Several faculty members in the Communication Studies Department were surprised nearly over a week ago to find notes in their offices from custodial workers, informing them their rooms would only be cleaned once a week, a department official said. The notes were handwritten on half sheets of yellow paper and left behind in many of the third-floor faculty offices of the Communication Studies Department in Manzanita Hall, said Yolanda Avila, administrative support coordinator of the department Communication Studies professors went into their department and voiced concerns about the content of the notes, Avila said.

Cindy Franco, senior sociology major, was finishing her first year at CSUN when she realized that she needed help. The strains of university life had gotten to her and she needed someone to talk to. "I felt overwhelmed with my classes and the general pace of the year," Franco said.

Daily Sundial Student Productions and Campus Entertainment hold Big Show 6 this semester with a smaller budget, said the executive director of Student Productions and Campus Entertainments. Last year, with a budget of $120,000, SPACE was able to hire Indie rock group Jimmy Eat World for the Big Show - a large-scale, free concert for CSUN students sponsored by SPACE, a division of Associated Students.

Daily Sundial The Starcade Arcade, a longtime source of gaming relief for CSUN students at the Matador Bookstore Complex, has been closed and replaced by an addition to the bookstore. The University Corporation, which oversees commercial services, saw an opportunity to provide the Matador Bookstore with much needed additional space, said Dave Nirenberg, director of commercial services for the corporation.

Daily Sundial There is hope for students who have a hard time paying for tuition at CSUN. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to eliminate the scheduled 8 percent fee hike for students at the University of California and California State University campuses for the 2006-2007 year.