Man charged in CSUN student’s death to appear in court
December 6, 2015
After two days of deliberations by the defense and prosecution, the man accused of killing CSUN student Abdullah Alkadi will be arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court in San Fernando, setting the stage for the case to go to trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David B. Gelfound denied the defe...
Hearing to decide status of man accused in Abdullah Alkadi’s death
December 3, 2015
Witnesses who took the stand for the prosecution and defense during a roughly five-hour hearing on Thursday revealed for the first time details about CSUN student Abdullah Alkadi’s death and the arrest of the man accused of killing him. The preliminary hearing at the Los Angeles Superior Court San...
Associated Students meeting wrap-up
September 14, 2015
CSUN Associated Students further solidified its stance on providing a smoke and tobacco-free campus when it unanimously voted on Monday morning, to rescind a contradictory 2011 smoking policy. The 2011 policy prohibited smoking within 25 feet of entrances, exits, operable windows and ground level...
President Harrison delivers fall welcome address
August 24, 2015
Enrollment, social justice, sustainability and CSUN’s status as a smoke-and tobacco-free campus were just some of the topics raised by university President Dianne F. Harrison as she gave her fall welcome address to a packed Valley Performing Arts Center on Thursday morning. Harrison’s address...
Event for transferring students lends a hand to help find the right college
May 6, 2015
CSUN Raza Transfer Day, hosted on May 2 by the Chicano/a Graduate Student Association, is an event held each year with the hope of providing students with the tools necessary to successfully transfer to a four-year college of their choice. “We feel like there is not enough outreach for these students,”...
Water usage at CSUN comes into question as drought persists
April 22, 2015
With a student population numbering this semester at over 36,000 students, the very notion of water conservation on campus may seem far-fetched — even impossible. But a series of present and future sustainability measures could put CSUN ahead of the curve in water conservation. Experts say Ca...
Campus gets acquainted with CSUN PD’s K-9 unit
April 15, 2015
The CSUN Department of Police Services hosted a multi-agency police dog demonstration where members of the public and CSUN students got to meet and pet the dogs, in front of Bayramian Hall Wednesday afternoon. “People say the dogs are malicious and they’re mean. It’s not true,” said Anthony...
Garcetti announces earthquake initiative in State of the City Address at VPAC
April 14, 2015
Standing on the stage of the Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti gave his second State of the City address, where he outlined numerous improvement campaigns in areas such as public safety, mass transit, and earthquake retrofitting. The fact that CSUN had to endure...
Tommy Lasorda stops by CSUN for meet-and-greet
April 14, 2015
Tommy Lasorda is regarded as a legendary player, coach and manager. In his 19-year capacity as manager after being a pitcher for the Dodgers in the mid-1950s, Lasorda led the team to two World Series titles, part of a career in baseball that spans over 60 years. So when CSUN alum Colin Gunderson,...
MEChA encourages higher education with 17th annual Raza Youth Conference
March 30, 2015
For a time, graduating high school and going to college was the last thing on Kevin Herrera and Bryant Sandoval’s minds. Herrera, an 11th grader at Maya Angelou High School in South Central Los Angeles saw himself as a bad student. Boxing and mixed martial arts — not to mention a kick in the pants...
HealthCare.gov tax form mistake will not prevent students from receiving federal student aid
March 10, 2015
Students who filed their 2015-2016 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) paperwork before or on the March 2 state deadline are not at risk of losing their financial aid due to erroneous tax information sent by HealthCare.gov, CSUN financial aid officials said this week. This year marks...
LGBTQ Awareness training may be revamped due to low attendance
February 17, 2015
Although Tuesday morning’s Pride Center LGBTQ Awareness training session saw zero attendance by CSUN students, Sarina Loeb, Pride Center and LGBTQ initiatives coordinator, encourages students to consider attending the remaining two sessions. “The goal of the training is really to educate people...