In an effort to raise scholarship money, CSUN’s geology department hosts multiple hikes throughout the Southern California mountain ranges. These Geotrek’s have raised about $38,000 for undergraduate and graduate students studying geology since they began. “The hike’s are for scholarships,” Vivki Pedone, geology department chair, said. “Money is not raised by a certain amount per mile. It’s all volunteers. If you want to pledge, then you do but you’re not obligated to pay.” When weather permits, retired CSUN faculty member… Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The inexperienced Matadors, who were chosen to finish eighth in the conference, had their surprise run to the Big West semifinals come to an end as the veteran group of UC Santa Barbara won in a blow out, 83-63, Friday night at the Honda Center.       “We were picked to finish eighth or ninth and these kids found a way to fight and battle and ended up in third,” Cal State Northridge coach Bobby Braswell said. “As… Read more

Cal State Northridge immediately walked over to congratulate UC Santa Barbara as the final buzzer sounded on Friday night. Lenny Daniel opted to remain in his chair clutching on his white towel with a dazed look as his senior season came to an end. Moments later, Daniel gradually stood up to shake hands with the Gauchos, but it was too late as most of the team was already headed to the locker room. Similar to Daniel’s delayed walk, No. 3… Read more

There was a peculiar saying that stood out for Vinnie McGhee during Thursday night’s Big West quarterfinals. “We had a real good talk with coach and basically we didn’t want to come out like grasshoppers because grasshoppers don’t eat grapes,” said McGhee drawing laughs from reporters at the Honda Center. CSUN coach Bobby Braswell interrupted, “don’t ask what it means because he won’t tell you.” Whatever the saying meant it worked as the No. 3 seed Matadors cruised by No…. Read more

One year ago today, the Matadors walked off the Anaheim Convention Center court with their heads down as they were eliminated from the first round of the Big West Tournament by Cal State Fullerton to cap off CSUN’s worst season since the 1995-96 campaign. Much like its season, it was a mess from the get-go for Northridge. The Matadors were without their best big man, were humiliated by a crowd-pleasing dunk that became a YouTube sensation, and fell to the Titans… Read more

In support of Women’s History Month, CSUN hosted a presentation about women’s activism that took place during the recent revolt in Egypt. Dr. Sherine Hafez, professor of women’s studies at UC Riverside, spoke in the Whitsett room of Sierra Hall to a packed and diverse room. “Women’s Equal Rights Movement is the largest in the world with over 100 million women,” Hafez said. “Arab women are not a special case, women worldwide suffer discrimination and oppression.” On Jan. 25, 2011,… Read more

Bicycle thefts on campus continue to be a problem. Seventeen bicycle thefts have been reported to the CSUN department of police services as of March 1. Police services released a ‘Campus Crime Alert’ in late February to inform the CSUN community about this on-going issue. The most recent thefts occurred near Jacaranda Hall, Nordhoff Hall and the Oviatt Library. The campus crime alert also stated bikes locked with cable chain locks are being targeted because they can easily be cut…. Read more

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Coming off a tough invitational last weekend where they went 1-3, the Matadors came out more focused and went 4-0 in the Cal Lutheran Invitational. Saturday Matchup In the first game, the Cal State Northridge water polo team faced the Concordia Eagles and came out with the victory, 12-6. The game started off slow for both teams as the Matadors and Eagles could not score. “I think we came out a little sluggish. One, it can… Read more

CSUN’s vocal performing group Acasola is going to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) semifinals after winning second place at the tournament’s quarterfinals Saturday night at the Plaza del Sol Performance Hall. Acasola was one of six groups and with its 16 members was among the nearly 100 college students gathered at CSUN to compete for the top two spots at the semifinals. “It takes a lot to unify,” said Ben Lin, 22, vocal performance major and member… Read more