The same thing that makes many men a “manly” man is also the same thing that leads men to die, on average, 5-10 years before their female counterparts: masculinity. Some argue that this difference is due to the sex hormone, testosterone, which makes younger men prone to make rash decisions. While higher testosterone levels slowly harden men’s arteries, the impact of natural and biologically oriented masculinity on society is very slight. Past the age of 35, testosterone slowly declines—fortunate because… Read more

If you decide to donate money for Autism Awareness Month this April, be mindful of where your money is going. There are many viable autism charities — the Dan Marino Foundation, Autism Self-Advocay Network and Aspies for Freedom — but I beg you not to donate to one organization: Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Their website states the organization has “grown into the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into… Read more

“If you’re trying to get into politics, don’t try to get involved to promote yourself because you’ll only be uncomfortable and make everyone else uncomfortable in the meanwhile. It is more important that you find a passion and go with that instead.” This is the advice that current CSUN Young Democrats President Ty Halen would give to other students who seek to go into politics as a career option. Halen, 19, a sophomore and political science major, first began getting… Read more

As of Jan. 1 of this year, the city of San Francisco has the highest minimum wage of any place in the nation. The current minimum wage in the city is $10.24 an hour, $3 more than the national minimum wage. San Francisco is one of three cities with its own minimum wage, the others being Sante Fe, N.M. and Washington D.C. The increase, while based in good intentions, might do more harm than good. The wage hike has sparked… Read more

Expanding bike routes and creating new ones in Los Angeles is a new aim for CicLAvia, a group that strives to make streets safe for people to walk, skate, play and ride a bike, said Jon Linton, co-founder of the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition and CicLAvia member, during a lecture Thursday. About 20 people came out for the lecture, entitled “The Bicycle and the Future of Los Angeles,” held on by CSUN’s Urban Studies department. Linton spoke about the importance… Read more