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More colleges add free food pantries as ‘starving student’ cliche becomes reality
Cal State Northridge is among Southern California’s colleges that have developed partnerships with community organizations to address food insecurity. And the statewide university system is looking to work with more partners to address housing insecurity, said Denise Bevly, director of the CSU system’s Student Wellness and Basic Needs Initiative. -- Orange County Register
Campuses Cautious As They Adjust To New Sexual Assault Guidelines
A letter to the Yale University community says the school has “no plans to deviate” from current Obama-era policies. California State University, Northridge says “Regardless of this new DOE action … we will not waver in our commitment to Title IX and its protections.” Similarly, Washington University in St. Louis says “regardless of decisions at the federal level, we have no intention of turning back on our commitment or resolve.” -- Education News
California students stressed by immigration crackdown
“We may see it all as rhetoric and posturing, but I’ve witnessed kids from elementary school to college level stressed out and traumatized,” said Alejandra Acuna, an assistant professor at Cal State Northridge who studies trauma among urban youth. “We’ve got 8-year-olds worried their parents will have to go back to Mexico. I saw one student literally crying in the elevator. If you’re undocumented, it’s not just rhetoric — it’s about survival.” -- Daily Democrat
More colleges add free food pantries as ‘starving student’ cliche becomes reality
Cal State Northridge is among Southern California’s colleges that have developed partnerships with community organizations to address food insecurity. And the statewide university system is looking to work with more partners to address housing insecurity, said Denise Bevly, director of the CSU system’s Student Wellness and Basic Needs Initiative. -- Whittier Daily News
Artist Creates Murals to Help Connect Communities
A campaign is underway to raise $3 to 4 million to finish the Great Wall to include California's history from the 1960s through the 1990s. Plus, Baca's alma mater Cal State Northridge will host an exhibit on the Great Wall that opens Oct. 18 and runs through Dec. 16. -- NBC Los Angeles
Maceo Parker’s Ray Charles tribute ‘To Ray with Love’, Oct. 19
LOS ANGELES – The 2017/18 Swinging Jazz series at VPAC (The Soraya) kicks off when American funk maestro Maceo Parker takes to the stage for an unforgettable tribute to the great Ray Charles on Thurs., Oct. 19 at 8p.m. -- Compton Herald
Old friends from Oklahoma reunite after 11 years
Now, Zorin said she speaks four languages and is a sign language interpreter at California State University-Northridge. -- Merced Sun-Star
LA Opera Presents GREAT OPERA CHORUSES Tonight
Great Opera Choruses is presented under LA Opera's Off Grandbanner, dedicated to performances taking place outside the company's traditional home at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The concerts will be presented at the Valley Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of California State University-Northridge (CSUN) at 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, 91330. Two performances will take place on Saturday, March 14, at 2:00pm and at 3:30pm. -- Broadway World - Opera World
Diary of A Reluctant Dreamer: An Interview with Alberto Ledesma
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: three in Con/Safos: A Chicana/o Literary Magazine, and one, as a chapbook, in Gary Soto’s Chicano Chapbook Series (#17). 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. -- Huffington Post
CSUN | On Point: What the Number 1100 Means to CSUN
The CSU Chancellor’s Executive Order 1100 is intended to increase graduation rates by lowering general education requirements. On Point reports on the potential impact on students, and on the response of many CSUN faculty, with CSUN Gender & Women’s Studies Department Chair Professor Breny Mendoza, Chicano/a Studies Department Chair Professor Gabriel Gutierrez, and CSUN English Department Professor Scott Andrews, also a member of the 2016 Task Force on the Advancement of Ethnic Studies. -- SCV TV