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From failed Bronx drug dealer to U of T sociologist
L.A. is also home to Contreras’s wife, a tenured sociology professor at California State University, Northridge, and his 21-year-old son from a previous relationship. -- Toronto Star - Canada
Finish in Four’ is new mantra for California State University
CSU Northridge has seen more of its students passing remedial math after integrating workshops into the course that teach students how to change their response to failure and reduce test anxiety. Remedial classes are not offered for credit and can therefore become a roadblock to progressing toward a degree. -- Sacramento Bee
Sarah Silverman and other comedians launch a voter registration tour, thanks to Tom Steyer
The tour's first stop is Thursday night at East Los Angeles City College. (Get your tickets here). The other announced dates on the tour are:
Oct. 6 at Sonoma State
Oct. 9 at San Diego State
Oct. 10 at UC Riverside
Oct. 14 at Cal State Northridge
Oct. 17 at Cal State L.A.
Oct. 21 at Humboldt State
Oct. 23 at UC Berkeley -- Los Angeles Times
Students Eligible for Lower Metro Fares
Metro board officials promoted the program today by issuing the 1,500th U-Pass to a Cal State Northridge student. -- Eastern Group Publications
Dick Enberg saying farewell to baseball, embraces next creative challenge
Once he realized that wasn’t going to happen, he took up a recruiter’s pitch to check out a job opening at San Fernando Valley State in Northridge (now CSUN), just blocks from where he used to live as a youngster, and teach Health Education 102 as well as become the Matadors assistant baseball coach. -- Orange County Register
Steven Weber, Bets Malone and Jane Leeves Join Tyne Daly in Dear World
Single tickets, ranging from $38 - $73, are available. For ticket and subscription information, visit ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org or call (818) 677-3000. Valley Performing Arts Center is located on the campus of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA. -- Playbill
Tyne Daly Stars in Dear World Tonight
Single tickets, ranging from $38 - $73, are available. For ticket and subscription information, visit ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org or call (818) 677-3000. Valley Performing Arts Center is located on the campus of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA. -- Playbill
Tyne Daly Leads DEAR WORLD in Concert Tonight at Valley Performing Arts Center
The Broadway Series at Valley Performing Arts Center continues with Kelli O'Hara (October 14), West Side Story (March 10 - 12) and Man of La Mancha (May 5 - 7). Single tickets, ranging from $38 - $73 are available now. For ticket and subscription information, visit ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org or call (818) 677-3000. Valley Performing Arts Center is located on the campus of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8448, at the corner of Nordhoff and Lindley. -- Broadway World
Our View: Overturned upon review
Fazio is endorsed by Kenneth R. Lord, dean of CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics; Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander and former L.A. City Councilman Dennis P. Zine; business executives including Anthony Pritzker, managing partner of Pritzker Group, and Jamee Natella, founder and producer of Blueyed Pictures Inc; and Genethia Hudley-Hayes, former chairwoman of the L.A. Fire Department Commission who currently works for Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Which Campuses Have the Most Diversity
CSUN ranks 3rd for environment for its scores for diversity. -- The Wall Street Journal