Associated Students (A.S.) senate approved three senators yesterday, decreasing the number of senate vacancies to 10. Joshua Taylor was appointed to the Upper Division II senate position, Natalie Perez to Health and Human Development II, and Ashley Walker to Lower Division II. There have been six applications received in the past two weeks, which includes the three recently appointed senators, which inquired about open senate positions, said A.S. Personnel Director Kathi Parrella after the meeting. Currently there are no interviews… Read more

Lauren Hovet is a 21-year-old deaf studies major at CSUN. She is the youngest of three children coming from Van Nuys and will also be the first one from her family to graduate from college. Currently a senior at CSUN, and a spring 2010 graduate-hopeful, she also balances school with work. Hovet is the general manager for a dance studio in Northridge called Gotta Dance Studio & Academy of the Performing Arts. She has been with the studio for about… Read more

Kermit the Frog said it best, “It’s not easy being green.” Especially if you’re a student on a tight budget. Let’s face it, being green costs green and for students this may be a determent. By now it’s probably ingrained in your head that you must recycle, reduce and reuse. And you’ve probably also heard of many other things that are out of your reach, like buying a low flow toilet or placing solar panels on your roof. That kind… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men’s soccer team is arguably the hottest team in the Far West region. Having gone into the Prego Italian Express Invitational in Dallas, Texas over the weekend, the Matadors wrapped up their second consecutive tournament crown after defeating host Southern Methodist University, 2-1. The win extended Northridge’s (5-1-0) winning streak to five and skyrocketed the Matadors into the NCAA Far West poll released Monday, ranking them fourth. The Matadors are in the midst of a seven… Read more

In their second meet of the season the Cal State Northridge men’s and women’s cross country team competed in the UC Riverside Invitational Saturday morning. The CSUN women finished 12th while the Matador men finished a disappointing 25th out of 30. Once again the Matador women were lead by junior Lilyana Morejon, who placed fifth in the 5K race, giving her two top five finishes in her first two meets, with a time of 17:07.1. Morejon ran 19 second faster… Read more

When I first heard We Shot The Moon’s new CD, “A Silver Lining”, I wasn’t too impressed. They sounded like All American Rejects meets Something Corporate meets The Starting Line meets The Academy Is. It sounded familiar in an ‘I’ve heard this before’ kind of way. Even though the CD was only OK, I decided to give them a second chance and see if they were better live. I had the opportunity to see them live at the Knitting Factory… Read more

Kathleen Burrell is fighting for vaginas everywhere, or at least is part of an organization that is.  The 19-year-old child development and sociology major is the vice president of the CSUN chapter of VDay, a “global movement to end violence against women and girls.” Burrell, who her friends refer to as Katie, said with a bright smile she was “forcefully persuaded” into joining the organization. “At first I wasn’t fond of it, but now look at me, I’m the vice… Read more

CSUN has begun the process of phasing out WebCT as the learning management system used by the school and integrating the use of Moodle. The shift, according to Director of Academic Technology David Levin, was prompted by the eventual elimination of the WebCT program by the company that owns it, Blackboard. WebCT is a tool for online learning. It’s utilized in about 200 courses, including face to face courses. Faculty use the learning management system for online support, quizzes and… Read more