Compared to many of the other departments at CSUN, the art department has a very open door attitude. Walking around the art buildings, located at the northern tip of campus, you will find many classes in progress with their doors wide open. On some of the nicer days, students even work outside.

The Los Angeles Burrito Project is a group of friends who meet once a week to help make a difference in their community. Using materials bought by the members themselves and donated by local restaurants, they make 300 to 400 burritos for the disenfranchised people of downtown Los Angeles.

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Days after her 21st Birthday Shana Gagnon moved from her home in Rochester Hills Michigan (about 30 minutes from Detroit) to sunny Southern California to pursue her career as an actress and to begin school at Cal State Northridge. There she has graced the stage for performance in "The Trojan Women", "Emperor of the Moon", "Galaxy Video" and "Dancing at Lughnasa.

Kissing Tigers took the stage at the Knitting Factory on Sunset Boulevard and jumped into their first song "Rooms by the Hour." The band's five members form a tightly knit group with a sound that filled the intimate venue. The group played a number of songs off of their 2004 album "Pleasure of Resistance" and played through some new songs.