By Lidya Muñoz & Amber Starling Professor Edie Pistolesi and other faculty members of the art education department is bringing us Talk Turkey, which is an exhibit that focuses on making students more aware of the problems our society is facing now. Students of the art education department were asked to confront social, political, and economical issues that we are facing now and turn it into a work of art. Students created artworks based on the symbol of the turkey… Read more

Coming off an 8-23 record, the women’s basketball team is looking to turn things around this season with a high-tempo offense that will challenge the rest of the conference. Could the Matador women become the next Phoenix Suns? No. But it was evident in their first exhibition game, which was marked by a fast-paced offensive, that they have the potential to be something similar. As the players turned the ball over, coach Staci Shulz expressed her liking of the tempo… Read more

The CSUN women’s basketball team has a distinct flair this year, and it comes from Hawaii. One of the key returning players from last year is junior guard/forward Analee Viena-Lota. Now that she is an upperclassman, she expects more out of herself and the team. “I have a bit more experience, having played longer than others in the program,” Viena-Lota said. “We have a totally different team this year. We are a little bit taller and everyone’s abilities are versatile…. Read more

The women’s basketball team has one senior, and her name is Katrina Thompson. She may not be the greatest player on the team, but she is the one they follow. Thompson is the Lamar Odom of the team; she does all the dirty work, and does the little things that no one else wants to do, such as filling up the stat sheet. Thompson is coming off a season averaging 7.5 points per game and 5.6 rebounds. Senior forward Thompson… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team may have lost plenty of talent from last year’s squad, but they have brought new faces to the program that should significantly help the team. Rashaun McLemore, Lenny Daniel and Dathan Lyles have all transferred to Northridge and brought with them a successful and winning pedigree. The team lost depth at both the guard and forward positions with both Tremaine Townsend and Deon Tresvant graduating. The loss of Townsend, who led the team… Read more

Four years ago men’s basketball head coach Bobby Braswell was in a recruiting battle with Arizona State and the University of Tulsa. They were going after Mark Hill, a 5-foot-11 point guard from John C. Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles. But instead of staying close to home, Hill rejected Braswell’s scholarship offer and decided to go to Oklahoma to play for the Golden Hurricanes of Tulsa. At first, it seemed Hill had made the right choice in… Read more