The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Pan African Studies Department ended on Saturday with a gala to honor the founding of the department. Dr. Tom Spencer-Walters, Chair of the Pan African Studies department said this year’s celebration was a combination of the annual Africa Week and PAS week celebration and a commemoration 40 years [..…
Read morePedestrian Safety at CSUN Part 3 of 5 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 Devonshire Valley Traffic Det. William Bustos said the department conducts enforcement in specific areas after analyzing the…
Read moreWe 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 moreCorrection: A previous version of this story mistakenly quoted Allisun Kale as saying, “He was a purist in that ASL has its indigenous roots and its own distinct grammar, and that we have to honor that and now allow contrived systems that put signs in English word order to be believed as a proper representation [...]…
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 more“Paranormal Activity,” if you have not heard of it yet, is a recently released ultra-low budget horror film riding an enormous wave of scary good hype. The film centers around a young couple who are victims of bizarre hauntings. It is receiving flattering praise from critics and fans alike and already being declared one of [...]…
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