We did it,” said Dan Monteleone, Associated Students director of elections, after the final results came in from the first successful A.S. online election. The total voter turnout for the two-day election was 1,600, a little more than 1,000 votes from last fall’s election. There were no major errors with the online election, Monteleone said. Vo…
Read moreAs the ripple effects of the budget crisis continue to touch the education of thousands, a communication studies class decided to take a stand to ensure that at least two students in their class were receiving the education they paid for.…
Read moreNathan Maurice challenged his neighbor and former teammate as he hit a four-bagger, four consecutive strikes, during a game of bowling. The outcome being whoever loses will buy dinner and another hour of bowling. “It’s on,” Maurice, who has yet to decide a major, said. Maurice has been bowling since the age of nine, after being invited [...]…
Read moreFormerly imprisoned communications studies graduate student, Esha Momeni, will speak at CSUN after being allowed to return home. The Women’s Research and Resource Center (WRRC) will host the event, From CSUN to Iran and Back Again, in honor of Momeni on Monday, Nov. 9. The event starts at 4 p.m. at the University Student Union’s Northridge [...…
Read moreAs Dr. Lawrence Fleischer gave the final keynote speech at the American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) conference in Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 31, thoughts ran through Jeff Lenham’s mind after Fleischer noted that he was planning an “exit” from the deaf studies field. “I remember sitting in the audience thinking, ‘does this mea…
Read moreEric Forbes, director of Admissions and Records, and Dr. Maureen Rubin, director of Undergraduate Studies expanded on the reasons why a resolution to separate add and drop deadlines would have little effect on students at Tuesday’s Associated Students (A.S.) Senate meeting. The resolution would have moved up the drop date three days, and kept the…
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…
Read moreDr. Lawrence Fleischer, a professor who was instrumental in developing CSUN’s Deaf Studies program, and a leader in many facets of the deaf community, died Sunday at the age of 64. “We lost a giant,” said Dr. Genie Gertz, who has been a faculty member in the department for 14 years. “Larry was larger than life. [...]…
Read moreThe outlook for the third attempt to use an online elections system for the Associated Students (A.S.) elections in the past three years is optimistic, but no one is willing to say it will be a success just yet. Though the votes from the last two elections were nullified because of problems with the system, the [...]…
Read moreA top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. LAPD is now investigating the incident. Members of MEChA said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first mee…
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