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Schumer, Pelosi: Dreamers are as American as apple pie

Javier studied economics and biotechnology at California State University in Northridge. He worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley and is now a young entrepreneur. What kind of country would we be if we closed the door on Dreamers? What kind of country would we be, if we say that Jessica, Javier, and 800,000 hard-working young people just like them, are not welcome here? -- True Viral News

Rep. Steve Knight urges prayers for Las Vegas — and gun-control advocates are angry

“What he [Knight] said was sensitive and kind-hearted, and he’s accused of being violent,” said Peter Marston, a professor of communications studies at Cal State Northridge, noting a discouraging trend in political discussion. “It was bad enough when there was no middle ground for people to talk about. Now we’ve reached the point where [people feel that] if you don’t say what I believe, you’ve committed an affront to me.” -- Los Angeles Daily News

CSUN Administrator on 100 Most Influential Filipina Women’s list

California State University, Northridge alumna and Director of Administrative Services Edith Winterhalter has been honored as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World. She will receive the “Behind the Scenes Leader” award from the Filipina Women’s Network, at the 14th Annual Filipina Leadership Global Summit on Oct. 25-29 in Toronto. -- SCV News

Diary of A Reluctant Dreamer: An Interview with Alberto Ledesma

Editor's Note: Besides working as a Diversity Director at UC Berkeley — from where he graduated three times over — Alberto Ledesma has also published academic articles and poetry, and four previous short stories. He has been a faculty member at CSU Northridge, Monterey Bay, and UC Berkeley. His essays have appeared in ColorLines and New America Media. He has also participated in Sandra Cisneros’s Macondo Workshop and in the VONA Writers Workshop. His latest book, Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer, is a series of visual vignettes — drawings and prose — that focus on his experience as an undocumented immigrant student during the early 1980s. He was interviewed by writer Andrew Lam. -- New America Media

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