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Film students sharpen much needed fundraising skills

Hilda Yeghishian • February 21, 2007

Finding Bigfoot," a film about one man's struggle with the question of whether to live a routine life or to follow his own ambitions, is one of the 10 senior film projects selected this year by CSUN's Department of Cinema and Television Arts. The student films range from 10 to 15 minutes but even short student films like these can run up to $40,000, according to Professor Nate Thomas, head of the film production option in the cinema and television arts department.

CSUN students win Black AIDS short-film contest

Hilda Yeghishian • February 14, 2007

Black Entertainment Television, Black AIDS Institute and Kaiser Family Foundation have come together for the third consecutive year to raise awareness among the American population about HIV/AIDS. They sponsor a contest called Rap-It-Up/Black AIDS Short Subject Film Competition, which awards people who are able to create a short screenplay that discusses the unspoken reality of HIV/AIDS in the most effective and innovative manner.

Faculty union rep to CSUN: ‘Rolling strikes’ are on the way

Hilda Yeghishian • February 14, 2007

Dr. James David Ballard delivered a special presentation at the Associated Students Senate meeting at the University Student Union's Grand Salon on Tuesday asking for the students' support in the faculty's fight for fair wages. Ballard, a sociology professor at CSUN, is head of the university's chapter of the California Faculty Association.

Campus gallery shows Pacific Island artists

Hilda Yeghishian • February 6, 2007

The CSUN Art Gallery is hosting "Island Affinities: Contemporary Art of Oceania," an exhibit of contemporary artwork from the south Pacific, which opened to the public on Jan. 29. The exhibition is the result of a collaborative effort between CSUN professor Peri Klemm and her exhibition design class, and Jewel Castro, a Samoan artist and art professor at Mira Costa College.

After incidents, women’s center tries to raise awareness

Hilda Yeghishian • February 2, 2007

The Women's Resource and Research Center is working to raise awareness on campus dealing with sexual assault and battery charges that were reported in previous semesters. The WRRC is a safe spot for students to escape to when needed. They offer a place to go for peer counseling and referrals to other major resources as well as a place to study and make new friends.

CSUN students create magazine for new generation of readers

Hilda Yeghishian • January 30, 2007

A new magazine called The American hit newsstands for the first time this January at CSUN and various junior colleges in the Los Angeles County. David MacNeal, a 21-year-old magazine journalism major at CSUN, is the brain behind the pages for this magazine which targets readers between the ages of 15 and 35.

Suspects still sought in on-campus crimes

Hilda Yeghishian • January 26, 2007

As the spring semester rolls around so do the crime alert bulletins in and around the CSUN community. Two crimes were reported within the two weeks before school started. An unidentified suspect allegedly brandished a firearm during a confrontation at the Redwood Hall Matadome on Jan.