CSUN students are parking as far as three blocks away from campus to avoid purchasing parking permits and save money. Jorge Moraga, 23, a CSUN student double majoring in history and Central American studies, is among the students willing to walk more than 15 minutes to campus. The cost of a parking permit for a semester is $180, $360 per academic year or $6 for a day pass, according to the Parking Transportation Services & Special Events website. “I have… Read more

Victoria Khaze began to learn business lessons at the age of 5. Now 22 years old, the CSUN student applied these lessons during her freshman year and founded CheekyAds.com, a site that offers business owners the opportunity to hire bikini models to sport painted ads on their bodies for a reasonable fee. Advertising itself as a green company, Cheeky Ads’ goal is to provide an environmentally friendly approach towards advertising. Raised in an Armenian family in Boston, Khaze’s long line… Read more

A CSUN liberal studies student was named a Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellow (WW-RBF) for Aspiring Teachers of Color in January. Deborah Dougall-Loperena, a senior, has been chosen along with 24 other students from various schools to receive $30,000 for enrollment to a graduate education program that will help earn a  master’s degree and certification within their subject areas. “People were looking at me funny when I found out I won because I just started dancing in the hallways at… Read more

Public colleges across the country might have to begin accommodating feasible tuition prices for students – if they want to receive federal funds. President Barack Obama announced a plan last Friday that would possibly lower tuition fees at public universities and colleges, lower student debt and promote higher education in the United States. As part his State of the Union address agenda, Obama visited the University of Michigan where he called out to public universities and state governments to cooperate… Read more

Victoria Khaze began to learn business lessons at the age of 5. Now 22-years-old, the CSUN junior applied these lessons during her freshman year and founded CheekyAds.com, a site that offers business owners the opportunity to hire bikini models to sport painted ads on their bodies for a reasonable fee. Advertising itself as a green company, Cheeky Ads’ goal is to provide an environmentally friendly approach towards advertising. Raised by an Armenian family in Boston, Khaze’s long line of business… Read more

Graduate students received financial assistance from President Obama’s student loan debt relief plan last month. Originally, this was supposed take place on Jan. 2014, but in the midst of the tuition and loan crisis students will see their financial loans lessen this year. In a public address to university grad students Obama said that over the past three decades the cost of college has nearly tripled for students and last year graduates, who took out loans, left college owing an… Read more

The Obama administration recently announced its plan to help create 250,000 summer jobs this year for underprivileged youths aged 16-24, in a response to record-high levels of unemployment in that age group. The program, Summer Jobs+, calls for the government, nonprofit organizations and private sector businesses to collaborate and offer employment opportunities to ‘young people. So far, there have been 180,000 positions committed from organizations around the country. In July 2011, the employment rate of  youths was 48.8 percent, according… Read more

A new California law now requires children who are eight and under to be in booster seats while being driven, effective Jan. 1. Previously, the law required children aged six or under to be in booster seats, but it changed when statistics on smart motorist wrote “that highway crashes are the number one cause of death among the nation’s youth.” Statistics about the number of car accidents children have been injured in can be found at National Highway Traffic Safety… Read more

The 2012 Technical Achievement Award by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers has been awarded to Behzad Bavarian, professor of manufacturing systems engineering and management. “The Technical Achievement Award is given in recognition for technical achievement in corrosion engineering that had significant impact on the practice of corrosion control, or on the enhancement of the profession of corrosion engineering,” according to The National Association of Corrosion Engineers website. Bavarian recognizes what the award represents. “As the recipient of this award,… Read more