Clips
There Is Life on a Dead Coral Reef
The dead coral reef looked like a graveyard.
“It was pretty bleak,” says Hannah Nelson, a student at California State University, Northridge. “Live coral is extremely colorful. This dead coral was covered in algae and kind of monotone.” -- Hakai Magazine
California University Leaders Defend Undocumented Students
Uno de los temores de los estudiantes indocumentados es que los datos que proporcionaron a la hora de completar su solicitud DACA, matricularse en universidad o solicitar alguna de las ayudas financieras que proporcionan los centros puedan ser utilizados ahora para identificarlos. Por eso algunos estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de California en Northridge se reunieron para pedir que las universidades se conviertan en “santuarios” donde las autoridades de inmigración no sean bienvenidas, al igual que lo hicieron otros jóvenes por universidades de todo el país. -- La Opinión
PUSHUPS IN THE PARK: CAL STATE STUDENTS LEAD OUTDOOR EXERCISE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS
SAN FERNANDO, Calif., — It’s early on a Wednesday morning and this city’s Recreation Park is bustling with dozens of people doing sprints, leg lifts and squats as enthusiastic students from California State University, Northridge cheer them on. -- Columbia Basin Herald - WA
Push-ups In The Park: Cal State Students Lead Outdoor Exercise In Low-Income Areas
SAN FERNANDO, Calif., — It’s early on a Wednesday morning and this city’s Recreation Park is bustling with dozens of people doing sprints, leg lifts and squats as enthusiastic students from California State University, Northridge cheer them on. -- Kaiser Health News
The Test-Prep Program That’s Helping Low-Income Students Get to College
It’s one of the most glaring indicators of inequity in the nation’s education system: Students from low-income families tested 166 points below the average on last year’s SAT and 396 points behind than their wealthiest peers. Put another way, the poorest students (whose parents earned less than $20,000) could barely meet the baseline for applying to California State University, Northridge, while most rich kids (whose parents rake in over $200,000) would have the same shot of getting into the higher ranked University of California, Los Angeles. -- Nation Swell
Shows Of The Night: Tuesday, November 29th
SHOWS OF THE NIGHT
The Naked And Famous @ Fox Theater
Young Thug @ Shrine Expo Hall
Louis C.K. @ Dolby Theatre
YG @ Wiltern
Princess Nokia @ The Echo
Vancouver Sleep Clinic w/ Lo Moon @ Bootleg Theater
Getting Doug With High @ The Troubadour
Clay @ The Hotel Cafe
Dragon Smoke @ The Mint
Judd Apatow & Friends @ Largo At The Coronet
Cloak & Dagger @ Confession
Wind Ensemble @ Cal State Northridge -- Scenestar
Class act: Yes, some non-holiday music is being played by the L.A. Philharmonic and others
The Vienna Boys Choir makes rare Southern California appearances on Dec. 2 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge and on Dec. 3 at Segerstrom Hall performing a program of Christmas music that spans six centuries. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
SoCal-based Cuban composer, and noted historian weigh in on Fidel Castro’s legacy
Aurelio de la Vega, Cuban composer and professor emeritus at California State University, Northridge. He is in Miami today receiving an award from the National Association of Cuban American Educators. Today is also his birthday, he turns 91 -- KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Presidential election sparks a rise in campus unrest
The Cal State system, the largest in the nation, with campuses in Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge and San Bernardino, is not “in the business” of enforcing federal immigration laws, White said. -- Orange County Register
The Layers of a Black Man; Cal State Northridge students examine and present the activism, triumphs and challenges of black men.
California State University Northridge (CSUN) recently held its 8th Bi-Annual Men of Color Enquiry and Student Research Poster Session. This very interactive informative study is the brain child of Dr. Cedric Hackett. -- L.A. Watts Times