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Provost creates first fellowship

Betsy Garcia • March 28, 2008

A new fellowship program will help eight professors from each college gain funding for research projects for the next academic year. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Harry Hellenbrand announced the creation of the Research Fellows Program, which will pay for part of fellows' research from 2008 to 2009.

‘Art as Life’ exhibit at MOCA captures conceptual emotion

Jessica Hager • March 28, 2008

A new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles highlights the work and theory of Allan Kaprow, an artist best known as a pioneer of performance art. Allan Kaprow - Art as Life gathers the artist's early works (paintings, assemblages, scores, photography and video) and displays them alongside recreations of sets that he designed throughout his career.

CSUN’s Model United Nations is best in country

Cindy Von Quednow • March 28, 2008

While his friends were out celebrating the New Year during winter break, Jorge Guerrero was sitting at home writing a paper in front of a heater. The paper he was working on, however, was not a standard five-page essay on topic X. It was a position paper he would present in a Model United Nations Conference in New York City two months later, where he represented, along with the rest of the 12 person CSUN team, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

‘Under the Same Moon’ merges fluid story with social issues

Stephanie Olmedo • March 28, 2008

It is hard for a young child to be away from his parents for a few hours, and in "Under the Same Moon," one can only imagine what it must be like for 9-year-old Carlitos (Adrian Alonso), who has been away from his mother for four years. Rosario (Kate del Castillo) left Mexico and migrated to Los Angeles where she works as an undocumented domestic worker.

Warriors wear out welcome

Ivan Yeo • March 28, 2008

After struggling to defeat the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors in the first match between the two teams on Tuesday night, the second-ranked CSUN Matador men's volleyball team left very little doubt 24 hours later as to who was the better team. The Matadors had a much easier time with the 13th-ranked Warriors on Wednesday night.

Are you related to Obama or Hillary?

Eileen Mansoorian • March 28, 2008

It seems the current race to the White House has turned into another way to add the element of celebrity to public officials. Instead of utilizing investigative efforts on issues such as the war, news outlets are reporting on the genealogical connections between presidential candidates and celebrities.

Letter to the editor

defaultuser • March 28, 2008

In Tiffany Kelly's article, "The blue blood battle continues," she asked whether Senator Clinton's recent success in two big states, Ohio and Texas, were worth it because Senator Obama still hold more super delegates currently and it's extremely difficult for her to catch up.

March Madness goes mainstream

Tawny Gestuvo • March 28, 2008

At the tail end of the Elite Eight, NCAA's March Madness continues as betting pool hopefuls gather at their workplace to keep a close watch on their hand picked boxes. For three weeks out of the year, employees across the nation congregate to fill their respective grids.

Tattooed terror screenwriter talks the talk

Alex G-Smith • March 28, 2008

Victor Miller, a screenwriter whose credits include writing "Friday the 13th," and many episodes of "All My Children," sat down for an interview recently at a restaurant in Alamo, Calif. He has won three daytime Emmys and four Writers Guild Awards for his work.

Societal change dependent upon organization unity, mogul says

Bejan Siavoshy • March 28, 2008

Environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken told students and faculty attending the Speak Your Mind discussion at the University Student Union on March 13 that connectivity between people is the key element in achieving environmental and social change on a worldwide level.

‘California Video’ at the Getty offers a new twist on art

Jessica Hager • March 28, 2008

A new exhibition at the Getty Center has something to boast about - it's the first of its kind in California. California Video features video art from more than 58 artists and displays 50 single-channel videos and 15 video installations. The video medium began to be used as art in the 1960s and 70s, and the last forty years has seen a proliferation in this form of artistic expression.

Potential of a military draft hits home

Linda Coburn • March 26, 2008

As the mother of a son nearing his 18th birthday, I am becoming increasingly concerned that our government is going to initiate a military draft to bolster the flagging forces fighting for oil in Iraq. They tell us it won't happen. We tell ourselves that no one will allow it to happen, especially for such an increasingly unpopular cause.