Alumni, faculty and staff are gearing up to celebrate CSUN’s 50th anniversary Grand Reunion Saturday. The day is expected to have a big turnout.

The CSUN baseball team (17-22, 4-8 Big West) will resume conference play this weekend as they host UC Riverside (21-13, 2-7).

Despite getting swept last weekend by No. 22 Cal Poly, the Cal State Northridge softball team (24-17) still believes it can win the Big West Conference. However, it seems like the Matadors will have to win the rest of their conference games in order for them to have a realistic chance at that. Their gauntlet begins this weekend against the UC Riverside Highlanders. The three-game series will be the final homestand of the regular season for Northridge.

Matadors men’s volleyball team breaks all-time record; CSUN has four candidates for All-American;’ BYU a torn on the Matadors’ side; Northridge wants to win first set.

After going 16-6 in league, the No. 2 Matadors men’s volleyball team now gets ready for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament. Northridge goes into the tourney as the third seed after finishing behind No. 3 Pepperdine and No. 1 UC Irvine in the standings. They will host BYU on Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be blogged live at the Matador Score.

Since 2006 Matador Nights has been a popular themed event for students to have a fun and entertaining night on campus. Matador Nights offers games, live music and food free to CSUN students. CSUN will be having its last Matador Nights event of the school year on Friday April 24.

CSUN Associated Students (A.S.) celebrated Earth Day by joining with 30 clubs and organizations who were out to promote healthy living and environmental awareness by sharing tips on going green, selling healthy foods and having students participate in environmental friendly games.

In honor of Armenian Genocide Awareness Week, the Armenian organizations at CSUN put together a public tribute display to honor the 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred during the beginning of the 20th century.

There are many things in this world that can have a great effect over us. One of the many influential powers is that of prayer. Being both simple and yet complex, when we allow ourselves to be immersed in all its virtue, we are given the opportunity to be freed.