The second performance ends, the stage screw comes on stage and prepares for the next band; the audience is shifting from one foot to the next, people are buying drinks and looking around, the lighting crew fiddles with the adjustments to make sure everything is right. People are getting excited that the band is coming on but to their disappointment not yet. The red lights take the stage; fog rises and covers the stage creating a sense of anticipation, excitement… Read more

For Twilighters, Nov. 20 couldn’t come any sooner as “New Moon” premiered with a smashing record of $72.2 million. Anticipation built as die-hard fans gathered outside movie theaters days before it was shown. The movie opens with Bella’s 18th birthday. Despite Bella’s (Kristen Stewart) reluctance of not mentioning her age or even enjoying the fact that she is now able to do whatever she wants to do, Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) family throws her a party. There Bella is attacked by… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team (1-2) continues their play in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Preseason NIT Monday night against Western Kentucky University (WKU) at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. WKU was chosen as one of three sites to host the consolation round of the NIT. In their last outing the Matadors picked up their first victory of the season against Texas State. The Matadors were behind for most of the second half due to turnovers and… Read more

The Northridge women’s volleyball team finished its 2009 season by dropping two three-set matches at Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara this past weekend, bringing the Matadors’ final record to 8-22 overall and 4-12 in the Big West. Northridge finishes seventh in the conference just one game behind Cal Poly and ahead of UC Riverside. The Matadors were unable to produce enough offense to have a fighting chance in either match. “(This) weekend was really rough for us, especially losing… Read more

The Cal State Northridge women’s basketball team (1-2) captured its first victory Friday night on the road, but it did not come easy. They were able to come away with a narrow one-point victory against San Jose State, 62-61. The Matadors have struggled in their first two games of games the season because they unravel at key times during the game. However, this time the Matadors learned from their past mistakes and did not hang their heads when something went… Read more

Empowering women and breaking the molds that women face on a day-to-day basis was the common theme throughout the night as the first annual women leaders lecture, hosted by the Young Democrats Club, took place Nov. 18 in the University Student Union’s Balboa Room. The panel of five individuals representing women leaders, organized by Young Democrat members Pious Ahuja, a political science major, and Natalie Parmenter, a liberal studies major, consisted of a group of women with high levels of… Read more

Some children grow up admiring their science teacher. Others want to grow up to be just like their history teacher. But unfortunately, not all children grow up with a figure of inspiration they can look up to within the educational system. Juan Preciado, Jr. said he grew up with little incentive from his teachers within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Today he looks to make sure all students have someone they can look up to for support and… Read more

During one of my classes a friend of mine sent me the link to a Web site titled “Hit the B****.” It’s a Danish site put up by the NGO for Children exposed to Violence at Home, which was established in 2002 to advocate and aid children who were living in families exposed to domestic violence. In it users can control a hand to slap a female model across the face. The more you hit her the worse her bruises… Read more