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PHOTOS COURTESY Of' SPORTS INFO I PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MONICA MERZA I DAILY SUNDIAL Ten teams, one common goal: bragging rights and the chance to advance to the NCAA Tournament in March.The Daily Sundial sorts through the media guides and makes its predictions. 2 • The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thursday, November 21, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wire Senate creates new department WASHI GTO (AP) - hailed the bill as "landmark American people:· country," Ridge said, whe~ The Senate approved the in its . cope." Eight Democrat~ and inde- asked about this on CBS large t government reorganiza- 'The United States Senate pendent Sen. Jame: Jeffords of "The Early Show." tion ·ince World War II in voted overwhelmingly to better Vermont voted "no" on the But the battles over the hope of preventing another protect America and voted homeland security bill. which department are ju t beginning. It Sept. I I -type attack. But the overwhelmingly to help people merges 22 di er e agencies will take months for the agency month long effort may have find work," Bu h ·aid at a new with combined budgets of to get fully off the grou~d. And been ju ·ta warm up for a bigger conference Wednesday in about $40 billion and which a budget stalemate connnues to battle over ho\\- to get the new Prague, Czech employ 170,000 workers. It block most of the extra money Homeland ecurity Depart- Republic, referring to will be the largest fed- for dome. tic security enhance- ment up and running. bill creating the new eral reorganization ments both that parties want for "Setting up this new depart- department and bol- since the Defense the fiscal year that began OcL I. ment will take time, but I know tering busine ses with Department was created On top of that, many sena- Venezuelans protest police takeover we will meet the challenge terrori m in urance. in 1947. tors were not happy with the together." a jubilant President Speaking with Senate Tom Ridge, director of the final version of the bill and CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Demon trators blocked Bush said after the Senate, Republican leaders from Air White House Office of said they would work to make a bu y highway in Venezuela' capiLal with car , truck and nearing adjournment of the Force One as he flew to Homeland Security, indicated changes next year. flaming pile of tra h to prote t the government' milita- 107th Congre , voted 90-9 on NATO meetings in Europe, Wednesday that he would head "I have no doubt that next rization of Caraca ' police. Tuesday to authorize the new the pre ident said the Senate's the new department if that's year we will back addressing Smoke clouds billowed over the Franci co Fajardo high- Cabinet agency. work "ends a session which Bush's wish. the shortcomings that are in way Tue day only hours after opposition Mayor Alfredo On a day that gave Bush a has seen two years worth of 'Tm prepared to serve the this bill," said outgoing Pena led a march to Congre · to prote t Pre. ident Hugo number of deci ive legisla- legislative work which has president in whatever capaci- Senate Majority Leader Tom Chavez's appointment of a new police chief. tive victories, the president been very productive for the ty he thinks I can erve the Daschle, D-S.D. at1onal Guard troops fired tear gas and pellets to prevent Chavez supporters from cla. hing with the oppo- sition marcher . Chavez' order to take over the capital's police force has NYC may house homeless in cruise ships own confu. 1on in Venezuela - one of the main oil NEW YORK (AP) - which compiles tatistics for would cost or how long it "Studies have shown the exporters to the United States - and led army and National De perate for ways to combat the city. The number was would take to implement. way forward is clear - the Guard troop to be stationed out ide precincts. a urge in homele sne s as 21,000 as recently as 1998. Homeless advocate . aid provision of affordable, sup- Police Chief Henry Vivas refuses to step down and rec- winter nears, 'ew York City i City officials stressed it is the idea i outlandi. h and porti ve housing," said Ann ognize Chavez' appointee, former police Sgt. Gonzalo looking into whether retired too early to peculate on how unnece sary. They want the Duggan, a policy analyst for Sanchez Delgado. Police patrol. have been drastically cut. cruise ships could be convert- the crui e-ship idea might be mayor to promote cheap. per- the Coalition for the Homeless. Pena and other oppo ition mayor say Chavez is pro- ed into . helters. applied in New York, what it manent hou ing. "It is simply that easy." voking violence that could allow him to declare martial law The city's commissioner - and avoid opposition demands for an early election. of homeless ervices and Chavez dismis ·ed the complaint Tuesday, reiterating other officials flew to the thal he ordered the takeover becau. e Pena had lo t control Bahamas on the mayor's pri- Senate approves CalFed bill of the 9,000- trong police department, which was mired in vate jet Wednesday to inspect WASHINGTON (AP) - Southern California. authored by Sen. Dianne a laboc di pute. retired hips. The Senate passed a major The California Federal Feinstein, D-Calif., are
,A. ~ > ~ .... "They're looking at options California water bill early Bay-Delta Program is feasibility studies for that would provide safe and Wednesday, but it was intended to restore the expanding dams and reser- .::,,~·~"- appropriate shelter to the unclear whether the House Sacramento-San Joaquin voirs in Contra Costa and National. homele , just looking to see if would take up the measure Delta as well as ensure a Shasta counties and build- ;~;~~!.~:.,,, .~'_,>· ·;: o > < :.~·.~~: N: > ·, •• < o this may pre ent a viable in the waning hours of the reliable supply of water for ing a new reservoir in option," . aid Jim Anderson, I 07th Congress. farmers and municipal Colusa County. Delta announces new low-fare airline representative for The legislation, water users. The system Similar legislation won Commi sioner Linda Gibbs. approved by voice vote, feeds the nation's most pro- approval from a House ATLA TA (AP) - Delta Air Line announced Last month, a record would provide up to $1.6 ductive farm land while committee last year. But a Wednesday that it will create a new low-fare airline in a bid 3 7, I 00 home le s people were billion over three years for providing drinking water to dispute over a federal labor to lure budget-minded traveler. from its lower-co t rivals. leeping in city shelters each projects designed to solve 22 million Californians. law provision in the House The new airline, which has not yet been named, will be night, according to the water problems from the Among the projects bill has kept it from coming launched next year with . ervice between the Northeast and Coalition for the Homeless, San Francisco Bay area to contemplated in the bill, to a vote in the full House. Florida, where Delta is facing intense competition. Company officials aid most one-way fare will be between 79 and $299. The new Delta ub ·idiary is aimed al curbing passenger Jury awards $4.6 million in Metabolife suit losses to earners uch as AirTran Airways, JetBlue Airways Metabolife International would appeal. and Southwest Airlines. Costs at all three carriers are far BIRMINGHAM, Ala. · Wilmer Hudson, filed suit sold the product below tho. e at Atlanta-based Delta. the nation'. third- (AP) - A federal jury in 2001 after suffering seri- The jury awarded the Metabolife 356 in a condi- plaintiffs, and in some large t airline and the most dominant in the Southeast. awarded $4.6 mi Ilion in a ous health problems. tion that was The flights will be all coach cla. on a tleet of 36 lawsuit against Metabolife McClain, Franks and instances their spouses, unreasonably dan- Boeing 757s, which can seat up to 199 people and are larg- International Inc., agreeing Thornburg suffered varying amounts of compen- gerous to con- satory and punitive dam- er than those tlown by the smaller rivals. That would help with the plaintiffs that the strokes, while sumers. The jury ages. Jurors found that Delta reduce its per-. eat co t . better emulating the di. - company ·old an appetite Hudson had a heart also found that the Hudson was entitled to count carriers. . uppressant in a defective attack. They blamed San condition. Diego-based Metabolife for plaintiffs were injured. $7,500. Franks was awarded The plaintiffs, Annie their health problems. The verdict followed a $2.35 million. with McClain, Shirley Franks, The jury, after deliberat- two-week trial. A lawyer $150,000 of that amount on Connie Thornburg and ing three days, found that for the company said it her husband's behalf.
LAPD headquarters may relocate Bush urges NATO stand against Iraq German pre sure in 1938 Americans who died for this LOS A GELES (AP) - The Police Department' PRAGUE, Czech "Great evil is stirring in the and agreed to Hitler' annex- continent's freedom." downtown headquarter. should be tom down and rebuilt Republic (AP) - President world," Bush told students in ation of Czechoslovakia's Earlier in the day, Bush because it is un afe, said Police Com mi ion President Rick Bush warned European this Bohemian capital. German-speaking exhorted NATO to stand Caruso, who believes the main office should be temporari- al lies Wedne. day that NATO "We've faced perils Sudetenland. It gave Hitler a together in a strong "coali- ly relocated. countries face threats from we've never thought foothold to attack Poland. tion of the willing" again t Caruso, who was appointed last year to the commis ion terrorism in this century as about, peril we've never dangerou as those from seen before, but they' re Bush invoked the United Hussein so that war might by Mayor Jame Hahn. aid real estate brokers will present States' involve- be averted. a tudy of available downtown office pace at the commis- German armies in the past, dangerous, they're just ment in World "By remaining strong and ion 's meeting next week. He hopes the city can reach a imploring member nations to · as dangerous as those ;al War II as he un~t~? and tough, we'll pre- deal in the next two m nths that would allow the Police stand together against Iraq's perils that your I _. . exhorted allie to vail, the president said. Department to move its headquarters into a rental space that Saddam Hussein. father and mothers · join him today. The first of 19 NATO ha as much a 500,000 quare feet. On the eve of a NATO and grandfather and summit guarded by grandmothers faced.'' "U-boats could not leaders to come here for an Police officer1> have complained about Parker Center, divide us," Bu h told the American warplanes over- Hi speech was tailored alliance summit focused on which opened in 1955 and was named for former Police students. who sat silent head, Bush also called on to listeners in central Europe expansion and moderniza- Chief William Parker. The eight- tory building suffered through his ·peech. "The the military alliance to take whose familie recall the tion, Bu h sought to soothe erious damage during the 1994 orthridge earthquake and commitment of my nation to in all European democra- menace of Adolf Hitler: European anxieties about ha floors that sag, pipes that leak, and cables that dangle. Europe is found in the care- cies ready to help NATO Czechoslovakia's allies war with promi e. of con. ul- fully tended graves of young fight terrorists. Britain and France bowed to tation and hopes for peace.
4 • The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thursday. November 21. 2002 News
2by2.net equals double trouble
By ROBERT JORDAN SUNDIAL STAFF
II William Crooks wanted to do was nvest some of his money. When a friend approached the retired police officer with a chance to invest his money in an up-and-coming internet company, Crook took advantage. Two years later Crooks is out $I ,600 dollars and is still trying to invest his money, while trying to regain the money he lost. Crooks. on the advice of a friend, inve ted in a company called 2by2.net, an Internet ILLUSTRATION IS'Y ALLAN DE LA ROSA I DAILY SUNDIAL Service Provider and online The Better Business Bureau offers tips to help minimize the instances in which people can get involved with a pot.ential scam. shopping mall. well. bers shopped online they did company was through their 2by2.net as "having an unsat- «J was stupid and invested In Crooks· case, he said not receive credits. representative, Eric isfactory business perform- $1,600," said Crooks, a 15- that 2by2.net never paid him 2by2.net responded in the Bellinger. Crooks claims ance record due to a pattern in year veteran of the police for referring other people to complaint stating that Crooks Bellinger stopped returning their customer complaints force. "As far as am con- I the company. received and cashed the com- his calls. alleging misrepresentation in cerned they are not on the up "The premise is that you missions. The report also In the report. 2by2.net selJing practices," according and up. It is just a scheme." are going to get money from stated that Crooks couId responded to Crooks' claims to its summary report. 2by2.net works in a pyra- the stuff they buy online," receive assistance from a rep- by stating that their contact The report also details that mid form'.ac, in which online Crooks said. resentative, but that Crooks information is available the company generally users receive ca. h back for According to Crooks' never called their office and through their Web site as well responds to complaints by referring others to go online complaint that the Daily that rhey strongly encouraged as through Bellinger·s busi- denying refunds based on the and shop through the Sundial obtained from the Crooks to contact their office ness site. The complaint also members' alleged failure to 2by2.net site. Better Business Bureau ofthe to resolve the issues he had. said that he did not need to go adhere to their refund poli- 2by2.net's Web site states Southland. Crooks recruited The complaint details that through another representa- cies. The cancellation must be that for every customer an several people to buy into Crooks said that it was his tive and that they have an notarized and submitted with- existing one refers, 2by2.net 2by2.net and was supposed to understanding that he would entire department designed to in three days. rewards them by crediting receive financial compensa- receive monthly checks. help their representatives. Todd stated that the nota- their CashBack account. tion for every person. Crooks said he received only "Well, it is a case by case rization requirement is no From that point on, whatever Crooks' complaint also one enrollment check and basis." said Todd, a 2by2.net longer part of the refund CashBack rewards they earn. alleges that when their mem- the only way to contact the representative who did want process. the original referrer earns as to give his full name. David Harris knows all to Todd said that their refund well about 2by2.net's refund policy is posted on their Web policy. site as required by law but Harris spent about a year that they, as a courtesy, often with 2by2.net and lost rough- INTER.SESSfON . 0 ~~v give their representatives up ly $3,000 with the company. G~~lf to a week to request a refund. Like Crooks, Harris said 8888 The request must be in writ- that he signed people up to ing or they can call the office, shop online and did not Todd said. receive any compensation in Since 2by2.net opened for return. business on April 20, 2000, "Basically they took a lot of the Better Business Bureau of money from me," said Hanis. 2-24 the Southland has received a 21-year-old Monrovia resi- 7 I complaints ranging from dent. 'They offered a lot of (Most classes startJan.6) ad practices concerns - like promises that were not true... / » the one Crooks filed - and In addition to not receiv- (;<:·~:-. selling practices to refund ing compensation for signing Plan your winter break with "<::J!Z') promises, according to the up members, Harris said they REG j SI'R.A'I'ION DATE s report. The Better Business were charged an initial start- " ...... / Bureau first opened a case up fee of $420 and between Intersession 2003 in mind. Move Online: Nov.25-Jan.1 file on the company in $5 t? $I0 dollars for training August 2000. sess10ns three times a week. Nov~ "A lot oftimes people con- ahead in rhe pursuit ofyour degree By mail or drop box: 25 - Dec.13 'They made you think it tinue to get involved because was helpful," Hanis said. ..1 On campus: Dec. 2 - Dec.13 · they are not aware they are tri~d doing all the things they and meet the challenges of the involved in a pyramid ~1d but I was no good at rip- scheme," said Lana Luckett. a pmg people off... Telephone: Nov. 27. - un.til the day the representative of the Better In order to avoid pyramids times for students who want to class begins (available Business Bureau of the the Better B~~ Bureau rec~ Southland. "When the focus om~ caution about plam ·6ri.ty for Extensiondasses) is put on recruiting others, accelerate for that competitive that mclude commissions for and when the emphasis is on recruiting others or claim high bringing in others. people pivfits rhrough continued edge. Catalogs are available in the CSUN Extension probably should not get gro~h of your down line or (818)677-CSUN involved."' ~ire the purchase of expen- The Better Business sive .Prodlsucts or marketing Matador Bookstore Complex. www.csun.edu/exl Bureau ofthe Southland rated matena • The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thtnday. Novenbei 21. 2002 • 5 evv
The foil owing information was provided by the CSU police depa ent. of the crimes and information are when the events were reporte to the deoart1neint.
10/31 11/11 Someone saw a man in parking lot B6 Someone activated the Emergency The exit glass doors to the Matador walking towards the Business building, Shower Eye Wash in room 4307 of the Bookstore were smashed with rocks. dressed in green camouflage, face paint Science building. The suspect left the Estimated damage is still unknown. and military fatigues holding a gun. ESEW on then left the area, causing $500 After investigation, police discovered that worth of water damage. Someone released the air from the tires the person was wearing a Halloween cos- of the three electric carts that belong to tume, using a water pistol. 11/12 College of Extended Leaming on the Someone smashed the left rear window northeast side of the Matador Bookstore 11/5 of a student's 1996 Acura Integra complex. A student was hit by a dark blue Ford between 10:40 a.m. and 3:40 p.m. in Mustang that knocked her to the ground parking lot 83. Her stereo equipment was A student's books were stolen while he as she was crossing the Sierra crosswalk stolen. The total loss is $200. was sleeping in Sierra Hall 322. The stu- on West University Drive. The driver fled dent later found his books at the Matador the scene. A student's 1993 Honda Civic was stolen Bookstore buy back location. from parking lot 83 between 10:15 a.m. 11/7 and 5: 10 p.m. The car was not equipped 11/14 Three non-CSUN students were cited for with an alann system. A student was arrested outside of UPA illegally skateboarding on university building 9 by a CSUN police officer, for grounds, near the east side of University A student's stereo equipment and COS having methamphetamine and marijuana Hall. One suspect was arrested then cited were stolen from her locked 1994 Honda in his possession. He was taken to LAPD for having less than an ounce of marijua- Civic, between 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Van Nuys jail and booked. na. All of the suspects were released after The total loss was $1,040. There was no they were cited. sign of forced enby. Someone used a head of lettuce to dam- age the windshield of a student's 1991 11/8 Someone stole a car stereo from a stu- Acura Legend in parking lot F9 causing In parking lot 83, someone punctured the dent's 1988 Honda CRX between 10:30 $300 worth of damage. right front tire of a student's 1994 Ford a.m. and 1:45 p.m. The suspect forcibly Escort. The victim believes the suspect removed the stereo by cutting the wires, 11/15 was someone she had had an argument causing a total loss of $180. A man was arrested after he failed field with over a parking space. sobriety tests at the comer of Zelzah 11/13 Avenue and Beltran Roacl. The man was 11/9 An apple thrown from an unknown loca- taken to LAPD Van Nuys jail and booked. Someone pried open the passenger side tion went through a window in University The man was not a CSUN student. window of a student's 1989 Toyota Park Apartment building 9 on the first Corolla. Her car stereo and floor mats floor, causing $200 of damage. were stolen. The total loss is $229. Compiled by UNDA I. HADDAD
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P~tri • a prai ed: The lusty Suzanne fictional meeting between the (Shannon Creen); the bladder- fiery Pablo Picasso and the intel- impaired Gaston (Scott Clegg); lectual Albert Einstein take place the simple barkeep. Freddy in 1904. "'ju ·t prior to their ascen- (Cornell Girczye-Blum) and his iom. to fame." The play gets off intellicrent better half. Germaine to a humorous beginning and (Gina Va lon a); the . elf-appreciat- rarely slow· down. ing Schmendiman (Bryce Though the primary visionaries Thurston) and his fawning are the celebrated artist and physi- Female Admirer (Aphrodite cist - one saw the univer e Mihalopoulos); and Sagot (Joe through colors. lines and a . ym- Luis Cedillo). who knew the phony of emotions while the other value of a signature. saw the same universe m terms of The set was great, bringing the the complex beauty and finite past into the present with ease. All ab olute · of mathematical formu- the hard work that went into the las. scientific exploration and undertaking of this enormously logic - other characters display entertaining and intelligent play genius at interval . ranging from paid off extremely well under the uncanny fore ight of the future to direction of Peter Grego. with all perceptive thoughts on love, to of the actors seeming to have as wittici. ms on human attraction much fun as the audience. and the opposne ex. COURTESY OF BILL TAYLOR It's the perfect end to the There are very fe"' cnt1c1 ms "Picasso" features Albert Einstein (center, Kirk Adams) with Pablo Picasso (center left,Adam Finkel) and semester for students looking for that couldn't be overlooked as other customers of the Lapin Agile cabaret, circa 1904. omething enjoyable to do before po ible opening-night nerves, the long days of studying-slash- e pecially since mo t of the prob- exams-slash-hol iday shopping lems were gone by the time the happened twice that I recall , so weren' t so thick in the beginning. did such an excellent job, it's dif- kick in. That said. I highly recom- play was half over. One or two of again. it was likely ju t j itters. it would be le s noticeable when ficult to choose stand-out perfor- mend that you see ..Picasso at the the characters needed to be a little La tly, tho ugh, there are ever- the fluctuati ons and eventual dis- mances. The arrogant, passionate. Lapin Agile." You'll be so glad clearer so their jokes could be bet- al ·di tinct accents in "' Pi casso" appearances take place. If all these womanizing Pablo Picasso (Adam you did. ter appreciated. Another small and while they were neces ary for accents are to travel with the Finkel) smoldered and purred with Now playing at the Nordhoff caution i. for the actor to be ure many of the li ne to come off fun - acto r throughout the play, su. - presence while Albert Einstein Hall Little Theater (18111 to allow a brief pau e when the nier, they faded in and out and taining them might be easier if (Kirk Adams) shone with a quiet, Nordhoff Street at Etiwanda) Nov. audience i laughing at one line ome were gone by the end of the they're lightly carried. yet unmistakable charm. 20 - 24 at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 before going on to the next. It onl) play. Perhaps if the accents The good news is that everyone The Visitor (Ben Carter) and p.m. All shows are now sold out. Avail spices it up with 'Front Porch Stories' their studio and record some The onl y part'> I couldn't ne"' material. The ne\ album really enjoy were the songs is a smorgasbord of different that were reall y heavy and nk bands often aren't rock ·ound. that will definitely sounded like generi c aken serious Iy bec:au. ·e impress the average punk fan . punk/metal song. wi th incom- hey usually feature From the southern blues- prehen:ible lyrics. lt seemed singers yelling god knows what intluenced "West Wye" to the that they got the formula right and ha\:e the same old three- much softer "'Gravel to Dirt" by being musically diver ·e and chord sound. This is most cer- and back to anthemic numbers then they messed that up by tainly not the case for Avail and like "Black and Red." this shouting and sounding pretty their new album. "Front Porch album manages to produce a generic. Stories." on Fat Wreck Chords. varied sound that mo. tare sure However, for the most part, This album provides a to enjoy. I really got into the band and much-needed kick in the pants At first Ii ten to the CD. I l Does the A & E section of the Daily Sundial reflect your interests? Log on to the forum on the Daily Sundial W eb site to let us know who or what you want to see cov ered. The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thursday, November 21, 2002 • 1 Arts & Entertainment Eminem gears up for '8 Mile' run with soundtrack By HAROLD GOLINGAY "Lose Yourself." While "Lose CONTRIBUTING WRITER Yourself" is a good track, it is not the best track on the album, and umber one movie. Number Eminem is not the best artist. Both one single. Number one of those honors belong to hip-hop album. The ''8 Mile" media originators Gang Starr with their blitz has gotten its hands on nearly track "Battle," a track that exempli- everything possible, and taken it to fies the theme of the movie. M.C. the top. But does it really live up to battles. all the hype given to it? Eminem The two most interesting artists would like to hope so. to have on this soundtrack are Nas "8 Mi le" is the standard movie and Jay-Z, who have been feuding soundtrack for a movie starring a for almost a year. I'm surprised music artist. It they would have contains a bunch anything to do with of the star's songs, each other, but I pl us songs from Eminem's nasally guess since they some of his voice eventually didn't have to work friends. or people together, appearing who are hot at the starts to take its on the same album time. wasn't going to be On this album, toll On your ears. so tense. Eminem showcas- Out of al I the es some of the tal- tracks, two tracks ent on his Shady ------particularly stand Records label, including 50 Cent, out. and for all the wrong reasons. Obie Trice and his side project Dl2. Those tracks are Macy Gray's Also included here is fellow Dr. "Time of My Life" and Boomkat COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES Dre produced artist and Old Skoal (a.k.a. Taryn Manning. who's also Eminem had the pleasure of having the top movie ("8 Mile"} and the top album (the '"8 Mile" soundtrack) Hip-Hop legend Rakim, and of in the movie) with the song until this week1 when the film fell to the second spot. course, Eminem can't appear any- "Wasting My Time." (I guess you where without Dre protege No. 3, need the word "time" in a title to songs tends to throw you off-track. for what it is supposed to be: a nasally voice eventually starts to Xzibit. make sure it's serious.) Macy And Boomkat's song doesn't fare soundtrack that depicts the moods take its toll on your ears. But if It seems like the reason many Gray's song stands out because much better as it is a random ballad and views of the movie. While you're an Eminem fan, this is defi- people flocked to this album is right away when it starts. it sounds on a soundtrack that doesn't need some of the songs don't belong, the nitely worth it. because the first single to be like a pop song. A pop song that fol- one. songs that do make the album released from it was Eminem's lows after nine purely hip-hop The "8 Mile" soundtrack is good worthwhile, even though Eminem's L.A. artists give voice to women of Juarez, Mexico ByRAQUELGUTIERREZ "Hijas" is a new exhibit that cading into the margins and a tragic and powerful" was diffi- DelgadiUo, the two traveled to hair. All came from poor fami- SUNDIAL STAFF teatures work specifically creat- buttertly perched on her shoul- cult The piece was never meant Ciudad Juarez to interview local lies, and were lured to Juarez by ed to bring awareness co the der. Beneath the female body, to emphasize victimization, townsfolk and family members job pmspect') at maqui ladoras. e "Hijas De Juarez" art plight of the many women who you see three symbols: a skeletal Cervantez said. of the murdered women. Since Critics allege that Mexican offi- xhibit, which opened have disappeared and the fami- head, the eyes of a woman and a ..I consider myself an activist 1996, many of the women found cial'! have brought the investiga- T:arlier this month. has lies who are sti II waiting for pre-Columbian glyph that repre- first," Cervantez. ~d. "I sincere- murdered were between the ages tions to a standstill because of Los Angeles-based artists giving answers regarding the unex- sents the heart ly appreciate this work in a of 17-24, many ofwhom migrat- corruption, incompetence and voice to the lives of over 320 plained deaths of their daugh- "Many different indigenous desire to forge community, and ed to the northern area of witness intimidation. Activist-; women in Ciudad Juarez, ters. groups thought of the heart as am moved by the efforts (of this Mexico to work in the maquila are outrnged. by the un'ialved Mexico, who were systematical- Yreina Cervantez, assistant the center of divine energy," community) to bring this whole industry. 1heir poverty, ex.perts crimes, and the FBI has conduct- ly and mysteriously abducted, professor in the Chicana/o Cervantez said. 'They believed subject to light" say, made them vulnerable. ed its own investigation. raped. and murdered along the Studies department, has a piece that when a person dies, they "Hijas De Juarez" features Mexican and U.S. criminolo- The ..Hijas De Juarez" Texas-Mexico border. in the "Hijas" exhibit Her paint- return to the earth as a winged the work of prominent gists suggest that as many as I 00 exhibit runs through January The exhibit opened at the ing, "Justicia: Para Las Hijas de creature." Chicanalo arti 'ts Alma L6pez. of the victims were killed by 18th. A community salon will Social and Public Art Resource Juarez (Justice: For the Cervantez, an established Judy Baca, Raul P. Baltazar. more than one serial killer. The take place Dec. 5 from 7-9 p.m. Center as the annual Dia De Los Daughters of Juarez)." is an community artist who has paint- among others. Co-curated by victims bore similar traits. They with artists and activists engag- Muertos event at the Venice-area image of a woman's exposed ed for over 25 years, says that local artists and activist'i Rigo were young and slender and had ing in a discussion about recent arts venue. torso and back, with her hair cas- trying lO expres.s something "so Maldonado and Victoria brown complex.ions and long Juarez developments. ' Upcoming campus events N 0 v e ID b e r 2 0 0 2 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Afternoon Delight CSUN Steel Drum Band Music Recital Hall PAC I p.m. 8p.m. Mark Taper - Hip Hop PAC . Steve Martin's "Picasso" 12 p.m.& 8 p.m. at the Lapin Agile CSUN Guitar Ensemble Steve Martin·s "Picasso" Little Theatre Matador Master Music Recital Hall at the Lapin Agile Bp.m. Vocal Jazz Ensemble Chorale No events scheduled 8p.m. little Theatre (sold out) Music Recital Hall Music Recital Hall today. 3 p.m. Steve Martin's "Picasso" 8 p.m. 8p.m. (sold out) at the Lapin Agile Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Steve Martin's "Picasso" Little Theatre Orchestra at the Lapin Agile 8p.m. PAC 8 p.m. Little Theatre (sold out) 8p.m. Tali Roth, guitarist (sold out) Music Recital Hall 8p.m. 8 • The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thursday, November 21, 2002 Big West Preview Keep an eye on ... Marie Hull The fifth-year senior had the game of his life against the University of Arizona in the NCAA Tournament. nailing eight three-pointers en route to 32 points. Hull provides senior leadership for a young Gaucho team. Circle your Calendar - December l, vs. USC The Thunderdome should be at capacity when the Trojans head into town. This game marks a tough stretch of games for UCSB as they square off against Pepperdine (Dec. 7) and California (Dec. I 0). Keep an eye on ••• Mike Efevberha You wonder if UC Irvine found a replacement for jerry Green~ The Anteaters might have one in this freshman guard. From coinciden- tally, Pomona, Green's hometown. Head coach Pat Douglass raved on the 6-foot-5-inch guard's talent. Circle your Calendar - March I @ UC Santa Barbara This last season matchup in Santa Barbara could decide the winner of the Big West Conference. Keep an eye on ••. Ian Boylan After a shaky first-half of the season, Boylan stepped up quietly to be the leader of the Matador team after Markus Carr: He finished the season scoring in double-digits in four of his last five games. Circle your Calendar - February 20 @ UC Irvine These two teams have established quite a rivalry in this, just the Matadors' second season in the Big West. Last year. Northridge knocked off the Anteaters at the Bren Events Center, snapping their 19- game home winning streak. Keep an eye on ••• Desmond Penigar Penigar has the ability to score inside or out on the perimeter:.The senior averaged 17.2 points while only playing 28. I minutes per game. It should be a neck-and-neck race with him and Pape Sow for player of the year honors. Circle your Calendar - March 6,vs. Cal State Northridge The next to last game in conference play for both teams should be an exciting one. Don't worry, Matador fans, it will be broadcast on FSN2. Keep an eye on ... Shane Schilling The 6-foot-6-inch forward transferred from Minnesota to Cal Poly. With the Golden Gophers in 2000-01, Schilling averaged 8.'4 points and started 31 of 32 games. He will become eligible to play for the Mustangs in December. Circle your Calendar - Nov. 30, vs. San Diego State San Diego State took the NCAA by surprise last year and will only improve this year. The Mustangs will look to knock off the Aztecs at the Mott Center. - Big West Previe"V\T Keep an eye on ••• Lemi Williams If Williams ever gets his act together when it comes to his health, he will be LBSU's best player on the floor. He sat out all of last season with surgery on both of his tibias and had steel rods placed in each leg.Ouch! Circle your Calendar - December 8 @ UCLA Anytime a Cal State program plays the Bruins at Pauley Pavilion, everyone thinks of CSUN knocking off UCLA from twO years ago. Don't put it past the '49ers to possibly knock off the boys in Westwood. Keep an eye on ••• Pape Sow The senior from Senegal is getting major attention from NBA scouts and should be a lottery pick in the 2003 draft. Unfortunately for Sow, he plays for a team that won just five games last year. Circle your Calendar - February 22, vs. Idaho Don't miss out on this exciting game which should determine who wil earn the eighth and final spot in the Big West Conference tournament. Last year, the Tians manaced to get snubbed from the trip to Anaheim. Keep an eye on ••• Christian Maraker Pacific head coach Bob Thompson flat out said "Christian Maraker will one day be a star in the NCAA" The last time Thompson said those words, he was referring to Michael Olowokandi. Circle your Calendar - December 23 vs. W. Kentucky The Hilltopers and more importantly, Chris Marcus, roll into Stockton for a non-conference game. Prior to this game, theTigers will have faced Oregon, Nevada and Fresno State. Keep an eye on ••• Justin Logan The senior point guard is the only returning starter from last year's 9- 19 team. Head coach Leonard Perry will have to rely on Logan to pro- vide senior leadership for a team that is revamped with JC players. Circle your Calendar - December 7 @ E.Washinston Idaho has a pretty laughable non-conference schedule with games against Sacramento State and Montana State. The game with the Eagles should help Idaho's RPI. Keep an eye on ••• Villi Morton r------.....;;,;;~.;;..;..;.""iill He made the decision to redshirt this season because UC Riverside 2001-0lRecord: won't be eligible for postseason play until 2004.The 6-foot-8-inch for- 8-18 ward averaged 10.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks last season. Conference Record: s- 13 (9th Plaee) Circle your Calendar - December 28 @ Oregon Starters RetumlnCJ/lost For a team that only has six non-conference games. UC Riverside sure has ____31_2__--::~ six uphill battles coming at them.With a home and home against San Diego and a road game with the Ducks, it should be a long season for UCR. I 0 • The Daily Sundial • CSUN • Thursday, November 2 1, 2002 News Reporting Sy tern) audit every GRAD CHECK semester," Turner said. 'They Continued from page 3 can use that as a tool to see War outlined where they are in completion of their graduation date because degree requirements. There are they don't realize how many resources available for students classes they have left to take, to track (their) progre on their Turner said. own before they apply for a "I think one thing that would graduation evaluation." help set a reali tic graduati n As far as student respon ibil- date i to apply by the deadline," ity, Turner said it is important for Turner said. ''If neces.sary. (stu- studen to read their catalog and dents) can then change their schedule of classe · where dead- (graduation) date and they w n't lin are Ji ted for things like be so disappointed." graduati n evaluations. Students' fees pay fi r the "Ifs up to the students to commencement ceremony, keep track of where they are Turner said. The $10 fee for and do tracking on their applying late i · set up to deter own," T urner said. "There . tudents from applying after the should be ome responsibility deadline. on their part." Still. more student! apply for The center. among other graduation after the deadline things. does advisement for than n time. Turner said. freshmen. tran ·fer tudents Often, ·tudents don't realize and DARS graduation require- that there is more to graduating ment reviews for .tudents in TAHRAHY DYSON I DAILY SUNDIAL than ju. t completing major the college. St udentsAgainstWar protested Wednesday against the probable war on Iraq and the establishment of the Army requirements, Turner said. "It is important for stu- ROTC on campus.These students outlined their bodies with chalk, signifying death. "(Some tudent ) do their dents to plan," . aid Maria L. major curriculum and totally dis- Valiton, acting director of the the ·chedule of clas ·es. only advise them of what they 2.500 leners to juniors and sen- It is also important that stu- regard GE (general education), College of Arts. Media and Understand what it will take for need to do." iors in the College ofArts. Media dent meet with their major total units or re idency (require- Communication Student you to graduate." 1l1e center has developed a and Communication, inviting department for advisement and ments)," Turner said. "They Re. o urce Center/EOP. "We Some tudents don't do these four-year plan to give to incom- them to come to the center for ask questions if they have them, don't get the entire picture from ask students to take o wner- things and then react later ing freshman for Fall 2003. advisement About one percent Valiton said. their major department." ship of their educatio n by instead of planning ahead from Students will be able to use it as of students who received the Jet- Jamie Reese. freshman histo- Planning i the key to gradu- doing re earch." the start, Valiton said. a guide when planning their ter responded. ry major, said that she is already ating on time. Seeking advise- It is the responsibility of the "Resources for them to courses. The guide will be a Something else students can planning ahead to make sure she ment every semester is impor- student to do the research and know how things work are out visual representation of a plan do to plan for the future is to take graduates in the time frame she tant m order to tay on track. take advantage of the resources there," Valiton said. "We can't the center has been using for a advantage of the Career Center, wants to. "All students should get to available to them, Valiton said. make (students) do anything. while. It's expected to be Valiton said. "I expect to graduate in five the point where they get a "Read, read, read," Valiton Students have to take the initia- approved today. "You'd be surprised by years because I want my OARS (Degree A udit said. "Read the catalog. Read tive and plan ahead. We can Last semester was one exam- how much information you (teaching) credential." Reese ple ofstudents not taking advan- can get there." he said. ••The said. "I know I'm going to be tage ofresources offered to them, Career Center is underused taking over a full-time schedule Valiton said. The center sent out by students." to do it." ARE YOU IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING FOR SPRING '03? If you are planning to begin a NORTHRIDGE CAMPUS teaching career, Pepperdine's program, designed for new RESIDENCE D teachers, will help you reach J -'j your goal. --~( IS ACCEPTING Flexible class schedules allow you to earn a Master of APPLICATIONS DEC. 2 Arts in Education and TeaclW1g Credential with an optional CLAD emphasis al in one year. 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It's about time parents start giv- Sports Editor ing a damn about what trouble their MARCUSVANDERBERG son or daughter is getting into. Everyone seems to make a huge deal Wire Editor when the term 0 drug testing" is CHRISTY COURTER brought up. But the ones usually Photo Editor crying about it are. of course, the CLAUDE SABLE ones doing the drugs. We all know what activities go on Assistant Photo Editor in college. But in high school, should ALLAN DE LA ROSA we really have 14- and 15-year-old Photo Archivist students doped up on drugs? It's not ILYA FAYTELSON like San Clemente is already enforc- ing mandatory drug testing because Arts & Entertainment Editor it's guaranteed there wouldn't be SHANNON SINDORF enough cops in the world to haul off all the students whose tests would Features Editor an education. This is not the right way this about the students' wants? It come back ix:>sitive. CAROLYN SINCLAIR to go about keeping teens drug-free. sounds like parents don't trust their Just the concept of drug testing CON It's not the school's job to make children and feel the only way to in high school should have an Art Director Last week an article was featured sure kids are clean. It should be the catch them in the act, or to prevent the MONICA MERAZ immediate impact, letting students in the Los Angeles Times about San parent's responsibility to know and act, i to have a school enforce what a know that maybe getting high Clemente High School's unusual vol- understand their children. What about _parent should be enforcing at home. Online Editor behind the bleachers is not the TAHRAMY DYSON untary random drug-testing program. the trust that should be going on What happened to talking to our best idea in the world. What stu- This year San Clemente High has between a teen and his/her parent? kid , getting involved in their lives Copy Editors dents do when they are legally instituted a $10,000 program that Has our distrust of people become so trusting who they are? And what adults is one thing, but when they SHERRI BASSO gives parents the right to sign their great that parents need to sign their about the ones who fall through the are still minors, living under the JENNY MOSSEMBEKKER teens up to get drug tested once a kids up for "volunteer.. drug testing crack ? It' likely that the students RIKI-MARIE NELSON roof of their parents' home, they month while at school. just to be assured they are drug-free? who are u ing drugs and possibly might be subjected to a random MOLLY RUNDBERG Have we really come to this? Already we hold bartenders need treatment the most are the MORGANTHARP whiz in a cup. What happened to student rights? accountable when they serve intoxi- ones with the parenti who don't There is no way to hide the And is it the school' busi~ to cated customers. Liquor stores have care. So, who is thi program really News Staff growing problem in today's society. enforce drug-free students? Aren't to check ID. Gas stations have to card benefiting? NATALIE BANKS Drug use is on the rise and society ANDREA BAR.KAN schools mandated simply to educate to sell cigarettes. In each of these sit- This ju t seem like an injustice to is busy turning the other cheek. If KRISTIN CROSLEY their students'? If students are being uations, we are holding civilian teens. They are on the brink of adult- we have the ability to nip the stu- KELLY DUGGAN pulfed outofclasses to get tested, that's accountable to enforce the law, which hood; allow these teen to take CHRIS GERSTLE dents' drug problems before they time away from their studies. And the is supposed to be the job of law responsibility for their own actions. really get off the ground, then why RAQUEL GUTIERREZ $10,000 being sucked out of the enforcement agencies. shouldn't we do it? LINDA HADDAD school's budget could be better used They claim the program i avail- Unsigned editorials represent the we really want a society of ROBERT JORDAN Do for books or academic equipment able as a tool against peer pressure ''if majority \.'it'lv oftl1t Su11ditll editorictl hoonl druggies running around? If so, and are nut nec:eswrily tlw~ oftire jo11nral- ANGELA MARGIE If a city wants to keep teens drug- kids want it, and treatment, if kids , then pass the bong and let the good is111 depanment. Other views on tire opi11i1J11 ALEJANDRO QUINTANAR free then they should do so on their own need it" But if the parents are the ANNA SANCHEZ times roll. /Hlge t1re those ofthe i11di\•id11t1l writer. time, not while a student is trying to get ones signing their teens up, how is JESSICA SEGURA WENDY SPENCE ESTHER SUH MICHELLEYUSUF Duck: Why we shouldn't worry about excessive gun violence Production Staff in this country. How can we fill up your inbox with spam, frightening his German fan by JODY DOYLE enjoy our constitutional free- lawyers (in general), etc., etc., fill waving a baby around in uch a STAN ILYASHENKO doms if WC Jive in constant fear Of in the blank, we would be better off manner. The baby could have had GABRIEL SCHKLIAR random death by gunfire? What if there were fewer of certain types an accident and befouled the treets LORI STINNETT can we do to stop this onslaught in the world. taking up our space of Berlin. MARCYVENEGAS and make the streets safer? - on the freeways, breathing our pre- Worst of all, he was holding it B.H. Liberal, Sioux Falls, S.D. ciou oxygen and filling the TV wrong. If you're going to hold a Publisher Why should we be so worried tation and movie theater with baby over a balcony 40 feet MANLEY WITTEN about making the streets safer'? garbage. above the treet, you need to get a General Manager There are too many people in the We . houldn't eek tronger gun really good grip. U e both hand . ELIZABETH WHIRLEDGE world anyway and most of them laws and we shouldn't enforce the Get a really . trong hold under are stupid. worthless bags of skin. laws we have. We should start both armpits and grasp the shoul- Business Coordinator Some 11,000 people die from gun making it easier to start ridding the der tightly. KENDRA JONES violence every year and that's ju t earth of some of the e vermin in Give Mike a break on thi one. Production Manager a drop in the bucket when you human form. From a baby' point of view, being TODD ~NCASTER con ider all the u eless scum that held high up in the air over the need killing! Dear Mr. Duck: What's up asphalt of a Berlin street can't be Soles Representatives We need more gun violence! with Michael Jack on? Is he a any more cary than being Michael JODIE MANDEL Just think of all those inconsider- freak or what?· - A. Nonny Jack on's kid. JUSTINE CHANG ate, elf-absorbed swine driving Mouse, Garish, IN JOSEPH ALFARERO their SUV , talking on their cell Michael Jackson's status a Warning: Mr. Duck's column is ANNA MASSOVICH phones, cutting you off on the 118 America's greate t celebrity freak meant to be satirical - mostly. So/es Assistants and tailgating on the 405 at 90 is pretty secure. His latest stunt, If you would like to ask Mr. CHITAN DOSHI mph. For what? Just so they can get dangling his child over the edge of Duck a question, please write to TAHNEECE GASTON home in time to watch "Friends" or a balcony four tories above the him at this publication or use SHERI WILLIAMS .. The Bachelor." street in Germany, was just the lat- that newfangled electronic mail Some people need killing. Self- est in a eries of amusing to contact him at the Web Dear Mr. Duck: I am very righteous religious nuts, crooked escapade from America' favorite address listed below. Please con- lhe Sundial is ptA>llshed weekly by the concerned about the shocking mechanic , snotty and incompetent sideshow oddity. fine your questions to frivolous Department of Journalism at Celifomla amount of gun-related violence government officials, people who. State University. Northridge. CA 91330- Jack on should apologize for and trivial subjects. 8311, The Suncfial Is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers Association. the Associated Collegiate Press, and the California lntercotteglate Let us know what you think at Press Association and Is a subscriber to lhe Associated Press. The Daily Sundial• CSUN ·~Notw1ibel 21.2002• IJ Nevvs FILM point of view. .. 1932 is still a very family's hi tory is told," nous community?'" lynching of African- Flores, who was warned taboo subject in El Arna said. ••Even as a young The indigenou past and Americans in the outh Continued from page 3 against making the documen- Salvador," Flores said, in person, you don't know present of El Salvador is prior to the civil right York. said that Jose tary, kept the "Arna.. project reference to the indigenous where the real hi tory is. entrenched with hame, movement. Lynching a Feliciano Arna's story is secret to protect the Arna genocide. We're here today to know Carranza said. practice used to curb the well known in artistic and family and filmed clandes- Among the students and once and for all." .. Little by little, we're racial resistance was com- intellectual circles in San tinely for several years. faculty in the audience were Central American studies breaking it down and open- mon in El Salvador. too. Salvador. "Films about Indians members of the Arna family professor Douglas Carranza ing a space to discuss new Flores said. Don Juan, the patriarch of upset non-Indians," Flores who live in Southern said there is an assumption avenues that are still closed ..It" a powerful docu- today's Arna family. was get- told the audience. California. Reinaldo Pitino that there are no indigenous (in) Central America," ment to our indigenous ting old and was tired of The National Council on Arna, 41, of Whittier, is the people in El Salvador. Carranza said. memory," said Jennifer repeating his uncle's tale to Art and Culture of El grandson of Don Juan ·vrhis film represents a A jazz musician friend Gomez, junior women pilgrims interested in learn- Salvador looked down on the Feliciano Arna and the different perspective," of Flores recorded a studie major... ot only ing about the 1932 massacre. project. Flores said. The great-grandnephew of Jose Carranza said. ..It poses a Spanish version of Billie doe it expose so many Flores said. filmmaker said CONCUL- Feliciano Arna. question about Salvadoran Holiday's...Strange Fruit," truths, but it's beautifully The filmmaker said that TIJRA started a defamation ··Part of our legacy is to identity and asks, ·why is for the film. "Strange produced with a strong Arna 's story had to be docu- campaign against him. call- not be scared of saying the the Salvadoran state (reluc- Fruit" is one of Holiday's integrity of editing that I mented from an indigenous ing him a guerrilla. truth. It feels good that our tant) to recognize the indige- darkest dirges about the can appreciate." mostly because we're liv- DOUBLE ing in a society that is male STANDARD dominant, where (hetero- DAILY Daily sexual) guys look down on Continued from page 3 News Thursday two men kissing.,. SUNDIAL Wire do men," Franco said. ••The Maybe if it was a female Wednes'@y Arts & comparison is big. I can dominated world it would Something different Op-Ed Features bare ly recall any movie be the opposite, Steinberger Campus Entertainment (where) I've seen two men said. EVERY day kiss, compared to (the) "(The media) doesn't Sports num erous movies (in want to scare half their whic h) I've seen two audience with two guys women kiss." kissing, so they try to do Danny Steinberger, a homosexuality justice by sophomore electrical engi- showing two women kiss neer major. said there's a which fuels the double DAILY double standard. standard," said Ty Blake, SUNDIAL "Most guys think it's undeclared freshmen and a okay for two girls (to kiss), member of the Lesbian Gay SINCE 1957 but not two men," Bisexual Transgender Steinberger said. ··And it's Association on campus. As an engineer in the U.S. Air Force, there's no telling what you'll work on. 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SACRAMENTO ·------I E-mX [email protected] DAILY StJNDIAL I Website: www. csus.ed!J~t FREE: I I Appialion Dedne: Febnary 26, 2001 I DESSERT I I w/Dinner I I ______I ca,11 &71-2915 http://sundial.csun.edu I . Must Bring Coupon .. 16 •The Daily Sundial • CSUN •Thursday, Novem_~be_r _2_1,_2_00_2_____ ~--~ ___ Sports Matadors pack bags, head to Oregon 'We have the chance to put ourselves on the map.' - Freshman Ben Sullivan i. a bit more than eight O\\ n y tern." months to the day ince lhe Seth Scott, a junior college I Matado · 2002 ea on tran fer from Utah. has been ended in an afternoon lo s to the imp · i e in the Vikings t\\o University of Pacific in the Big pre-sea'iDn games. West Tournament. ov. 22 has The 6-foot-10-inch forward been circled on their calendar, had 30 point and I 0 rebounds the team' first chance at aoain t the Australia In titute of redemption. s';,ort on Nov. 16. The Matador· will kick off It will be the first test of the the 2002-03 season Friday season if a lack of a dominan~ night against former Big Sky big-man inside will hurt thi rival Portland State. The con- under.,ized Matador team. te ·t against the Viking· is one With the team having game Saturday oft: they will prepare of a for the John Thompson three- Challenge in Eugene, Ore., and g am e first round opponen~ road Jacksonville. trip, Legendary coach Hugh which Durham, who has been involved has the with college athletics ince menin · 1966, coache the Dolphin . r e d La ·c season, the Dolphin By MARCUS a n d fini hed 18-12 ovemll and 12-8 VANDERBERG black in the Atlantic Sun Conference. SPORTS EDITOR partic- They were selected by the ipating coaches and media to win the in the John Thomp on Atlantic Sun South Conterence Challenge Sunday and this season. Monday. Senior Kevin Sheppard is the The tournament, hosted by parkplug of the Dolphins team. the University of Oregon. also He was selected to the Atlantic includes Jacksonville and Sun All-Second-Team. He aver- Grambling State. aged 13.7 points and 3.3 With the players knowing rebounds per game. that they could have a po ·ible And finally, the team the matchup with the o. 10 Ducks. Matadors might be playing in they can't overlook Portland the final of the tournament. l State or Jacksonville. University of Oregon. ..We are taking it one game The Duck are led by the at a ti me," head coach Bobby flashy duo of Luke Jackson and Braswell said. Luke Ridnour. Dubbed the Following a pre-se, son loss ":1--uke and Luke Show," the tan- to the EA Sports All-Stars, the dem could possibly be the best Matadors got a huge confidence 1-2 punch in the NCAA. boost with an 89-60 victory over With guard Freddie Jones the L.A. All-Stars last Saturday gone and now playing in the night at the Matadome. BA, Jackson and Ridnour will They trounced an All-Stars carry the offense load for the COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO team that the University of Ducks, who are expected to fin- Dan Read returns home to Eugene, Ore., when the Matadors compete in the John ThomP.son Challenge. Southern California defeated by ish second in the Pacific 10 just four points the night before. Conference behind the "I was a University (of lot more ------Arizona pleased with UP NEXT Freshman the second vs. Portland State Ben Sullivan game. We Nov. 22, 7:00 p.m. is eager to pas· Dan Read and Ben Sullivan return to their home state of Oregon used a Jot of at Stott Center ibly face a B M. VANDERBERG Thomp on Challenge Sunday Read attended North 1993-97 and was an All-Pac- di tferent guys ------nation a 11 in our first game," Bn1swell ranked team. SPORTS EDITOR and Monday, hosted by the Eugene High School, which is t0 selection as a senior. said. "Against the L.A. All- "We have the chance to University of Oregon. just 15 minutes from the Wilkins holds numerous Stars, we used more game-like put ourselves on the map.'' ome-cooked meals, This won't be Read's University of Oregon campus. Oregon records that still combinations and I was very Sullivan explained. "We are friends and family, first time playing in his A for Sullivan, who will stand today. pleased with the guys." already on the map from the and the chance to hometown. be playing his first-ever colle- He is the all-time leader H While the Viking were 12- basketball team two years return to the place !hey call He was part of the giate game on Friday against in steals (213) and a sists 16 last season and fini ·hed 8th ago but this current team' home. Matador team in 1999 that the Vikings, he will get his (614) and sits eventh in all- in the Big Sky Conference, they will have a chance to carry Two current Matadors, defeated the Ducks at first chance to return home time career points with 1,488. have a new coaching staff which the tradition." freshman Ben Sullivan from McArthur Court. since leaving for Northridge While this is his second is under the tutelage of head For those who don't Lake Oswego, Ore., and en- "I am pretty excited to go this pa t summer. season with the Matador.• coach Heath Schroyer. remember, the Matadors ior Dan Read from Eugene, back home," Read said. "It will be good to see Wilkins sti 11 occasionally Schroyer. 30, was an assis- defeated the nationally ranked Ore., will be playing just a lit- Although Mac Court, as friend and family," Sullivan travel back north. tantcoach for Wyoming la,;,tsea- UCLA Bruins at Pauley tle bit harder this weekend, a it i often called. i known said. "The people that love "I spent my vacation last son, which the Matadors hap- Pavilion in 2000. both are expected to have as the most hostile environ- me and support me will be out year in Eugene," Wilkins pened to play against. Instantly, the entire nation friends and family come out ment in which to play bas- at the games to give support." said. "I also still have family The Viking likely will run a was familiar with Cal State to watch them on a three- ketbalJ among the Pacific Along from Read and that Ii ve there." gameplan imilar to which the Northridge. The win came in game road trip this weekend. 10 Conference venues, the Sullivan returning home, Hopefully the home- Cowboys ran last sea'iOn. the same season they advanced The Matadors open up the Matadors should have some Matadors as istant coach away-from-home advan- "We will take a look at the to the NCAA Tournament. regular sea on against support as Read is expect- Kenya Wilkin played for tage will rub off on the rest Wyoming tape to help us scout !he Matadors' home open· Portland State before travel- ing "30-40 friends and fam- the Duck . of the team and get the Portland State,'' Braswell said. er 1 • Dec. I again t Howard ing Sunday to Eugene to ily" in attendance for the Matadors off to a good start While at Oregon, he was a "We will have to rely on our University at 4:30 p.m. compete in the John tournament. four-year starter between on the new season.