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.
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
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.
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.