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April 9: Journalist Asaf Elia-Shalev To Offer a New Perspective on History
Israeli-American journalist Asaf Elia-Shalev will discuss his most recent publication, “Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth” on Tuesday, April 9, at California State University, Northridge. -- SCV News
April 17: CSUN Hosts Third Annual EV Car Show
California State University, Northridge is hosting its third annual EV car show and panel discussion on the future of such vehicles on Wednesday, April 17. -- SCV News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, April 4-11
The Soraya at California State University, Northridge: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and violinist and music director Joshua Bell, 6:30 p.m. April 4 ($78 and up; www.asmf.org). Location, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-8800. www.thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Daily News
*Spectacular Sondheim! A Musical Revue
Details: The voice students of Joshua Wentz present “Spectacular Sondheim” A Musical Revue. Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:00 pm, at Santa Clarita United Methodist Church. This event is FREE and open to the public! It features students from California State University Northridge, Los Angeles Mission College, Mission Opera, and Santa Clarita United Methodist Church. -- KHTS
Inland college notes: National title is the goal going forward for Cal State San Bernardino’s men’s basketball program
The Yotes (27-8 overall) reached the Final Four last year under Andy Newman before his departure to Division I Cal State Northridge. -- The Press-Enterprise
YUKI MORIYAMA OF UNLV USES SCORCHING FINAL NINE HOLES TO WIN COWBOY CLASSIC
Aston Castillo of Witchita State, Krando Nishiba of Southern California, and Felix Schrott of CSU Northridge finished T4 at 10-under, and Aidan Lee of St. Mary's and Gage Messingham of Northern Colorado finished T7 at 9-under. -- Amateur Golf
Days before Easter, Newsom announces dozens of pardons and commutations
Newsom also granted a posthumous pardon to William Burwell, who helped organize protests as a student at San Fernando Valley State College, now Cal State Northridge, during the Civil Rights Movement. Burwell was arrested in 1969 and convicted of misdemeanor trespass and failure to disperse during a racial justice protest on campus in 1969, according to the governor’s office. -- Los Angeles Times
Newsom Pardons `Bill’ Burwell, 1960s CSUN Activist
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the Cal State Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies, CSUN officials said Saturday. -- MyNewsLA
SoCal Sound 88.5 adds Matt Pinfield as afternoon DJ Andy Chanley leaves town
With former SoCal Sound (88.5 FM) afternoon drive DJ and music director Andy Chanley moving East to the Windy City to take on hosting duties at Triple-A formatted WXRT-FM/Chicago, the time has come for a replacement. Or in this case, replacements. -- Los Angeles Daily News
The history of lowrider culture and its multigenerational reach
Denise Sandoval is a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge. She says lowriding is multigenerational, with its culture creating "space for the family to celebrate community, to celebrate the culture, to celebrate cultural pride - pride of being Chicano." -- WHQR