With the stress of finals and the semester coming to a close, the joy of the upcoming holidays can quickly become overshadowed. For a few of us, the holidays mean engaging in a therapeutic outlet that helps to diffuse all academic stress, like shopping for Christmas or any other respective holiday. Buying gifts for friends and family is never easy, especially when your budget resembles Scrooge’s idea of a “Christmas bonus.” Personally, I enjoy giving and receiving gifts of the… Read more

Multilingualism is an undeniably powerful tool in today’s world—in more ways than one.  Not only can the knowledge of one or more foreign languages assist in boosting one’s resume, it also opens communication with an entirely new world. We all consider the United States to be a melting pot, and this is true—in regards to race.  In terms of multilingualism, we trail behind the rest of the world.  Less than 25 percent of America can hold a conversation in another… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team (2-3) hit the floor against Coastal Carolina less than 24 hours after their nail-biting game against Western Kentucky. Northridge was all set up for a let-down against the Chanticleers. With Willie Galick’s career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds, the Matadors finished their Preseason NIT play with a 76-69 victory over Coastal Carolina Tuesday at E.A. Diddle Arena. With the game knotted up at 64-64 with 4:11 left in regulation, a Galick layup ignited… Read more

Nineteen days and counting, and not a single free agent signing has crossed the newswires. If you thought last season’s long and snail-like negotiations between Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers was means for hair-pulling and newspaper tearing, then prepare for an off-season filled with similar progress. After the Yankees won the World Series in their inaugural season in the new Yankee Stadium, Major League teams had an exclusive 15-day window to negotiate with their own free agents-to-be before they became… Read more

A parody of the Miss America beauty pageant showed a dramatic representation of society’s distress through movement, sound and imagery that ran Nov. 20-22 in CSUN’s Little Theatre. The Performance Ensemble’s original piece, “Mess America: A Nation in Various States of Dis-Dress” delved into the country’s current situation regarding sex, politics, discrimination, education and other controversial issues. Michele Clevering, who played the pageant mother, said they considered the media when deciding on which issues and themes to highlight. She said… Read more

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate approved two key director positions for Student Production and Campus Entertainment (S.P.A.C.E.) Tuesday, while one S.P.A.C.E. director nominee’s approval was postponed indefinitely. It wasn’t clear if Ian Umali, the S.P.A.C.E. director of finance nominee, was eligible to take the post, said A.S. Vice President Conor Lansdale. No comment was made on the details of what requirement(s) postponed Umali’s approval. Every director needs to meet a 2.0 grade point average requirement and have the time to… Read more