California State University, Northridge FREE www.dailysundial.com Thursday, October 22, 2009 since 1957 “Northridge in itself is a rainbow in the clouds.” –Dr. Maya Angelou Go to DAILYSUNDIAL.COM for full story, video, and photos from Wednesday night’s event. Expanded coverage in Monday’s edition of the Daily Sundial HANNAH PEDRAZA / PHOTO EDITOR World-renowned poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou spoke in front of a capacity crowd at the Matadome Wednesday evening to encourage the CSUN students and community. INSIDE Preserving a precious resource on campus A&E YAZMIN CRUZ 40 percent is consumed by Cashore Marionettes STAFF REPORTER food preparation and water perform at CSUN usage in buildings such as see page 6 bathrooms. As a part of Water “Even though water is Day, a discussion was held a resource we can’t live OPINIONS Tuesday in the Presenta- without, we really don’t tion Room of the Oviatt focus on it much,” Best October sports special Library, giving students said. “60 percent is pretty see page 9 an opportunity to learn high for 350 acres or so, about water conservation when most of the property LIFE & STYLE at CSUN and in the San is buildings.” Fernando Valley. Best said CSUN con- Never settle in life. “CSUN is using a lot sumes 3.59 million gallons Never. of water, whether it is per day, by student and see page 10 direct or indirectly,” said faculty members. Dr. Mechelle Best of the “Water is still too cheap, Department of Recreation and there is no incentive and Tourism Management, (for administration) to do INDEX who spoke about the steps things on a larger scale on A&E 6 CSUN is taking to reduce this campus,” Best said. 9 its water consumption. She added CSUN KATIE CHAVARIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Opinions Best said 60 percent of administration is looking Nancy L.C. Steele, executive director of the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Life & Style 10 the water used at CSUN into water-saving tech- Council, spoke to the CSUN community about the mission of the Watershed Council Sports 12 is used for irrigation of niques, such as low-flow during a presentation for CSUN’s Water Day in the Oviatt Library Tuesday. According to gardens, plants and trees, Steele, the Watershed Council’s mission is to preserve, restore and enhance the environ- VOLUME 52 IssUE 35 • A FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER and sport fields. The other See WATER, page 5 mental, economic, and social health of the Los Angeles River. 2 News October 22, 2009 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • [email protected] RASPINA JANNESAR / STAFF REPORTER Campus Voice How do you commute to campus? 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NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER PROMOTION 101 Freeway 4 News October 22, 2009 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • [email protected] Spotlight: One student out of 36,000 MARLENE liked the idea of building which would be used in an would climb the biggest hill. PANTALEON things, and especially build- assembly line. It picks things I would get my wagon and go STAFF REPORTER ing objects that could go up and puts them down, much down (the hill) and I would fast. He went from admiring like a hand but uses suction, love it.” trains to finding an interest in he said. Creativity runs in Kuvets- Alexander “Z” Kuvets- race cars. He rebuilt his first The mechanism could ki family. His dad is a profes- ki waited patiently for his motor at the age of 13. move one piece 12 inches sor in CSUN’s photo depart- dad to pick him up from day “I love going fast and about 180 times a minute. ment, and his mother is in care each day as a 3-year-old. building stuff that allows me “I’m excited to finish this advertising. His thoughts were filled with to do that,” Kuvetski said. “I project,” Kuvetski said. “It High school physics excitement to leave day care love using my brain in a cre- pretty much has eyes and a opened Kuvetski’s mind up and head over to the nearby ative way, not a lot of people camera where it can recog- to engineering. His current train tracks with his dad. can do that. nize things on a table. It’s job introduced him to robots “We would wait for half an “I think of it as I have this the first one that the com- and his love for fast-paced hour sometimes to see if the blessing of being able to see pany has built that it can pick machinery is what drives him train was coming,” Kuvetski the way how things come things up and put them down, to one day build the fastest said. “When the train would together and work together but also turn them around.” race car. come he would take me out and move, and I like using Building such mecha- “I want to be able to rev- and hold me up to the train, that to my full extent.” nisms is not all that Kuvetski olutionize the way people and I was completely dig- At the moment Kuvetski wants to do. One of his goals drive,” Kuvetski said. “Not ging this huge train thunder- works for Delta Tau Data in life is to own a race team only commute but also race. ing down the tracks.” Systems in Chatsworth. He and build his own car to race. “Not only do I want to Kuvetski is a fourth-year has been with the company Along with his ability to see fulfill my personal vendet- student and a mechanical almost two years. His job how things work together, tas of being the first one to MARLENE PANTALEON / STAFF REPORTER engineering major at CSUN. there is to design and build Kuvetski also loves the feel- break 300 mph in a (race) Mechanical engineering major Alexander Kuvetski has had He recalls being interested in demo robots for trade shows. ing of going fast. car, but I also want to be able an interest in mechanical engineering since a very young mechanical engineering since His current project is “I’ve always liked going to apply that technology to age. At his current job, he designs and builds demo robots, he was a kid. He always working on a mechanism fast,” he said. “As a kid I the world.” and he wants to eventually build and race his own car. 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Helen Cox, the director of the water usage on cam- ing with administration to She added CSUN should toilets, faucet aerators and Stanford was third with of the Institute for Sustain- pus. make changes and that stu- be recycling rainwater to waterless urinals. 2.3 GPD. But she said ability, said the event was “Turn off the tap and use dents can become involved use on all the green areas. “Our performance is at “Stanford has taken a pro- not only to make students the smallest amount to do with the Associated Stu- “It’s important that we a point where we need to active approach to water aware of CSUN’s water the necessary,” Best said. dents environmental group start saving more,” Valdez come up with a strategy,” conservation.” The num- usage but also to educate “Most importantly, bring to make their voices heard said. Best said. “But it will take bers did not take into con- students. it to someone’s attention on this issue. Senior nursing major some convincing to make sideration their different “Water conservation is when there are leaks.” Victoria Valdez, a busi- Amber Grayson, 28, said changes.” necessities. the most important,” she Best said leaks are to be ness management major, she learned more about the Best presented numbers Although the CSUN said.