College students with drug convictions face financial aid restrictions under a current education act that will be up for revision this summer by Congress. The Department of Education reported that approximately 198,000 college students around the country have been denied financial aid because they checked “YES” for the question on the FAFSA: Have you been convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drugs for an offense that occurred while you were receiving federal student aid? Although there has not been an official school-run scholarship available to students who have had drug convictions at CSUN, there have been private scholarships provided in the past aimed specifically at alleviating the costs of their education.

The United States women’s paralympic sitting volleyball team started their training session Wednesday, Feb. 21 at the Activity Center in the Kinesiology building. The CSUN Department of Kinesiology, Department of Athletics and Center on Disabilities hosted an open practice session of the 2004 bronze medal-winning U.

Lance Rickman is a name you might not be too familiar with. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of staff and faculty members on campus any one of us would not know just by hearing his or her name. The background of these people would be even more foreign to students.

In an effort to alleviate problems between Associated Students and cultural clubs on campus in regard to their event’s budget, a new constitution is being proposed for an Inter-Cultural Council. Following last semester’s funding issues concerning cultural groups and educational events on campus, A.

Atallah Shabazz, eldest daughter of Malcolm X, spoke to a full-capacity crowd at CSUN in the University Student Union on Monday. As she gazed upon an audience consisting of more than 200 students and faculty, Shabazz opened the doorway to her past, retelling accounts and memories of her father, while addressing the present, expressing an overall advocacy for unity among people.

Two CSUN professors finished their projects for which they received faculty development grants of $1,000 each from the China Institute for the 2006-07 academic year. Cinema and Television Arts professor Alexis Krasilovsky and Accounting and Information Systems professor Jeff Zhang were each awarded grants for developing their individual projects from the institute.