The other day I was attending women’s tennis game against Hawaii. One the games featured Captain Brooke Daone who was having a tough time in her singles game. Although she was controlling her points with her serve and volley tactic, nevertheless she’ committing unforced error with her volleys. She became increasingly upset and started berating herself “Why Brooke.” When it was time to rest, you could feel that she was ready to rip anybody who dared to talk to her…. Read more

CSUN students are good at praising the value of education but they have an odd way of showing dissatisfaction. The other day, students started trashing Sundial papers in response to an opinion piece. The editorial claimed that with enhanced motivation fraternities and sororities can practice more philanthropy. Recently there have been a couple of marches on campus in support of education including COST and the Chicano Studies Dept. as well as the March Walkout this Thursday. They were protested against… Read more

President Obama says one thing and does the opposite. In his recent budget proposal, he said Americans should save more and spend less. Then he proposed a $3.8 Trillion budget plan. The gap between what the government earns and spends will be 1.5 trillion for 2010. The president said that spending was necessary to fight a recession which has lead to a 10% unemployment rate. It’s more like a depression because the actual unemployment rate reaches 17% if you take… Read more

Friends of the Oviatt Library will be sponsoring a used book sale to raise funds for the library. Cindy Ventuleth, director of Development at the Oviatt Library, said the sale on Feb. 16 starts at 9:30 a.m. and goes to 3:00 p.m. The money raised will be used to buy new materials for the library. “I think it’s very important (to) raise money for the library,” said Anne Kogen, president of Friends of the Oviatt Library. Although the volunteers love… Read more

Most typical teenagers go to the movies, watch games or play sports for fun. However, Hector Hernandez isn’t your typical teenager. The soft spoken and long-haired student with eye glasses has a passion for stencil art. For those who aren’t familiar with this concept of art, it’s really simple. First, you take a piece of cardboard and  prepare a template of your desired picture.  Then you paint the design which gets replicated on the cardboard, said Hector Hernandez, a 19-year-old… Read more

Two broadcast journalism students along with CSUN’s radio station, KCSN, were awarded two Golden Mike Awards from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA). Matt Johnson, 24, won “Best News Reporting” for producing “Teacher Layoffs and Education Cuts,” while senior Jason Rose won “Best Business and Consumer Reporting” for producing “Bartering in a Tough Economy,” said Keith Goldstein, news director at KCSN. Goldstein said RTNA flies judges, who are news directors, from all over the country to… Read more

CSUN received a $1.6 million grant from the Californian Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) that will enable the training of undergraduate and graduate students for careers in stem cell biology. The grant will give an opportunity to six graduate and four undergraduate students to intern at UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Center, which is known for being one of the leading institutions in stem cell research in the world, said Cindy Malone,… Read more

Gilbert Arenas loves playing jokes. Now tell me Gilbert, what’s so funny about bringing a gun into a sports facility? Last month Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton pointed guns at each other over a gambling debt. Arenas laid the guns on a chair, then told Crittenton to choose one and make good on a threat that stemmed from a card game on a late-night flight from Phoenix back to Washington two days earlier. It would have been… Read more