Under pressure from the CSUN community, tenured economics professor Kenneth Ng removed content from his website that focused on sex-tourism in Thailand. Provost Harry Hellenbrand released a statement Friday saying that Ng, after considering the “deleterious effect it had on the university’s reputation not because he considered the subject matter and content as unsuitable for public discourse, public discussion, or public debate about this topic,” agreed to remove his site Bigbabykenny.com. “I think he realized he’s putting the university in… Read more

For the second consecutive year, CSUN won the first place title in the 8th Annual Nutrition College Bowl, a game-show style competition that pits 11 teams of nutrition and dietetic students from universities up and down the West Coast against each other for a series of scholarships. The event was held on Saturday, April 24, in Sequoia Hall’s Nobbs Auditorium. “It’s nice to be responsible for an event that trains their futures,”  said Dr. Joyce Gilbert, executive director of the Marilyn… Read more

LONG BEACH, Calif.- In sports there are times where a team gets a chance of revenge over an opponent that shattered their hopes of a championship the year before. In CSUN’s case that came to reality on Saturday in the Big West Tournament semifinals against UC Santa Barbara. “We knew coming in that we wanted revenge,” said two-meter Heidi Pettinger about the Gauchos, who they lost to in last year’s semifinals. “It was our time to win.” This time No…. Read more

The third-seeded Matadors overcame a seven-point deficit in the third set to advance to the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament after a tough 3-1 (30-17, 31-33, 33-31, 30-26) quarterfinal victory over No. 6 seed USC Saturday night at the Matadome. “That was a heartbreaker,” USC head coach Bill Ferguson said after the game about losing the third set after being up seven. “The bottom line is we didn’t pass and serve well enough tonight and that’s the deal with Northridge…I… Read more

Ask a college student about his or her favorite interest and most likely you will hear, “music” or “film.” Ask Missy Dominguez what her number one interest is and her answer will always be “civil rights.” At only 19 years old, Dominguez has plenty to put on her resume. The communication studies major balances school, work, sorority life, and activism on a daily basis. It was in high school when Missy Dominguez found her passion for civil rights. Shortly after… Read more

On the corner of Sierra Walk and Etiwanda Avenue, lying on a bicycle rack is a blue and white skeleton of a bicycle that has been stripped of its’ tires, lights and everything else valuable. The problem of bike theft is unfortunately an all too common crime on campus, said Anne P. Glavin, CSUN chief of police. This is why the police department and a CSUN transportation group teamed up to build a fully-enclosed bicycle complex, Glavin said. “We’ve had this… Read more

Several varieties of pepper spray were used at Wednesday night’s basics of pepper spray defense workshop. The event was part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) to help raise public awareness about sexual violence (focusing on sexual assault and rape) and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. Photo Credit: Jennifer Zeitlin / Staff Photographer

Just outside the front walls and lining the outer windows of CSUN’s Hillel Center on Plummer Street, there is a small, unobtrusive garden, which demonstrates student’s efforts towards environmentalism. The Hillel Center, or the Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, has a mission to inspire Jewish students to improve their community and follow tikkun olam, which means repair the world, according to the CSUN Hillel web site. Renee L. Goodwin, director for the Hillel Center, said the garden was started… Read more

If the thought of using fragrance-free-all-natural-rubber-tree-extract shampoo or going days without showering isn’t your idea of an effective beauty treatment then maybe the eco-friendly movement just isn’t for you. Wrong. The hippie days of sacrificing beauty to save the earth is a thing of the past and these days we can all do our part and still look good. From water conservation techniques to purchasing all-natural products and everything in between, the modern day person doesn’t have a reason to… Read more