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Stefan Haves on the world of circus

I worked in television for a decade before crossing over to the world of circus arts and clowning. What interested me about physical theatre as opposed to naturalistic acting were the benchmarks the circus provides. You can juggle or you can’t, either you can walk a tightrope or you can’t. Also, the emotional impact is universal, not language-based. After graduating with BA in Theatre Arts from California State University, Northridge, I went on to study at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California, and worked in the trenches as a juggler and street clown in Paris, which is where I first encountered David Shiner, the writer and director of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza as well as Banana Shpeel. -- The Free Press Journal - India

Princess Halliday USA based Leadership expert shares on empowerment and gender equality

Having been been a guest lecturer on ethics and leadership to masters degree professionals in California State University Northridge. The U. S based leadership expert-Princess Halliday is an internationally recognized leadership consultant and multiple award winning extraordinary speaker. She has spoken in various international platforms on Power and Leadership. Princess Halliday exercised her expertise in high-risk domestic and international situations; global conflict and terrorist incidents; diplomacy; and business, She is determined to change the culture of leadership for men, women, boys and girls. Princess Halliday developed and delivered lectures to the U.S Army base Virginia on “emotional intelligence, leadership and service members transitioning from the military”. This was accepted and considered for integration into the system to help army officers and families during their transition to the civilian life especially those who have been deployed to combat for a long period of time. -- BEN Television -- Great Britain

Travel Style: Julie Berry

College: East Carolina University (B.S.) & California state university, Northridge (M.S.) -- JohnnyJet

11 Celebrities Who Went to College After They Were Already Famous

A year after finishing her run as Gabrielle Solis in "Desperate Housewives" in 2012, Eva Longoria walked across the stage at California State University Northridge, where she earned a master's degree in Chicano and Chicana studies. Longoria, who also had a lengthy career on soaps like "General Hospital" and "The Young and the Restless" before enrolling at Northridge, completed a thesis titled, "Success STEMs From Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers" as part of her degree. (Hell to the yas.) -- StyleCaster

Slepicoff joins Fort Mohave Dental

Slepicoff grew up in Southern California and completed her undergraduate degree at California State University, Northridge. -- Mohave Valley Daily News

Bundtzen Named Campbell USD's New Asst. Supt. Of Human Resources

Bundtzen has earned several awards, including Los Angeles Unified School District Teacher of the Year 2000, the 2013 Campbell Women of Distinction, and the 2014 Special Education Administrator of the Year award from the Association of California School Administrators. She holds degrees in Sociology, Education and Administration from California State University, Northridge. -- Campbell Patch

Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it

"I had no idea what it meant," says Des Lauriers, now a professor at California State University (Cal State) in Northridge. Curiosity piqued, he returned for a test excavation and sent some shell and charcoal for radiocarbon dating. When Des Lauriers's adviser called with the results, he said, "You should probably sit down." The material dated from nearly 11,000 to more than 12,000 years ago—only a couple thousand years after the first people reached the Americas. -- Science Magazine

Family Meal? Ancestral Humans May Have Engaged in Ritualistic Cannibalism

Hélène Rougier does not share Shipman’s assurance. The California State University, Northridge, anthropologist says the similarities between the incisions and known art from the era as well as the fact that the engraver was aware they were consuming and decorating another human, make interpreting the cuts as ceremonial behavior tempting. “But other hypotheses cannot be definitely dismissed,” she wrote in an e-mail. For instance, the carving might have been a spur-of-the-moment decision, she says. Maybe the arm bone was actually engraved for functionality, not as a ritual, suggests Paul Pettitt, an archaeologist at Durham University in England. With the pointy tip such a fractured fragment would likely produce, this bone might have been used to puncture other materials. If so, “certainly these would have been used in tasks that were somewhat messy,” he says. Like grooves on a bike handle, deep carvings enhance grip. And because Bello compared her bone with animal bones and antlers that also have been interpreted as tools, this possibility cannot be ruled out, he notes. -- Scientific American

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