An aggressive looking dummy, with a name tag that stated Hello My Name Is: Bad Guy greeted the participants of CSUN’s Department of Police Services bi-annual “The Basics of Pepper Spray Defense” workshop held on the second floor of the department’s police building Wednesday evening. The department has been putting on the workshop to teach students and the local residents, on how pepper spray works, its maintenance, and its impact since 2008. Dan Foster, the department’s crime prevention coordinator and… Read more

It’s that time of year again! Spring in the Midwest, prairie lands, Deep South and east coast means tornado season is here. So far this season, record outbreaks have already taken place totally more than 100 in just the past week alone and more on the way. So just how do these forces of nature form and why? Well scientists have been racking their brains over for years on why exactly do tornadoes form in some storms and not in… Read more

Mousetraps converted into small, soapbox-sized cars darted down a hallway in Jacaranda Hall Wednesday for a project in an Introduction To Mechanical Engineering class. Associate Professor Of Mechanical Engineering Nhut Ho held the event that involved students collaborating in groups of four and spent eight weeks building the cars beforehand. The hallway was chosen with consideration to the cars’ size and distance they were expected to roll, Ho said. One of the program’s aims was to cultivate teamwork, a trait… Read more

By Andrew Lopez After releasing their least acclaimed and most scrutinized album, “First Impressions of Earth” in 2006, members of The Strokes decided to take a long break from one another. During their time apart, lead singer Julian Casablancas and guitarist, Albert Hammond Jr. both released solo albums as it looked like the Strokes might fall by the wayside. With their newest release, “Angles,” it seems as though a little time off might have been exactly what was needed. According… Read more

Finally comedy fans are able to spend a little more time with Bill Hicks. Hicks has been described as the greatest comedian you’ve never heard of, and one of the most prolific comedians the United States has ever produced. A rather lofty title earned by a man who died at 32 years old of pancreatic cancer in 1994. In his last letter dated Feb. 17, 1994, Hicks wrote he was always “awake, I guess you’d say.” This state of being… Read more