The Matadome is what four CSUN teams call their home court. As of late, however, some of these athletes have gotten creative and they’ve moved on to calling the near 50-year old room inside Redwood Hall a “high school gym” or – even more inspired – a “joke.” “I don’t know how the Matadome got its name, but it sounds like a joke,” said Willie Galick, a forward on the men’s basketball team. “And (then) someone thought it was serious… Read more

Finally the end of the school year has come. After what felt like the longest semester ever, it’s time to relax and enjoy the sun over summer vacation. One would think that living in LA means never wanting to be anywhere else since there are so many places to check out, but it seems that most CSUN students would much rather get out of the valley. “Go anywhere but Northridge,” said Kevin Barkley, an 18-year-old kinesiology major. Barkley said that… Read more

Graduation may signify the culmination of a student’s academic career, but learning does not end with a diploma or cap and gown. Education becomes a choice. Learning moves out of the classroom into daily life, and professors are replaced by friends, family, acquaintances and personal experience. Simultaneously class schedules become work schedules while assignments and grades become projects and promotions. As students leave the familiar and secure surroundings of college life, they must either create their own paths and assert… Read more

Finding a job right out of college is not the sure thing it used to be as budget cuts and layoffs plague all divisions of labor. Some arts and media majors have planned ahead and prepared themselves with jobs and internships after graduation to help them get their foot in the door, though even work experience won’t necessarily guarantee a job. “I got an internship with Sony pictures as a post [production assistant], so I’m going to be doing that… Read more

The arrest and imprisonment of Iranian-American graduate student Esha Momeni received national attention last semester when she was jailed while working on her thesis project in Iran. Momeni, 28, was arrested and held without bail Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 for allegedly passing another vehicle illegally on Moddaress highway.  She was held in solitary confinement at Evin prison for roughly two-and-a half weeks before being released and the deed to her parents’ home taken as bail. The mass communications grad student… Read more

The Matadome is what four CSUN teams call their home court. As of late, however, some of these athletes have gotten creative and they’ve moved on to calling the near 50-year old room inside Redwood Hall a ‘high school gym’ or ‘- even more inspired ‘- a ‘joke.’

Graduation may signify the culmination of a student’s academic career but learning does not end with a diploma or cap and gown. Education becomes a choice.

Learning moves out of the classroom into daily life and professors are replaced by friends, family, acquaintances and personal experience. Simultaneously class schedules become work schedules while assignments and grades become projects and promotions.
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The arrest and imprisonment of Iranian-American graduate student Esha Momeni received national attention last semester when she was jailed while working on her thesis project in Iran.

Momeni, 28, was arrested and held without bail Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 for allegedly passing another vehicle illegally on Moddaress highway.’ She was held in solitary confinement at Evin prison for roughly two and a half weeks before being released and the deed to her parents’ home taken as bail.
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