Northridge got back on track against UC San Diego after a crushing loss to No. 8 UC Irvine on Friday. The CSUN men’s volleyball team kept its win streak alive with its 38th consecutive win over the Tritions. The 38 wins are the longest current winning streak over an opponent for the team. CSUN has hung its hat up on playing consistent error free volleyball, and with the latest win they look to continue their success together. “I feel great… Read more

After getting crushed by Cal Poly Wednesday night, the Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team bounced back to defeat Eastern Washington, 68-59, on Saturday night at Reese Court in a non-conference ESPN Bracketbuster game. After the Eagles’ cut the Matadors 11-point second half advantage down to 52-50 with 8:54 left in regulation, CSUN (11-16, 7-6 Big West) took control of the game with a 11-2 run and never looked back as they went on to snap a two-game losing streak…. Read more

With runs in the first four innings, the Matadors bounced back from a humiliating 9-0 loss to Seattle University in a rain-filled second game of a double-header Saturday at Matador Field. The Cal State Northridge baseball team (2-1, 0-0 Big West) recorded five runs in the first inning and never looked back. Matador infielder Josh Goossen-Brown homered to left field after an Alex Muren doubled down the left field line that scored Ridge Carpenter. The score was 3-0 at this… Read more

Love wasn’t the only thing sparking heat on Valentine’s Day. According to NASA, the sun released the largest solar flare in four years! X-Class came from the sunspot 1158 on the surface and is expected to reach earth by mid week. Solar flares occur when magnetic energy in the sun’s atmosphere build up and explodes, catapulting radiation in short and long wavelengths at around 900 km/second out into the universe. The energy is only 1/10 the amount emitted directly from… Read more

Forty years ago, CSUN became the first university to sponsor the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which helps low-income families, military and others file their taxes for free. Since then, the VITA program has given thousands of students work experience. One of those students is senior Andre Sayadzadah, accounting and finance major, who is the director for external publicity for VITA and has volunteered with the program for three years. “Last year we completed 10,000 forms,” Sayadzadah said. “(We… Read more

I’ve always dreamed about being with a dirty politician, haven’t you? Just thinking about hooking up with one, especially a politician that loves to pollute, just gets my feathers ruffled and gets me all hot and bothered. NOT, and Greenpeace shares my sentiment. Just in time for this week’s love fest, known as Valentine’s day, Greenpeace created a spoof dating site for those government officials who have lovely records and like to cozy up to corporate polluters. The site is… Read more