With tuition increasing, it’s important for students to take responsibility for what little spending money they have. Although some students feel they are too broke to go out anywhere, they should to recognize the biggest drains on funds and ways to live frugally. Here is a guide to living on only $10 per day, not including rent and tuition. See which tips you can follow. 1. Determine what you’re spending a lot of money on. You can use services like… Read more

At the age of 35, business finance major, Adrineh, who chose not to give her last name because of confidentiality reasons,  has already filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. “We bought a house five or six years ago when the prices were high and we started renovating the house,” she said. “At the same time I stopped working full-time because I have chronic back issues.” With the financial downturn in 2008, Adrineh said the new expenses and health issues could not… Read more

By Hilda L. Solis A year ago this week, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law enacts significant health insurance reforms that will take effect over the next several years. But one very important piece of that law is already in place.  And it may directly benefit you. The Affordable Care Act ensures that college students and young adults can stay on their parents’ employer-provided health care plans until age 26.  Before, many health plans and issuers dropped young… Read more

Information garnered from the Internet has long been free, or nearly free, prompting users to pay only their service providers rather than individual website proprietors, but the recession has highlighted how much luxury Internet users have enjoyed in accessing material online. The New York Times, one of the top publications in the United States, will venture into unknown territory on March 28 when it begins charging its most avid customers for the articles they read. While The Wall Street Journal… Read more

The California State University (CSU) announced an extra $50 million will be added to $500 million in budget decreases among the 23 CSU campuses. These extra costs are being made because of mandatory costs such as energy and employee health premiums according to Erik Fallis, media  relations specialist for the CSU. “The CSU doesn’t have direct control. We have to pay those things regardless of what the availability of budget is,” Fallis said. He added that Chancellor Charles Reed has… Read more

I’m every woman A music-loving man in Folkestone, England was first served a noise abatement notice and then actually had cops kick down his door because he wouldn’t stop blasting Whitney Houston and 50 Cent. He was so obnoxious with his “tiny collection of CDs” the warrant is still open and cops can go back, kick down however many doors they have to and take anything else he buys in perpetuity. Even if it’s something awesome like Flynt Flossy. Maybe… Read more

Growing up in Tucson, Arizona, Tairia Flowers witnessed the University of Arizona win multiple NCAA softball national championships in the 90s. “I grew up wanting to go to Arizona,” said Flowers, who was highly recruited in high school. “I knew all the Arizona greats. It was my dream school.” It did not take long for Flowers to achieve her goal. Arizona recruited the 5-foot-7 infielder during her freshman year at Salpointe Catholic High School. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, Flowers had… Read more

While averaging almost seven runs per game over the last eight contests, the Matadors are facing one of the tougher pitching staffs in the last weekend before beginning Big West Conference play. The Cal State Northridge baseball team (13-8, 0-0 Big West) will take on the Loyola Marymount University Lions in a three-game series starting Friday at Matador Field with Saturday’s game being away. CSUN coach Matt Curtis mentioned early in the season that his team’s strength was pitching and… Read more

After sweeping No. 2 BYU on Friday, the Matadors seemed like they had finally turn the tables to salvage their sub par season. This did not quite happen as the Cal State Northridge men’s volleyball team (6-16, 4-11 MPSF) got a taste of their own medicine and were swept by the Cougars on Saturday. Northridge will now travel north to face Stanford (14-5, 11-4 MPSF) and Pacific (9-14, 3-12 MPSF) this week to open up a four-match road trip that… Read more