Several varieties of pepper spray were used at Wednesday night’s basics of pepper spray defense workshop. The event was part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) to help raise public awareness about sexual violence (focusing on sexual assault and rape) and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. Photo Credit: Jennifer Zeitlin / Staff Photographer

Retired DEA Special Agent, Bob Stutman, and High Times Magazine editor, Steven debate the controversial issue of the legalization of Marijuana in the Grand Salon, USU on Tuesday. Photo Credit: Jennifer Zeitlin / Staff Photographer

A cluster of school-colored balloons hang from a tree at the CSUN Spirit Kick-Off at the Bayramian courtyard Tuesday March 23. The Kick-Off was to  raise awareness about the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, put on by CSUN and held in San Diego, and to send off Erik Golson Williams, a CSUN graduate who will be biking 150 miles on a specialized handbike to  the event.  Photo Credit: Jennifer Zeitlin / Staff Photographer

Kathleen Jaffe, a 23-year-old theatre major,  has found a way to combine her love for theater and film with her passion of spreading the message of equal rights for the LBGT community. Jaffe has worked with several organizations with the mission of promoting equality, the most recent being Outfest which is a yearly film festival that showcases lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender films and art. “I think the main reason I wanted to volunteer was because I wanted to see… Read more