On this overcast Sunday morning, the father of six arrives at the garden at 6:30 a.m. and begins to clear the weeds from the rows of cilantro. The movement of his hands against the herb releases its pungent aroma.

Lenny Daniel’s technical foul in the waning seconds of Tuesday night’s game defined Cal State Northridge’s performance against Denver. “(A) rookie mistake by a new player,” CSUN assistant coach Bob Lowe said in a post-game interview with Alan Zinsmeister. “Hopefully (Daniel) will learn from that.” A frustrated Northridge team ended their two-game road trip with an 89-82 loss to the Pioneers (6-2). With 2:41 left in regulation, Matador Willie Galick, who scored a game-high 20 points, made 1-of-2 free throws… Read more

The winter season is usually discouraging – people want to stay indoors because of the cold weather, the roads are slippery and wet and many of us get sick during the season. It may be shorter than summer, but there are a lot of activities to do during winter break, so make the most out of it. Here are a few tips on how to have a fun and memorable vacation with your family, friends and significant others. Family: The… Read more

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate passed the resolution Tuesday to support the postcard program that will oppose fee increases in the California State University system. The postcards will be taken up to the Sacramento on Dec. 14, at the end of the California State Student Association monthly meeting. The cards will be distributed at the Capitol during lobby day. John Barry Neilan III, Science and Math Senator II, motioned to change the date the postcards would be taken up to… Read more

Aaron Helmbrecht CSUN operated in the midst of an approximately $41 million budget cut in the Fall 2009 semester, which led to cutbacks, including faculty furlough days, class cancellations, and tuition and fee increases. In response, students and faculty held numerous protest rallies and created video petitions venting their frustration at Sacramento. All of these efforts materialized into absolutely nothing. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised additional, “across-the-board,” cuts in January in response to the new projected state budget deficit of… Read more

Hello editor- Thank you for your November 9th staff editorial concerning disabled placard violations. The Department of Police Services takes very seriously the misuse of disabled parking placards and therefore continues to aggressively pursue this violation and when possible partner with other agencies to provide strict enforcement of these laws. I wanted to provide you with some statistics that would shed some light on what the Department of Police Services has, and continues to do, to enforce such violations. Over… Read more

Living in Los Angeles, it isn’t rare to meet local musicians striving to be the next big act. What is rare is Jarred Tibbetts, 22-year-old creative writing English major and History minor, a musician striving to have a career emphasis in writing songs, not performing them. Tibbetts, who is self-taught, has been playing the drums since the sixth grade and has been in a total eight official bands. Currently the drummer of four bands, Tibbetts advocates that being a member… Read more

Students who were unsuccessful in enrolling in classes this fall may have a greater chance of enlisting in classes for spring thanks to the allocation of approximately $1.8 million. CSUN will use this money to open new classes and provide student services for the spring semester. Currently, meetings are being held to discuss how these classes will be added. One topic up for discussion is how the university will add more classes without changing the number of students currently enrolled… Read more

The last time the Matadors faced a top-10 team on the road was the season opener against Purdue, where they got their heads rung. This time around, in Seattle, the Matadors were in contention for the victory. Sunday night the Matadors’ three-game winning streak was snapped by then-No. 10 Washington (6-1), losing 88-76 at Bank of America Arena. Early in the second period, Mark Hill got his teammates into a huddle. Husky Quincy Pondexter tried to walk through the huddle,… Read more