Miles Nevin, executive director of the California State Student Association (CSSA), made a presentation at this week’s Associated Students (A.S.) Senate meeting. One of his main objectives was to announce that the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees is currently looking for a student to fill the seat of student trustee. “We are looking for someone who is passionate. We want someone to be proactive,” he said. “We are looking for a partner to advocate on issues.” General qualifications… Read more

Associated Students (A.S.) Elections Director Dan Monteleone announced that spring elections would take place April 20 and 21 during yesterday’s A.S. Senate meeting. After the success of an online voting system during fall 2009’s senate elections – the first online system to work after three previous attempts – the elections committee is looking forward to turning their energy toward marketing. “There’s going to be more of everything,” Monteleone said, adding that “everything” refers to additional posters, advertisements, classroom visits and… Read more

CSUN student Aandrea Reblynn, a psychology major who landed a main role in the presently running theatre production “Six Characters in Search of an Author” died Nov. 24 in a motorcycle accident. Reblynn, a 27-year-old junior at the time of death, was entering the U.S. Highway 101 onramp in Hollywood at Highland Avenue when her motorcycle was struck by a motor vehicle from behind, according to a source close to Reblynn. “She really embraced life and brought such a creative… Read more

It was just one of those Friday nights. With little else to do, CTVA majors Christian Mikkelson and Miles Dahl decided to ride their bikes on an April night. With no particular destination in mind, they found their carefree ride out of Northridge took them to North Hollywood. “It was just one of those nights, just like an adventure,” said Dahl, 20. “We met this kid who led us up into the hills to this party in a mansion, just… Read more

The advent of wireless Internet connection has been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it’s allowed people the ability to work more efficiently and remain consistently accessible. On the other, it’s allowed people the ability to work too efficiently and remain consistently too accessible. The time when a person could shut off their technology and be left with their thoughts is slowly disappearing. Currently, airlines are moving quickly to make their flights Wi-Fi friendly. During a six-hour… Read more

She’s home. Esha Momeni, a CSUN mass communications graduate student who was imprisoned and later under a travel ban in Iran, returned to the United States on Aug. 11. As she sat in CSUN’s Valley View News studio Aug. 13 awaiting the start of her first interview since arriving in Los Angeles, the conversation revolved around her plans to see the latest Harry Potter movie. It was as if she had never left. As tape rolled and the producer said,… Read more

The CSUN student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) will hold its 18th annual Kenneth S. Devol First Amendment Forum May 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the University Student Union’s Balboa Room.

As California residents prepare to vote in the May 19 statewide special election, one proposition among a cluster involving the budget has created concern among faculty and students within the California State University (CSU) system.

It was a little more than 30 hours before his flight.

‘I’ve had fun,’ said CSUN kinesiology major Brenden Nakamine with a laugh that hinted to mischief in his activities. ‘For the most part it’s kind of been like a two-and a- half week spring break for me.’

The impending flight wasn’t taking him to another in the list of spring-breaklike excursions he’d taken in the past two weeks, rather it was taking him back to a place few choose to go; Afghanistan.