The Lambda Theta Nu Sorority hosted the Latina Youth Leadership Conference on May 14, 2009 at CSUN. The purpose of the conference was to prepare Latina middle school and high school students for the transition to college. Over 70 people from San Fernando Valley and the Los Angels areas participated in the event. The goal of the conference, said student organizer Yuri Treminio, is to help the students “familiarize themselves with college environments, terminology and prerequisites.” According to Treminio, a… Read more

The fourth of July is a very popular holiday. This year it falls on a Saturday so many people will be able to celebrate with their families and friends over the weekend. With the holiday approaching the campus seemed like a ghost town. The few students that were available said that they were either going out of town for the weekend or were going to enjoy family barbecues while watching fire works. There are various events going on in the… Read more

The Russian Language Immersion Program at CSUN is a component of the federally funded Southern California Consortium of California State Universities for the Strategic Language Initiative (SLI). Students in the six-week program receive in-class language instruction and participate in cultural activities in Russian after class, totaling nine hours a day. The program includes language instruction, group activities, projects, online and individualized learning, guest lectures and field trips. When the students first join the SLI program, they must choose an independent… Read more

As a creative writing major and horror extraordinaire, Zach Fromson, or Xach to his friends, never thought his real life would reflect his stories. But, Fromson’s story doesn’t involve unsavory poltergeists or maniacs wheeling chainsaws. “I registered for two classes that I needed to take this summer in order to take four in the fall and graduate in December,” said Fromson, 25, who will be in his fourth semester at CSUN. “After I had enrolled and paid summer tuition for… Read more

Iranian women face greatest instability within the last 30 years, as hard-liner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets closer to serving his second term despite allegations of a deceitful election that sparked the most massive uprising since the 1979 Iranian revolution. More than all other sectors of Iran’s society, women had the greatest venture in the 2009 presidential election.  Women groups demanded of all candidates to terminate laws that implement stoning and polygamy, plus those that favor men in divorce and custody… Read more

View Let Your Inner Geek Out in a larger map Just 15 years ago having a collection of comic books, playing with action figures, and spending hours on a video game would have labeled someone a geek, an outsider. Nowadays, you see rappers putting their names on video games, movies about comic book characters, and television shows where the geek is the person viewers cheer for to get the girl. These three stores in the San Fernando Valley are places… Read more

Finding a place to relax around CSUN is so simple. With the San Fernando Valley heat fixed onto CSUN, some want to spend their time on campus in comfortable outdoor and indoor environments. I have found some places students will love to relax at. In front of Manzanita Hall There are benches and tables for you to study in the sun or the shade. Sierra Center/Freudian Slip This is by far my favorite place to relax on campus. You can… Read more