Northridge errors were the big problem a week ago, but CSUN came back this weekend committing only three errors against the Sacramento State Hornets. “We emphasized it this week in practice; we did some team defensive drills and did individual groundball drills. Our defense, for the most part, did a good job,” coach Matt Curtis said. The Matadors have moved past that and started raining in the hits after collecting 27 in back-to-back games against the Hornets. In a series… Read more

The Matador men’s volleyball team (6-16, 4-11 MPSF) split against the No. 2 BYU Cougars (14-7, 10-6 MPSF) by taking the first match in straight sets Friday, but lost the second match Saturday. The Cougars bounced back to beat CSUN in a dominating win 25-17, 25-16, 25-19. After CSUN’s good performance the night before, it was clear the Matadors’ back-to-back matches were the factor in the loss against the Cougars. “We were mentally tired from last night and weren’t prepared… Read more

In light of the recent disaster in Japan, much attention has been drawn to how many aspects of technology have aided in warning systems and connecting family to one another. In 2008, NOAA finished a project which places buoys in the ocean in order to detect tsunamis. When Japan got struck with a 30 foot wave on March 11th, a buoy off the coast of Sendai radioed back the information to scientists in Hawaii. Within nine minutes of the 8.9M… Read more

Close to 300 people showed up to The University Student Union’s Northridge Center Wednesday evening to hear Naomi Klein’s lecture, “Playing it Safer: The Lessons of Disaster from Wall Street to BP,” a topic she was scheduled to speak on almost two years ago. Klein, a Canadian journalist, is the author of “Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” Due to unforeseen circumstances, Klein was unable to speak at the USU’s world finance speaker series two years ago, said Brian… Read more

Experts say being bilingual has many perks. A person who speaks more than one language has a competitive edge in the professional world because they can communicate with a variety of people. Fluency in other languages also provides someone the chance to become more open-minded and accepting toward different backgrounds. Yet with so many benefits, California law states bilingual education is unnecessary. It is not offered in public schools and this needs to change. In the 1980s, an English-only mentality… Read more

The country is buzzing with controversy: education budget cuts, expensive defense spending, possible government shutdown as a result of partisan disagreement and the stripping of workers’ collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin, to name a few. The most populous state, California has not been spared from these matters. Most notably, the state’s system of higher education continues to sustain budget cuts. Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget calls for a $500 million cut to the CSU and UC systems as a best-case… Read more

Flying deathtrap The FAA says you have a choice:  You can live in the past like your grandmother and fly in planes that feature emergency oxygen tanks in lavatories, though they could be used as bombs by extremists to take down airplanes. Or you can take the jaunty new, extreme sport approach to flying: No oxygen in lavatories, gambling that you may one day feel the rush of rapid decompression and frantically do the penguin down the aisle of a… Read more