It only read four words: “Stephen has been shot.” Samuel Clayton read on his phone the words that stopped him, he says, and silenced him in the midst of gunfire and tear gas explosions. Clayton, 36, of Seattle, was taken to the forefront of a political and social revolution Jan. 13, in what would later be called the birth of the Arab Spring, in Tunis, Tunisia. For eight years, Clayton had been living abroad teaching English. In 2010, he moved… Read more

A representative from an organization whose mission is stated as cultivating a better understanding of the difference between mainstream and radical Islam lectured on campus Wednesday to a couple dozen students and faculty, some of whom challenged her assertions. Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, president of the  World Organization for Resource Development and Education  (WORDE) and general secretary of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, spent over an hour discussing her definition of radical Islam and her understanding of its prevalence in… Read more

Gahren Moradian pleaded not guilty to felony criminal threats Wednesday at North Valley District Superior Court. Moradian, 22-year-old CSUN student from Burbank, was arrested Sept. 27 for the incident in which a man allegedly claimed he had a gun in the Oviatt Library. He turned himself in to campus police the night of the incident that shut down the library for the day and called the LAPD, California Highway Patrol and bomb squads to campus to investigate. A campus-wide email… Read more

The CSUN student charged with felony criminal threat spoke to another student moments before a campus-wide alert was sent Sept. 27 notifying students that a man on campus indicated he had a gun. The police report from CSUN Police Department was released the same day as President Jolene Koester sent a campus-wide email following up on the events that unfolded that day. According to the report, CSUN student Marcus Avila, 28, said he saw Gahren Moradian lying face down on… Read more

CSUN philosophy student Gahren Moradian, 22, was released on bail Wednesday night.  He was charged with felony criminal threat stemming from suspicion he claimed to have a gun in the Oviatt Library Tuesday, prompting the building’s evacuation. If convicted, Moradian could face up to three years in state prison. He is due to appear in North Valley Municipal court on Oct. 19. Moradian turned himself in to CSUN police Tuesday night after a daylong search that enlisted the support of… Read more

CSUN philosophy student Gahren Moradian, 22, of Burbank was being held for questioning by the Los Angeles county police department Wednesday after he turned himself in to authorities following reports of a man claiming to have a gun in the Oviatt Library. CSUN police have not provided additional information beyond the university’s statement released Wednesday afternoon. The philosophy department has declined to comment at this time. Calls and emails to family and friends were not returned, his online presence has… Read more

>>>UPDATE 9:03 p.m.: The suspect turned himself in, said Carmen Ramos Chandler, director of news and information. He is currently in custody with CSUN Police, said Christina Villalobos, special assistant to the chief of police & public information officer. >>>UPDATE 8:40 p.m.: The suspect has been apprehended and is in custody, according to an automated phone message from CSUN. >>>UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: The bomb squad and K-9 unit have left the Oviatt Library. >>>UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: CSUNPD, LAPD and the… Read more