By Jeffrey Zide For anyone who has never attended one of Martin Pousson’s classes, a typical first day of class looks something like this: “There’s two things about me that don’t change that students need to know. One is that I’m covering up a lot of ink and it’s permanent,” Pousson said. “The second is that I am an out and outrageous homosexual and that’s permanent, too.” Pousson, a CSUN associate English professor and member of the Queer Studies Program… Read more

By Erika Yasuo It’s been nearly five years since Gerardo Garay’s world was turned upside down after a major car accident that permanently affected his view of the world. On Dec. 9, 2006, Garay, a 24-year-old kinesiology major at CSUN, was coming back from Las Vegas with his friends when his best friend, driving 90 miles per hour, fell asleep behind the wheel. Garay was not wearing a seatbelt. He was ejected from the car more than 70 feet and… Read more

CSUN (4-2) captured the Woodland Hills Thanksgiving Classic championship Saturday night after defeating West Virgina 48-47 in the teams’ first-ever meeting. The Mountaineers (3-2) cut the Matadors’ lead to one point after guard Taylor Palmer made a 3-pointer with 1:24 left in regulation, but it was the Northridge’s zone defense that secured the close victory at the Matadome. West Virgina was limited to 17-of-61 shooting (28 percent) by the end of the night. The Mountaineers made four shots from behind… Read more

Another woeful shooting performance, another loss. After defeating San Diego Christian on Tuesday to record its first win of the season, CSUN went back to its struggling ways and was crushed by Drake 73-49 Saturday night at the Knapp Center. Similar to the 30-degree weather in Des Moines, Iowa, the Matadors (1-4) shot a cold 35.1 percent (20 of 57) from the field, paving the way for another road blowout loss. Even CSUN leading scorer Stephan Hicks had a rough… Read more

After getting off to its best start since 1998 at 2-0, CSUN dropped two in a row, but bounced back in its home opener Friday night with a 71-60 win against Colgate (0-6) at the Matadome in the Woodland Hills Thanksgiving Classic. Even though the Matadors (3-2) shot 31 percent  from the field for the game, they were able to pull off the win to advance to the championship round of the tournament Saturday night against West Virginia due to… Read more

The Matadors (16-13) wrapped up their best season in seven years with a non-conference sweep over visiting Air Force (3-27) Friday afternoon at the Matadome. CSUN, for the most part, made quick work of the Falcons in the first two sets before having to rally back in the third to get its sixth home sweep of the season. The Matadors were up 9-5 in the final frame before Air Force turned the tables on them and outscored them 18-11 to… Read more