Faculty at CSUs across California are taking another step in ensuring the success of their teachers in K-12 schools to make it the best environment for both student and teachers. The CSU Center for Teacher Quality based at CSU Sacramento, works to collect data and experiences of teachers out in the field to help current students in the teaching programs at other CSUs. Dr. David Wright, director of the center said this program was created to see if curricula at… Read more

An unknown suspect(s) burglarized five dorm rooms on Wednesday, March 30 at the University Park Apartments. There was another burglary and an attempted burglary on Thursday, March 31. According to the CSUN police Campus Crime Alert issued on April 1, the suspect(s) gained entry by forcing bedroom windows open and stole laptops, an X-Box game console and a camcorder. The burglar(s) hit UPA buildings 1, 10 and 12 at different times of the day. In one incident, the bedroom window… Read more

CSUN’s Iranian Student Association commemorated Persian New Year by organizing a celebratory event on Wednesday in the USU’s Plaza del Sol. Persian New Year commemorates the first day of spring and has been celebrated for over 1,000 years in the area that makes up modern-day Iran. “It is Persian New Year, so every year we (the Iranian Student Association) have this event where we want to get people at CSUN to interact and get to know the Persian culture,” Sorme… Read more

A student organization concerned with the effects of second-hand smoke  presented A.S. with a petition to ban smoking on campus. The petition presented during Tuesday’s meeting by Campuses Organized and United for Good Health (COUGH) stated CSUN should be a smoke-free campus with the exception of parking areas. “We’re a student organization that formed on campus in 2008,” COUGH Vice President Marlene Eguizabal said. “We are working towards the same goal (as other health-conscious organizations), a healthier environment.” According to… Read more

CSUN commemorated César Chávez Day with a keynote speech given by his granddaughter in the first annual César Chávez Service Fair. The event, which was co-hosted by Unified We Serve and the Department of Chicano/a Studies comes two days before the state holiday that honors the farm worker leader. “It is important to remember that my grandfather’s vision of education went beyond personal ambition and individual desire,” said Natalie Hernandez during her speech. “He reminded us that we cannot seek… Read more

CSUN’s LGBTA hosted a resource and career conference on Tuesday, the first of its kind on campus. With a culmination of amenities from the community and the university, the organization made efforts to spread awareness and gain recognition to have their own facility. Eighteen participants made up of business and support groups settled in the Northridge Center to provide information for those in attendance. The conference offered a resume workshop conducted by the KMPG accounting firm and an interview workshop… Read more

CORRECTION: Howard stated police arrived 40 minutes after they were called. The Department of Police Services through their public information office say officers arrived within 9 1/2 minutes of the call being placed to university police. Katryna Howard thought she would be able to enjoy her 7 o’clock TV show when she arrived at her dorm on March 17, however what she found was a chair in front of her door impeding her entry. She fought against the chair and… Read more

The California State University, Northridge Associated Students held its 2011 presidential debate at the freshman dormitory Community Center Monday evening to a crowd of approximately 25 people. Candidates Amanda Flavin and Sydni Powell, who would be the first all-female President-Vice President team to be elected to the A.S. should they win, and John Ryan Biltz and Anthony Castro answered questions about the position of the presidency, what change they would affect within the year they would serve, and on what… Read more