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New top assistant coach for women’s team

Wes Minor • June 22, 2007

In an effort to improve for next season, the Matador women's basketball team has added Abby Vaughan as an assistant coach. Vaughan, originally from San Diego, comes to CSUN from San Jose State where she was the top assistant coach during the 2006-07 season.

Icon Angela Davis still working for change

Kim Ryan • June 22, 2007

In the early '70s, she was a symbol of revolution, her huge afro gracing the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List making her the third female in history to earn such notoriety. Angela Y. Davis first gained national attention in 1970 for being fired from her position as a philosophy professor at UCLA because of her membership in the Communist Party.

Pelvic pain an early sign of ovarian cancer

Ariel Galura • June 22, 2007

Ovarian cancer, also known as the "silent killer" due to symptoms occurring late, may no longer be so silent. According to cancer experts from the American Cancer Society, the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation and the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, identifiable symptoms for ovarian cancer may exist in early stages.

Star power for the Galaxy or Hollywood?

Rabeeah Patail • June 19, 2007

David Beckham has recently captured headlines because of his $250 million contract with Major League Soccer team the Los Angeles Galaxy, but he has also put soccer and MLS on the front page of almost every major newspaper. With a huge transition in progress, fans in Los Angeles are curious about how the move will impact soccer and its popularity in the City of Angels.

Federal grant for CSUN intel

Rabeeah Patail • June 19, 2007

CSUN recently received $57,500 from the federal government as part of a new program aimed at teaching language and culture to future intelligence professionals. This past April, California State officials opened the new Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (CSU-ACE), a seven-campus consortium dedicated to providing CSU students with the skills and opportunities to make them qualified for employment in the intelligence community, according to the program's administrative assistant, Filomeno Batayola.

Employers seek enthusiasm in recent grads

Ronald Montoya • June 19, 2007

With resum?s in hand, CSUN alumni in freshly pressed suits sought new opportunities at the Recent Grad and Alumni Fair. The fair, which took place June 7, was split into two halls, with government and technology jobs represented in the Grand Salon and a variety of corporate jobs at the Northridge Center.

Oprah regular speaks about money matters

William Gruenberg • June 19, 2007

In a positive and energetic speech on Tuesday, a leading financial coach told students and faculty that finding financial confidence builds self-confidence while offering tips on lowering debt and finding financial security. Speaking to about 160 persons in the University Student Union Grand Salon, Jean Chatzky, best-selling author and financial editor for NBC's "Today Show," urged students that in order to get rich they must abandon their financial excuses.

Journalism students tackle HIV/AIDS

Doug Weaver • June 19, 2007

It was already dark as their vehicles lurched past sleeping dogs along the rutted, trash-strewn dirt road 10 miles south of Tijuana toward the AIDS hospice known as Casa Hogar. As part of a multimedia project in CSUN's Spanish language journalism program, nine students along with journalism professor Jos? Luis Benavides and department chair Kent Kirkton spent four days in April documenting the AIDS problem in the Latino community and in particular, the residents of this run-down facility that exists in stark contrast to the modern face of a nearby maquiladora, one of the giant manufacturing enclaves along the U.

Popular student past-time poses serious health threat

Ariel Galura • June 19, 2007

Throughout the United States, hookah, also known as waterpipe smoking, continues to grow as the new tobacco trend of the 21st century, appealing to young adults who may be unaware of its harmful effects. According to a new report by the American Lung Association of California, "An Emerging Deadly Trend - Waterpipe Tobacco Use," hookah smoking is just as harmful as cigarette smoking and releases high levels of hazardous chemicals, including carbon monoxide and metals.

Play illustrates immigrant efforts

Jessyca Dewey • June 19, 2007

With the immigration debate at the forefront of the nation's mind, Cornerstone Theater Company's latest play, "Los Illegals," written by Michael John Garces, could not have had better timing. Surrounding the lives of a group of Hispanic immigrants as they struggle to find work and make better lives for themselves in the United States, the play makes a concerted effort to advocate on the behalf of the immigrants nationwide.

Racing game to run Gran Turismo off the road

Ronald Montoya • June 19, 2007

Forza Motorsport for the original Xbox was the first racing game on that system to challenge the dynasty set in place by Gran Turismo on the Playstation 2. Its sequel, Forza Motorsport 2 for the Xbox 360, arrives at a time when it will remain unrivaled for at least a year.

Communication student on power of words

defaultuser • June 19, 2007

The spell is broken by Vincent Williamson* And god said.... "Let there be light," and there was light/ At god's word the earth was spoken into existence, the power of life and death are in the words we speak, So watch your speech, the doctrine you teach, the things you preach, can make the strong grow weak, the youth hard to reach/ The shallow become deep or the deep become shallow/ We win and lose battles when words are given life, they can conceive death/ So think before you use that breath/ Our tongues are weapons and whether we want to impact lives, or make more figures, when we speak, we squeeze that trigger releasing the bullets of life and death into our target, so if you miss the mark/ A fire is sparked/ later consuming everything in it's path including you.