She was three and half hours away, but the voice on the other line was locked in her bathroom and contemplating suicide.

In the aftermath of the Metrolink train accident, the family of Aida Magdaleno, the sophomore CSUN student who lost her life in the accident, filed a claim against Metrolink yesterday.

Like many undergraduates, Aida Magdaleno wasn't sure what she wanted to do with the rest of her life until last week when she decided to be a social worker after taking some sociology classes.

CSUN student Aida Magdaleno is among those missing in the Metrolink commuter train and Union Pacific freight train head-on collision that occurred around 4:23 p.m. in Chatsworth.

If the move to Gmail is implemented it would take place before spring 2009 finals, said vice president of student affairs Terry Piper. Mirapoint currently provides student email accounts. It would cost nothing to use Gmail and will give students more space.

Six years ago the prospects of teaching an online class was a joke to urban studies professor Ward Thomas. Today as he teaches an introductory urban studies, to keep up with the demand of online classes, his views on online classes have changed.

The first time CSUN animation students Lindsay Poggio and Miguel Wilson went to Wizard World, the comic book and pop culture convention, two guys in one of the Japanese animation booths were surprised at how much Lindsay knew about the subject, asking questions they didn't have the answers to.

Allocations for the campus elections, Associated Students' stand on how the revenue from the Campus Quality Fee is allocated and funds for the recycling center were discussed at yesterday's A.S. meeting.

CSUN isn't necessarily known for its school spirit, but the 'Presidents Picnic' last Thursday showed Melody Mahtban that CSUN is more than just a commuter school.

In his freshman year, Danny Santana received financial aid, took out two loans to cover housing and worked part-time. Yet this CSUN student's bank account is negative $149.

CSUN students running late may no longer be speeding on Zelzah if the proposed plan, by the Los Angeles' transportation committee to increase the speed limit on certain parts of the street is put into place.

Club fund allocations, future events and the reduction of the world's nuclear threat were some of the issues brought up at the Associated Student's first meeting of the semester yesterday afternoon.