The Department of Police Services released a statement last week reminding the CSUN community how to recognize and handle suspicious mail and packages. The statement was made on the heels of last week’s international mail bomb plot.  It lists a number of traits that suspicious packages possess and asks that police services be notified immediately if a package possesses any of these traits. “We are trying to stay ahead of the curve,” said Anne P. Glavin, chief of police.  “People… Read more

Professor Karren Baird-Olson took part in the walkout last thursday, March 4. She described it as a peaceful event until Olson said an officer who moved from the line police had formed in front of the demonstrators pulled her.

CSUN student organization, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) said they were made the target of surveillance during their first meeting of this semester. Faculty adviser of MEChA, Dr. Jorge Garcia said that on Sept. 2 they were holding their first meeting on the lawn between Jerome Richfield Hall and Barman Hall when they observed the surveillance groups. “They looked older than traditional students and some were wearing cargo pants, fatigues,” Garcia said. “We were joking among ourselves about who… Read more

A car hit a female pedestrian at 11 a.m. on Zelzah Avenue between Nordhoff and Plummer Streets, next to G4 parking lot. The female pedestrian was taken to Northridge Medical Center, said LAPD officer Roy Agbanawag. Layah Lasalle, a former CSUN student, was making a left on Zelzah Avenue from G4 parking lot when Lasalle struck the female pedestrian as both entered the center turn lane. Joe Rozner, 20-year-old junior computer science major, and witness, was behind Lasalle’s car when… Read more