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VOICES IN HARMONY | THE VILLAGE VOICES CHORALE USHERS IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH ’TIS THE SEASON

Backed by flute, clarinet, guitar, piano and percussion, the human voice is the star instrument of the evening. The Covenant Ringers Handbell Choir from the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, led by director Nick Newkirk, will join in, too. Sarah Salazar, the 2016 Village Voices Scholarship recipient and a Masters of Music student at California State University, Northridge, is a soloist. -- Ventura County Reporter

NAU Roundup: Women's basketball hosting pair of games

A busy week continues for the Northern Arizona women's basketball team as they move inside the Walkup Skydome for the first time this season, taking on Cal State Northridge today at 11 a.m. The game will be the team's fourth annual Field Trip Day game designed for the community's youth, with NAU holding a 2-1 record in past years. -- Arizona Daily Sun

Jim Snyder Joins Sun Valley as Director of Food and Beverage

A seasoned ski resort food and beverage professional with over thirty years of multi-unit responsibility in the resort industry, Jim most recently was Senior Vice President of Food and Beverage for Intrawest. Based out of the Steamboat Resort, he oversaw six resorts in North America with over 80 restaurant venues, as well as all food and beverage operations at the Steamboat Resort. Prior to his time at Intrawest, Jim held executive food and beverage positions at Canyons Resort, and was Vice President of Food and Beverage for American Skiing Company -- both based in Park City, Utah. Snyder began his career as the Executive Vice President of Good Earth restaurants, a pioneering concept in the natural food industry. He is a graduate of California State University-Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. -- Hotel Business Review

Nachum Inlender, entrepreneur, dies at 68

While in his early 20s, Inlender moved to the United States, working security for the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles. He met his wife, Tobi, at an Israel Independence Day celebration. After graduating from Cal State Northridge with a degree in business administration, he entered into various enterprises in Southern California and Israel. -- Jewish Journal

'Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk' Hits Virtual Bookshelf

A graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film), Goldfine's main present occupation is Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of "Security Sales & Integration." There he oversees all editorial content in print, online, digital, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading trade publication. -- PR Log

There Is Life on a Dead Coral Reef

The dead coral reef looked like a graveyard. “It was pretty bleak,” says Hannah Nelson, a student at California State University, Northridge. “Live coral is extremely colorful. This dead coral was covered in algae and kind of monotone.” -- Hakai Magazine

California University Leaders Defend Undocumented Students

Uno de los temores de los estudiantes indocumentados es que los datos que proporcionaron a la hora de completar su solicitud DACA, matricularse en universidad o solicitar alguna de las ayudas financieras que proporcionan los centros puedan ser utilizados ahora para identificarlos. Por eso algunos estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de California en Northridge se reunieron para pedir que las universidades se conviertan en “santuarios” donde las autoridades de inmigración no sean bienvenidas, al igual que lo hicieron otros jóvenes por universidades de todo el país. -- La Opinión

The Test-Prep Program That’s Helping Low-Income Students Get to College

It’s one of the most glaring indicators of inequity in the nation’s education system: Students from low-income families tested 166 points below the average on last year’s SAT and 396 points behind than their wealthiest peers. Put another way, the poorest students (whose parents earned less than $20,000) could barely meet the baseline for applying to California State University, Northridge, while most rich kids (whose parents rake in over $200,000) would have the same shot of getting into the higher ranked University of California, Los Angeles. -- Nation Swell

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