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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
Shows Of The Night: Tuesday, November 29th
SHOWS OF THE NIGHT
The Naked And Famous @ Fox Theater
Young Thug @ Shrine Expo Hall
Louis C.K. @ Dolby Theatre
YG @ Wiltern
Princess Nokia @ The Echo
Vancouver Sleep Clinic w/ Lo Moon @ Bootleg Theater
Getting Doug With High @ The Troubadour
Clay @ The Hotel Cafe
Dragon Smoke @ The Mint
Judd Apatow & Friends @ Largo At The Coronet
Cloak & Dagger @ Confession
Wind Ensemble @ Cal State Northridge -- Scenestar
Class act: Yes, some non-holiday music is being played by the L.A. Philharmonic and others
The Vienna Boys Choir makes rare Southern California appearances on Dec. 2 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge and on Dec. 3 at Segerstrom Hall performing a program of Christmas music that spans six centuries. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
SoCal-based Cuban composer, and noted historian weigh in on Fidel Castro’s legacy
Aurelio de la Vega, Cuban composer and professor emeritus at California State University, Northridge. He is in Miami today receiving an award from the National Association of Cuban American Educators. Today is also his birthday, he turns 91 -- KPCC Southern California Public Radio
Presidential election sparks a rise in campus unrest
The Cal State system, the largest in the nation, with campuses in Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge and San Bernardino, is not “in the business” of enforcing federal immigration laws, White said. -- Orange County Register
The Layers of a Black Man; Cal State Northridge students examine and present the activism, triumphs and challenges of black men.
California State University Northridge (CSUN) recently held its 8th Bi-Annual Men of Color Enquiry and Student Research Poster Session. This very interactive informative study is the brain child of Dr. Cedric Hackett. -- L.A. Watts Times
For many Southern California Cuban-Americans, Castro’s death is ‘reason to celebrate’
“Great festivities,” declared de la Vega, 90, of Northridge, an internationally celebrated Cuban-born composer, pianist and professor emeritus of music at Cal State Northridge, before leaving Saturday to pick up an Educator of the Year award in Miami. “I was absolutely praying all this time (for this). -- Los Angeles Daily News
For many Southern California Cuban-Americans, Castro’s death is ‘reason to celebrate’
“Great festivities,” declared de la Vega, 90, of Northridge, an internationally celebrated Cuban-born composer, pianist and professor emeritus of music at Cal State Northridge, before leaving Saturday to pick up an Educator of the Year award in Miami. “I was absolutely praying all this time (for this). -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
40 family-friendly 'Nutcrackers,' 'Christmas Carols' and other SoCal holiday shows
Fiesta Mexicana: Feliz Navidad With Ballet Folklórico de Kareli Montoya. Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. Dec. 3; Saturday, 3 p.m. $38 and up. (818) 677-3000. www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org -- Los Angeles Times
'New era of hope' for some in wake of Fidel Castro's death
For others, Fidel Castro’s death brought “great festivities,” said Cuban composer Aurelio de la Vega, 90, of Northridge, an internationally celebrated Cuban-born composer, pianist and professor emeritus of music at Cal State Northridge, before leaving Saturday to pick up an educator of the year award in Miami. “I was absolutely praying all this time (for this). -- Riverside Press-Enterprise