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Why copyright laws last so long

PAUL CASTILLO • November 30, 2006

One of the issues important to the authors of the Constitution is copyright. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution says, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

Bass Strings: Fine Tuning Life Skills

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‘The Tiger and the Snow’ mixes love and comedy with war

Adriana Olivarez • November 30, 2006

Love is not always a two-way street. Being in love with someone who refuses your attention and love is not always a tragedy. In fact the persistent chasing after a lover could even turn into a comedy. Attilio (Robert Benigni) is a poet and lecturer at a Roman University and he is impatient, forgetful and obsessive.

Playstation 3 shooting a folklore

Nicholas Collard • November 30, 2006

Reuters, Associated Press, CBS and some other major news outlets have reported that Michael Penkala, 21, was shot and almost killed outside of a Wal-Mart in Putnam, Conn. He was camping outside of the store just before the release of Sony's Playstation 3, with a handful of other customers around 3 a.

Pope’s visit could be off to a great start

Zabie Mansoory • November 30, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey was a major media event for the past couple of days, but what is more important to notice is that this is a great political move by the Pope. Most news coverage of the Pope's visit has focused on Catholic-Muslim relations, given the outrage in the Muslim world over a lecture in September in which Benedict quoted a medieval emperor who said Muhammad's teachings contained "things only evil and inhuman.

Art students without heat during recent cold snap

PAUL CASTILLO • November 30, 2006

Students have long taken refuge from the cold and the wind by moving inside, whether that is by moving into the library or into their classrooms. Right now, all art students can look forward to when they go into their classrooms is more cold. Those students, who have had their heating down since at least Monday, have been forced to do their work in the cold.

Jay-Z explores age, growing up on new album

OnTay Johnson • November 30, 2006

J-Hova, Hov, Jiggaman, Jigga or just plain old Jay-Z proves with his out of retirement release,"Kingdom Come" why he is considered one of hip-hop's best emcees. "Kingdom Come," which supposedly is titled after Super Man's return to the world in the comic series in 1996 is also conveniently aligned with Jay-Z's continuing infatuation with blasphemous references in his music.

Prodigy headlines Rokout Festival in San Bernardino

Danielle R. Swopes • November 30, 2006

Bodies were moving at the Rokout Festival on Saturday: Shivering from the cold, dancing to the beats of featured artists, and vibrating with sheer volume and power of headliners the Prodigy. The National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino hosted the event, which featured artists on four stages.

Deaf students debate ear implants

Sam Womack • November 30, 2006

Deaf and hard of hearing students at CSUN find themselves in the midst of a debate regarding the controversial procedure known as cochlear implantation. Cochlear implants are defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an electronic hearing device that produces hearing sensations by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear.

Local unsigned band Matcli balances school and gigs

Daniel Harju • November 30, 2006

For Northridge-based pop-rock band Matcli, the music is the priority. Unlike many Los Angeles groups that focus extensively on image, either dressing down in designer jeans and T-shirts or donning glammed-out latex gear and cheap feather boas, Matcli avoids such trend traps.

Web site offers low cost way to trade CDs

Jillian Ballard • November 30, 2006

Lala.com is a new online music site that allows members to legally trade CDs for $1, and become DJs (for free) by creating custom radio stations for anyone to listen to. Lala.com offers students on a tight budget the cheapest legal way to get and discover new music.

Final Girl

Judith Klapper • November 30, 2006

Taylor Zagnoli is a senior in the Communications Department at CSUN. Last semester he read the poem "Final Girl," and he found he could not let go of it when he got to the end. He later did a performance piece based on the poem that deals with female characterizations in pop genre, particularly in horror films.