When Conor Lansdale took office as A.S. president this fall, his agenda was not strictly to get the newly appointed senators settled. Instead, after rumblings of a revered faculty member’s retirement, Lansdale spent his time working to create a new scholarship to honor the time Susan Curzon, dean of the Oviatt Library, spent nurturing CSUN students. “Administrators start talking about retirement and I caught wind that the phenomenal Dr. Curzon was set to do just that,” Lansdale said. “I started… Read more

Multilingualism is an undeniably powerful tool in today’s world—in more ways than one.  Not only can the knowledge of one or more foreign languages assist in boosting one’s resume, it also opens communication with an entirely new world. We all consider the United States to be a melting pot, and this is true—in regards to race.  In terms of multilingualism, we trail behind the rest of the world.  Less than 25 percent of America can hold a conversation in another… Read more

The Northridge Review release party on Friday night was an intimate event attended by students, professors and writers. This semester’s English 412 class was successful in hosting the launch of the Fall 2009 issue, which contains pieces from Spring 2009. Writers were allowed to read their pieces out loud to the audience; some even read pieces that were not in the magazine. Fiction stories, poems and a drama were recited during the two-hour event. Mona Houghton, adviser of the Northridge… Read more

The Northridge Review is CSUN’s homegrown literary magazine, which is published every semester. Pieces such as poetry, fiction, play, essay and artworks are reviewed by the English 412 class, which is run by Mona Houghton. Students, current and former, professors, and people from the greater Northridge community can contribute and submit their work. “It is a showcase for the creative work taking place at CSUN,” James Bezerra, creative writing major, said. Bezerra is the senior editor for the Northridge Review…. Read more