that women are evaluated on their personality and appearance and are more often referred to as “teachers” rather than “professors,” while male professors are evaluated on their intelligence and competency. Michael Neubauer, a member of the EEC, became aware of the issue and brought it up at a CSUN faculty senate meeting in February. He said this is a problem for the university on how they retain and promote faculty, according to minutes from the meeting. “It’s an issue for faculty, administration and students,” Neubauer said. He added that students need a voice, but “what do we want from these evaluations?”
He proposed to create a “campus-wide discussion on the purpose of the evaluations.” As of now, Neubauer said the EEC is in conversation with several members on campus, including Faculty Development and eventually reaching out to the AS president. Part of the issue in using these “evaluation instruments” is that they vary from different departments, according to Neubauer. Janet Oh, director of the Office of Institutional Research, said that there are currently 100 different surveys at CSUN and each department has their own survey and questions, according to minutes from the senate meeting. Neubauer mentioned a case at Ryerson University in Canada where an arbitrator decided that SETs can no longer be used for the Retention Tenure and Promotion process. The case was published in August 2018 on University Affairs. According to the article, the results are unreliable as SETs have moved online and the number of students participating has gone down. Neubauer is now looking into “if there are better instruments that eliminate bias.” He said that the first step for the EEC is to collect anecdotal info from colleges that “may not be reported.”
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A petty theft occurred when an unknown suspect stole a victim’s cellphone on Reseda Boulevard. An unknown suspect graffitied a storage room door at Redwood Hall.
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During a lab class, an unknown suspect poked a victim in the back at Jacaranda Hall. A laptop was stolen at the Oviatt Library after being left unattended. It was reported that between March 27 and April 10 a victim had been receiving repeating calls from a known suspect. An unknown suspect left a pair of shoes and socks in the victim’s closet after entering the apartment through a sliding door at University Park Building 15. A secured scooter was stolen from the south side of the Oviatt Library.
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It was reported that between April 8 and 9 a hit-and-run occurred at Parking Structure B5.
An unknown suspect graffitied the entrance door of Bianchi Planetarium. At Parking Lot F10, an unknown suspect cut a bus’s fuel line. It was reported that on April 9 a victim received threating texts from a known suspect. A hit-and-run occurred on the third floor of Parking Structure G3.
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A known suspect had assaulted a victim at University Village. A hit-and-run occurred on the first floor of Parking Structure G3. It was reported on April 8 a Matador Money Card and charging cord was stolen from the victim’s desk at Manzanita Hall.
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An unknown suspect graffitied the door on the northwest side of Citrus Hall.
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A hit-and-run occurred in Parking Structure G9 Level 2.
Reports in the crime blotter are collected from the CSUN Department of Police Services daily crime log. For the full list of incidents during the week visit the CSUN Department of Police Services website.
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Arts&Entertainment Annual Juried Art Exhibit honors students
Students describe their passion for art, and their future goals as professional artists MELISSA ROJAS
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he CSUN art department held its annual Juried Student Exhibition on April 5. The event allows CSUN students of any academic year or major to enter three of their art pieces to win several awards. At the night of the reception, three students were awarded the Virginia A. Orndorff Prize for Best of Show. Virginia Orndorff is a CSUN alumna who wanted to give back to the art department, along with her husband, Christopher Orndorff. Two other students were awarded for Juror’s Choice and Dean’s Purchase. Jim Sweeters, the art department gallery director, explained the process behind the student exhibit. “We had about 325 entries, they bring all the work here to fill up this gallery,” said Sweeters. He also described who the jurors were. The art department asked art professionals like Aandrea Stang, who is the gallery director at CSU Dominguez Hills, Tom Jimmerson, who owns the gallery “As-Is.La” in Downtown LA, and CSUN alumni artist Jeffrey Vallance to be the jurors for the student exhibit. Among the winners were junior Oliver Mayhall, senior Michael Castaneda, graduate student Stacey Alexander, senior Ariella Kaniel and graduate student Lauren Moradi, who described their art, inspirations and plans for their future careers as professional artists. Mayhall was awarded first
place in Best of Show for his piece, “Doorstops.” His piece was made up of door stops he collected. The Northridge native was influenced early on by his mother, who was also an artist. “My mom always put me in art classes in school,” said Mayhall. “I grew a knack for it.” He recalled the moment he realized he could make something of his passion when he was given a book about Picasso. “I was really young and seeing Picasso at like 6 years old, I think I can do something significant,” said Mayhall. He decided to enter his sculpture piece for the student exhibit, knowing it was a risk but also wanting to share what he described as “a different dialogue than with painting or photography.” “I want to be a professional artist more than anything in my life,” Mayhall said. “I love art more than anything. I want to keep pushing myself.” He plans on using his scholarship money for graduate school to apply for an MFA program. Second place for Best of Show went to Castaneda. His piece was an interactive artwork called, “he (cruising: fun, erotic, and loving).” Castaneda described his work as an interaction that “came from me giving up control over myself ‘cause I feel like all my art is very much a stand-in for myself.” He explained that when it comes to his art, he wanted to give up that control over it and in a way, also himself. “It’s always completely
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Oliver Mayhall poses with his artwork, titled “Doorstops.” Mayhall won first place in Best of Show.
rewarding when people are able to look at it and respond to it positively,” said Castaneda, who created this piece as a reference to cruising grounds and beat culture. “An object
you might find there which is a glory hole but also referencing the self and abuse that I’ve subject myself to both internally and externally. Usually, I like the power dichotomy
I have over my paintings and sculptures but again I wanted to give that up in this piece and fully let people take advantage of me.” Making art is a way of healing for him. With his scholarship, Castaneda plans to continue working on his art and apply for an MFA art program. Alexander won third place for Best of Show for her piece, titled “Lower East Side.” Her passion for art developed because of her art teachers at the time. “They helped us develop our practice and taught us about making a career out of art,” she said. Alexander described her inspiration for her art piece as her “relationship to the internet, as like an alternate and parallel reality.” Her art piece was of lines made up of data from her runs that were mapped from the “Map My Run” app. She extracted the data and layered each one on top of each other to create an abstract drawing. Alexander plans on using her scholarship to pay for supplies and help her with living costs. After graduate school, she hopes to find a studio in LA and find adjunct teaching positions in drawing. The Dean’s Purchase Award was won by Kaniel, who is also the vice president of the Illustration Society, a CSUN student club. The award means the dean of Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication, Dan Hosken, bought the student’s art which will be displayed in the dean’s office for a period of time. Cont. Art Show at sundial.csun.edu
CSUN TRENDS Fashion Show: Behind the runway A look at who and what is running CSUN’s 40th Annual TRENDS Fashion Show DEJA MAGEE
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ew people know what really goes on during a fashion show. Everybody is enamored by the glitz and glamour of the statuesque models walking down the catwalk, but the average person who watches “Project Runway” only knows a sliver of the organized chaos that awaits them behind the glimmering curtain of a runway show. CSUN has its own fashion show every spring semester put together by the TRENDS fashion club. The club is comprised of students who have a passion for fashion, and a heart of determination to boot. The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is one that students aren’t typically familiar with. It’s tucked away in the corridors of Sequoia Hall on the right side of the library. The students in the FCS 497 fashion show production class say that the fact that no one knows about the fashion department or club makes it hard to get the word out about the event. “I don’t think we anticipate that it would be challenging. I think sponsorship has been one of our biggest hurdles,” said senior Sienna Tinoco, when asked about the most challenging part of the organizing the show. “I think the time crunch combined with the fact that we have to approach a lot of people in order to get some people to what to sponsor and donate. We’ve never dealt with that with something like that before for a lot of us, so it’s been like a learning curve for sure.”
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Jeannine Beavers, age 37, majoring in apparel design and merchandising, prepares for the TRENDS Fashion Show on April 11.
Tinoco also talked about them still being in the process of looking for sponsors. “We’re still contacting sponsors because we want to stretch our budget as much as we can,” she said. Tinoco is the co-director of the fashion show along with Maritza Rosas. The instructor of the course, Professor Shirley Warren, described her role as “simply advising the students” while they carry out their vision and prepare on their own for the show. “They’re all working very hard. I listen
to them because it’s a student-driven show,” said Warren. “It’s like a three-part show: TRENDS sponsors the show, we have the production class which produces the show and then we have the studio class that creates the collection for the show. I’m just here to make sure they do everything under university guidelines. I give them all the credit because they really are doing all the work.” Cheekily put, Warren coined it “our version of ‘Project Runway.’” Some of the students, like Jeannine Beavers and Eleesa Atchely, talked about some of their more challenging experiences when it came to their production class. Beavers is a part of the committee in charge of the fashion show’s PR and promotions, while Atchely deals with the VIPs and the show’s judges. “It’s very hands-on in the experience that we get,” Atchely said. “This is really what it’s like to produce a real fashion show,” Beavers added. “We also had to work during spring break looking for sponsors. We had a presentation to do, so it was really extra time to do it from home.” Atchely added as well that some of the challenges they have faced are because it’s hard to get students involved with the show. Senior Maria Juarez, the president of the TRENDS club on campus talked about why she wanted to be in the fashion design major. “I wanted to expand myself to a bigger community so I could see what my new major was all about since I switched from being a biology major,” Juarez said. “I started
volunteering once I was in the club, and that was the first time I attended college fashion week and LA Fashion Week as well.” She admits that she, like many of the students on campus, didn’t know there was a fashion major at CSUN. “In the spring semester of 2017, I got to volunteer at my first fashion show here on campus, and that was a great experience too because I didn’t even know that we had a show!” said Juarez. “I didn’t know that we had a fashion department. I didn’t know we had a fashion club.” When asked about what inspires her, Juarez mentioned Disney as being a big inspiration. “Right now, as a designer, a lot of inspiration comes from fairy tales and Disney films that I still watch today,” she said. “When I was little, I would just draw ball gowns and dresses, and my mom saw that I had an interest and fashion when it came to sketching pieces, but I think, comes from a minority background, her main focus was getting me into college and into a career that could make me money.” “My parents have their minds a lot when it comes to my major,” Juarez added. “They see how dedicated I am, and I think that’s what got them to turn their mindset around. Now they support me, and my mom hopes the best for me when it comes to me being a designer. My mom has seen how much I was involved in the fashion show and the fashion club so she knows that this is what I want to do.”
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The life of the Dance Team captain How the art of dance has healed and elevated CSUN’s Dance Team captain during hardships SEAN HANAFI
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lexis Rose Harrington’s first memory of dancing is coming up with routines to Destiny’s Child and Beyonce when she was little. Now, at 22, Harrington is the captain of the CSUN Dance Team. Her mother, a role model in many aspects, was a tap dancer. Ironically, tap dancing was one of the most challenging styles to learn. However, she now teaches it, along with ballet. The number of dance styles she’s learned is not a short one, with ballet, f lamenco, jazz, hip-hop, modern and African being a few. “I was 4 years old when my mom threw me in the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles, and I’ve been dancing ever since,” said Harrington. Through the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Harrington met Karen McDonald. Often times Harrington felt overlooked as a dancer, until McDonald pushed her through one-on-one coaching. McDonald made her do improv and freestyle dance, both things Harrington was not comfortable doing at
first. Eventually, those skills were implemented into her everyday mentality as captain of the dance team. This year the team was asked to be more engaging during games, doing tasks like throwing out T-shirts, doing advertisements and cheering during breaks. Being able to do and teach improv has helped Harrington handle everything that is being thrown at her during games and performances. Aside from her career at CSUN, Harrington has a number of highlights she has achieved through dance. A huge highlight for her is meeting Destiny’s Child and performing for Outkast at the Grammys. Other highlights include performing for Chaka Khan, performing for then-LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and performing at the Lakers Halftime Show. Another memorable performance was when she met and performed for Chris Brown at one of his charity events. It was through this event that Harrington received a full scholarship from Brown to continue dancing at her studio. Harrington is no stranger to hardships, however. During her senior year of high school, her
mother lost her job. “I didn’t know if I was going to continue dancing or not because we couldn’t afford it,” said Harrington. In 2005 Harrington was in a car accident. She lived in Palmdale, and her mother would drive from Palmdale to Santa Monica, to LA, and then back to Palmdale. Harrington’s mother fell asleep behind the wheel during one of these exhaustive rides, resulting in an accident which cost them their car. “I would say my mom just never stopped or let those little things stop her, ‘cause it sucked that everything happened, but she never allowed that to stop her because she always put her children first,” said Harrington. Another inf luential f igure in her life was her best friend, London. The duo danced together and encouraged one another to continue practicing. They worked together closely, with London pushing Harrington to tap dance for her class, pushing her out of her comfort zone. After graduating from high school in June 2017, London attended UC Irvine and Harrington became a Matador. During their time apart, London was in
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Alexis Rose Harrington poses in her dance uniform. Harrington has been dancing from a young age and cites her mother as her main inspiration.
a tragic car accident and passed away. “A dr unk driver that had already had a DUI, I’ve actually been to the trial and everything, and he’s actually trying to lower his sentence and everything but
it’s not going to happen,” said Harrington. In the future, Harrington hopes to open her own studio in her best friend’s memory. She’ll continue her passion for dance and hope to create a brand for herself.
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4 p.m. The Forum 3900 W Manchester Blvd., Inglewood
A two-hour walking tour where you will have the chance to listen to ghost stories from historians, community organizers and researchers. In the walking tour, you will have the chance to visit some haunted sights. Get ready to learn about Boyle Height’s ghost history!
Support your favorite fighter at the World Championship Boxing at The Forum. Multiple fights will occur, including a fight between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada.
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The 28th annual California Poppy Festival is arriving to the city of Lancaster. Get the chance to see the beautiful landscapes filled with poppy flowers. During this two-day event visitors will have the chance to experience animal conservation and educational shows, car exhibits, a butterfly encounter and live music entertainment.
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8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. Staples Center The Novo 800 W Olympic Blvd. a335, Los Angeles Catch Tech N9ne at The Novo, a famed Downtown LA venue. The American rapper is best known for his “chopper” flows. Don’t miss your chance to hear “Caribou Lou” live!
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A film festival focused on the empowerment of fearless women who are on the big screen. This year some women who are being honored are Jeannie Epper, Melissa Stubbs and Shauna Duggins.
You will have the chance to experience Japanese American culture, watch traditional Japanese dancing, watch martial arts demonstrations, participate in a tea ceremony and buy hand-made crafts as well as food with a touch of Asian style. Make sure to bring along your friends and family to have a blast!
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There’s a lot of hype surrounding Tame Impala’s latest releases and anticipated album. The group debuted this disco-infested track on SNL in March and just recently released the polished version on all streaming platforms. The tune doesn’t carry any sort of outstanding feature besides a catchy chorus.
Since his SoundCloud days, Steve Lacy has best been known for the use of repetition. Dreamy vocals and electric guitar finger-picked notes are staples of the 20-year-old’s discography. Whereas other artists might be scolded for the lack of crash and a-ha moments, Lacy strives in cyclical sound.
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Opinion The Mueller investigation results Findings ultimately reveal shortfall of collusion with Russia
Published weekly by the Department of Journalism at California State University, Northridge.
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obert Mueller’s 22-month investigation into President Donald Trump allegedly colluding with the Russian government in the 2016 presidential election has finally come to a close. Mueller’s investigation “did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated,” according to Attorney General William Barr in his four-page summary letter. Barr said that the special counsel conducted a “thorough factual investigation” into whether Trump possibly obstructed justice. However, it must be clearly stated that the four-page summary of the 200-page original document did not completely exonerate Trump, but rather it only proved that there was no collusion with Russia. This investigation — as Trump calls it, “a witch hunt” — cost taxpayers over $25 million in the last two years. Nearly every news organization and left-wing political organization has been speculating and fantasizing over the dirt Mueller could dig up on Trump and his associates. They have used the investigation to rally the “resistance” and attack a president that they do not like. “This person does not seem capable of telling the truth,” Don Lemon said on CNN back in February. “You have a president who, in my opinion, beyond a shadow of a doubt, sought to, however ham-handedly, collude with the Russian government,” said 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke. “There is plenty of evidence of collusion and corrupt co-mingling of work between the Trump campaign and the Russians,” said Dem. Adam Schiff. What is truly disappointing is not just that the media perpetuated this falsehood for the last two years, but that they hoped for it. What this really was was an abuse of power from politicians and media that have never wanted to give the president a chance. There is going to be no apology to Trump or taxpayers for the last two years of an empty investigation. “No, I don’t think they need to apologize. We’ve seen over and over again in the public eye exactly how questionable Trump’s actions have been,” said Dem. Katie Hill. The reason they do
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not want to apologize is that if they do, then they admit they were wrong and what this really is is a victory for the Trump administration. The president can take a victory lap on this ridiculous investigation from day one. This eases the mind of those who were on the fence about Trump in waiting to see if he was the “criminal” the media made him out to be. With the summary of the investigation out now, Democrats are pushing forward to see the entire report. I agree that the full Mueller report and supporting documents should be made public. Every American deserves to see what the Mueller team has been doing for the last two years. “Let it come out. Let people see it,” Trump said. American people should see the lengths to which Mueller’s team went to to get what they wanted. American people have the right to see
the whole report and decide if it is a legitimate investigation or an inquisition carried about by politicians who didn’t like who the American people elected in 2016. The collusion story will bring lasting damage to the credibility of the American media who have failed their due diligence in seeking to influence, rather than inform, the American people. The elite politicians and media have some explaining to do. The results of the Mueller investigation make it clear that the world in Washington is about to change dramatically. Trump can now combat real efforts by the Russians to influence our elections, find better ways to compete with China and denuclearize North Korea. I suggest turning the tables and investigating the Democrats and the media that have been echoing these lies to the American people for the last two years.
Hey, stop saying the ‘N-word’ Why anyone who is not black is not allowed to say the ‘N-word’ DESTINY NADEAU
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white girl I used to work with came up to the host stand and started telling me a story about a man who lived in her building. She was recounting the details and at some point made it a point to comment about how he was with two young white girls and he was “black.” But, I need to come back and emphasize how she said the word “black.” She leaned in close to me and as her lips curled in semi-disgust, she whispered the word. Now, she didn’t know at the time that I am black because I am also half Salvadorean so I’m obviously described as what is known as “light-skinned.” But when she whispered the word “black,” it got me thinking. White people have no problem saying “nigga” when it comes to singing along to songs because it’s what the “artist intended.”
White people have no problem calling us “nigger” in an attempt to condemn us, but they have a problem saying the word ... BLACK. Now, to bring it back to the use of the “N-word” (both versions are interchangeable, let’s be real). It seems nowadays that people drop it in casual conversation in order to create a shock for the audience. Everyone who uses it (white people are not the only ones guilty of this) don’t truly understand the weight of what it means and only correlate it with slang and the emotions that follow after it’s said. Even teachers are using it as though it’s simple enough to be used in casual conversation. A California marketing student, Maleek Eid, called out his teacher for casually using the “N-word” (not sure which one, but we’re going to assume she said it with the hard “er”) by presenting his class project on why using it (unless you’re black) is unacceptable. In his presentation, Eid specifically called his professor out.
In a response, recorded by Eid, his professor claimed that she only used it because she wanted a reaction from the class and wanted someone to say that it was wrong to use it. After being confronted by Eid, who said she needed different strategies as a professor, she stood by her original point in that it was only used as a tactic to get the attention of her class. So let’s take a moment to think about the consequences that come from making the decision to use the “N-word.” The consequences are: you will be publicly vilified, so let’s refrain from using it altogether. White people, brown people, Asian people and any other person that is not black, does not have permission nor the ability to use this word. We do not care if you come from a marginalized community; if you are not black, you cannot use it. This word was used as a weapon to demean us during our close-eradication in American history so it belongs to us and only us. Just don’t use it. It’s not that hard.
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APRIL 17, 2019
Sports Softball drops home series against Riverside Junior Megan Stevens also tied the record for most doubles in a season with 17 BRYANNA WINNER Assistant Sports Editor
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espite junior Megan Stevens t ying the school record for most doubles in a season, the Matadors dropped their first home conference series 2-1 to UC Riverside this past weekend at Matador Diamond. Sophomore Jillian James pitched the first game, giving up two hits and striking out seven batters on her way to recording her 13th win. It was her 12th complete game and fourth shutout on the season, bringing her record to 13-9, a marked improvement on the 9-19 record she put up last season. “I think that JJ is great,” said head coach Tairia Flowers. “Her velocity, her movement, we talked to her a lot about having that confidence and being more consistent. I’m really proud of her today because she absolutely didn’t have her best stuff and normally, one pitch works a little bit more for her and she had to figure out how to beat people with a different one. True testament to her as a competitor.” Going into the bottom of the fourth inning, the game was scoreless. However, that changed when Stevens hit a home run over the left field fence to break it open and give CSUN the 1-0 lead. “Megan ... man that girl can hit,” said Flowers. “I think the best thing about her is just watching her be consistent in her approach, in her attitude, and in her effort and I think that’s why it’s paying off for her. Being able to hit the off-speed and go to all fields.” The Highlanders intentionally walked Stevens in her last at-bat of the game, finishing 1 for 2 with a walk. Sophomore Kenedee Jamerson started the second game and struggled as she was called for three
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Junior Megan Stevens hits her 17th double of the season to drive in the lone Matador run of the game in the loss to UC Riverside in the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday at Matador Diamond. That double tied the school record set by Shannon Jones in 1994.
illegal pitches, resulting in three outs being taken away. They continued to struggle defensively and that transitioned to offense as well, as the Matadors were held to four hits in the 8-1 loss. During the game, Riverside was trying to intentionally walk Stevens after her home run in the first game, but one of the pitches came too close to the plate and Stevens was able to rip a double, bringing
her total to 17 on the season. This double put her in a tie for the school record that was set in 1994 by Shannon Jones and with 13 games left in the season, she could reset the record and then some. “I think it’s just awesome because last year, it was one of the things I was working on ... turning to get those doubles to get there faster,” said Stevens. Flowers shared in Stevens’
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Junior Alyssa Vasquez fielding a bunt near home plate and throwing to senior Haileigh Gonzalez at first base for the out. The Matadors lost the three-game series to UC Riverside 2-1 this past weekend at Matador Diamond.
excitement as she learned of her achievement. “That’s exciting. I’m happy for her,” said Flowers. “She’s come into this program and just made us better. Any way she can help us, she didn’t come in as an outfielder, I don’t think she is looking for those accolades, she just wants to figure out what she can do for this team. It’s nice seeing that pay off for her.” After that, Riverside was able to successfully walk Stevens in her remaining at-bats, ending up with three walks and an RBI to finish the game. She also pitched 3 2/3 innings after coming in during the third inning and gave up six hits, one run and one walk, bringing her ERA to 2.80 on the season. “I would just like to see us just compete a little bit better and not wait until the end,” said Flowers, whose team gave up 13 hits in the second game compared to just two in the first. “I think we kind of lost focus a bit. I think we are better and we just need to be ready to come back tomorrow.” Their struggles continued as the Matadors dropped the third and final game of the series 5-1, losing the series two games to one. “We fell short in several areas,” said Flowers. “We put ourselves in a position to score some runs in the sixth inning and we got one, but we didn’t come up clutch. Back to the drawing board and hopefully we will get better next week.” James struggled this time
around as she gave up seven hits, four runs, two walks, hit three batters and struck out just two batters, bringing her ERA up to 2.92. “Maybe they saw her a little bit more and they were able to square up more often,” said Flowers. “I think we missed a couple pitches here and there and they capitalized. That’s what happens when you play a good team that’s hungry.” Just as it was in the second game, Stevens was not given the opportunity to hit as the Highlanders intentionally walked her all three times she came up to the plate. She finished the series 2 for 3 and seven walks, with six being intentional. “It’s just a testament to how good (Stevens) is and I don’t blame them,” said Flowers. “I wouldn’t want to get beat by her either, so I think that it stinks for her because she wanted an opportunity but hopefully next week she will get back after it.” The Matadors are 19-23 (3-6 Big West) and sit in sixth place in the Big West Conference. As they get ready for the next set of games, the team will be working on certain areas so that they can come out with less mistakes and take advantage of those missed opportunities. “We need to take care of ourselves and executing and a little bit of confidence and just staying locked in to every pitch,” said Flowers. They welcome the 8-31 (2-7 Big West) Cal Poly Mustangs to Matador Diamond April 19-20 as they continue conference play at home.
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Fighting for a seat at the recruitment table How a unique recruiting strategy has helped CSUN’s baseball team grow and thrive TYLER WAINFELD
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outhern California has long been known as a hotbed for college baseball coaches from across the nation to come recruit for their schools. With the sun shining and the temperature sitting above 70 degrees seemingly every day of the year, there isn’t a time when baseball isn’t being played somewhere, giving coaches a huge sample to choose from for their programs. Of course, that also means that all of the schools in the area, as well as other schools across the country, are competing against each other to grab the best recruits, selling them on the ideals and history of each program. For head coach Greg Moore, this presents a problem as he tries to beat out schools like UCLA, USC and CSU Fullerton that have the history and pedigree that high school kids look for when they think about where they want to go. To combat this problem, Moore and the rest of his coaching staff have developed a unique system that enables them to recruit not necessarily the best players, but the right ones. “The first thing that would jump out is, we recruit late,” Moore said. “We do not go out and recruit freshmen. We don’t recruit sophomores. We get to know juniors and we sign seniors. This gives us a chance to get to know them, them to know us. It also allows the late bloomers to evolve.”
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Greg Moore has been the head coach of the baseball team at CSUN since 2014. Since then, nine players have been drafted out of the school, including three in 2018.
That last part, giving players time to evolve rather than just going for the guys that are good now, is just one aspect of why Moore believes that his program is “doing things differently.” Another key aspect, one that
Moore is very proud of, is CSUN’s mission to recruit from the San Fernando Valley out, trying to stay as local as possible in building his roster each year. “First, our goal is to serve the
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of the Vauxhall alumni, sophomore pitcher Wesley Moore, is torching up the Big West in his first season as a Matador, ranking 10th in the Big West with a 2.85 ERA, eighth in strikeouts with 47 and sixth in innings pitched with 53.2. Another alumni, freshman infielder Damiano Palmegiani, was part of the U-18 Canadian National Team that competed in the Dominican Summer League in 2018, as well as a 35th round draft pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. Both of those players were part of elite recruiting classes, with both the 2017 and 2018 recruiting classes ranked in the top 40 in the nation according to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, a testament to the coaching staff as a whole, but specifically Twohig and assistant coach Tony Asaro, who works in tandem with Twohig on the recruiting plan each year. “(Asaro and Twohig) talk every day, often, usually multiple times,” Moore said. “And a lot of what they do is discuss to distill information. How was the conversation? How did he play last week? What does his coach say about him? With this being an organization and a baseball team, they’re looking at how somebody fits to what we’re doing. Those guys are in constant communication and always looking two months out to see where they’re going to be.” Cont. Baseball at sundial.csun.edu
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Valley ... start within 27 miles of home plate, draw a circle on a map and begin there,” Moore said. “We’ve tried to do that more and more. (Associate head coach Jordon) Twohig has done a great job of getting to know the coaches in the area.” According to Twohig, the team’s former recruiting coordinator, of the 33 players on the roster this season, 12 come from the Valley, six from Orange County and two from the Inland Empire, amounting to an impressive 54.5 percent having roots in the Southern California area. That mission doesn’t preclude Moore or any of his other coaches from finding talent elsewhere, though, with Moore finding another haven for high school baseball players in Vauxhall Academy, a prep school in the town of Vauxhall, Alberta, Canada, located about 150 miles southeast of Calgary, where three of the players played in high school. “(We recruit from) places that train their players well and have high expectations and that’s why Vauxhall Academy is a place where a few of our players have come from,” Moore said. “I got to know Les McTavish, the director of their program, eight years ago. We’ve stayed in touch and he is like-minded. He expects his players to hustle, he expects his players to be humble, and because of that, we have a great relationship.” Having that relationship has yielded some great results both in past seasons and this one, as one
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THE SUNDIAL • SPORTS_SUNDIAL@CSUN.EDU
APRIL 17, 2019
SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S GOLF WEDNESDAY 4/17
vs. Big West Conference @ Moorpark Country Club The women’s golf team will be competing in the final round of the Big
win streak, four at home, to improve
State. They currently sit in fifth in the
their record to 13-10. They play their
Big West Conference.
final regular season game at home against the Warriors and sit in fourth in the conference.
SOFTBALL
WOMEN’S TENNIS
first place team at the end of all three rounds advances to the NCAA Divi-
FRIDAY 4/19
first round, the team was in third place
vs. Cal Poly @ 1 and 3 p.m. (available on ESPN 3)
behind co-leaders CSU Fullerton and CSU Long Beach with a score of 296. By the end of the second round, they moved up to second with a cumulative score of 592. They are only behind Long Beach, who has a score of 589.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL FRIDAY 4/19
vs. Westcliff College @ 11 a.m. The team is coming off a five-game
FRIDAY 4/19
vs. UC Santa Barbara @ 1 p.m. The tennis team is finishing up their regular season at home against UC Santa Barbara. The seniors will be honored before the beginning of the match. The team is coming into the match on a four-game win streak, improving their record to 14-4 (3-4 Big West) after finishing non-conference play undefeated against San Diego
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Sean Skelly Junior, Baseball
The catcher/DH had a fantastic series at CSU Long Beach. Despite the team dropping two of the three games, Skelly went 5 for 10 with two home runs and three runs scored. In Sunday’s loss, Skelly went 2 for 2 with a home run, while also reaching base via a walk and hit by pitch for a perfect 4 for 4 day. Overall, Skelly reached base seven times in 12 total plate appearances, raising his OBP to .424, his batting average to .316 and his slugging percentage to .579, giving him an astounding 1.003 OPS on the season.
West Conference Tournament. The
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MATADORS OF THE WEEK
SATURDAY 4/20
Junior, Softball
vs. Cal Poly @ 1 p.m. (available on ESPN 3)
The Matadors are coming off of a twogame losing streak at home against UC Riverside. They currently sit in sixth in the conference with a record of 19-23 and 3-6 in the Big West. They welcome the 8-31 (2-7 Big West) Cal Poly Mustangs to Matador Diamond as they continue conference play.
Megan Stevens
The pitcher/outfielder had an interesting series against UC Riverside. Her Saturday started off well, going 1 for 2 in the win during the opening game of a doubleheader before hitting her 17th double of the season, tying the school record set by Shannon Jones in 1994, in the loss in the second game. After that, though, she was avoided completely, being walked in her final six plate appearances of the series, including all three on Sunday. So while she finished just 2 for 3 overall, she reached base in 8 of 11 plate appearances. On the season, Stevens ranks first in the Big West conference in hits (54), doubles (17), RBIs (45), walks (25), batting average (.474), OBP (.573), slugging percentage (.947) and OPS (1.520). By Tyler Wainfeld and Bryanna Winner Photos Courtesy of GoMatadors
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