At age 5, Susan’s mother asked her what she wanted to be; Susan remembers answering “a doctor.” That dream has not gone away, but it has changed. She has decided to be a nurse instead. As a child she remembers periodically receiving migraines, and those migraines are what drove her to the dream of becoming a nurse. Now that she has joined the military, she will receive the opportunity of fulfilling that dream. Susan Padilla, a 19-year-old public health education… Read more

Miguel Urbina was 16-years-old when his grandmother died. While looking at his mother’s pain, because she wasn’t able to travel back to Mexico and bury her mother because she was undocumented, he made a decision to one day grant his parents the means to travel to their home country. For Urbina, a 26-year-old communications senior, the military was the answer. He joined the military at 21 and is now working on his bachelor’s degree while he is a battalion commander… Read more

With what began as frustrated students in a classroom, the Coalition of Students and Teachers (C.O.S.T.) has evolved into a movement where these same students and their professors present facts, but also give solutions to the budget cuts that students have been dealing with this semester. Students, professors and faculty members from C.O.S.T. stood on the Oviatt Lawn Wednesday morning to try to not only educate students about the budget crisis, and offer solutions to the problem in a festive… Read more

Nov. 30 is the application deadline for first-time freshmen and transfer students who wish to attend CSUN in the fall of 2010. This is not the first time the campus has had this deadline. For transfer students though, it is the first time such an early deadline has been set. The deadlines have been moved up recently with the idea that fewer students will apply. “The theory behind it is, if you make the deadline earlier, some students will miss… Read more

The “Harry Potter” book series was discussed as more than just a world of witches and witchcraft Monday night in a lecture given by Sabina Magliocco, chair and professor of anthropology. The idea of the series ultimately being a life lesson for young adults was one of the main topics of the discussion. “All young people need to find within ourselves what we can do best in order to have a fulfilling life, that’s what ‘Harry Potter’ is about,” Magliocco… Read more

The university planned to approve a Bachelor of Arts diploma with a working title called University B.A. that would allow students to graduate without a specific major. The proposal was cancelled after administrators found it did not meet California State University (CSU) guidelines. “The CSU Chancellor’s Office has declared that there can be no university degrees without majors in any of the CSU campuses,” said Hillary Hertzog, associate professor of elementary education. In an Educational Policies Committee (EPC) meeting earlier… Read more

Being a social butterfly is a full-time job for Jake Hytken. While hanging out in what is known as “Greek Quad,” everyone passing by stops to say hello. The fact that he’s in a wheelchair is insignificant to others, as he is constantly referred to as the “life of the party.” Hytken, a 20-year-old marketing major and San Diego native, has transferred his positive spirit onto the people he has encountered, despite setbacks in his life. “He has a vibrant… Read more

Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli will be co-headlining Big Show 9 at CSUN on Saturday, Oct. 3. Far East Movement is set as the supporting act and DJ Felli Fel from Power 106 will host the show. In what may be the last Big Show for some years, Associated Students’ (A.S.) S.P.A.C.E. is looking for the Big Show to be the biggest spirit event on campus this year. “We got Matty the Matador doing his thing on stage and student… Read more