Hello fellow students, During recent weeks, my administration has been looking for ways to ease the pain of students when it comes to budget cuts. Here’s what we have accomplished in the last few weeks: * CSUN Associated Students’ (A.S.) first successful online election was completed on Nov. 4. We expect this to make elections [...]…
Read moreThe Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Devonshire and Bomb Squad divisions responded to an incident where explosives were found Thursday evening, resulting in street closures on Reseda Boulevard between Lassen and Plummer streets. There were no injuries or arrests reported. Traffic headed northbound from Plummer to Lassen was blocked by police of…
Read moreThe following students from a Spring 2009 Journalism 410 class contributed to the story: Samantha Minton, Kristyn Fryrear, Robert Cisneros, Casey Rowley, Tiaira Nowlin, Cynthia Martinez, Mariana Enriquez, Shayla Selva, Gail Moscoso When it comes to the inspection reports, letter grades can be misleading, and the rating system can be confusing. Di…
Read moreCSUN’s United We Serve Volunteer Program continues its observance of Homeless Awareness Month with what those involved describe as the largest canned food drive this campus has ever seen. The donations from the food drive will be used today in a campus demonstration. “We plan to take all the food that has been donated and line [...]…
Read moreThe second annual Big West Conference Tournament gets underway Wednesday, featuring the top four men’s soccer teams. As the fourth-place team, Cal State Northridge (10-7-2, 5-4-1 BW) will face perennial powerhouse and regular season champ UC Santa Barbara, which ranked No. 3 in the nation last week. With an 8-1-1 conference record (14-3-2 overall…
Read moreThe thought of terminating the use of N-word left some students and panelists doubtful Nov. 3 at the Black Student Union’s (BSU) “N-Word” Forum held in the Black House. Terrence Stewart, president of the BSU, said the purpose of the forum was to create consciousness and question the use of the N-word in black communities. Dr. Anthony [...]…
Read moreThe celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Pan African Studies Department ended on Saturday with a gala to honor the founding of the department. Dr. Tom Spencer-Walters, Chair of the Pan African Studies department said this year’s celebration was a combination of the annual Africa Week and PAS week celebration and a commemoration 40 years [..…
Read morePedestrian Safety at CSUN Part 3 of 5 This article was reported by : Megan Blumenthal Danielle Directo Brittany Glover Alexis Lipnicki Sandra Parada Mike Tersigni Alex Viray Tade Williams Written by: Danielle Directo Devonshire Valley Traffic Det. William Bustos said the department conducts enforcement in specific areas after analyzing the…
Read moreCorrection: A previous version of this story mistakenly quoted Allisun Kale as saying, “He was a purist in that ASL has its indigenous roots and its own distinct grammar, and that we have to honor that and now allow contrived systems that put signs in English word order to be believed as a proper representation [...]…
Read moreThe Associated Students’ (A.S.) fall elections passed last year’s two-day electoral turnout on the first day of election. The total voter turnout as of 7:01 p.m. was 1,103, according to Dan Monteleone, A.S. director of elections. Last year’s fall election voter turnout was 656, after the online system failed and went to paper ballots. The one…
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