A lot of people travel for the holidays, either to visit family or just break away from their routine for a few days. Students can also take this time to recuperate from finals before they go back to school for the winter or spring sessions. Where would you go, if money and other responsibilities such as a job or kids, weren’t a factor?
The holidays are just around the corner, and everyone is pinching pennies to make the festivities more wallet-friendly. A traditional Thanksgiving feast doesn’t have to break the bank or your back. For students without culinary experience or simply no kitchen, prepared meals are available from several local retailers, including Boston Market, Ralphs, and Vons. Prices for a meal for four with all the fixings range from about $27 to $70. These simple recipes and meal ideas will run you around… Read more
Fashion industry front-runners will be passing along knowledge on their competitive field to the CSUN community during the TRENDS Career Symposium on Friday from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Grand Salon. TRENDS, a student organization focused on all things fashion, offer its members opportunities to network and acquire experience and expertise on the ins and outs of the fashion business. The symposium is one of the group’s annual events that provide a real-world connection to fashion students and… Read more
Are retail layaway plans a reasonable convenience or a dangerous tool for consumer spending? Mega-retailers such as Kmart, Walmart, and Sears are pushing advertisements for their layaway plans to help consumers finance their holiday spending. In a layaway, consumers make multiple small payments on their bill over an extended period instead of paying it all at once. Are layaway plans a more reasonable alternative to racking up holiday credit card debt or are they only disguised as a convenience to… Read more
The Civil Discourse and Social Change initiative honored keynote speaker Rodolfo Acuña, professor and founding chair of the Chicana/o studies department, at the Grand Salon Monday evening as he and fellow activists spoke about the importance of ethnic studies in the education system, as well as its role in immigrants’ rights. Acuña set the landscape for the evening by describing the social and political conflict that has raged through the educational discourse in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona passed SB 1070 on… Read more
S urveillance cameras spread across campus may have cut down the time and resources spent searching for the suspected gunman at the Oviatt Library last month. Although there are security cameras in the Oviatt structure, the remaining university buildings aren’t monitored, which allowed the suspect to walk away, seemingly unnoticed. “Cameras may reduce the likelihood of crime,” said Ellis Godard, a professor of sociology. “It’s a construct where people do feel safer when cameras are up. People behave themselves. They’re… Read more
Visitors were able to tour a post-war Los Angeles through an African-American perspective during a celebration of jazz and the opening reception of a photography exhibit Sunday in the VPAC. The Miles Davis Experience featured a jazz production by the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet. The performance chronicled not only the work of Davis, but the historical context that surrounded the jazz music scene during that decade. From the poem “Trumpet Player” by Langston Hughes, “The Negro, With the trumpet at his… Read more
The United Sororities and Fraternities Council (USFC) hosted “Greeks Against Cancer” to promote awareness on campus of all types of cancers Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Marielos Renderos, president of USFC, came up with the idea for this event last year, after her mother was diagnosed with uterine carcinosarcoma, an extremely rare type of cancer that affects one in 750,000 women. After her mother was diagnosed, Renderos , a senior pre-med student threw herself into taking charge of her mother’s care… Read more
In August, Obama signed a new health care law that will require health insurance companies to offer oral contraception at no cost to their members starting January 2013. Birth control, according to the Obama administration, should be added to the list of women’s preventative care, which includes well-woman examinations, screening for gestational diabetes, HIV, and HPV, breastfeeding equipment, and domestic violence screening and counseling. What would be the long-term benefits of this regulation, or will it wound insurance companies so… Read more