The Thirst Project, an international group that works to bring clean drinking water to developing nations, came to CSUN almost by accident. “I first heard about the Thirst Project through my cousin,...

Pot continues to be just as hot topic in Hollywood as it is on Capitol Hill. In the mid-1930s, marijuana began cropping up in films around the same time that the government was taking legislative steps...

Marta Lopez-Garza, Chicana/o studies and gender and women’s studies professor at CSUN, talked about some of the realities women encounter after leaving prison in her documentary “When Will the...

Ramin Bastani had no idea his life would change forever when he was slapped in the face by a date in 2010. “I was shocked. It all happened in a few seconds,” said Bastani. He got hit not...

Once the accessory of choice for sailors, junkies and juvenile delinquents, tattoos are now about as common as a ham and cheese sandwich. In fact, a 2012 Harris Interactive Poll revealed that 21 percent...

While most students hurry from class to class, a small group is working on projects for NASA and the U.S. Air Force in an inconspicuous lab located on the first floor of Jacaranda Hall. A collection...

In 1968 a shy, gaunt artist named Andy Warhol wrote: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Had Warhol survived to witness the “selfie,” Facebook and Youtube, he...

The section of Van Nuys Boulevard between Woodman Avenue and Foothill Boulevard has the same family-owned restaurants, cell phone retailers and gas stations. It might seem nondescript until you come...

The Main Gallery in the California State University Northridge (CSUN) art department is buzzing with the work of young local artists for the 17th Annual High School Invitational art exhibit. Since 1997,...