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Volume 53 Issue 32 • A fInAncIAlly Independent student newspAper
Radical Islam the topic of conversationLecture on relationship between U.S. and radicalized Muslims draws heat and support from all sides
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G ahren Moradian pleaded not guilty to felony criminal threats Wednesday at North Valley District Superior Court.
Moradian, 22-year-old CSUN student from Burbank, was arrested Sept. 27 for the incident in which a man alleg-edly claimed he had a gun in the Oviatt Library.
He turned himself in to campus police the night of the incident that shut down the library for the day and called the LAPD, California High-way Patrol and bomb squads to campus to investigate.
A campus-wide email from President Koester, sent on Oct. 4, one week after the incident, read, “The student (Moradian) has since been released from custody but is not permitted to return to campus pending the resolu-tion of this matter.”
District Attorney Rick Hirsh argued on behalf of the state that Moradian presented a potentially volatile situation on campus.
Judge Lloyd M. Nash said CSUN students have the right to go into school without fear and while the case is pend-ing, Moradian would remain ordered to stay away from CSUN.
Nash sustained a protec-tive order that does not allow Moradian to return to campus.
Moradian waived his right to a jury trial and is due back in court on Nov. 17 for a pre-liminary trial.
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A representative from an organization whose mis-sion is stated as cultivating a better understanding of the difference between main-
stream and radical Islam lec-tured on campus Wednesday to a couple dozen students and faculty, some of whom challenged her assertions.
Dr. Hedieh Mirahma-di, president of the World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE) and general sec-
retary of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, spent over an hour discussing her definition of radical Islam and her understanding of its prev-alence in American society.
“Islam radicalism is a pro-cess by which a person adopts a divine religion that demon-izes the other and leads that
person to believe that only violence can correct their per-ceived grievances,” Mirah-madi said.
There are about 1,897 mosques in the United States as of 2010, according to a study conducted by the Uni-versity of Kentucky.
Mirahmadi said she stud-
ied 200 U.S. mosques, cho-sen by random sampling, and concluded that 15 to 20 percent of Muslim Ameri-cans were exposed to radical Islamic ideology. From this, she said one percent of the world’s Muslim population was exposed to the radical ideology.
When asked by an audi-ence member where she found her statistical data, Mirahmadi said there was no empirical data to prove her information on a global scale.
She added that Muslim schools, communities and
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Los AngelesOccupying since: Oct. 1Occupiers: 5,000Los Angeles’ protest has remained peaceful during its almost three week occupation outside City Hall downtown.
San FranciscoOccupying since: Sept. 17Occupiers: 400With no permanent location or a camping permit, the group has been forced to move frequently.
ChicagoOccupying since: Sept. 24Occupiers: 3,000Chicago police arrested over 175 protesters on Oct. 16 for refusing to leave Grant Park.
BostonOccupying since: Sept. 30Occupiers: 10,000 as of Oct. 10Over 140 arrests were made in the early hours of Oct. 11 after more than 200 police gave protesters two minutes to leave a strip of the Rose Fitzger-ald Kennedy Greenway after the demonstration spilled over Dewey Park.
New York CityOccupying since: Sept. 17Occupiers: 15,000There have been over 800 arrests since the occupation began in Manhat-tan’s Zuccotti Park. Most arrests were made for blocking traffic, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Videos posted online depicted New York City police penning in female protesters and spraying them with pepper spray.
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The ability to check off the bilingual box on a job application may not be the only benefit to speak-ing more than one language, especially when it comes to young children. Studies sug-gest bilingual children are better thinkers.
Eliza Cholakian, CSUN alumna and current purchas-ing and contract adminis-tration staff member, was born in Armenia where she learned her native language. At the time her family moved to America, Cholakian was 7-years-old and foreign to the English language.
Although she never fin-ished the first grade in Arme-nia, Cholakian was placed in third grade when she entered the American school sys-tem. She was forced to learn English on her own, through observation and experience.
“It was really tough at first,” she said. “Everybody was already used to the alphabet and math.”
But Cholakian soon
found herself excelling above the other students. She said she all of a sudden became the best student in the class after getting the hang of the English language.
“It becomes easier to learn new concepts when you speak another language,” she
said.Research at the University
of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, suggested babies who are bilingual at a young age are “flexible thinkers” and are more open to learning for a longer period of time com-
pared to monolingual infants.The finding also showed
that bilingual children are faster than monolingual chil-dren at switching between different sets of rules.
Kids with bilingual brains develop more brain flexibili-ty, said Ana Sanchez-Munoz, CSUN Chicana/o stud-ies professor. They acquire advantages in logical think-ing and development at an early age.
She said research has shown being bilingual helps children develop metalin-guistic awareness, the ability to interact with oral and writ-ten language and understand how it is used.
“We’re in a global world of communication,” San-chez-Munoz said. “There is more intercultural commu-nication and with moving places, knowing at least two languages should be a must.”
Children who grow up with two languages have the ability to see more than one solution to a problem, said Fredreic Field, CSUN Eng-lish professor.
“If you know that you can express a particular idea in
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Children who learn multiple languages at an early age become “flexible thinkers.”
Yerekhaneruh vor mankootyooneetz dar-ber lezooner en sovoroom, irents “meetki zargatsoomuh” aveli shat yev arag eh.
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New Club WorkshopTime: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Where: MIC Conference RoomDescripTion: Learn how to start a club on campus.
Lay of the Land performanceTime: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Where: Little Theatre in Nordhoff HallDescripTion: Performed by Tim Miller, self-proclaimed queer performer, this play looks at the state of the union, jury duty and other adventures.Cost: $5 students, $10 faculty and staff
Noontime ConcertTime: 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.Where: Plaza del Sol in front of the Sol CenterDescripTion: Jamaica After Six Recycling Style Drum Band will be playing
Student Recreation Center Hiring FairTime: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Where: Northridge Center, USUDescripTion: Apply and interview for positions available in the new Student Recreation Center
USU Student ShowcaseTime: 7 p.m.-10 p.m.Where: Northridge CenterDescripTion: Scope out Matador talent or show off your own. Tickets are free but event officials said seats fill up fast, so get there early.
Blood driveTime: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.Where: Thousand Oaks Room, USUDescripTion: Donate blood and help the American Red Cross save lives.
USU GR Poker TournamentTime: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.Where: Games Room, USUDescripTion: Compete against other students in a poker tournament for the final championship spot.
USU Craft CornerTime: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Where: Plaza del Sol, USUDescripTion: Celebrate energy aware-ness month by creating a tote bag
Root Beer Float NightTime: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.Where: 18600 Plummer St., NorthridgeDescripTion: Pi Gamma Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority will hold their, i Have a Choice “Root Beer Float Night,” to educate college-age students about the dangers of alcohol abuse. Their campaign will support the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Oct. 16 - 22
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An organization dedi-cated to bringing attention to police brutality will par-ticipate in a national day of protest Saturday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles.
Participants for the Octo-ber 22 Coalition’s Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repre-sentation and the Criminal-ization of a Generation will gather at 1 p.m. at Persh-ing Square. An hour later, participants will march to MacArthur Park and hold a rally followed by a vigil for victims of the alleged
brutality.According to the group’s
flyer, minority groups, including Black and Latino neighborhoods, the poor and the mentally challenged, have been subject to police harassment and brutality.
The group cites stories of police brutality through-out the nation, including the recent death of Fullerton homeless man Kelly Thom-as. Thomas’ case is being investigated after he was beaten by police and died after a five-day coma.
Another incident the group is trying to shed light on is the 2009 death of Oscar Grant.
As Grant was lying face down on the ground, he was fatally shot by an Oakland police officer who testified that he mistook his fire-arm for an electronic Taser, according to the Los Angeles Times. The officer, Johannes Mehserle, resigned a week after the shooting and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in July 2010.
“These vicious attacks are not going down without opposition,” the October 22 Coalition’s flyer read. “The violence of the cops, the courts, the FBI, La Migra, and Homeland Security is intensifying. Our resistance must intensify as well.”
Angelenos to protest police brutality Saturday
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Diontay odom (center) with his team Committed Feet, will perform at the USU’s student showcase thursday
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Los Angeles is home to a number of struggling artists dreaming to make it big in the ever-changing world of profes-sional music.
Under the guidance and ser-vice of Five of Five Music Enter-tainment, this dream could very well turn into a reality.
For the past few weeks, Five of Five Music Entertainment, or V/V, has been looking for musical talent to represent dur-ing the academic school year. Staffed by more than 35 CSUN seniors and overseen by profes-sor Carey Christensen in the CSUN music industry studies program, V/V hopes to lessen the frustrations and troubles
many amateur musi-cians face as
they attempt to enter the
music industry, said Aaron Class, 21, director of marketing for V/V.
“Our goal is to be a transi-tional entity in the career and life of an artist,” Class said. “Five of Five is a musical term that refers to a module chord that changes from one key to another. We want to help modu-late up-and-coming musicians from an amateur to professional level.”
V/V will provide one lucky undiscovered talent with a year’s worth of free market-ing and production, Class said. The artist will work with V/V’s managers and members of the events, marketing, multimedia production and A&R, or Artists and Repertoire, departments.
While the yearlong spon-sorship provides the chosen musical act with a profound learning experience, the staff members of V/V note that they also have much to gain from this
endeavor.“I am really excited about
all aspects of this opportu-nity,” said Ryan Aicklen, 25, co-producer for V/V. “The most appealing aspect of this project and being in the music indus-try studies program is that I get to incorporate the lessons I learn from school directly into my active career in the music industry.”
Co-producer Tyler Edmon-ston, 21, also shares in this excitement.
“I am looking forward to working with my peers toward our mutual passion for music,” Edmonston said. “I also am looking forward to the network-ing, promotional and hands-on experiences the project has to offer.”
The Artist of the Year proj-ect was created in the 1997 - 98 school year, Christensen said.
“The project was created to provide experiential learning
opportunities for the prac-tical application of music industry theories, concepts, principles, processes, and practices covered in our MUS 393 and MUS 493 courses,” Christensen wrote in an email. “Through this project, students also develop the interpersonal skills and leadership qualities necessary for effectiveness in mixed artistic and non-artistic, team-based environments.”
Though V/V is primarily con-trolled and run by students, every staff member is committed to
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Dressed in suits and with instruments in tune, 23 col-lege students took center stage and prepared to play before the crowd in the USU Plaza del Sol Performance Hall on Oct. 6. The light reflect-ing off their polished brass added to the anticipation as they waited for the director to
motion their start.As the music began to flow
seamlessly and the melodies started to harmonize, the director stepped aside and allowed the students to take it away, returning occasionally to adjust their instruments or help them keep rhythm.
The students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, are a selected group of skilled musi-
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(left to right) Aaron Class, director of marketing, 21, ryan Aicklen, co-producer, 25, Tyler edmonston, co-producer, 21, Professor Carey Christensen are part of the CSUn music industry Five of Five Music entertainment program. "everything’s becoming DIy (do it yourself). So might as well learn how to be a professional - which is why I'm here," said Class as Aicklen and edmonston shook their heads in agreement about the music industry.
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Matt harris, director of Jazz “A” Band conducts rehersal on Wednesday, oct. 19.
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Jacob Scesney plays the soprano saxophone during Jazz “A” Band rehearsal.
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providing the client with the utmost level of professionalism, Class said.Interested artists submit their portfolios, which should include a
3-song demo, photos and a short bio about the artist, Class said. V/V is currently accepting all genres, solo and group artists.
The process of selecting a winner will be a tough one, as over 40 submissions have already been made, Class said.
“Our (Artists and Repertoire) team is going through submissions every day,” he said. “It’s going to boil down to who we believe we can represent the best. And it also comes down to who is already present-ing themselves in a professional manner. You have to have talent and present yourself in a way that really impresses us.”
The top four submissions will be asked to perform at a showcase event planned for Nov. 2. From there, an open-voting system will deter-mine the winning artist, Class said.
V/V’s presence in the music industry studies program is a refresh-ing take on a project that occurs every year. As part of the curriculum, students are given the task of representing an artist of the year and promoting their career.
“By the end of the year, (the artist) will have a press kit that V/V will hand to a bunch of professionals,” Class said.
This year’s group underwent a rebranding when Christensen took over for Joel Leach, a music professor who retired at the end of the Spring 2011 semester.
The re-branding involved the creation of a new company name, logos, mission statement, job descriptions and responsibilities, and a company hierarchy, Aicklen said.
“As co-producers for V/V Music Entertainment, Ryan and I are responsible for the project-management duties typically associated with most businesses in the music industry,” Edmonston said.
In addition to the knowledge V/V members will acquire from this yearlong project, the program itself has already provided them with many opportunities to learn and grow in the professional music industry.
“The department’s connections in the music industry have allowed
us to go to some really close places and meet a number of profession-als working in the business,” Class said.
The music industry studies program provides students with many open-ended possibilities, Aicklen said.
“I want to make sure that I am a well-rounded individual who is able to excel in different sectors of the music industry,” Aicklen said. “I feel that the MIS program offers this diversity, allowing me to develop several skills needed to stay afloat in today’s music business world.”
cians who comprise CSUN’s Jazz “A” Band, a professional-level ensemble that is recognized as one of the best college jazz bands in the nation, according to their website.
Jazz, a complex genre of music character-ized by syncopation, improvisation and blaring solos, requires great technical ability to play, and students must show they are fully able to comprehend its intricate design before they are granted membership into the band, according to the band’s director Matt Harris.
“We have auditions the very first day of school every semester,” Harris said. “We look for students who have great sound, can play in tune perfectly, have music reading skills and can improvise well.”
Usually, the band consists of juniors and seniors because they are more experienced. How-ever, this semester the band welcomed five fresh-men, something Harris described as very rare.
One of those freshmen, Jacob Scesney, 18, said joining the Jazz “A” Band was something he’s wanted to do since he was in sixth grade and saw them perform live.
“I’ve looked up to this band since I was little,” Scesney said. “I’ve been playing music for my whole life, and I’ve been looking forward to join them since I saw them.”
Scesney, who recently graduated Idyllwild Art Academy, joined the band as an alto saxophone
player and occasionally gets his own solos. As a child, Scesney started out as a piano player but his musicianship slowly evolved, and he began to master woodwinds and then the saxophone, which led him to be accepted into the band.
“It’s absolutely surreal to be a part of this,” Scesney said. “It still hasn’t hit me yet. I haven’t really had a moment to realize what I’m a part of but I love it, and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
Drummer Brijesh Pandya, 21, a third-time participant, said he loves being a part of the band because of its great reputation.
“We’re the best college jazz band on the west coast,” Pandya said. “Drummers are said to drive the band, and I’m proud to be a part of this program.”
The band prides itself on playing sophisticated solos and being prepared. They also have the unique characteristic of having a repertoire that includes both music from the 1930s to now, and student arrangements and unpublished songs.
“On some levels, we’re better than profes-sional bands,” Harris said. “This is because we pay attention to small details and are well-rehearsed. The kind of music we play is extremely sophisticated, and sometimes even arranged by the students. You don’t see many college bands do that.”
Whether creating fresh arrangements or impressing audiences with their elaborate solos, the CSUN Jazz “A” Band’s continuous flow of incoming talented musicians keeps its strong reputation intact.
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Connor Mcelwain, trumpet soloist, takes a break during band rehearsal.
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Trombonists read off music sheets during Jazz “A” Band rehearsal. simon gAmbAryAn / Daily SunDial
The CSUn Jazz “A” Band rehearses Wednesday, oct. 19 in Cypress hall.
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(left to right) Co-producers ryan Aicklen, 25, and Tyler edmonston, 21, and director of marketing Aaron Class, 21, are three of 35 seniors in CSUn’s music industry Five of Five Music entertainment program.
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An exhibition detailing the artistic growth and development of events shaping African-American identity in Los Angeles will be held at the CSUN Art Galleries from Oct. 23 to Dec. 10.
The “Identity and Affirmation: Post War African-American Photography” exhibition will feature about 125 images produced by 12 black photographers during the post-war years of 1945-1980, said Jim Sweeters, director at the CSUN Art Galleries.
Pulled from about 850,000 images from the archives of the Institute for Arts & Media, this collection embraces and depicts the vibrant development of the arts, music, politics and social life in the African-American community and greater Los Angeles area.
Visitors of the exhibition can expect a wide range of information detailing the lives and culture of black communities during the post-war eras, Sweeters said.
“From churches to jazz musicians to visiting politicians, these images are documentations of the community,” he said.
An opening reception will take place on Oct. 23 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., followed by an evening concert performance by The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959, a collaboration with Blue Note Records, featuring the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet at the Valley Performing Arts Center.
The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time, a unique collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California that have come together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene.
Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty and sponsored by Bank of America.
art and post-war L.a. come together at CSUN exhibition
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Cowboy Palace Saloon patrons enjoy an evening of live music and line dancing.
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Identity and Affirmation: Post WarAfrican-American Photography
October 23 - December 10, 2011
CSUN Art Galleries18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA, 91330-8299
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WhAt: the nY short Film concertWhy: a mix of the best in short film comedy, drama and animation will be presented by asbury shorts nY. check out all of the academy award-winning and nominated short films that no one else is showing.Where: aero theatre, 1328 Montana ave., santa Monica, ca 90403tIme: 7:30 p.m.PrICe: $11, $9 with student idInfo: http://www.americancinematheque-calendar.com/content/the-ny-short-film-concert
WhAt: behind the scenes: bringing burton’s World to lifeWhy: danny elfman, academy award-nominated composer for tim burton’s movies along with award winning costume designer, colleen atwood and art director, rick Heinrichs will discuss burton’s work followed by a rare showing of “edward scissorhands” in 70 mm.Where: lacMa, 5905 Wilshire blvd., los angeles, ca 90036tIme: 7:30 p.m.PrICe: $10 ($7 with student id)Info: http://www.lacma.org/event/bring-ing-burton’s-world-life
WhAt: dia de los Muertos eventWhy: the 12th annual dia de los Muertos event at Hollywood Forever cemetary celebrates the multicultural rituals of the dead.Where: Hollywood Forever, 6000 santa Monica blvd., los angeles, ca 90038tIme: noon – MidnightPrICe: $10Info: http://hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com/event/62599/
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two languages, for example, then it's easier to see that there can be many, creative ways to solve a problem,” Field said. “People who only speak one language some-times come to believe that there is only one, correct way to express an idea.”
Field mentioned motiva-tion and attitude play a role in a person acquiring a sec-ond language. If a teacher forces the English language onto a non-English speak-er and does not value their native language skills, they could become discouraged from learning English, he said.
Bilingual programs are typically called additive pro-grams, Field said, because a language is being added to an already existing native language.
The child learns to read and write in their native lan-guage and can deal with the demands of the second lan-guage, in this case English, more easily, he added.
“They can transfer abili-ties from their native lan-guage to English as they develop and mature,” Field said.
Bilingual education in certain areas of the United States seems to be a popular option for parents and their children.
“It simply works better,” Field said in an email inter-view. “Instead of constantly falling behind their class-mates in academics, bilingual children can keep up. They
can even pass their peers who speak only English.”
Cahuenga Elementary School is one of several schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District that has a bilingual program. They provide Spanish/English and Korean/English basic pro-
grams for students in kinder-garten through second grade, and a separate Korean dual language program for kin-dergarten through fifth grade students.
Of the students who attend Cahuenga Elementary, approximately 70 percent
are Latino, 25 percent are Korean and 5 percent are of another ethnicity.
Parents can choose between the basic programs, which are aimed for native speakers of the languages, or the dual language program, for native and non-native
speakers, Jee Sun Chung, categorical programs advisor for Cahuenga Elementary, said.
“Being bilingual helps the child in different areas,” she said. “The child who has pri-mary language will learn the second language faster and
excel academically. Also, it helps to be self-confident and be proud of his or her own culture.”
Though Cholakian agrees that being bilingual helped her growing up, she said that aside from knowing two lan-guages, the benefit also stems from the culture behind the language and how a person is brought up.
Judy Bendavid, communi-cations and family consumer sciences double major, grew up bilingual in English and Hebrew. Though she was born in the United States, she said her native language is Hebrew and her parents taught her English when she was 3-years-old.
She said that she does not remember there being a direct correlation between being bilingual and her stud-ies or how well she excelled, however, she acknowledged that it has helped her in per-sonal relations.
“It helps when talk-ing with others,” she said. “I understand the cultural boundaries of both perspec-tives. It helps to understand how people work.”
Cholakian is the mother of a 5-month-old girl whom she plans on teaching Eng-lish as well as Armenian.
She feels as though her daughter will benefit from being fluent in both languag-es.
“I think it’s to her advan-tage,” she said. “It’s always better to know another lan-guage.”
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Transgender Californians granted fairer treatmentTwo bills legally discourage discrimination and clarify. that lawangela Brazadaily sundial
Members of the LGBT community have gained considerable ground with the recent passing of two bills aimed to help transgender Californians.
The Gender Nondis-crimination Act and the Vital Statistics Modern-ization Act were signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 9 after a months-long campaign to recognize the basic rights of transgender people.
“We’re definitely excit-ed about the positive effect the passing of these bills will have on the transgen-der community,” said Mark Snyder, spokesman for the Transgender Law Center, an organization that co-sponsored the bills.
For months, the Trans-gender Law Center, along with Equality California and the Gay-Straight Alli-ance Network (GSA), have worked together to tackle the issues facing transgen-der people in California.
Among these issues
is the lack of knowledge many employers, housing authorities, health care pro-viders, and even transgen-der people have about dis-crimination laws, said Jill Marcellus, communications coordinator for the GSA Network.
Many people are unaware that it is illegal to discriminate against trans-gender Californians, she said.
The Gender Nondis-crimination Act, or AB 887, authored by Assem-blywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, takes exist-ing protections based on gender and strengthens the language of those laws, making it clear that gen-der expression and gender identity are included in those protections.
The new language will clarify the responsibili-ties of employers, schools, landlords and other institu-tions and ensure that trans-gender people are aware of their rights, she added.
By making these protec-tions explicit, people will more clearly understand California’s nondiscrimi-nation laws, increasing the
likelihood that employers, schools, housing authori-ties, and other institutions will work to prevent dis-crimination, she said.
“As Californians, we are committed to equal treat-ment for all,” Atkins wrote in a statement on her web-site. “I am gratified that the governor recognizes the importance of these protec-tions.”
AB 887, which was also co-sponsored by Equal-ity California and the GSA Network, will go into effect Jan. 1, 2012.
The Vital Statistics Modernization Act, or AB 433, authored by Assembly-woman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, will “allevi-ate the confusion, anxiety and even danger that trans-gender people face when they have identity docu-ments that do not reflect who they are,” according to Equality California.
AB 433 would also allow eligible petitioners living or born in California to submit a gender change petition from any jurisdic-tion in the state. The cur-rent statute states a gender-change petition must be
submitted in the jurisdic-tion of a person’s place of residence, conflicting with the case law that states gen-der change petitions can also be submitted in the jurisdiction where a person was born.
Equality California noted that AB 433 does not make changes to the law but simplifies the process through which people go about to complete a gender change petition.
AB 433 also goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2012.
“Our victory is a testa-ment that California is at its best when we work togeth-er to realize the ideal that everyone should be treated fairly and equally,” said Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center.
“The barriers that trans-gender people face are life-threatening, and we applaud Gov. Brown, Assembly-woman Atkins and Assem-blymember Lowenthal for their tremendous leader-ship to remove some of the obstacles that prevent transgender Californians from living as our authentic selves.”
mosques within the U.S. were the foundations of creating violent thoughts and attitudes toward the public, and the topic of discussing radical-ized Islamic was taboo in most Muslim communities.
According to a 2007 Pew Research report, more than half of all Muslims in the U.S. were concerned with Islamic extremism, and 49 percent of Muslims said mosques should keep out of political matters.
Part of the lecture veered off of radicalized Islam and into U.S. foreign policy in Muslim-dominant countries. Mirahmadi said the govern-ments in Iraq and Afghanistan invited the U.S.-led wars in their countries.
“There were pieces of the government that wanted American troops in the coun-try,” Mirahmadi said. “It is our responsibility to not allow a single person to take vio-lence into their own hands as a way of solving conflict.”
The political science depart-ment sponsored Wednesday’s event, held in the USU’s Plaza del Sol Northridge Center.
“The political science department sponsors any event that we think is going to promote dialogue within the communities and the academ-ic institution,” said Kassem Nabulsi, political science pro-fessor who teaches courses about government policies in the Middle East.
The discussion became heated at times, with the Mus-lim Student Association chal-
lenging Mirahmadi.“Politics is about conflict,
it’s inevitable, everybody is going to have different interpretations and points of views,” Nabulsi said. “We want to bridge the different point of views so we mini-mize the conflict from spilling over to becoming violent.”
Pierce College student Evan Burke, 19, was in the audience.
“I agree with Dr. Mirahma-di that education with Muslim and non-Muslim communities will help prevent radicals by bringing in intellectual and educated religious leaders to expose both radical and mod-erate sides and know where they stand,” he said.
In response to Mirahma-di’s statements about radical Muslims, some members of the Muslim Student Asso-ciation disagreed with her approach.
“I respect that she has dif-ferent ideas, but she wasn’t even answering the questions she was asked because she didn’t know how to answer,” said Amira Montheshum, a CSUN Muslim Student Asso-ciation member.
Mirahmadi, a Los Angeles native, said she was raised in a non-religious family and found herself in an Islamic network during college. She said she was the victim of aggression, and this is why she has become an expert on radical Muslims.
“It seems like I talk about radicalization, Muslims hate me,” Mirahmadi said. “I say Islam is a good religion, non-Muslims hate me. This is not about making friends.”
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one month out of the year, our attentions and retail options are focused on breast cancer in the hope that the more people who are made aware of the issue and the more money raised, the quicker this form of cancer will be eradicated.
In case you thought you were at a never-ending baby shower, this is that month, and the pink ribbons are the symbol for breast cancer awareness.
The problem is not with the use of pink ribbons as the universal symbol, although they do completely leave out men who can also suffer from the disease. And the problem is not with the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do not list breast cancer as the leading cause of death among women. (It isn’t even the leading cause of cancer deaths among women.)
The problem lies with the companies that use this time when people are made hyper-aware and hyper-sensitive to breast cancer to turn a profit for themselves.
Oakley is one such com-pany.
Oakley sells breast cancer-awareness edition sunglasses on its online store that retail for $180, with $20 from each purchase going towards a nonprofit breast cancer char-ity. That’s only 11 percent of the price of the sunglasses and doesn’t seem like it would go very far in the medical-research field.
Beside the marketing of a disease, some companies are actually selling products with
both a pink ribbon, which also contain ingredients that have been linked to causing breast cancer in medical studies.
According to a study com-piled in 2005 titled “Epide-miology of Breast Cancer: an Environmental Disease,” car-cinogens and other hormone-disrupting enzymes are linked to breast cancer and found in everyday lotions and perfumes.
Donating $3 from the sale of a lotion that could poten-tially cause breast cancer towards breast cancer aware-ness is an innovative market-ing strategy, I suppose.
Mazl Ohayan, 20, a busi-ness major, said she knew that all ‘pink’ products were not the same, but said that the larger issue for her is the perpetuated idea that breast cancer is the biggest issue this time of year.
“There are many other diseases and problems fac-
ing women and children that are not recognized and that should be,” Ohayan said. “I know breast cancer is huge and I want to support it, but focus needs to be on all around womens health issues.”
Ohayan also said the bom-bardment of breast cancer-related merchandise becomes overwhelming and takes away from the emotional sto-
ries and the people who have faced breast cancer.
Breast cancer survivor Linda Johnson, 54, said she has mixed feelings about the growing “breast cancer awareness” products on the market.
“I like the fact that it brings more attention and leads more women to get checked and see their doctors but I do not like how it has become so commercialized,” Johnson said.
Johnson said that she likes companies that focus more on survivors, such as herself, rather than on research or the idea that breast cancer is a death sentence that must be eradicated. Focusing on survi-vors gives people more hope and shows that if you are regularly checked, you can and will survive this disease.
For 2011, the American Cancer Society has reported 288,130 cases and 39,520 deaths related to breast can-cer, which is a 86 percent survival rate, odds that would surprise most people.
“I think the breast cancer-related items have gone kinda far,” Dylan Martles, 22, eco-nomics major, said. “It seems like it takes away from the seriousness of the disease.”
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CSUN eyeing first place in crucial league gamesChristina azouzDaily SunDial
W ith only four scheduled games remain-ing in the season, the CSUN women’s soccer team finds itself in position to make a run at the Big West regular season title and a No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
The Matadors are cur-rently tied for second place with UC Davis in the confer-ence standings and trail Big West leader UC Irvine, a team CSUN faces at home Sunday night, by three points.
“The magic number to get into the Big West tourna-ment…15 or 16 points should get us in,” said CSUN head coach Keith West, whose team faces Cal State Fullerton on the road tonight. “We’re at 10 (points), so we’re close to getting there.”
The Matadors (5-7-2, 3-1-1) are coming off an upset vic-tory over Big West defending champions Long Beach State last Friday night. Long Beach native, senior forward Heidi Farran, scored the game-win-ning goal in the 89th minute to put the Matadors ahead of Long Beach in the conference standings at the time.
“They (Long Beach State) were undefeated for the last six games and they were 3 and 0 in conference,” Farran said. “So beating them was a huge deal for us. We lost to them in the playoffs last year so it was kind of like a comeback.”
CSUN fell into a tie for second place after UC Irvine defeated the 49ers on Sunday.
“We made a statement (with the Long Beach win) for us and for the other teams we are going to play in con-ference,” sophomore defender Chloe McDaniel said. “Like ‘heads up, we’re coming.’”
CSUN now turns its focus to the Titans, a team they’ve beaten three out of the last four meetings. The last time the Matadors lost to Cal State Fullerton was in 2007. In the four games, CSUN has allowed four goals and scored six goals.
The Titans (7-7-2, 1-3-0) are tied with UC Santa Bar-bara for eighth place in the Big West with a measly three points.
Junior forward Ann Marie Tangorra leads the Titans with five goals and four assists. Right behind Tangorra is sophomore forward Nikki McCants with four goals.
Cal State Fullerton has allowed seven goals and found the back of the net five times in four confer-ence games. The Titans are averaging 18 shots per game but only average 1.25 goals a game. They also lead the conference with 6.25 corner kicks per game.
“We got some big games left,” West said. “Thursday against Fullerton is going to be a great game.”
The Matadors have been one of the best defensive teams in the conference.
CSUN has only allowed four goals in its five Big West Con-ference games, an average of only 0.77 goals per game.
Junior goalkeeper Cynthia Jacobo is second in the confer-ence in save percentage (.846)
and in shutouts with two.CSUN will finish the
weekend with a match-up against UC Irvine. The Ant-eaters (11-3-2, 4-1-1) have 13 points and have won their last four conference games.
The Anteaters average 1.67 goals per game and only allow 0.96 goals per game. The teams have split the last two games against each other, with each team winning at home.
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a virus has been going around Redwood Hall, and it’s made its way to CSUN head coach Jeff Stork.
The 10th-year coach was said to have some kind of flu and was unable to run prac-tice Wednesday. There was a chance he’d miss today’s ses-sion also, a team source said.
“It’s different without him (in practice),” CSUN set-ter Sydney Gedryn said. “But we try not to think about it. It doesn’t bother me. We just want him to get healthy for the game.”
One might think the Mata-dors (9-10, 3-4 Big West) could actually afford having their coach skip the home game against the bottom-feeder of the Big West Conference Sat-urday, but the Highlanders are no ordinary last-place squad. UCR’s two conference wins have come against teams cur-rently holding spots No. 1 and 2 in the league standings (Long Beach State and UC Santa Bar-
bara respectively).The Highlanders (5-16,
2-5) went into Santa Barbara Saturday riding a three-game losing streak and got behind quickly, 2-0. It looked like it would be just another “L” in the 2011 record book before UCR mounted an improbable comeback and won, 3-2.
“They definitely are going to surprise people,” Gedryn said. “They’re a good team, but we’re going to defend our home court.”
The Matadors, whose coach will likely be present when UCR visits, is only 2-4 at the Matadome, but their last two outings there have been wins. The last one occurred Saturday when UC Irvine visited and CSUN throttled it, 3-0.
Speaking of non-compli-cated wins, the Matadors also stifled UCR the last time the teams met, 3-0 on Sept. 24 at Riverside.
“We know their tendencies already,” said CSUN outside hitter Mahina Haina of the Highlanders.
One of those tendencies is poor hitting. UCR is hitting
.171 for the season. The Mata-dors aren’t doing much better at 1.72, but the difference lies in their defense. While CSUN allows about as much as it hits (.171), the Highlanders allow a Big West-worst .248.
UCR’s poor hitting hasn’t slowed down its outside hitters, however. Amanda Vialpando is No. 2 in kills-per-set average in the conference at 3.96 while Shelby LeDuff, a mean left-handed hitter, averages 3.14.
“They’re looking to come take it from us just like we beat them at their house,” Gedryn said.
Coming off a confidence-building win and with a chip on their shoulder at an earlier loss to CSUN – not to men-tion they’re bringing their two
offensive studs – the Highland-ers are not to be taken lightly, Gedryn said.
“We can’t be overconfident for anything. Everybody’s beat-ing everybody, crazy games, by a lot or by a little,” she said.
As if continuing to move up in the Big West standings wasn’t incentive enough for CSUN, the Matadors will be having Dig Pink Night against the Highlanders. The more digs the Matadors get, the more money they’ll raise to help research for a cure for cancer.
It all adds up as an oppor-tunity for the Matadors to not only help themselves, but also help thousands of others.
“It’ll be a good win when we win,” Haina said.
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RIVERSIDE -- Thomas Ramos' go-ahead goal in the 86th min-ute convinced the Matadors the victory was theirs, but the final four minutes was all UC Riv-erside needed to stage an epic comeback.
“I guess we thought the game was over,” Ramos said after CSUN fell apart against the Highlanders on Wednesday night, losing 2-1 at UCR Soccer Stadium.
UC Riverside forward Hayden Leslie scored the equal-izer in the 88th minute and with only 19 seconds left in regula-tion, Ivan Garcia found the back of the net to hit CSUN with the gut-wrenching defeat.
“There were four minutes left," Ramos said. "Two minutes later (after UCR's first goal), Riverside counter-attacked us, had the ball with a wide-open net and put it away. We didn’t clear the ball in the end. It was mistakes that killed us.”
With this loss, CSUN (6-7-1, 3-3 Big West) falls to third place, along with Cal Poly. UC Irvine and UC Davis are now tied for first.
The two goals at the end of the match left Matador goal-keeper Michael Abalos speech-less at the sideline.
“When you feel like you’re that close to winning and get just swept out from right underneath you, it’s tough,” said defender and co-captain Joe Franco. “It’s going to be hard but we’re here together as a team and we’re going to work together because we have another game this weekend.”
The artificial turf made it dif-ficult for the Matadors to control possession and made the ball bounce higher than on a real grass pitch.
“Honestly, no one likes play-ing on turf,” said assistant coach Peter Bomar. “Ideally you want to be playing on real grass, and I won’t say that’s the reason for anything.”
The Matadors came out looking to score early in the match, attempting 12 shots in the first half, but only two shots were on goal. Midfielders Rafael Garcia and Yarden Azulay both came very close to scoring. Co-captain Garcia had an optimal chance to score, with a free kick 20 yards in front of the net. CSUN finished with 31 shots,
but only seven on goal.On the defensive end, CSUN
prevented the Highlanders from attempting any shots in the first half, and allowed them to finish with seven.
Fouls were the only statistic UCR (7-5-2, 2-3-1) tallied in the first half with 15 fouls. The Matadors earned 11 fouls, but also received two yellow cards.
The first went to forward Edwin Rivas in the 12th minute and to defender Jeremy Hohn in the 19th.
It was more of the same from CSUN in the second half. The team had plenty of shot attempts, but struggled to find a goal. The iron bars were not friendly to Rivas, hitting the left post in the 77th minute.
A small argument between co-captain Garcia and a UCR fan broke out at the end of the match, but the midfielder just shrugged it off when asked about it.
“It’s not even worth talk-ing about. Just people with no class,” Garcia said. “It happens. Whatever. They came over, said a few words and provoked us.
It’s not even worth giving them attention.”
Northridge has a break in their Big West schedule, travel-ing to Westwood to face UCLA in its last non-conference match of the year. UCLA won 2-1 in last year's meeting at Matador Soccer Field. UCLA has an overall record of 13-1-3 against CSUN.
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Matadors allow two costly goals in the final four minutes of its 2-1 defeat at uC riverside Wednesday night.
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