Contact: Muriel Banares or
Carmen Ramos Chandler ,
(818) 677-2130
mbanares@exec.csun.edu

CSUN Offers Perspective on California's Quest for Water

"Whither Californians and Their Water: Environmental Protection or Environmental Disaster" is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the University Student Union, located on the east side of the campus near Zelzah Avenue and Prairie Street.

Historian and UCLA professor Norris Hundley, Jr. will discuss and expand on his themes about the history of water in California. Hundley has explored three different perspectives of the role of water in his books: Dividing the Waters: A Century of Controversy between the United States and Mexico; Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in the West and The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, 1770s-1990s.

A reception and dinner will be offered before the lecture with reservations. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is $25 per person.

The Whitsett Lectures are designed to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of the history, development and future prospects of California and the West.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Whitsett Endowment, the CSUN History Association, Phi Alpha Theta and the Whitsett Committee of the Department of History.

For more information or to make reservations, call (818) 677-3566.