Friday’s vote to legalize same-sex marriage in New York State was narrow, 33 to 29. It comes 42 years after the genesis of the gay rights movement in June 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in the West Village in New York City. California, long touted to be a progressive state may now only seem so in comparison to Bible Belt states. Bill Maher said on, “Somehow bigotry won out here, even in liberal California. We voted to outlaw… Read more

The average student’s age on the CSUN campus drops during summer. The  age drop is caused by students who are on campus temporarily for summer classes, tours, and others for the summer youth sports camps.   CSUN’s athletic department is offering five youth camps in tennis, soccer, basketball, softball, and for the first time, volleyball. Head Coach Jeff Stork spoke enthusiastically about being able to pass on his many years of volleyball experience to the 72 young athletes who will be attending… Read more

The FDA issued nine new cigarette health warnings Tuesday. It has been 25 years since the last major change to the warnings on cigarette packaging and will be required beginning September 2012 on packaging and advertisements in the United States. I can only imagine the cost of this campaign will be passed on to smokers sooner or later one way or another. While I find these efforts as ridiculous as the actual warnings themselves, proponents feel they have to do… Read more