Hello fellow students, Welcome back to the spring semester and hopefully you have adjusted back into “school mode.” We are in the midst of our annual budget process, and doing our best to consider the needs of every student and organization. This is proving a challenge given that we have substantially less money available, but I promise that we are doing our absolute best. All students are encouraged to attend the President’s Town Hall meetings with University President Dr. Jolene… Read more

CSUN enrollment will be reduced by 11 percent for the 2010 – 2011 academic year, said President Jolene Koester at Tuesday’s Associated Students’ (A.S.) Town Hall Meeting. The event, which was held in the Grand Salon of the University Student Union (USU), gave students an opportunity to ask questions and voice their concerns to the university presidents, which included Koester, Associated Students (A.S.) President Abel Pacheco and Faculty President Dr. Jennifer Matos. “We will be reducing our enrollment by 11… Read more

Associated Students (A.S.) approved the Student Veteran Organization (SVO) Tuesday along with six other clubs and organizations. “We’ve been trying to start up the organization for two years now, but it’s just come into fruition now,” said Elmer Solis, founder and president of SVO. The SVO advocates for all of the veterans on campus, Solis said. A huge influx of veterans are coming in and they have to deal with added illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder on top of… Read more

Antoine Abou-Diwan There is a health insurance provider whose primary motivation is money. This healthcare provider has a propensity to drag its feet or refuse medical care because of a loophole, technicality in its policy, even if you paid your bill every month. Would you still trust this healthcare provider to have your wellbeing at heart when providing care means taking money out of his or her pocket? This sums up the ineffective, broken and downright offensive healthcare system in… Read more

The first time Nigel Jones fell in love with photography was when he was 15 years old. Jones developed a passion for film from a girl he dated, since then film has become his number one passion. Jones, a freshman film major once had dreams of becoming a professional basketball player but knew he wasn’t going to make the cut. “I’ve always wanted to play professional basketball but I guess I never really got the height. So that wasn’t really… Read more

There is a relatively new political movement mobilizing in the right wing and I’m apprehensive. The movement, like the Republican platform, protests “excessive government spending and taxation” and has a literal interpretation of the Constitution. They cite three core values they feel should guide public policy: fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government and free markets. I understand fiscal responsibility. The phrases “constitutionally limited government” and “free markets” throw me. The movement kicked off on the heels of what is one of… Read more