Cal State Northridge came into their home match against UC Santa Barbara with their backs against the wall, as they have lost their last three games, fallen to eight in the Big West standings and most recently losing their leading rebounder, Lenny Daniel, who was suspended indefinitely. “(The players) took a good beating from the coaches on Friday,” head coach Bobby Braswell said about trying to turn his team around after losing to Long Beach State Thursday night. “We challenged… Read more

A week after getting destroyed by UCLA at home the No. 3 Matadors responded with a road sweep of No. 2 Stanford (3-2) and Pacific (3-0) on Friday and Saturday night setting up a potential one versus two showdown on Wednesday at the Matadome. In their match against the Cardinal (3-3, 3-3 MPSF) at Maples pavilion, Northridge (8-1, 5-1 MPSF) played their first five set match of the season winning 3-2 (25-30, 30-21, 30-25, 32-34, 15-13). “It is always nice… Read more

A CSUN alumni is trying to start a student-run radio station. Madhanie Habte, 26, who graduated in the spring of 2009 with a degree in journalism, is concerned that the mediums offered on CSUN’s campus, like The Daily Sundial and KCSN, are controlled by the Journalism Department and are not depicting the true voice of the students. “Many other colleges have independently run Medias,” Habte said. “UCLA has Bruin Radio and Cal State Long Beach (CSLB) has KBeach, which is… Read more

In their last homestand of the year, the Cal State Northridge hockey team came out even this weekend, losing against the No. 1 team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division-III, College of the Canyons, Friday night and bouncing back Saturday night to defeat UCLA. Friday, the No. 2 Matadors faced the No. 1 ranked College of the Canyons. Both teams came into the game fighting for the best league and Pacific regional ranks, but Northridge, with a struggling… Read more

Officials from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) will visit CSUN from Feb. 3-5 as the second step in the university’s attempt for re-accreditation. Every 10 years, universities and colleges undergo a process to renew its accreditation status to be considered a proper educational institution.   According to the executive summary report, CSUN began this three-step process when faculty and staff submitted the Institutional Proposal (IP) in 2007 and the Capacity and Preparatory Review (CPR) this past fall… Read more

While dancing is not unusual hobby, 21-year-old Spanish major Angelina Bolton performs a unique dance: belly dancing. “I had always been interested in it and wanted to learn to be confident and feel more comfortable in my own skin,” Bolton said. Bolton was attracted to the art of belly dancing. The summer after high school, she heard about a local class held beneath the Subway in her hometown of Kodiak, Alaska.  She decided she was ready to try belly dancing. … Read more

For any avid Korean BBQ-er,   Soot Bull Jeep may just be the best place to go. Located in the heart of Korea Town, you will leave Soot Bull Jeep wanting more, in a good way. After driving a good 10 minutes off the 101 Vermont exit, I finally found W. 8th Street. On my left side I couldn’t miss the huge Soot Bull Jeep sign written in big black Korean letters and in English underneath. Simple, yet catchy. I… Read more

President Obama addressed the nation in his first State of the Union speech  last Wednesday. I anticipated another moving speech by the current champion of oratory and public grace. I heard the man talk; now I’m waiting for results. It’s been more than a year since his inauguration and campaign for hope and change, but not much has changed. In fact the only thing that has changed is the heated rivalry between our nation’s two parties. Second only to “Jersey… Read more

Aaron Helmbrecht Contributing Reporter Given the draconian budget cuts of the Fall 2009 semester, I was not surprised to learn that CSUN administration officials have approved a measure that cuts financial aid to undergraduate students who have exceeded 150 units. But I was surprised to learn that the logic behind the measure was not budget related. It is an administration plan, which they hope will get students to graduate sooner. I understand the whole trial-by-fire reasoning behind the measure. But… Read more