Parts of the G3 parking structure will be reserved this afternoon for the sold-out Joan Rivers performance at the Valley Performance Arts Center (VPAC). The department of police services sent an e-mail advising the CSUN community of the temporary closure. Because the performance begins at 8 p.m., some students will be affected, according to an e-mail from Alfredo B. Fernandez, captain of Parking and Transportation with CSUN Police Department. Students will not be allowed to park on the fourth or fifth… Read more

IRVINE, Calif. – The Matadors came out 1-3 over the weekend at the UC Irvine Invitational at Corona Del Mar High School, which featured the nation’s top eight teams and 15 of the top 20 water polo squads. The No. 13 Cal State Northridge water polo team (9-8) faced two Big West Conference teams, No. 5 Hawaii and Cal State Bakersfield. Saturday In their first game of the invitational, the Matadors could not stop the pouring of goals in the second… Read more

Coach Matt Curtis said one cannot hang on a loss for too long because the team has to get back out to the field and play another game. “The first game was disappointing, but that’s the nice part about these double-headers is you don’t have to dwell on it overnight, you got to come right back out, you got to put it to bed and look forward to the next ballgame,” Curtis said. The first-year coach added he was not… Read more

Have you ever noticed online ads seem to be targeted directly at you like you’re in a science fiction movie where the companies get inside your head and magically know what you’d like to buy? Many of us don’t realize that with every box we check and choice we make online we are telling advertisers what to sell us.  They don’t have to get inside our heads to know what we are interested in buying because we volunteer that information… Read more

It’s no secret the Middle East has been engaged in conflicts since ancient Biblical times beginning with the first century uprisings against the Roman Empire. Since then, hundreds of inflammatory confrontations have erupted throughout the complex and emotionally charged Middle East. Fast forward to modern day conflicts. In a new round of conflicts this year in the crude oil -rich Middle East, analysts believe one major effect of the recent revolutions in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Bahrain are the spiraling,… Read more

There has been a few friends, relatives, even strangers, asking me what type of certification label should they look for on products, like chocolates, coffee, energy bars, etc. It seems like an easy answer, though as I caught myself responding to their questions, they had follow up questions that made a Q&A into a conversation then into a short workshop on certification labels. I could only get into so much of what certification labels to look for because different types… Read more

As youngsters, the vision of the future was very exciting and full of better technology that would advance society. That time is here, yet some of these advancements seem to be leading toward the potential destruction of all human freedoms. The human microchip is no longer an imaginative idea: it’s here, right under our noses. If we don’t pay attention, bonds of digital slavery will strap us under the control of a complete totalitarian government. The latest one, with the… Read more

Sophomore Maria Hernandez has received both Pell Grants and federal financial aid since she started college. She said she has noticed that each semester her financial aid is decreasing and has heard rumors the Pell Grant funds are decreasing. This has her concerned. “I have heard rumors that the Pell Grant was only going to distribute $5,000 for the whole year,” Hernandez said. “I’m an art student and there are a lot of supplies required of me.” Hernandez is not… Read more