Nicholas Dungey, political science professor, started off the Associated Student’s meeting with an invocation speech encouraging the student government to think in a new way. “First, you need to understand where you are,” Dungey said.  “Know where you stand and what you face.” He said that the collapse of the economy and the state budget cuts couldn’t be changed, adding, “the money is not coming back.” “What you now face is the new norm.  Traditional thinking and analysis will not… 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

With the Big Show this Saturday, ticket sales from Ticketmaster and the Associated Students (A.S.) Ticket Office have increased by more than half from last week totaling 1,500 tickets since 6 a.m. Tuesday. It was expected that more people would start purchasing during the last week, SPACE executive director Audrey Younna said after the A.S. meeting Tuesday at the Grand Salon. The nine ticket vendors on campus, which include Freudian Sip, Mercantile Exchange, and the Matador Bookstore, experienced a rush… Read more