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Black belt bruiser shows opponents the thunda’ with taekwondo fighting, dreams of Olympic gold

Dessiraee Eleby • June 21, 2008

Soccer or taekwondo? The answer for six-year-old Markie Keelan was simple. Whatever Jodi, her older sister, chose was what she wanted to do. Thirteen years later, Keelan, a 19-year-old CSUN psychology major, has a third-degree black belt in taekwondo. Keelan won five gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals since 2003, the USA Taekwondo Web site shows.

North Hills newlyweds fell in love 35 years ago

TINA HELWAJIAN • June 21, 2008

A limousine pulled up to the Beverly Hills Courthouse on June 16 with two women inside who have been in a relationship for about 15 years. Large crowds of media surrounded the couple as they made their way inside to create a new chapter in the history books.

Clinton’s supporters see ‘cracks’ in glass ceiling

Theresa Wray • June 21, 2008

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who visited campus in January, said in the final speech of her bid for the presidency that her supporters put "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling." But her unsuccessful run for the White House calls into question whether the ceiling is far from broken.

A match made in Beverly Hills

TINA HELWAJIAN • June 21, 2008

Robin Tyler and Diane Olson got married on June 16 after 5 p.m. in front of the Beverly Hills Courthouse, where they were initially denied a marriage license on Valentine's Day in 2004. Along with other couples, Tyler and Olson filed lawsuits against the state of California because of its statewide ban on same-sex marriage.

A.S. rethinks veto of patrol staff Tuesday

Dessiraee Eleby • June 21, 2008

The Public Escort Service, also known as Matador Patrol, may lose two new positions if A.S. eliminates their funding for the 2008-09 academic year. A.S. senators will meet to discuss the issue on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Grand Salon. The $15,000 budget account for the salaries and benefits of a new plan to station one Matador Patrol escort in the University Student Union and another Matador Patrol escort to drive a golf cart from the Oviatt Library with up to three students at a time to their cars, dorms and other areas on campus.

Student faces murder charges after car crash

Monica Duester • June 20, 2008

A current student faces two counts each of second- degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after he allegedly crashed into the rear end of a car in Encino and killed two people. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office suspects Sean Martin Mishlof, 24, a construction and management technology major, of colliding his 1995 Mercury Mystique into the back of a 1990 Nissan Sentra that was stopped at the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Densmore Avenue after 2 a.m. on ...

Chef at dorm cafe faces theft charges

Susannah Reynolds • June 20, 2008

An executive chef who worked at Geronimo's Cafe located in the Satellite Student Union waived his rights to a preliminary hearing for charges of grand theft of personal property on June 11 at the San Fernando Courthouse. Victor Manuel Mancilla, 43, as read a list of his rights by Laura Gonzalez, a lawyer for the district attorney's office.

Speed racers ready to go

Dessiraee Eleby • June 20, 2008

Late nights and early mornings are spent in Jacaranda Hall as CSUN Formula-SAE, also known as Matador Motorsports, builds their formula-one style race car to compete in the Formula- SAE West competition from June 25-28. "Its pretty demanding," said Matt Powell, 20-year-old junior majoring in business, who is the project manager.

To be or not to be crazy enough to make Hamlet sequel is funny

Monica Duester • June 20, 2008

Steve Coogan stars as Dan Marschz, in an eccentrically clever comedy as a washed-up actor turned high school drama teacher. He launches his most ambitious project yet - a sequel to Shakespeare's "Hamlet" - all the while dealing with budget cuts, unruly students and a crazy wife, played by Catherine Keener, two-time Academy Award nominee.

Filmmaker tells tale of growing up

Susannah Reynolds • June 20, 2008

Trying to figure out what is next after graduating from college is something many people have to deal with. Ben Litton, the main character in "Finding Bigfoot," finds himself in the same predicament after college. He has to decide whether to follow in his father's footsteps and run a hardware store or pursue a career in photography.

Koester asks A.S. to reconsider vetoes of budgets for nine campus programs

Dessiraee Eleby • June 20, 2008

Senators of A.S. will consider CSUN President Jolene Koester's recommendations to restore funding for the budgets of nine campus programs on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Grand Salon. Former A.S. president Adam Haverstock vetoed these funds in the proposed 2008-09 A.

Cubicle rat takes action thriller ride

TINA HELWAJIAN • June 20, 2008

Universal Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment presents "Wanted," a high suspense, action drama that combines humor and pure adrenaline that keeps the audience entertained from start to finish. "Wanted" follows 25-year-old Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), who suffers from uncontrollable anxiety attacks, on a journey from a dissatisfied accountant in a cubicle to the ultimate assassin.