“Bones” is back for season seven and if you haven’t tuned in yet, there is no time like the present. The show revolves around the Jeffersonian Forensic and Science lab where, top forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brenan (nicknamed Bones) works with her team to examine possible murder victims. Paired with leading man, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, Bones goes to crime scenes to investigate murder weapons and deal with the sexual tension constantly arising with Booth. Season six ended with Bones… Read more

The upcoming Big Show 11 will feature performing artists B.o.B, The Cataracs and Dev on Oct. 1 in front of the Oviatt Library. Audience attendance is expected to increased from last year’s approximately 9,000 people to 12,000 people for this year’s Big Show, said Dinia Sepulveda, assistant to the executive director of A.S. who is in charge of volunteers for the Big Show. A.S. has put together a large number of volunteers and staff to monitor this event. “Right now,… Read more

CSUN’s regional champion Poetry Slam team, will be hosting auditions and an open mic, in the Games Room, under the fitness center, Wednesday, 8-10 p.m. “There will be comedians, singing, dancing, rapping, a lot of poetry and anything else creative the students can think of,” said Samantha Liu, who runs the poetry team. ESPRESSIONS, a monthly open mic night at CSUN, will have short student performances, coffee, cheese and crackers, water and desserts, as well as Flypoet Entertainment, professional spoken… Read more

Faculty at University of California campuses will receive a raise in October, but CSU faculty are still at 2007 compensation levels. While UC faculty receive a raise every three years, the 3 percent raise for CSU faculty, approved in 2008, was halted by budget cuts. An agreement between the California Faculty Association (CFA) and the CSU stipulates a general salary increase is dependant on funding from the contract, said Elizabeth Chapin, spokeswoman for the chancellor’s office. Because the funding from… Read more

Math, Science, English, History. The four core classes that everyone got more than enough of in High School. Although it is quite doubtful that you held a place in your heart for all of these subjects, you were still forced to take them, all in hopes of giving you a rounder education that you would “appreciate someday.” Well, someday has come and yes, the statistics class you dreaded or the biology class you barely passed are helpful for General eds,… Read more