CSUN engineering students placed first, at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) at Oakland University of Michigan on June 6. The Red RAVEN (Robotic Autonomous Vehicle Engineered in Northridge), a self-made, small outdoor robot created as part of a senior project, took home the trophy and international recognition through publications like, The Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internationals and the Symposium & Exhibitation. “We were the only team competing from the West Coast and I thought that was freaking awesome,”… Read more

With just two days to spare, Multimedia major Jason Moore sent in his 30-second public service announcement commercial for the National Freedom of Speech contest. Moore, 21, received the phone call two and a half months later that he beat out over 100 communications majors from colleges across the country to place third place in the contest.  He was working maintenance at the top of a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain at the time. “I wasn’t expecting anything,”… Read more

This is the semester you get published. Imagine when your article gets accepted. Your words go to print, being reproduced 6,000 times. Your words, your opinions, your interviews, your story, your name are put online and into 6,000 papers. Papers that are distributed at 40 locations across campus, picked up, left in classrooms, stuffed into backpacks, read, and discussed. Maybe you’ll even hear a whisper in the quad about that radical piece, and how could the paper publish that, and… Read more

Public higher education in California has been pushed into a precarious predicament over the past few years due to a slew of state-sponsored budget cuts and university fee hikes. Are our policy makers truly “tightening the belt” and “cutting out the fat” or are they grafting from our education to save a little face? It is difficult to tell if the rise in the cost of education for Californians is a terrible failure by the state and the CSU Board… Read more

  In complete control throughout the match, the CSUN men’s soccer team cruised to a 5-0 exhibition win against CSU Dominguez Hills at Matador Soccer Field on Saturday night. Despite the match only being an exhibition, the Matador offense looked dominant from beginning to end against the Division-II powerhouse. All five goals came from different players. Forward Thomas Ramos opened the scoring in the ninth minute, followed by Chris Smith in the 22nd. Forward Brian Behrad then scored the third in… Read more

  The CSUN women’s soccer team began the 2011 season with a 2-0 non-conference loss to No. 9 UCLA Bruins on Friday night at Matador Soccer Field. The Matadors (0-1) challenged the speedy Bruins (1-0) throughout the match and were content with their performance despite the loss. “We did a great job tonight,” said CSUN goalkeeper Cynthia Jacobo. “We kept up with (UCLA) and played great as a team.” The Matadors had a chance to get on the scoreboard first,… Read more

The Big West Conference coaches have spoken: The Matadors will finish fifth in conference this season. The seven coaches got together for their annual poll released on Wednesday and scored CSUN 20 points, placing it  just ahead of UC Davis (14 points) and UC Riverside (12). UC Santa Barbara, league champion for three of the past five seasons, was picked to finish first (48 points). The Gauchos received six of the seven first-place votes while Cal Poly (40), the projected… Read more

By Ernesto Gonzalez The crowd gathers around the two warriors.  The competitors  relax their arms and get comfortable before the fight.  As soon as the announcer says fight , the two warriors  unleash a flurry of punches, kicks, uppercuts and dive kicks.  Only one of them comes out on top and the other hangs his head in shame as the next opponent puts his quarters into the machine. Another match in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition begins at Family… Read more