Graduation may signify the culmination of a student’s academic career, but learning does not end with a diploma or cap and gown. Education becomes a choice. Learning moves out of the classroom into daily life, and professors are replaced by friends, family, acquaintances and personal experience. Simultaneously class schedules become work schedules while assignments and grades become projects and promotions. As students leave the familiar and secure surroundings of college life, they must either create their own paths and assert… Read more

Finding a job right out of college is not the sure thing it used to be as budget cuts and layoffs plague all divisions of labor. Some arts and media majors have planned ahead and prepared themselves with jobs and internships after graduation to help them get their foot in the door, though even work experience won’t necessarily guarantee a job. “I got an internship with Sony pictures as a post [production assistant], so I’m going to be doing that… Read more

The arrest and imprisonment of Iranian-American graduate student Esha Momeni received national attention last semester when she was jailed while working on her thesis project in Iran. Momeni, 28, was arrested and held without bail Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 for allegedly passing another vehicle illegally on Moddaress highway.  She was held in solitary confinement at Evin prison for roughly two-and-a half weeks before being released and the deed to her parents’ home taken as bail. The mass communications grad student… Read more

The Matadome is what four CSUN teams call their home court. As of late, however, some of these athletes have gotten creative and they’ve moved on to calling the near 50-year old room inside Redwood Hall a ‘high school gym’ or ‘- even more inspired ‘- a ‘joke.’

As the Matadors baseball team approaches the conclusion of the 2009 season, it’s become clear it never quite made it over the hump.

This is David Denenberg reporting live from Matador Field as the UNLV Rebels visit CSUN. 5:34 The game has gone final as Jolicoeur recorded his second save of the season and the Matadors go on to win 5-1.  Live coverage will be offered for tomorrow’s game starting in approximately the sixth inning. 5:31 Jolicoeur has allowed a base hit to begin the ninth inning as the matadors lead 5-1. 5:22 Simis rocked a RBI double to give the Matadors a… Read more

If you’re like me, you enjoy getting a good deal on stuff you buy. Being back at school this week, I realized once again that the campus bookstore is definitely not the place for savings. So I wanted to share some alternatives with you: 1. Check if your books are available at the CSUN Oviatt Library. If they don’t have the requested title, try Interlibrary Loan. 2. Visit your neighborhood public library. Library cards are free and can be used… Read more

Student Loans. If you are lucky, you wont need one. But, not everyone is that lucky. Recently, I read an article written by CNNMoney.com discussing the burdens of paying off private student loans. In some cases these college grad’s had to leave the country because their payments were to high to be paying every month. One grad named Chris graduated with $160,000 in dept and his monthly payments came to $2,400 a month. Lets be realistic, no college grad will… Read more