The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for as many as 500,000 children of undocumented immigrants. While the House approved the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act by a vote of 216-198, the fate of the DREAM Act remained uncertain as the Senate postponed a test vote on the measure. DREAM Act proponents say Senate inaction or a vote against the measure would be a major setback… Read more

CHABAD, a Jewish student-run organization at CSUN, received a $2,000 allocation from A.S. for the completion of a Torah, a scroll that has the five books of Moses handwritten on parchment paper. Jessica Krotin, 23, psychology major, addressed Senate members Tuesday during A.S. open forum and said it would be an honor for A.S. to provide money toward the completion of the Torah. “The Torah represents the soul of Judaism,” Krotin said. “A.S. represents the students on campus, so them… Read more

A.S. closed their two-day voting polls Wednesday night, in what turned out to largely be an election of write-ins. While there were 11 Senate seats available to be filled, only three (Lower Division, Upper Division, and Social & Behavioral Sciences) had candidates running for office this term. Raunika Nayyar,  A.S. director of elections, said the scarce number of senate candidates were because students do not want to commit to such a big responsibility. “The Senate is not easy work,” Nayyar… Read more

CSUN’s A.S. Senate currently has nine vacant seats. “We don’t have our full number of senators,” said Dan Monteleone, A.S. Senate assistant director of elections. “Our student body is currently represented by 15 senators.” The Senate is composed of 26 voting members, two elected from each of the eight colleges, four at-large students, two lower- and upper-division students, two graduate students, the vice president and the president, who serves as chair. The at-large student category was removed last semester, Monteleone said…. Read more

Associated Students (A.S.) senate approved three senators yesterday, decreasing the number of senate vacancies to 10. Joshua Taylor was appointed to the Upper Division II senate position, Natalie Perez to Health and Human Development II, and Ashley Walker to Lower Division II. There have been six applications received in the past two weeks, which includes the three recently appointed senators, which inquired about open senate positions, said A.S. Personnel Director Kathi Parrella after the meeting. Currently there are no interviews… Read more