CSUN’s plan to begin charging a 2.9 percent fee for online credit card transactions could be stalled following the approval of a California State Senate bill that prohibits the University of California, the California State University and state community colleges from imposing the new fees. Senate Bill 860, proposed by State Sen. Debra Bowen, D — Redondo Beach, was passed in a 26-11 bipartisan vote June 1, and now heads to the California Assembly. The bill was originally designed to… Read more

Podcasting,” a form of recorded media distribution via the Internet to MP3 players, is slowly making its way into mainstream use. Podcasting, a practice that started about a year ago, was originally a way for “average people” to record and distribute their thoughts to the public using what was then amateurs-only technology. However, radio stations and some newspapers are beginning to use podcasts as a way to increase their audiences’ size and scope. “(We) saw this as a really cool… Read more