For most of us, the word "politics" brings to mind boredom or absolutely nothing. To some who interpret "poli" to mean many and "tics" to mean "blood-sucking parasites," politics must mean, "Many blood-sucking parasites." And that is closer than thinking nothing at all! Recently, an article appeared in the Daily Sundial acknowledging the dead political society and lack of activism on campus.

The U.S. is always among the best in most of the major sports. This country has the world's respect in their professional sports leagues, such as MLB, NBA NHL and the NFL. This country also produces some of the best and most talented athletes, but it is not enough to produce great soccer players.

Through the shackles of Apartheid that gripped South Africa and its people for over 40 years comes the true story of Patrick Chamusso, an accidental freedom fighter. Chamusso is caught between his life as an apolitical foreman for the local refinery and being a devoted family man, and his new responsibility as a political operative in the African National Congress after the brutal treatment he receives while under arrest for suspicion of a crime he did not commit.

RE: "Students Save on Transportation through A.S. Ticket Office," by Jeremy Foster, published in Oct.25. I find it interesting that you mentioned besides the special student discount for public transportation the fact that students can quickly and easily file complaints against bus drivers who endanger traffic safety.

A panel discussion on Tuesday covered African-American and Latino relations, particularly in Los Angeles. The California Chicano News Media Association and Jose Benavides, journalism professor and director of the Center for Ethnic and Alternative Media, sponsored the event.

Students called for a reevaluation of the Associated Students Finance committee and for the allocation of funds to better support cultural groups and individual projects in the open forum of the A.S. Senate meeting on Tuesday. "Somehow every time a cultural political group asks for money, there's a problem," said Karina Ceja, president of El Movimiento Estudantil Chicano/a de Aztlan.

With one university-wide exit exam already in place-the upper-division writing proficiency exam-the highest levels of government are discussing ways to improve academic assessment, which may include more exit exams for universities such as CSUN. Federal government officials have discussed the ways to improve the nation's universities.

It was Friday, Oct. 20, and the Key Club on the Sunset Strip was alive and kicking following the loud and spirited performance of Calabrese. They had just finished playing their set and amid the crazy mohawks from hell, I could vaguely make out a packed room full of greased up psycho punks and their red lipstick-laden arm candy accomplices.

The question of whether exit exams should be put into universities such as CSUN, much like in high schools, is under a lot scrutiny, for good reason. Since CSUN already has a questionable exit exam that only tests our writing skills, what kind of test would replace the already dumb-downed exam? Students in universities have majors and therefore don't have a proficient understanding of all the subjects from the many fields of study offered at CSUN, so how would the exam be structured? Would the exam be set up to be so broad and general that it loses its validity, or will it be so complex that students will need to invest in programs (such as Kaplan) to prepare themselves for the exam? Many students argue that we already take enough exams in school, it should be enough to a university that we had passed every class required to get a degree.

Do you happen to look through the window in your back seat before you get in to make sure no one's there? What about not warning someone if their lights are off by flashing your high beams for fear of a gang initiation? How many people will stand in front of a mirror and recite "Bloody Mary," three times? If you follow these rules of thumb, it's because of stories that you've heard growing up.

With Halloween just around the corner, it is about time to get your costume together. A Halloween costume could be right under your nose. Look in your own closet before shelling out cash on a costume. Instead of running out fighting people for what's left, all you really need from those places are a few essentials and everything else can come from what you already have.

Heart-pounding,ear-popping rhythmic pulsations that almost bare a rank on the Richter scale vibrate through the music department every Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon. From room 145 of Cypress Hall, the CSUN Jishin Taiko Club hones their percussion skills using large Japanese Taiko drums to produce an intense, synchronized beat.