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Second-place Matadors prepare for first-place UC Irvine

Debby von Winckelmann • April 11, 2007

The CSUN women's tennis team spent spring break winning three conference matches and climbing to second place in the Big West Conference. The Matadors can move into a tie for first place with a win in their last conference match of the season against No. 37 UC Irvine on Saturday at 11 a.

Power not enough for CSUN

Ivan Yeo • April 11, 2007

The good news for the CSUN softball team: they've been knocking the ball out of the park over the Spring Break. In its first six Big West Conference games, all on the road, the Matadors have hit a total of eight home runs. In fact, this past weekend against the Cal State Fullerton Titans, three different Matadors circled the bases in two of those three games and the Matadors hit a total of seven home runs off Titan pitching.

Matadors get first conference win, but lose five

Debby von Winckelmann • April 11, 2007

The CSUN baseball team will head south tomorrow for a three-game series against Cal State Long Beach. After the first two weeks of conference play, the Matadors are just 1-5 in the Big West, while Long Beach is 1-2 in conference play. The CSUN baseball team opened conference play on March 30 at Matador Field with a 4-3 loss to No.

Radiologist Ray’s serene X-ray room at CSUN

Darya Riyahi • April 11, 2007

So why did you become a radiologist, Ray? "Well, my name?," he said, grinning. Raymond Solis, the radiology technologist at the Klotz Student Health Center, known by the staff as Ray, is in a league of his own. So is his X-Ray room. An average radiology lab has bulks of equipment and a bed.

A.S. candidates speak out on plans for 2007-08

Katie Sheehy • April 11, 2007

The A.S. Presidential hopefuls gathered on Tuesday evening to inform and persuade the public that their platforms had the most to offer the student body for the next school year. While many candidates for senator, vice president and president were there to answer questions and give their perspectives, it was also evident that certain candidates were missing.

CSUN plans to offer six new master’s programs in Fall 2007

Kristen Whitehurst • April 10, 2007

The Tseng College of Extended Learning will debut six new master's degree programs in Fall 2007 and Fall 2008. The programs are aimed to allow current professionals to work in their fields while upgrading their skills and education. The new programs are Taxation, Humanities, Library and Information Management, Social Work, Pubic Policy, and Knowledge Management.

Agitating for amnesty

Katie Briggs • April 10, 2007

Music echoed through the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as 15,000 people marched to demand a way for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. to become citizens. The protestors, holding "Amnesty Now" signs, danced and sang through the city, finally meeting together on 2nd Street, forming a sea of American flags waving in the air.

An open letter to Professor Estrada

defaultuser • April 10, 2007

Dr. Estrada: I write as an individual, at the behest of no one: I represent only myself. You may, or may not, be a fine person in many aspects of your life. I can't know, and I am not offering a blanket attack on your character. However, you have offended my sensibilities deeply.

An open letter to President Koester

defaultuser • April 10, 2007

We are writing to express our deep outrage regarding Mel Gibson's use of hate language directed at Dr. Alicia Estrada following the screening of Gibson's "Apocalypto" at CSUN on Thursday March 22, 2007. Since university officials, including John Chandler, the Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communication for the university, have failed to demand an apology from Mr.

Letter to the Editor

defaultuser • April 10, 2007

The current Mel Gibson "Apocalypto" controversy is not only about Mr. Gibson's vulgar, racist and sexist remarks to a Cal State Northridge assistant professor of Central American Studies. Also at issue are racist materials published by the Cal State Northridge Department of Cinema and Television Arts to celebrate Mr.

Posters designed to promote Israel visits

Darya Riyahi • April 10, 2007

The Art of Vintage Israeli Travel Posters exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center features posters mainly produced in the 1950s and 1960s by the Israeli government and airline companies to promote travel to the then newly founded country. The painted images and photographs are infused with bright colors.

CSUN dance film in the making

John Manalang • April 10, 2007

Along the eccentric streets of Hollywood, between the "Bed Behaviors" fetish shop "Kung Pao Kitty" Asian restaurant, Cinema and Television Arts student Andrea Ball and her crew are capturing the essence of underground dance culture in the making of the student film "Beats Per Minute.