Tom Cavanaugh did not expect that his donation of $100 worth of coffee for the Newtown General Store’s patrons would be the first drop in an outpouring of kindness to the grieving town. Cavanaugh, a night dispatcher for the Cal State University Northridge Police Department and a New Jersey native, said that he saw the general store in some of the media coverage last week and thought about how best to help a community coping with inexplicable tragedy. “That was… Read more

      Everyday you go about your lives. Unaware of the forces. That threaten your freedom.  If you are reading this writing in this so-called “newspaper,” you are in a part of the university no longer controlled by the government of the United States. Hail North Korea! Behold, it is your Supreme Leader and 2012’s sexiest man alive, Kim Jong Un. Submit to my devastatingly handsome, round face, boyish charm and strong, sturdy frame! While you “Matadors” were fattening… Read more

  There’s been much to be angry about during this year’s Native American Heritage Month. Victoria’s Secret got into trouble after consumers expressed anger toward the faux-Native American outfit one of their models wore while strutting down the runway. Apparently, the company did not realize that dressing Karlie Kloss in a floor-length headdress, turquoise-stuffed bikini and high-heeled moccasins would rustle some people’s feathers the wrong way. Gwen Stefani’s No Doubt pulled a music video off of the Internet after consumers… Read more

  America Still Needs Obama By Hansook Oh Opinion Editor and liberal democrat While the GOP does maintenance on Romneybot before the election results are hopefully announced tonight, the Obama administration should crack open a few beers and relax – this is no contest. Conservatives have wasted too much money trying to  buy the White House and will never see their binders full of women be shelved in the presidential library. At least Paul Ryan will never have to paint… Read more

The Associated Students passed a resolution today opposing the CSU board of trustees contingency plan, which would be enacted regardless of the success or failure of Proposition 30. The plan includes three new fees: the graduation incentive fee, which adds $372 per-unit for students taking over 150 units; the course repeat fee, which charges $100 per-unit for any repeated courses; and the third tier tuition fee, which adds a $200 per-unit charge for students taking over 18 units. The resolution… Read more

The Associated Students passed a resolution in support of Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative that would temporarily raise income taxes on earnings over $250,000 per year and increase sales tax by one-fourth of a cent. The resolution was authored by Senator Sarah Garcia, representing the college of education. It states that “The CSUN student government and its board of directors will take an active role in advocating for Proposition 30 and its benefits for education and the state.”… Read more

    Last Thursday we ran our first article for “Beyond Belief,” a column on the role of religion, faith or lack thereof in our lives. The column was inspired by a recent international poll called “The Global Index of Religion and Atheism,” which reported that globally, religion is on the decline and atheism is on the rise. According to the study, irrespective of whether or not the participants attended a religious service or participated in religious institutions, “59 percent… Read more

One of the earliest childhood memories I can recall is my experience being sexually assaulted. I was 4 years old. My mom sometimes dropped me off at a neighbor’s house because their teenage son and daughter would babysit me. They were one of the few Korean families in our neighborhood and for that, my parents trusted them automatically. The incident is still fuzzy in my mind. The teenage boy locked me in a room and made me do things that… Read more