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Prison population law is a step in the right direction
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“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” musical sells out on debut weekend
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Get to know the Vietnam veteran who works at Matador Mall
c a l I f o r N I a S T a T E U N I V E r S I T y , N o r T h r I D g E
he overwhelming majority of col-lege students don’t want concealed handguns on their campuses, a recent study found.
The study, conducted by Ball State Uni-versity’s Global Health Institute, found that 78 percent of students in the Midwest oppose the idea of allowing concealed weapons on campus and would not obtain a permit to get one if made legal.
The results obtained by surveying almost 1,700 undergraduate students also found that 66 percent of those surveyed would not feel safer if they were allowed to carry a gun. Seventy-nine percent said they would feel unsafe if other stu-dents and faculty/staff were allowed to carry guns.
“Firearms equal opportuni-ties for accidents and opportu-nities for being angry. If you arm the students, the students can actually use those arms,” said James Bal-lard, CSUN professor of sociology.
The study’s co-author, Jagdish Khub-chandani, a professor at Ball State Univer-
sity, said in a media release that the study is just one part in a series of surveys examin-
ing gun violence in the United States.
In a 2009 study, he found that the major-ity of campus police chiefs are in favor of informing students and parents about “no firearms” policies on campus.
Though all CSU campuses have a no firearms policy (exclud-ing police officers), CSUN has seen its share of gun scares over the last two years.
In January 2011, 22-year-old David
Everson, a CSUN student, was caught with a shotgun and explosive materials in his dorm room.
In September 2011, sophomore philoso-phy major Gahren Moradian was arrested following an incident in which he allegedly claimed to have a gun near the entrance of the Oviatt Library as he was shouting at a pillar.
The threat prompted an extensive police search of the library which yielded no results. Moradian later turned himself in and plead not guilty to felony criminal threat charges.
In April, a suspected gunman was
RON ROKHYSENIOR REPORTER
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lEaVE yoUr gUNS
aT homE
See GUN CONTROL, page 7
Obtaining a firearm in California can be diffi-cult, as it has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws.
The sale, use, pos-session or manu-facture of assault rifles is also barred in the state.
Open carry of any handgun is pro-hibited in public. In January 2012, the open carry of unloaded hand-guns became illegal as well after measure AB 144, which was signed in late 2011, came into effect.
To be able to legally purchase firearms, one must be 18 years of age or older, pass a background check and take a handgun safe-ty test, accord-ing to the Office of the Attorney General.
To purchase a handgun, one must additionally show proof of Califor-nia residency and be at least 21 years old.
Concealed carry with-out a license holds a mandatory minimum of 90 days in jail and may be prosecuted as a felony under California law.
A study of 1,700 students in the Midewst reveals most undergrads are against guns on campus.
CALIFORNIA GUN LAWS INCLUDE:
IllusTrATIOn By jASmINE mOChIzUkI / visual editor
“If you arm the students, the students can actually
sat down with a few of the cast members from “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” and asked them about their experiences during the production.
Q: Describe your char-acter for us.
A: I’m Andrew Jackson, and I am not necessarily the focal point of the show but I am in it all the time. Andrew Jackson is [the] President of our fine country and he is the one that really did come up with the democratic sys-tem of our country. It used to be passed down genera-tionally...and was kind of an inside job until he came. He really was the people’s president [and] he took the world by storm. It’s kind of incredible.
Q: Would you say Andrew Jackson was a little violent?
A: Uh, yeah (smiles). He is probably by far the most crazy president we have had.
He didn’t take shit. He was known to actually duel while he was president, pistol duel. There are about 13 recorded duels, none of which he lost. One [pistol duel] he took a hit to the shoulder but he kind of brushed it off and
proceeded to win. He was the first president to use his veto power. So, he really didn’t take anybody’s mess, and he really did do what he thought the people wanted and what he thought was right regardless of all the
opposition that he [faced].
Q: What challenges did you face having to play Andrew Jackson?
A: Really delving into his persona, if that makes sense. I don’t consider
myself an angry person, I consider myself a very nice person. Bleeding [cutting] yourself is a very strange concept. Especially the feeling of that cold metal on your skin, it makes you tingle a little bit. It is a
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The cast of Bloody Bloody andrew Jackson (BBaJ), a rock-themed musical based on 19th century history in the u.S., end their Sunday production with an empowering pose. BBaJ was performed at the Experimental Theatre of the Valley Performing arts Center and will be running until Sept. 29.
CSUN’S prodUCtioN of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” sold out last week-end. The show took place Fri-day through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets ranged from $20 for the general public, to $15 for students with a valid CSUN I.D.
Garry Lennon, theater department professor and chair, directed the show alongside musical director Philip Matthew Park.
“I think this is a really great cast and I think that this is really specifically our production. In (many) cases, we made our own choices that made the play really (fit) CSUN,” Lennon said. “I think (this) is good. The show relates more to our students and our interpretation of it.”
“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is a historical, comedic and satirical musical that evaluates the life of the United States’ 7th president.
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little weird but it was a com-mon thing at that time. It was strange finding a connection [and] an arousal to that sort of thing.
Q: What was your favorite musical number to perform?
A: I think “Rockstar”. Just because it’s all that ener-gy in the middle, it’s a ball, you can’t stop it. And quite frankly, I get to play with the audience so that’s fun.
Q: name one of your favorite characters to work with?
A: I’d have to say one of my favorite characters to work with is definitely between Black Fox and my partner, Rachel. I’ll pick Black Fox because those scenes are really interesting and there’s a lot of depth in them. Initially there (doesn’t seem) to be a lot of depth in them. But then as the show goes on, espe-cially in that last scene, it is kind of heavy and there are a lot of levels to play.
Q: Describe your charac-ter for us.
A: Amy is the youngest in her family and she is like the wild child. She has no filter (and) she’ll go out and make out with a girl or cuss just for the hell of it. She’s not very bright. So that’s what I think of Amy.
Q: What was it like being Amy?
A: Uh, fairly easy. (laughs) Nah, I’m kidding. It was really cool because I am a very serious person. I am very much a perfection-ist and detail oriented. So it was really great to be in the show and to let it all out, [to] let the energy burst out of me and let myself be totally in the moment. It was very fun.”
Q: What was your favor-ite musical number in the show?
A: Probably “Rockstar”. The musical number where Andrew Jackson and the lead singer at that point are like rockin’ out and the chorus comes together and they’re like “why don’t you just shoot me in the head!” It’s the [song] that has the most energy in it and I feel like I just get to let loose. “Populism” and “Rockstar” are my favorite ones.
Q: What character did you play?
A: I play various char-acters. However the main character I played was Henry Clay. He was the evil villainous senator.
Q: Do you have a favor-ite musical selection?
A: I’d say my favorite is “I’m Not That Guy” because it kind of gets the feel of the show, how we want the
audience to feel, and how Andrew Jackson is feeling at that current moment. It tells more of a story. It’s when we come out with all of the guns and we’re hittin’ it (does a silly dance move).
Q: Did you face any chal-lenges trying to embody these different characters?
A: Yes, I did. Man, I played eight characters through-out the show, so constantly remembering which character I am is hard in its own right. But the challenge that I found was trying to distinguish a West Virginia accent from Henry Clay, and a Tennessee accent from everyone else I play in the show. It’s weird [because] they’re both simi-lar, so I just tried to find the difference between the two.
Q: Do you sing?A: I do sing. I have sung
my entire life. I started in the church singing gospel music, which kind of led to me doing musicals, which eventu-ally led to me doing straight plays, which eventually led to me doing commercials, which eventually led to me being here where I am right now. So sing-ing started it all.
The actors apply their makeup and put on their costumes in their dressing rooms. Theatre majors, Daniel Guerrero, 25, played the role of John C. Calhoun (left), and logan allison, 20, played the role of James Monroe (Right).
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The actors touched up their makeup for a photo shoot that took place after the play. Theatre major, Brooke Van Grinsven, 20, played the role of Rachel, Jackson’s wife.
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through the booths lining Bayramian Lawn, checking out what the vendors had to offer for the first Matador Mall of the new semester. Stuart Sidwell minded his booth, where he has been sell-ing posters since 1994.
Sidwell fought in Viet-nam, worked in the auto collision and jewelry busi-ness before selling posters in California, Oregon, Wash-ington and Arizona colleges to make a living.
“There are ups and downs to the whole business,” Sidwell said.
He was in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive in 1967. He was drafted into the U.S. Army, but chose to be a Marine.
“I (didn’t) want to have them tell me that I have to go. I want(ed) to make that deci-sion myself,” Sidwell said. “I always liked the Marines because they were part of the Navy and they were the first to go in. I was all gung ho.”
Sidwell’s views on the war changed after his comrades kept dying and his best friend was killed.
“When we were there we were losing about 500 guys a month, I always asked myself ‘why we were here?’ It was basically a civil war and we shouldn’t have been involved,” Sidwell said.
After Sidwell’s departure from the Marines in August 1968, he began a career as
an auto collision insurance appraiser that lasted 25 years.
He moved on to sell jew-elry for six years.
“Back then I was selling rings for under ten dollars, it would take a girl 15 to 25 minutes to make a seven dol-lar decision. I had to watch that,” Sidwell said. “I mean
nothing against [women] but women just like to shop. With posters it goes a little faster.”
After seeing a man selling posters next to his jewelry stand, he decided to change his business product.
“Unfortunately, jewelry gets a lot of theft. It’s very difficult to have to watch
everybody all the time,” Sidwell said. “With the post-ers I feel much more relaxed and it attracts both males and females. It’s a more enjoyable business dealing with the pictures.”
Some CSUN students said Sidwell’s booth is interesting.
“The posters [attracted me to come by] because I like to decorate my room. Every couple of months I like to switch out the post-ers,” said Eddie Mendoze, a freshman at CSUN.
Sidwell sells posters sea-sonally. The posters include a variety of movies, music, celebrities and art. During the fall, he also sells comic books, vinyl, records and CDs.
When his poster shop, Accent Design, isn’t selling, he moves on to self-employed construction work.
“I know that it is going to be difficult [to sell post-ers] especially if you are traveling. I’m sure stores are going to be more expen-sive,” said Michael Davis, CSUN student.
Sidewell describes an experience from his past poster shop in Santa Barbara. After Sidwell finished orga-nizing his poster shop, a young customer pulled out about 100 posters and destroyed Sidwell’s categorized display.
Sidwell asked the customer if he was planning on buying the posters he was pulling out. Although the customer said he wanted to purchase them, Sidwell doubted he was going to buy $900 worth of post-ers. The customer returned in the afternoon and bought over $500 worth of posters.
Although Sidwell’s poster stand was full of student cus-tomers yesterday, he claims to be having a low moment in his business.
“Probably one of the things that affect me most, which is one thing that is happening this week, cam-puses keep expanding…traffic flow is somewhere else,” Sidwell said. “In order for any business to be accessible it’s all about location. You have to be in a high traffic location.”
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Law would reduce prison overcrowdingGov. Brown signed a bill into law that would reduce the massively overcrowded prison population of California
In an effort to comply with a federal court demand for Califor-nia to reduce its prison population, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law with two plans to reduce the population size in prisons.
The law orders either the relo-cation of non-violent prisoners to mental health and substance abuse facilities or the relocation of pris-oners to private prisons, county jails and other alternative facilities.
Long story short, Brown needs to reduce the population in California state prisons by 9,600 before Dec. 31. This order was issued in 2010 in response to California’s overcrowded prisons that are in conflict with federal safety standards. Brown had recently submitted a bill to three federal judges asking for a three-year extension to reduce the population size in prisons. If the bill passes, Brown will move inmates to mental health and substance abuse centers. If the bill is rejected, Brown will allocate $315 million from this fiscal year’s budget to relocate prisoners to private prisons.
From a progressive perspec-tive, Brown’s plan to move repeat non-violent offenders to rehabil-itation centers is sound. Accord-ing to the Progress Report, Cali-fornia has the highest rate of imprisoning drug offenders in the nation. The Progress Report found that people imprisoned for drug offenses in California has increased 25-fold since 1980. There are also twice as many people incarcerated in state pris-ons for drug offenses compared to the entire state prison popula-tion in 1980.
According to a Justice Policy Institute (JPI) report, almost half of the inmates incarcerated for drug offenses are there for sim-ple possession. JPI’s report also found that in 2000 it would cost Californians over $9 billion to incarcerate about 44,000 persons in state prisons for drug offenses.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), for the fiscal year of 2013-2014, the CDCR was allocated over $8.9
billion. Well, at least there’s trans-parency about how much money is spent on California prisons.
Brown’s plan to move non-violent offenders to rehabilita-tion clinics is a step in the right direction. What people need is help from the state, not fear. While the bill will be ruled on later this week, one can only hope that the three-year exten-sion for California to reduce its prison size doesn’t fall through. There is no need to relocate
inmates to county jails, private prisons and other alternatives such as out-of-state prisons. California already has about 8,900 inmates who are housed out of state at the expense of Californians.
The alternative to the bill would cost about $315 million, but does California really have that money to do so? That $315 million could be allocated to bet-ter areas like education, or at the very least fund rehabilitation
programs in California. On top of that, the alternative would only offer a short term solution to the overcrowding problem. While it will meet the federal dead-line, according to the Legisla-tive Analyst’s Office (LAO), the overcrowding problem will come back by the years 2015-16. By then, there would be about 8,800 above the court ordered limit in 2015-16. In short, that would be wasted money and effort. Why bring up a terrible solution if
it were to arise again in a mat-ter of a couple years? Couldn’t Brown and the other leaders of California come up with a more comprehensive and progressive prison reformation plan since the order was issued in 2010? At the very least, it seems like the bill is a step in the right direction if the extension is granted.
The bigger issue to be addressed is why California prisons are so dreadfully overcrowded.
There are many issues behind the scenes in prisons. To sum up the issue, it is about the theory of the prison industrial complex.
The prison industrial complex (PIC) is a term used to explain the rapid expansion of prisons and increased incarceration rates throughout America. Although the PIC seems like a conspir-acy theory, there is a strong correlation between the theory and what is happening now. To shorten a complex theory, the PIC explains that prisons benefit corporations that manufacture items in prison through con-tracts. These corporations make a living from offering items and workers to prisons. Also, to accommodate for a capitalist society and increased demands for more goods at a cheaper price, inmates are used as a labor workforce to manufacture items at a cheaper cost.
According to Global Research, conglomerates such as AT&T, Texas Instruments, Dell, Compaq, Macy’s, Victo-ria’s Secret, Target and other big companies have production operations throughout the prison system. According to a Huff-ington Post article about the PIC, inmates are paid anywhere between $.23 to $1.15 an hour. Some are not even paid at all.
The intention for prisons to be a place of social reform changed into a profitable business ven-ture that is created for the rich by the rich. The prison system in America and California isn’t broken, it works for the ben-efit of the few at the cost of the many. What needs to be done is a complete rework of the entire prison system. Brown’s plan to move non-violent inmates to rehab centers is a step in the right direction. What needs to be done is to actually help people, not to enslave the masses in the name of money.
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spotted leaving the Ovi-att Library. Though police detained five students that fit the description of what he was wearing, the sus-pect, along with his alleged gun, were never found.
CSUN has also seen gun fatalities. On Feb. 6, 1987, a 25-year-old former student shot and killed an associate professor in a stairwell fol-lowing an argument about a grade he received a year ago. He then fatally shot himself.
The study also found that 16 percent of undergraduate students own a gun and 20 percent of them have wit-nessed a gun-related crime on campus.
Though CSUN may have had gun incidents, the school is generally consid-ered a safe university.
“You may get some-body who has a mental illness, under stress, or in the moment becomes irra-tional,” Ballard said. “But most of the time, this cam-pus is very safe, we’re a suburban campus.”
In December of 2012, to further increase the school’s safety, CSUN police and other agencies conducted a drill which would prepare them in case an active shoot-er were on campus. Coinci-dentally, the exercise took place days before 20-year-old Adam Lanza slaughtered
26 students and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. with an assault rifle.
However, some groups believe that allowing guns on campus could be benefi-cial to safety.
“We don’t believe in any gun-free zones. we believe it should be up to the school itself,” said Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California. “We support responsible faculty members that hold con-cealed weapons licenses because they have success-fully prevented tragedies in the past.”
Obtaining a firearm in California can be difficult, as it has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws.
Open carry of any hand-gun is prohibited in public. In January 2012, the open carry of unloaded handguns became illegal as well after measure AB 144, which was signed in late 2011, came into effect. The sale, use, possession or manufac-ture of assault rifles is also barred in the state.
To be able to legally pur-chase firearms, one must be 18 years of age or older, pass a background check and take a handgun safety test, according to the Office of the Attorney General. To pur-chase a handgun, one must additionally show proof of California residency and be at least 21 years old.
In May, Gov. Jerry Brown passed SB 140, a bill which
allocated $24 million to seize illegal assault weapons held by convicts and people with serious mental illnesses.
California sheriffs hold the power to grant citizens permits for concealed carry of handguns or revolvers. However, they are often reserved for those who have a “good cause,” such as hav-ing a clear and present dan-ger that can’t be resolved by other means of securi-ty, according to an article published in a California Rifle and Pistol Association newsletter.
Concealed carry without a license holds a mandatory minimum of 90 days in jail and may be prosecuted as a felony.
California’s laws are far more restrictive than those of Arizona, its neighbor to the east. Arizona doesn’t require a permit to pur-chase firearms, including handguns and assault weap-ons. Open carry is allowed everywhere, and if over 21 years old, concealed carry is permitted as well with no license needed.
Though California may have harsher gun penalties than most other states, Bal-lard said that though the law is perfectly capable of handing down punishments, it’s more of an after-the-fact scenario rather than one of prevention.
Currently, Utah and Col-orado are the only states that permit concealed carry of weapons on some of their college campuses.
MATT YOUNGKINESIOLOGY
“no. it’s a double-edged sword. There’s no definite
answer. On one hand, you do feel a little bit safer and on the other hand you don’t. it
depends on how easy it is to get a permit.”
ALEXIS ALCANTAR BUSINESS ACCOUNTING “i’m actually pro-gun. But i
personally wouldn’t feel safe knowing that any student on campus could have a gun.”
JAYDA OUBRE UNDECLARED
“no. i just don’t think it’s good. Some people have anger
issues. not everyone knows how to use a gun properly and even if it was for a safety rea-
son they could end up shooting an innocent person.”
JOHN DUARTE KINESIOLOGY
“no because other students might have bad intentions. if they dont have access to a gun, they might try and take it from someone else who
has one.”
GABRIELA KING SING BIO-TECH
“i wouldn’t feel safer if open carry was allowed on campus because someone
could get really mad and take out their gun and use it to
threaten someone.”
campus voice9 LISA ANDERSON AND NEELOFER LODHY /Daily SunDial
Q: Would you feel safer if students and faculty were allowed to openly carry weapons on campus?
ROXY TEICHMAN FASHION MANAGEMENT
AND MERCHANDISE “no. i feel like maybe some
people would get a big head and accidents happen. if people are showing off their guns, some-
thing could happen.
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Teams that won’t bounce backSix teams in the NFL have started 0-3 but the Giants, Jaguars and Buccaneers won’t recover from their awful start
IT IS STILL September and the playoff aspirations for certain NFL teams with seemingly high expecta-tions have already been derailed. With six teams sit-ting at 0-3, here are three teams that have crashed and burned early in the season with little to no chance of reviving their putrid start.
New York Giants Just two seasons ago,
the Giants won the Super Bowl against the big, bad New England Patriots. This season, they look like a high school team trying to compete in the NFL. On Sunday, the G-men suffered a 38-0 loss to the Caro-lina Panthers who were 0-2 coming into the game.
In one of the biggest eyesores of the season, the Giants only mustered up a paltry 150 total yards of offense which was largely due to quarterback Eli Man-ning being on his back for most of the game as the Panthers racked up seven sacks and forced three turn-overs.
The biggest problem with the Giants through the first three games is their lack of balance. Rookie run-ningback David Wilson has amassed a total of 75 yards total through three games.
With no running game, opposing defenses can eas-ily scheme and take away the passing game.
Look for the Giants to ride this nightmare deep into the season and miss the playoffs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers I had high hopes for the
Buccaneers coming into this season. With second-year runningback Doug Martin coming off a 1,454 yard rookie campaign and offseason acquisitions such as star cornerback Dar-relle Revis and hard-hitting safety Dashon Goldson, the Bucs looked poised to com-pete in their division.
Three games into the season, the problem doesn’t seem to lie with the players. It’s the coach. Head coach Greg Schiano has had a rep-utation of being a control freak, something that may work in college but has no place in the NFL. Schiano’s military style has turned off many players such as Revis, who publicly expressed that he was unhappy with Schia-no’s style of coaching.
Quarterback Josh Free-man was a captain of the team for the last three sea-sons but this season, for a reason that is beyond me, Schiano stripped Free-man of his captaincy right before the season began. In the NFL, being receptive to your players is key and a motivated locker room translates into wins, which have been hard to come by
for Schiano. He has a 7-12 overall record since he took over the Buccaneers and is 1-8 in the last nine games.
Schiano needs to go back to coaching at the college ranks if Tampa Bay wants to get back to winning games.
Jacksonville Jaguars The Jaguars may pos-
sibly be the worst team in the history of the NFL.
That may sound dramatic, but they have only tallied 28 points over three games and are ranked 30th in rush yards per game and 28th in pass yards per game.
Aside from their anemic offense, the Jaguars have the worst rushing defense in the league giving up an average of 168 yards per game on the ground.
In the first game of the season, the Jaguars suffered a lopsided 28-2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and on Sunday suffered an embar-rassing, but expected, 45-17 beating at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.
To add salt to the wound, quarterback Russell Wilson who torched Jacksonville for four touchdowns on
Sunday, was passed up in the draft by the Jaguars for Bryan Anger, who happens to be a punter.
The Jaguars passing up on one of the best young quarterbacks in the league for arguably the least important position on a ros-ter accurately sums up one of the most laughable orga-nizations in all of sports.
KEVIN KIANISPORTS EDITOR
Major: Kinesiology- Exercise ScienceMinor: None
FAVORITESFood: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy/ PicklesBand:Goo Goo DollsAthlete: Tobin HeathSports Team: US Womens’ National Soccer Team
LIFEHardest part about being a student athlete: Motivating yourself to do well in classroom and on the field.Greatest Accomplishment: Making it to the NCAA tour-namentHobbies: Watching Movies when I have time
SOCCERBest part of my game: Playing with EnergyPart of my game that needs improvement: Staying com-posed while having energyBest player I’ve played against: Alex Morgan/Hope Solo/Megan Rapione/Sydney Leroux
Player I model my game after: No onePre-game rituals: The team does a scream to get all nerves out and spit into a team circleDifference between this year’s women’s soccer team and previous ones: This year we are more youthful, but have lots of speed
GOALSTeam: To win the Big West Conference again!Personal: To score goals
EXTRASOther sports played: Gymnastics/Cheerleading/ Vol-leyballWhen I started playing soccer: Four years oldHow I stay in shape during off-season: Play with the LA Strikers in the W-LeagueLife after CSUN: To gain job experience in athletic administration, and recieve my masters in sports man-agement Where I imagine myself in 10 years: At a Division-1 school, working in athletic administration
Chloe McDanielGET TO KNOW
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The Jaguars have been the laughing stock of the league with their lopsided losses and horrible management decisions. They are not expected to win any games this season.
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Senior defender Chloe McDaniel defending against a Tulsa player. The Matadors won 1-0 against the Hurricanes.
