CORRECTION: The photo caption said there was a bomb threat. There was no bomb threat on campus, officers checked a suspicious package in the Sierra Center. The Sierra Center was briefly evacuated Friday around 9:30 a.m. and CSUN PD Cpl. Tom Finnerty with K-9 Isy entered the premises. Students and faculty were allowed to reenter the facility after a few minutes. An officer saw a suspicious unattended box inside the center and called it in. The K-9 unit on duty was… Read more

Every time a parent or teacher told me to get involved in school growing up I likely rolled my eyes, cursed them under my breath, told them they just didn’t understand how time consuming being a 21st-century teenager is, or all three. I was the quintessential “anti” in high school and proud of it. As soon as the bell rang, and sometimes before, I jetted out of there. You were more likely to find my friends and me dyeing each… Read more

>>This article has been updated with additional information A suspect has been arrested in the kidnapping and assault of a 10-year-old Northridge girl, and investigators are searching for a second suspect who may have fled to San Diego. Daniel Martinez was arrested and charged with kidnapping Sunday morning. His bail is $1 million. He is a 29-year-old Hispanic man from West Hills but was arrested at the 18200 block of Rayen Street, near CSUN. Tobias Dustin Summers, previously identified as a… Read more

  >>>UPDATE: March 28 2:15 p.m. The Los Angeles Police Department held a press conference Thursday to discuss updates regarding the case. It was held by LAPD Media Relations and Community Affairs Group. Commander Andrew Smith and LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division Commanding Officer William Hayes. No updates regarding the suspect descriptions or additional vehicle descriptions were given. Smith said they are still processing video surveillance at the multiple locations the girl was taken to. “As you know the San Fernando Valley has… Read more

>>Clarification: The girl’s name was removed from this story. UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. — Capt. Andrew Smith said at 2:50 p.m. an unknown citizen had called LAPD with a tip that the girl was in the parking lot of the Goodwill near the southeast corner of Canoga Avenue and Oxnard Street. Officers were at the nearby Starbucks and quickly responded to the call. The girl was found with bruises on her face and cuts, walking around the parking lot without shoes…. Read more

Correction>> The last quote was originally incorrect and has since been reworded. Jennie Ketcham, former porn star and current CSUN psychology major, dispelled myths about the porn industry providing actors an endlessly glamorous lifestyle during the lecture “Porn’s Glass Ceiling: An Illusionary Wage Gap,” in the USU Tuesday. After a lucrative eight year run as an award-winning porn actress, Kecham gave up drugs and alcohol and realized she could not continue the job while sober. “I thought it would validate… Read more

Equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter shared her triumphant story Wednesday and reminded the CSUN community that equality in the workplace remains a dream of the distant future. “It is important in our country that we are paid equitably and fairly,” she said. “It is a family affair to be paid properly. It’s the difference between paying tuition, your mortgage or putting food on your table.” Although Ledbetter’s battle led to President Barack Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act… Read more

>>>UPDATE 2:37 p.m. The water in the SRC came back on around 12:40 p.m. after Physical Plant Management completed repairs on the line, Francis said. >>>UPDATE 9:15 a.m. The SRC remains without water, Francis said. He said he hopes the water will be turned back on by noon today. Francis said the water was shut off after a line that feeds into the building naturally settled and cracked. The cost to repair the line and related parts is estimated to be… Read more