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Every year, California State University, Northridge staff and faculty choose a Freshman Common Read that incapsulates the current cultural climate, to inspire and encourage students to engage in meaningful and moving conversations. -- AmericanTowns.com

Donald Trump indicates tyrannical aspirations by refusing to heed existing laws, the prerogatives of the House of Representatives, and the Constitution (“Trump team resists Congress’ oversight,” May 5). One answer is tyrannicide. Advocacy of tyrannicide has a long history, including Marcus Tullius Cicero’s De Officiis and John of Salisbury. The latter legitimized tyrannicide, in the Policraticus, (circa 1159): “Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.” Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard stated that one may even be “praised and rewarded” for being the “one who liberates his country by killing a tyrant.” Karl Marx, of course, would discount tyrannicide because the problem, for him, is not individual rulers, but the system, itself, which tyrannicide cannot cure. Roger Carasso professor emeritus California State University, Northridge -- Santa Fe New Mexican

NORTHRIDGE – CSUN Baseball (19-26) hosts its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday afternoon as the Matadors take on California Baptist at 3:00 p.m. A video stream of the game will be available on the CSUN Sports Network presented by Dignity Health with Ross Porter on the call. -- SCV News

That's the case with Mary, 18, who is currently a student at Cal State Northridge (the filmmakers decided to protect her identity by leaving out her last name). By her account, she lived in 16-18 foster homes after being taken away from her mom, who called her a mistake. -- LAist