INSIDE .............. : + Aliens land on Earth at ~ the L.A. County Fair; Try : ••• ,,.. Crystal Meth. Q.£1:.!!Y Sundial SEE SPOTLIGHT, PAGES 5-8 By GENEVIEVE FRANCE Staff Writer Sept. 11 B_ils.te 1h_efl, A man was observed alleged- ly stealing a bike from the quad area we s1 of the Science 2 Building at about noon. A witness described the man a~ Caucasian. m hi s 30s with long. blond hair. Grand theft. Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.. items valued at Sl.700 were 1aken from a car parked in Lot L. The car was locked. but the driver's window wa~ left open. "It is really important 10 lock vehicles Ibecause itj will deter an unskilled thief." Lt Michael J. Sugar ofCSUN"s Depanmeni of Pu blic Safety said Sept. 12 DC¥0H~ICWl.Y~ Shoplifting. An individual in the book· . As pert ol MEChA'• ...ting, otudenta gathered outside Jefome Rlchlleld Hen -...soy, .. pert of Latino Hot1t8ge Month. s1ore aJ legedly concealed a series of com- pact di scs valued ar S-iO in 1heu backpack.. The suspect paid fo r an nem of lesse r value MEChA celebrates Latino and then lefl the store 31 about J ·1.5 pm withoul paying fo r the compac1 discs "S1udents involved in shopJifUng can he prosecu1ed criminally and can be di sci- Heritage Month on ca~_ pus plined by the university according 10 1he stu- den1 conduc1 code;· Sugar said. By HEIDI RIED.md and lO give credit to those who played a pan group was responsible for the creation of JESSICA ANGELILLO in the independence of Mexico; MEChA CSUN's Chicano studies department Sept. 13 Sundial Writers Concilo Chair Frank Colon said '"The Latioos have impacted this campus Bauery. A resident adv iser in the Although the campus community held eel· at all levels, learning (about) people of University Park Apanments heard noises in CSUN's Movimiento Eswdiantil ebrations this week, MEChA Chair Miguel color. Latinos are inspired, in spite of the a hallway at about 6:25 p.m. Upon investi- Chicaoo de AZll.an sponsored various Paredes said it is not enough recognition for anti·people><>f-color approach," Sifuentes gation. she found five people ripping pos1ers events lhis week celebraling Latino • the Latino and OUcano community. said from the walls . She was allegedly assaulted Herillge Month, which recognizes the ''The. fact that this school celebrateS MEChA members plan to reach QUI to when she confronted them . Police are inlluences Qnlral aod Mexican-Americans (Latino Heritage Month) is okay," Paredes the community, especially at the high investigating the crime. have Miught to the United swes. said, "but the school should be paying anen- school level, by ttying to make people of all During Wednesday's MEChA m..ting, tion lO the OUcanos and Latinos oo campus ages more culrurally and politically aware. Sept.14 those in auendance celebrated Latino all year and not just this week.'' The group members hope to build social Concealed weapon arrest. A dri ver wao;. Haillge Mondi, as well as Mexico's inde- ?.!redes belie\oes there is not eoough over- activism and coalitions within CSUN. pulled over by campus police when they peodonce. The meeting also provided a all representation of Latinos and Chicanos oo "This group gives a comforting feeling observed the driver making an illegal rum mems 10 kick off a productive and success· campus, eveo amoog positions held on cam- and a place that feels like borne for many on Zelzah Avenue . The individual was fill yatt for the club. pus. Latinos. It is amazing how the traditioo has found to be driving with a suspended Professor Roberto SifuenteS of the "We're definitely uodempresented oo lasted tme dcalcles,' Sifuentes said license. lbe car was impounded as required Chicano studies deparuncnt spoke to the campus and in the community as a whole." be MECbA and the Central American by law. When taking inventory of the car. audience members about El Grito, the call said. "In positions like (those in the United Student Associatioo will host more police found an unloaded, semiau1oma1ic for Mexican independence, and the history Associated Srudents), there are very few events on campus from Oct. 13 to 17 to cel- hand gun in a pouch behmd the driver's behind dl8I quest Latinos and Chicanos represented, compared ebrate Latino Heritage Month, including seat "The meeting (was) organized for to the srudent population we encompass." more spcal<M. presentatioru and war\:· · MEChA '10 meet and mingle with new MEChA has been at CSUN since the shops about the Latino end Chicano cul· Sept. 15 members. This (was) for a symbolic ttibute group's origination around the late 60s. The l!JreS. Burglary. Bet,.een 9 a.m. Sept 11 and 9 a.m. Sept. 15. a padlock was cut off a loc k- er in the Kinesiology Bu1ldmg and 1he con- tents were stolen. A pair of swim trunks and gogglf"" ,,11- Street .parking irritates local residents ued at $45 were taken. There are no 'us- By JENNIFER WOODS Although those who park their cars in notified local police. 1hey can 't take action pects. Staff Writer residential areas abide by posted parking because legal ly, 1he cars clear the driveway Shoplifting. At approximately 6: 15 p.m . signs. residents continue to complain about James Urie, a 30-year Nonhridge resi- bookstore security observed an individual Northridge residents who are fed up their driveways being blocked. dent, said "a positive way of finding a solu- select eight 1ex1books and pu1 them Into a with CSUN students parking their cars too Nonhridge resident Howard Banta, who tion to the problem would be if the cily dis- basket. close to residents' driveways have contact- lives two blocks from CSUN between played parking permit signs in residential The indiv idual then met a second per- ed local police to complain. Reseda Boulevard and Yolanda Avenue , has areas. within a cenain distance ~o the cam- son. who concealed a binder and other sta· 'The way students park their cars are dealt with this issue for more than the 28 pus, the way they do at other universi ties." tionary items in a bag. making it difficult for residents to pull out years he's Jived in the area. Urie said the problem has become so Tbe first individual placed the textbooks of their driveways safely. 'The problem occurs everyday. The stu· frustrating he has "threatened to have the on the fl oor, which were picked up by an CSUN has eight parking lots around dents park and they seem to be afraid to g,et students cars towed." employee and placed in a backpack in the campus for students to park in if they pur- too close to the trees , beca use of the sap CSUN officials advises srudents to park in rear office. chase a $63 parking decal.or a iucrative $40 that drips. so they pull up to the curb, just C8DljXIS lots to avoid unwanted problems with The employee attempled 10 leave with pennit for Lot T. to legally clear the driveway," Banta said. Northridge residents, theft and parking tickets. the books at the end of the shift and was "As an incentive for studenls to park on "When you have a street full of cars. it Ed Ball. the dinoctor of Transponation arrested. campus, (CSUNJ lowered the (Lot Tl pass is difficult to sec oncoming traffic (espe· and Parking Services for CSUN's 1bc combined value of alJ items taken to $40 to parl:. on the Nonh Campus." Judy cially a large vehicle) until you are practi· Depanmcnt of Public Safety. said the last valued S27 I. "'Nobody likes to pay for text· Nutter at CSUN's Community Relations cally clear out into the street," he said. time be received complaints from local res- books," Sugar said. "These kinds of costs Office said. Although Northridge residents have idents was January 1997. arc passed on 10 consumers." ) J __..:..----------------------------------------------Dall y Sundial News Wire • THUISDAY, SIPTIMHI 18, 1997 -------------------------------------------- This Day.)R Congress addresses s~y~eµt 19~IlS~ - BOSTON (AP) - All of their posses· Angela Jamhon , 32, an economic analyst in lenders commonl y demand such rclin.m..:- ttistory .. : sions had been loaded on a rented 1ruck, but Washing1on . "When I call I get a message ing. Angela and Cunis Jamison didn't know if that says. 'Due to an extremely high vol · The direct-lending program under ~hl~' h they had a home to drive it 10. ume . we can'! take your cal l at this 1ime.' the U.S . Department of Educ;won r11m Birlhs The lease had run out on the ir apartme nt and it hangs up on you ." makes most education loans require' 1h,11 1870 Clark Wissler, anthropologist and 1heir lender had told the couple 1hey "My company could never keep a con- consolidations be handled by a govcmmcnr (American Indian) would have 10 consolidate their student tract if we performed like this," she said. contractor. Electronic Data Sy •aem~ But loans before the mongage on 1heir new "There are standards we have to live up to." the backlog is so large that the dcparrm,·rH 1905 Claudette Colbert, actress, house could go through. Only a last-minute break from the mon- has stopped accepting app lication' un1il ,11 Paris, France But like al least 134,000 other grndua1es . gage company kept 1he Jamisons from lealil December. 1905 Greta Garbo, actress - the Jamisons aJready had been wailing and becomi ng homeless. They were allowed to While some borrowers have won ddcr- Stockholm, Sweden waiting fo r !heir loans to be refinanced by temporarily defe r their $950 monlhly slU - rals in the meantime.