Arby Eivazian Contributing columnist Armenians are the loudest advocates for recognition of the genocide of WWI. The United States, which has a significant Armenian population, has through the foreign relations committee in congress adopted recognition of the historical fact but the bill has never been given permission to come up for a vote. President Obama has promised to recognize the genocide but again this year he used less controversial words such as “atrocity” and “mass murder”. These are the same… Read more

Dear editor, Contrary to the ancient superstitions of the Catholic church, it is not the special mediator of God on this earth; the Pope is not infallible and no closer to divinity than the horde of prostitutes who congregate within Vatican city on Sundays. The Church is a man-made institution and as such it is prone to the worldy vices and crimes that all earthly, man-made institutions are subject. The campaign against the Roman Church within the media, and the inevitable anti-Catholicism which… Read more

As recently as last month some players on the Cal State Northridge squad were talking about possibly competing for the Big West title this season, as the Matadors were in first place going into conference play. However, after dropping two of three this weekend to UC Davis (19-20, 4-8), including a 16-0 no-show on Sunday, Northridge (22-19, 4-8) now finds itsef tied for last place in the conference. Sunday The Matadors suffered one of their most embarrassing losses to date… Read more

    From the age of five, Jason Stoll has had a gift for playing the piano. Now an award-winning senior, Stoll is graduating from CSUN and looking forward to attending The Juilliard School for his Master’s Degree. “I started to take piano lessons at the age of five, but I didn’t really appreciate it growing up though,” Stoll said. “My parents told me and my three sisters that we had to take piano lessons all the way until we… Read more

CSUN jazz students will be playing among the biggest names in jazz at the 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival Sept. 17 to 19. The Jazz “A” Band received top honors in the college big band division and the student jazz combo group. The Josiah Boornazian Group were the winners of the open combo division. Student musicians will be sharing the bill at this high profile music event with artists such as Harry Connick, Jr., Dianne Reeves, Chick Corea and many… Read more

CSUN’s engineering programs is the fastest growing in the nation, according to a report by PRISM, a publication for the American Society for Engineering Education. In 2005, CSUN awarded 97 bachelors’ of science degrees in engineering. In 2008 this number increased to 190 according the the report. “The bigger story here is not only that our enrollment is going up but that our faculty is able to work with these students and successfully graduate them so that they go out into… Read more

Harrison Leonard contributing columnist I am a conservative opposed to Arizona’s recently passed immigration law. SB1070 does not reach five pages in length. It is not specific. It “mandates” that law enforcement avoid any form of racial profiling as a basis for detaining suspected illegal aliens, but provides no alternative methods for determining the immigration status of a suspected illegal (other than saying “reasonable suspicion exists”). Leaving “reasonable suspicion” to the discretion of individual police officers will result in profiling… Read more

As human beings in a civilized society, clothing is an essential part of our everyday life. For as long as we can date back, fashion has always been an evolving part of human lifestyle. In prehistoric times, individuals wore animal skin for protection from natural conditions such as harsh rays from the sun, gusty winds and so on. Fast forward 2,000 years to today, attire is still playing an indispensable role in our daily existence. Although trendy clothing is often… Read more