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Students protest $1 billion education cuts

Cynthia Gomez • April 24, 2008

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story appeared in yesterday's paper. This is an expanded version. SACRAMENTO- "What do we want? No budget cuts! When do we want it? Now!" students chanted as they marched onto the streets of West Sacramento on their way to the Capitol.

Northridge gets pounded, swept by Long Beach

Ivan Yeo • April 23, 2008

The CSUN Matador baseball team had quite a bit of momentum going into its home series against the Long Beach State Dirtbags this past weekend. The Matadors had battled perennial Big West powerhouse Cal State Fullerton in that series' final two games and beat the UCLA Bruins at Jackie Robinson Stadium last Tuesday.

Angelenos are learning to go Metro

Tawny Gestuvo • April 23, 2008

Los Angeles is known for a lot of things, but public transportation is not one of them, nevertheless the growing transit system is getting people out of their cars and away from the gas pumps. According to the American Public Transportation Association, transit ridership in L.

Matadors take on BYU tonight in MPSF semis

Debby von Winckelmann • April 23, 2008

The third-seeded CSUN men's volleyball team travels to Long Beach tonight to take on the second-seeded Brigham Young Cougars in the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament at the Walter Pyramid. "BYU is a great team," said head coach Jeff Campbell. "It should be a great battle.

Colleges create national auto commercial

Bejan Siavoshy • April 23, 2008

CSUN students versed in various art disciplines are working together to develop Ford Focus commercials for a competition that pits the Center for Visual Communications against other various colleges and universities in southern California. Since its launch in August 2007, the center, 410VISCOM, has been making its headway into the design community with the help of a dedicated student staff.

Students rally in Sacramento against budget cuts

Cynthia Gomez • April 23, 2008

SACRAMENTO- About 50 CSUN students marched on the streets of Sacramento on Monday to join the estimated 1,500 students and other members of the public onto the north steps of the state's Capitol in order to get their message across to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: No budget cuts to higher education.

Letter to the editor

defaultuser • April 23, 2008

Dear Editor, Has anyone noticed how many monumental trees the campus has lost in recent years? ?The latest casualty is the grove of magnificent pines that stood for decades at the Lindley Entrance to the campus -- now the southeast corner of the Performing Arts Center site.

Northridge sweeps Bakersfield 7-0

Debby von Winckelmann • April 23, 2008

The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team capped its regular season with a 7-0 sweep against Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday at Matador Tennis Complex. ?The win improves the Matadors' record to 13-7 for the season. "It wasn't very competitive," said head coach Gary Victor.

Entrepreneurs making names on campus

Joanna Beckett • April 23, 2008

The invention of the Internet combined with the need to be successful and wealthy as quickly as possible has led to the development of the young entrepreneur. The young entrepreneur is a direct product of their environment, born into the excess of the 1980s, cultivated by children programming that promoted high self-esteem and equipped with the latest technology.

LGBTA showcases films on teen sexuality during festival

Savannah Dawkins • April 23, 2008

CSUN's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Alliance held their second annual Out For Reel film festival last week at the USU Theater. The first night of festivities included "Gay Tube," which showcased a collection of LGBT-themed short films on YouTube. Highlights included the MAD TV sketch, "It's a Football Thing" and Jonlajoie's "Being Gay Commercial.

Enough is enough: Recognize the Armenian genocide

Eileen Mansoorian • April 23, 2008

After 93 years of fighting for recognition, there still seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. Exactly 93 years ago today, soldiers from the Ottoman Empire were given orders to execute high-ranking males of the Armenian community in Constantinople.

Pan African Studies reopens writing center

Joanna Beckett • April 23, 2008

The Pan African Studies Department reopened the PAS Writing Center and unveiled their new reference library on April 17. One of the oldest writing assistance labs at CSUN, the PAS writing lab, located in Sierra Hall 273, has reopened after renovations that included the addition of the reference library.