A Lady is Crowned | Miss CSUN ’09
So for those of you who missed it, last Tuesday, the honorable men of Phi Delta Theta hosted the annual Miss CSUN Competitions at the Nordhoff Theater on the Cal State Northridge campus.
The competition consisted of seven participants from seven different sororities from the CSUN campus, including first time participating, Lambda Sigma Gamma. The sororities that participated in the competition included Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and again Lambda Sigma Gamma.
Each participant competed in several different competitions including: swimwear, talent, formal-wear, and question and answer. The event also included performances from CSUN Step Team and Hip-Hop Dance Team. Despite audio malfunction during the step team’s opening performance, the crowd cheered them on as they clapped and stomped to their own tune. The dance team also received a host of applause after their performance, which followed the brief intermission between the swimwear competition and formal-wear competition.
A Lady Is Crowned | Miss CSUN 2009
The participants included all of the following ladies and acts:
Miss Justine representing Alpha Omicron Pi. Originally from New York and currently in her fourth year at CSUN, also serving as Vice-President of Administration. She came out in a sporty multicolored one-piece, performed an upbeat dance show, and rocked a spicy-red gown.
Miss Melinda representing Alpha Xi Delta. Originally from the Orange County, serving in her third year with Alpha Xi Delta and currently a Liberal Studies major with ambitions of being an elementary school teacher. She decided to switch things up and came out with some scuba gear, cracked a host of jokes, and wore another hot-red gown.
Miss Claudia representing Alpha Phi. The youngest participant of all at eighteen years old and serving as a broadcast journalism major at CSUN. She came out in a lovely white two-piece, gave the crowd an early Christmas present with her “Santa Baby” dance, and wore a stunning, purple, reflective gown.
Miss Daniella representing Delta Delta Delta. Currently serving in her third year at CSUN and double majoring in Psychology and Child Development. She has ambitions of going to graduate school and currently works with children suffering from autism. She sported a sleek, black, one piece; wowed the audience with her Salvadorian shake down, and wore a lovely multi-blue gown that draped the floor.
Miss Ariel representing Delta Zeta. She has currently been involved with Delta Zeta for a year and is currently an Informational Systems-IT major. She came out in a sporty, pink two-piece, shook her and hips and hit the splits, and wore an elegant light-blue gown.
Miss Katie representing Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is currently in her first year with Kappa Kappa Gamma and majoring in Music. She is currently involved in pursuing a career in singing and has ambitions of ultimately being a producer. She switched things up by mixing her dual colored two-piece with some snow gear reflecting her hobby of snowboard. She also silenced the crowd with a solo, singing performance and came out in a tasteful, yellow gown, similar to Beauty in the famous movie, Beauty and the Beast.
Miss Jacky representing Lambda Sigma Gamma. She has been a member of Lambda Sigma Gamma since the Fall semester of 2007. She is currently a graduating, fourth-year, senior majoring in Psychology and an active participant on the CSUN cheer team for the last two years. Her future dreams are to work with children suffering from autism. Jacky tricked the crowd when she came out in a t-shirt with a characterized woman’s body which was hiding her sexy, white, two-piece. She wowed the audience with a stellar belly-dance performance and came out in a classy, black gown with a hint of shimmering stones.
Miss Alpha Xi Delta received Miss Congeniality
Miss Kappa Kappa Gamma received second runner-up
Miss Lambda Sigma Gamma received first runner-up
And the pageant winner was Miss Delta Delta Delta
Opinion: The pageant was excellent, from the opening acts and hosts keeping the audience entertained. To the outfits worn by each participant and raffled prizes. All-in-all, each participant did an excellent job and all the ladies deserve appreciation despite a ranking.
We Serve
On Thursday, November 19, CSUN’s United We Serve Volunteer Program brought out hundreds of items in front of the Oviatt Library. These non perishable food items had been collected through their food drive over the last month across the campus. The We Serve volunteers began their awareness campaign at the beginning of the month in honor of Homeless Awareness Month. CSUN’s Sundial described the food drive as the largest food drive the campus has ever seen.
The reason why We Serve placed the items collected in the food drive on the steps of the centrally located library was to allow the participants to visually see what their efforts created and literally, what they looked like. The ultimate outcome to be achieved from the food drive and demonstration was to feed as many unfortunate families and individuals as possible. To add to the aid of this less-fortunate group of people, We Serve also had goals of swaying people’s attitudes and perceptions of this large group of people.
In addition to the canned food drive demonstration, the We Serve Volunteer Program also hosted a Survive the Night event in attempts to motivate the involvement from participants. The Survive the Night event was a one night event where the participants experienced a homeless-like setting where they lacked the day-to-day comforts of food and shelter. We Serve has also planned to have some future events where they planned to feed the homeless.
Cali Bred Opinion: Definitely a great idea to display the efforts and bring awareness to prevalent issue. Cali Bred will also be keeping up with some of these future events and will continue to support CSUN’s United We Serve Volunteer Program.
Nightmare on Del Playa Drive (UCSB/IV)
When it comes to celebrating Halloween in California, University of California, Santa Barbara is definitely an elite campus ranked amongst the other UC’s and CSU’s.
Cali Bred decided to go up to the middle of Cali and see exactly how they like to get down, and let us say, Santa Barbara definitely gets down. Close to 50,000 California natives from Northern Cali, Southern Cali, and the local areas filled Del Playa Drive dressed in some amazing costumes including Pac-Man and the ghosts and the Girls Gone Wild film crew.
For the most part, things were kept under control, and the many students and other attendees were able to enjoy themselves in innocent, intoxicated, fun. Small packs of police officers monitored the sea of people, making sure there was no public drinking going on or any irate individuals trying to induce a scuffle. However, despite the attendees being aware of the police force on hand, this day of the year Santa Barbara probably hits their ticket quota for the remainder of the year.
Lining Del Playa Drive were hundreds of homes and apartment units belonging to Isla Vista locals and UCSB Greek Societies. Amongst these different residents, you could find a different party to attend and take some time off the crowded streets. Despite the comfort of the home, most visitors opted to spend their night patrolling the streets. In addition to the high energy going on down Del Playa Drive, the local hotels and motels also saw their own recreations of this major event.
All in all, the trip to Santa Barbara for Halloween is definitely something we recommend you get a chance to experience. If you would like to contact Cali Bred about the experience and tips for your trip, feel free to contact us or any peers you have in the area or that may have experienced the “Nightmare on Del Playa Drive” themselves.
The BG Classic
The BG Classic
Friday November 6, 2009
9:00pm – 2:00am
Hollywood Live
6655 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90038
2000 People Capacity
2 Dance Floors
8 Fully Stocked Bars
2 Huge Smoking Patios
5 Visual Monitors
Valet Parking
Dress Code Strictly Enforced
To get on the guest list, please email LiveArena@yahoo.com.
If you would like to buy your ticket early at a discounted rate, contact the following people:
David (818) 400-9724
Keith (646) 824-5938
Kenny (707) 980-9761
Steve-O (323) 627-7364
You can also feel free to contact Cali Bred.
There’s No I in Team
In the house on a Tuesday night? Finished studying a little early? Check out the intramural sports league on your campus. Intramural sports are offered at most university campuses. For those who don’t know what intramural sports are, they include: basketball, flag football, softball, even frisbee, and a few other team sports.
This team activity is a great way to get your work out on without the pressures of a recreational or organized team. Fraternities and sororities compete in various intramural tournaments, and these same tournaments are also available for the remaining members of your university student body through a separate, yet mutually similar league.
In addition to getting a nice work out, involvement in intramural sports is also a great way to meet new people around your campus. If interested in participating on your campus, get in contact with your university’s student union.
Photographs taken by Vincent Brooks
First 48 on Lassen
So its approximately 2:45 in the afternoon when we decide to go to 7 Kings (a liquor store on the corner of White Oak and Lassen in Northridge). Walk out of three-oh-five (apartment number) as usual, take the elevator down, and shockingly there were several people standing at the apartment entrance/exit. Instant reaction in my mind, “hmmm, the fuck is everyone doin out here all of a sudden?” So we walk out, and what do you know, “The First 48” on our door step.
None of this is being said to frighten or scare anyone, but its real, and these are people we know.
As far as what was observed, found it to be tremendously disturbing. Flip-flops, blood stains, and 
evidence markers lay resting on the north side of Lassen Street. Caution tape boxed in a specific area by the easr entrance/exit of the apartment building. There was something white struggling to be visible from behind the low cut bushes. “What is that” starts to run through your head, then you begin putting two and two together, yet its now three or four hours since the incident occurred. There’s an LAPD officer monitoring the west perimeter of the scene talking to someone on his BlackBerry, I assume his son or daughter, asking “Did you see Daddy on TV?” and going on to explain the
amount of time he’d have to be on scene. So, finally bossed up, “is that his body right there?” cutting off his conversation, and sure enough. There’s this guy, most likely close to our age, just laying there, dead, with holes in his body, and a white bag resting over his shoulders. The only thing to show for it, signs of adrenaline lost as his bloody hand slid down the door as, I would guess, he sought help.
This really felt like a situation that was too close to home. Not even a block away from the Cal State, Northridge campus, a man gets slain. On a Sunday afternoon, broad day light? One may ask themselves, “Is this what I have to be concerned about when I’m walking down the street? To know that any given person could pull out a gun and just let off that quick! It’s supposed to be a collegiate environment, these kinds of things aren’t supposed to happen.” And then reality hits. Welcome to “The First 48“!
Please, please, please, do what you can to avoid situations like this from occurring. Even if it is as simple as being the bigger person and avoiding a confrontation. As far as gang affiliation, this is 2009, not the nineties! Its time to grow up, take some control, and make the right decisions. Dare to be different and step out of line! On be half of Cali Bred, may the young man whose life was taken rest in peace and wish the best to his family and loved ones.
Feel free to log on to ABC and check out the news article and video clip from the scene.
LXSERS
Last weekend (10/03/09) Lupe Fiasco came out to The Big Show at California State, Northridge. The event started at twelve noon. Included special guests the Crooks & Castles crew, Talib Kweli, and DJ Felli Fell. As you can see in the pictures below, the event consisted of more than just performances from the stars themselves. Californians filled up the lawn outside of Sierra Tower engaging in activities ranging from food and dance to spinning out and sliding down.
With two albums already in the bag for Lupe, his next release, titled LASERS, is expected to be a pretty big hit. The theme behind the LASERS concept is one that many people will be able to relate to in the sense that its breaking the mold and standard, very similar to the Cali Bred vision. The Lasers link will take you to the promotional site for the new album. “We will not lose cause we are not losers, we are LASERS.”
What I found to be most interesting, is that despite being from the great Mid-WEST, Lupe is indeed a Cali Breed. In his performance, not only did he shout out almost every region of California (including some small cities that most foreigners wouldn’t know about), he referred to himself as a Valley Boy. For those who don’t know what a Valley Boy/Girl is, it is a term given to someone bred in the San Fernando Valley, which is technically the outskirts of the City of Los Angeles. But not only does Lupe claim to be Cali Bred, but his whole band… Cali Bred.
Just goes to show, the West Side is still the Best Side. And even if the wheels fall off, we still ride!
Twoo BiG
Over the weekend we celebrated a Cali Bred birthday fresh out of Vallejo, California, Kenneth Villagra. Celebration kicked off with the purchase of five bottles of Ciroc Vodka for the sVperb wholesale price of $85.00 (shout out to Tuan). The bottles were distributed amongst a host of Cali Breeds.
Friday night was the highlight event of the weekend, hosted by CSUN’s Beta Gamma Nu (BGN) Fraternity. The theme of the event was a Blue Luau. BGN family members greeted all guests at the entrance with a colored lei. Ladies got the sVperb ones of course while new recruits received solid white.
The layout of the event location consisted of an open yard with a sVperb pool that you can see in the pictures below. Overlooking the pool was an upscale patio deck which hosted a bar and seating as well. This is where we ran into founding member of BGN out of University of Southern California, Richard.
Apparently we must have been partying a little too hard because a ghetto bird decided to emerge in the night sky. But considering BGN is known as unstoppable, had to continue with a successful event. Shortly after dispersing from the first location, the hosts showed their guests to a second venue where we continued the fun through activities like dancing, beer pong, and of course the pool.
One Day At A Time
So I’m still playing with this whole lifestyle idea. The purpose of posting blog entries such as this one and the Who Says You Can’t Wear White After Labor Day is to get you familiar with the Cali Bred lifestyle. Aside from these day-to-day activities and smaller events, I have been networking with some other Cali Breeds who posses some other talents. Just being patient and lining up the proper approach of conglomerating and introducing their different works and how they reflect this same sVperb Cali Bred lifestyle. So within the upcoming months, hopefully weeks, Cali Bred will be introducing to you some sVperb Cali Breeds. With that, I leave it to you to discover where you natural talent lies.
Who Says You Can’t Wear White After Labor Day
Despite having to make extra effort to avoid collisions from crashing classes and delayed payments of student aid, Cal State Northridge (CSUN) Students still manage to have a good time despite major and massive effects of the California State Budget CRISIS. While professors are being encouraged to take furlough days, the students are spending their extracurricular time partying and dancing. And best of, in all white.
Rumore
d 700+ presale tickets were sold by CSUN’s Sigma Chi fraternity, not to mention the hundreds of other people who started lining up before the sun decided to settle in the West. With a VIP lounge hanging off the rear of the house, an S-shaped line curving around the pool and leading to the bar, and a live performance of Dorrough’s Ice Cream Paint Job… might begin to ask yourself, “was this really a Greek Social?” Rockstar Energy Drink banners hanging around the yard could possibly set your mind at ease.
All in all, Sigma Chi hosted a wangin’ Back-to-School function for the students of CSUN. Earning them the privilege of exposing the first entry to the Cali Bred Lifestyle. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, therefore, I’ll leave it at that.