Women in the business world may still be facing gender inequality thought to be long since eradicated, a 2010 study found. The survey found that women received an average of $4,600 less initially than their male colleagues. Women were also given fewer opportunities for promotion, and their salaries increased an average of 2 percent compared with men’s 21 percent in 2008. Catalyst, a nonprofit aimed at increasing opportunities for women in business, conducted a survey of 4,000 MBAs who graduated… Read more

Calling all music majors and student musicians: the Recording Academy and CSUN music department are giving you an opportunity to explore the job market Wednesday at their Santa Monica headquarters. The Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy presents the yearly event through its GRAMMY University Network, to provide music majors and aspiring student musicians an opportunity to network and gain insight into the music industry. “It’s definitely not an easy field to get into, you have to be really… Read more

Palestinian and Israeli children are taking the brunt of the psychological damage generated by their countries’ conflict, said Dr. Orily J. Peter, director and founder of the Center for Accelerated Psychology. CSUN’s psychology department sponsored a presentation Sunday about how children in the region are impacted by generations of conflict.  Orily said the children are extremely susceptible to stress disorders. “A child is more amenable to brain toxicity if they stay in traumatic situations for extended periods of time,” said… Read more

CSUN police arrested a suspect Thursday in connection to a bicycle theft on campus. According to the police department’s crime log, the suspect, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was arrested in Redwood Hall at 2:20 p.m. for stealing a bike secured to a rack on the west side of the building. During the arrest, the suspect had a pair of bolt cutters in his possession. The suspect, who has a criminal record and is currently on probation for… Read more

The CSUN-al Gardening series came to a close Saturday morning as the over 50 attendees learned about pest management for their home gardens.Jerry Turney, a plant pathologist for the L.A. County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, and Brenda Kanno, manager of CSUN’s botanic garden, presented at the CSUN-al Gardening event. “CSUN-al” being wordplay for “seasonal”.The free class tackled integrated pest management, a strategy for using the least toxic chemicals available to control pests in a garden. Turney said using a scorched-earth method… Read more

Members of the LGBT community have gained considerable ground with the recent passing of two bills aimed to help transgender Californians. The Gender Nondiscrimination Act and the Vital Statistics Modernization Act were signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 9 after a months-long campaign to recognize the basic rights of transgender people. “We’re definitely excited about the positive effect the passing of these bills will have on the transgender community,” said Mark Snyder, spokesman for the Transgender Law Center, an… Read more