CSUN Transgender Awareness Week kicks off today

By Katie Grayot
November 14th, 2011

Workshops, panels and a variety of educational entertainment advocating transgender awareness will be held this week. The movement is lead by students in collaboration with the Gender and Women’s Studies, Queer Studies and Women’s Research and Resource Center is the first of its kind on campus. “The majority of this event is student lead, that is what I think makes it so unique,” said Frankie Palacios, a Gender and Women’s Studies major who helped bring the Los Angeles Transgender Film… Read more

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Top five Halloween 2011 events

By Katie Grayot
October 27th, 2011

Crowds gather on Santa Monica Boulevard during last year's West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval. Courtesy of Jonathan Moore

West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval Yearning for an exciting, inexpensive Halloween idea this year? Look no further than the world-renowned West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval. Experience Halloween like a kid again. Dress up and join the masses parading down Santa Monica Boulevard. The five-hour masquerade starts at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31 and officially ends at 11 p.m., but Santa Monica Boulevard will remain closed from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. West… Read more

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Reggae-rock band Pepper at Club Nokia with Ballyhoo! and The Expendables

By Katie Grayot
October 12th, 2011

Kaleo Wassman, guitarist and vocalist for rock reggae band Pepper, performs at Club Nokia Oct. 9, with drummer Yesod Williams in the background. Photo Credit: Ken Scarboro / Editor in Chief

The reggae-influenced rock ’n’ roll trio Pepper owned the stage at Club Nokia  in Los Angeles Sunday, Oct.9. Opening the show, bands Ballyhoo! and The Expendables pumped up the college-aged crowd for the much anticipated Hawaiian harmony of Pepper. From Denver to Seattle to Oakland to the Southland, Pepper has been touring across the U.S. nonstop throughout September and October. Next month, the band will embark new territory, playing in Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, and rounding out the… Read more

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LACMA’s ‘Asco’ exhibit features obscure Latino artists; ‘5 Car Stud’ and ‘California Design’ also on display

By Katie Grayot
October 5th, 2011

Photographs depicting the political performances of Asco line the walls of an exhibit at LACMA. Courtesy of LACMA

Photography, film and performance documentation consume the second floor of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the LACMA for the “Asco: Elite of the Obscure [A Retrospective 1972-1987]” exhibition. The six-room gallery invites visitors to explore the underground world of Latino artists during a time of cultural intolerance. The self-proclaimed Chicano art group, Asco took its name from the Spanish word for disgust and nausea in response to socio-political injustices in Los Angeles. “Being of Latin decent, I found their… Read more

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Wings and New Voices celebration for published students

By Katie Grayot
September 26th, 2011

Family and faculty came together Friday to honor English students published in Wings and New Voices at the USU Grand Salon. “Learning how to write and write well is essential to your future,” President Jolene Koester said at the introduction of the ceremony. Ranging from personal memoirs to current events, New Voices and Wings contain writings by 58 students and is meant to serve as an example to incoming students of university-level writing. New Voices, a volume of essays from… Read more

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FABULOUS! Fashion Exhibit at FIDM Museum in Los Angeles

By Katie Grayot
September 21st, 2011

By designer Gianni Versace, Men's and Women's ensembles, c. 1994 Courtesy of FIDM Museum and Library.

Chanel, Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen are just a few of the designers featured at the “FABULOUS!: 10 Years of FIDM Museum Acquisitions, 2000-2010” at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) Museum and Galleries in downtown Los Angeles. Showcasing over 200 years of fashion, anyone with a thirst for style or appreciation of the art will bare witness to the iconic wardrobe pieces dating back to the 1800s. “These are really, really rare objects and they are not… Read more

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Freshman Convocation and unveiling of the Matador Statue

By Tessie Navarro and Katie Grayot
September 9th, 2011

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CSUN community celebrates the completion of a Torah on campus

By Katie Grayot
November 29th, 2010

Members of the Jewish community joined in celebration at the USU Grand Salon to witness the completion of the first Torah scroll Sunday. The new Torah dedicated to the CSUN Jewish Student Center from Israel “represents our faith and support,” said freshman Tal Peled, 22, engineering major. The celebration opened at 11 a.m. with brunch, mingling and the writing of the final letters on the new Torah.  Conducted by Rabbi Eli Rivkin, Director of Chabad at Northridge completed the writings… Read more

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Four-car collision disrupts traffic

By Katie Grayot
October 25th, 2010

A four-car crash outside of campus left one injured, three startled and a traffic nightmare at the intersection of Nordhoff Street and Etiwanda Avenue Monday afternoon. The collision, caused by the driver of an older Ford Bronco truck when he rear-ended a stopped Lexus Sedan, resulted in a domino effect damaging next-in-line drivers of a Nissan Sentra and Honda Accord.  The driver of the Nissan was rushed to the hospital after declaring serious back pains from both the front and… Read more

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