Deans and associate deans met with Vice Provost Cynthia Rawitch Monday to discuss the possibility of increasing the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) to accommodate graduating seniors. The Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communications will begin to open seats today, said Robert Bucker, dean of the college. Emails circulating Monday requested deans and associate deans calculate the number of FTES needed to accommodate graduating seniors. The spring semester began with a 15-unit cap, and less class seats… Read more

Music is 27-year-old Arsi Nami’s passion, and he wants to share that passion with the world. Despite his growing  international success  as a singer and songwriter of world rhythms, eurodance and electronica music, Nami came to CSUN in 2009 to study music therapy. Three years ago, Nami witnessed patients being treated with music therapy while visiting his brother in the hospital who was receiving treatment for cancer.  Nami was attending Santa Monica College’s music program, and when he found out… Read more

More than 70 CSUN students led by members of Central American United Student Association, Students for Quality Education and MEChA marched through campus protesting in response to CSUN’s decision to only allow graduating seniors to get permission numbers to add classes. “I want to see clarity as to what’s going on,” said Osvaldo Ortiz, 22, a member of CAUSA who led the march. “It’s frustrating.  We want cooperation from the administration—to actually have a dialogue with students.” The protest later… Read more

Students have turned to alternative methods of purchasing textbooks to offset the high cost of a college education. Among the many methods preferred by students are textbook rentals, using e-books and shopping at online bookstores, such as Amazon or Chegg, all offering textbooks at discounted rates. One method that some students have turned to is the rental system, which provides students the option to rent a book and return it at the end of the semester. Rent-A-Text, the rental system… Read more

Gov. Brown vetoes budget aimed at cutting more funds from CSU June 25th, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a budget proposal drafted by Democrats in the Legislature last Thursday that would cut billions in state funding, including an additional $150 million from the CSU. Senate Bill 69 and Assembly Bill 98 were sent back to the Legislature without approval from Brown after the budget was found to be unbalanced, continuing big deficits for years to come and adding billions of… Read more

If you’re not sleeping well, a new mattress or pillow might solve the problem, or maybe your body is telling you to become more social. A recent study published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine linked loneliness to poor sleeping habits and ultimately to impaired health. College students are especially susceptible because college is presumably the most social time of an individual’s life while at the same time one of the loneliest, according to CSUN psychology professor Dr. George… Read more