>>>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

>>>CORRECTION: The man was killed by a Metrolink train, not a Metro train. >>>UPDATE Dec. 7 11:11 a.m. The victim has not yet been identified and reports are not complete, but he was a caucasian male that appears to be in his thirties, said Larry Dietz, watch commander at the Los Angeles County Coroners Office. >>>UPDATE 7:45 p.m. Andrew Chick, of the Valley Traffic Division, said that after reviewing the tape, they believe it was a suicide because the man ran… Read more

UPDATE (9:21 A.M.): With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Proposition 30 passed with 53.9 percent of the vote in favor while 49.6 percent voted against the measure. The fate of California’s education system remained undecided as of midnight Tuesday, with 50.4 percent in favor and 49.6 percent against Proposition 30. The 2012-13 general fund budget puts several trigger cuts into effect if Proposition 30 does not pass, including $250 million to both the Cal State University and University of… Read more

Through flashmobs, conference calls and TV and online advertisements, supporters and opponents of Proposition 30 are begging for the attention of student voters during these last few days before the Nov. 6 election. About 70 percent of young voters and Democrats support the measure, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. “We want to spread this around to tens of thousands, getting every young person in California voting — we know from surveys that young people are in favor… Read more

Within an hour, a vehicle struck a bicycle and two automobiles crashed into each other in separate incidents at the corner of Zelzah Avenue and Lassen Street tod­­­ay. The bicyclist was taken to a local hospital by an ambulance, according to Officer Scott Vostad with the Valley Traffic Division. The second incident, which Vostad witnessed while investigating the bike-car collision, was a non-injury crash, the officer said. “Amazingly,­­ no one got hurt — it’s a very dangerous intersection,” Vostad said…. Read more

Participating in an international exchange program to China became easier for CSUN students after President Harrison signed an agreement with the Central China Normal University, Wednesday Aug. 15.   Although CSUN already had 44 partnerships with institutes of higher education in China, this was the first with one in central China, said Dr. Justine Zhixin Su, coordinator of international programs and director of CSUN China Institute.   “There are several layers of meaning to the signing of the MOU (memoranda… Read more

Q. One of your stated goals before you started CSUN was to start an ad hoc group (a focus group), did that ever come to fruition and have you had any meetings? A. We have our first meeting today and it includes faculty, staff, faculty from the senate, some department chairs and a student. It’s really a cross sectional, not necessarily by position but rather someone who was interested and knows the university, from their perspective at least, what our… Read more

Looking back on Spring 2011, Quan Luong realizes now he couldn’t handle 18 units without help.   The former journalism major who has epilepsy registered seven classes – and six units more than the minimum for full-time enrollment – due to the priority registration he received through the CSUN Disability Resources and Educational Services.   DRES offers services to assist students with special needs, but Luong didn’t realize the academic burden of his schedule until his poor marks and health… Read more