Since the tragic loss to Trinidad and Tobago, which kept the United States men’s national team out of the 2018 World Cup, the United States Soccer Federation has excelled on several fronts to get the...
“Our music was our only weapon,” stated Ice Cube in a Rolling Stone article.
Ice Cube was one of five members of N.W.A. — a popular rap group from Compton, California. The group also consisted...
Babysitting was once thought of as the easiest way for college students to make money — a stigma that a lot of people still believe in.
Babysitting isn’t easy. It has now become this level of mutual...
My school day mornings are the same routine day in and day out. I wake up as the sun peaks over Rose Hills in Pico Rivera. After my typical routine of showering, getting dressed and eating, my trip to...
“What my life would’ve looked like if I didn't spend so much time hiding and blaming myself.”
“I remember one of my first stories being when I was 5 years old. I would...
In my life, being trauma informed means trying to understand why my father left. It could have been his alcoholism, his own inability to parent or trauma from living in the era of the Guatemalan Civil...
You have worked for this day for a long time. You have told your family and friends, and the anticipation is rising. Graduation is just around the corner and nearly in your grasp — if you can afford...
Freedom of speech is a sacred right, yet it’s a principle that is continuously being infringed upon in societies around the world.
In the 1960s, students held demonstrations on campuses across California,...
In the Bible, written thousands of years ago, is the story of Adam and Eve. The forbidden fruit in the tree of knowledge tempts Eve, who feeds the fruit to Adam. After eating this fruit, Adam and Eve are...
Martha D. Escobar is a professor in the department of Chicana and Chicano studies and serves as the executive director for Project Rebound at CSUN, which is a resource for formerly incarcerated students....
Elective courses are typically seen as unnecessary by most college students. Within conversations with classmates, I’ve learned that they’re described as a waste of time.
College credit is often...
Josh Gonzalez, Contributor, Opinion
• December 20, 2021
"The CSU makes every effort to keep student costs to a minimum."
Every Matador, in some form or another, has seen these words. Yet, as CSUN transitions back to in-person learning in spring of 2022,...
