CSUN students were given an opportunity to experience the lives of families in poverty across the United States during a three hour event Wednesday night.Sponsored by volunteer organization Unified We Serve and held under this year’s theme of the empowerment movement, the event turned the USU’s Northridge Center room into a small city.“A lot of people don’t know how privileged we are,” said Maurie Hamilton, member of Unified We Serve who served in Oakland soup kitchens growing up. Students were… Read more

Faculty members at two CSU campuses will hold day-long concerted actions after failing to come to an agreement with the CSU over salary raises. Cal State Dominquez Hills and Cal State East Bay will hold their actions Nov. 17, said Nate Thomas, president of CSUN’s California Faculty Association (CFA) chapter. Northern California CSU campuses will gather at East Bay, and southern campuses will gather at Dominguez Hills. A concerted action is a form of protest, but not a strike, Thomas… Read more

While surrounding masseuses, chiropractors and acupuncturists may be unaware of their potential competition only a few blocks away, the CSUN Klotz Health Center tries to make students aware of the savings and alternative medicine available. At the Health Center acupuncture is $10 for a half hour, or $20 for an hour. Local acupuncturists charge anywhere from $40 per half hour to over $75 per hour at the Northridge Acucenter, Resda Acupuncture and Alternative Medical Clinic. Massage therapy follows suit in… Read more

CSUN Jewish studies will present a documentary about the 1979 peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, in a narrative film called, “Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace,” on Sunday at the Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7 Theatre.“Our purpose will be first and foremost to provide the documentary as a background to see if we can learn some lesson from the process. In order to apply it to current conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians,” said Kassem Nabulsi, professor of political science…. Read more

The Office of the Provost presented the Third Annual Research Fellows Colloquium, an exhibition of six distinguished faculty and their research, Wednesday. “The important thing about research is that it helps solve relevant problems,” said Mark Stover, dean of the Oviatt Library. “We often get dozens of applicants.” Six faculty members were selected as the 2010/2011 Fellows: Curt Dommeyer (marketing), Ramón Garcia (Chicana/o studies), Sembiam R. Rengarajan (computer and electrical engineering), Nathan Durdella (education), Dr. Kristy Michaud, (political science), and… Read more