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 moreDeon Goggins’ interest in dance began as he watched his little sister during her dance class. What was then a passing interest of a 16-year-old can now only be described as a passion he hopes to pursue for the rest of his life. As he watched his sister in dance class for eight hours every Saturday, [...]…
Read moreAs most students are in a blur after the holidays, some motivated students are taking classes every day, including weekends, for the first two weeks of January. The Winter Term/Intersession 2010 is a short, highly concentrated session of classes offered by the Tseng College. A student may only take three to four units per session, because [...]…
Read moreBy Roxanne Estrada To Ricardo Rodriguez, music is more than just a few notes strung along a treble clef; it’s a way of life. “It’s the music, the scene, the whole culture of music, it’s almost like a ritual, a religion,” he said. Rodriguez is an amateur roadie for his many friends in local bands and said [...]…
Read moreSpecial Investigative Report Pedestrian Safety at CSUN Part 4 of 4 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 Current laws dictate that in order to use radar or laser traffic enforcement, the speed limits mus…
Read moreCSUN students slept Saturday night on CSUN’s lawns in an effort to “Survive the Night” and experience life as a homeless person as part of Homeless Awareness Month. The students, provided with cardboard boxes, spent the night experiencing soup kitchens, homeless shelter simulations and unforgiving weather conditions as part of the event held …
Read moreThe Iranian Student Association’s (ISA) recognized the literary work of Persian writer Rumi through an original scripted play Nov. 10, bringing close to 100 community members and students to the Northridge Center. President of ISA Farzad Madarshahian said the idea behind the play, “Alchemy of Love,” was to unify the Iranian community and show them in [...]…
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