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When They Dance in the Killing Fields
Ballet BC at the Soraya, Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Sat, May 6, 8 pm, $39-$94. Soraya. -- Cultural Daily
L.A. City Reparations Commission Hosts First In-Person Event
A final proposal is expected to be transmitted to City Council and the Mayor by early 2025. California State University Northridge (CSUN) College of Social and Behavioral Sciences was announced as the academic researcher to conduct the study of harms experienced by Black residents in the history of Los Angeles. -- Los Angeles Sentinel
Nearly 1 in 4 LAPD pursuits ends in injuries, and the numbers have been rising
In February, a 19-year-old Cal State Northridge student from Reseda was killed when a man suspected of an armed robbery smashed the SUV he was driving into the back of the student’s sedan stopped at a red light about a mile south of campus. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, April 27-May 5
Kinesis 2023 – Emerging Choreography: California State University, Northridge, Department of Kinesiology presents three performances by student choreographers and dancers, 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 27. Tickets $20; $10 seniors and students. Plaza de Sol Performance Hall at CSUN, within the University Student Union (east side of the campus off Zelzah Avenue and south of Plummer Street), 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-2488. www.csun.edu/health-human-development/kinesiology -- Los Angeles Daily News
Local Tataviam Tribal Leader to Receive Honorary Doctorate
California State University, Northridge will confer honorary doctorates on community leader and tribal president of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians Rudy Ortega Jr., author and screenwriter Charles Yu and business leader and philanthropist Milt Valera at the university’s commencement ceremonies next month. -- SCV News
ALL IN Recognizes The 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll
Top row from left to right: Jasmin Hernandez Giles, California State University, Northridge; Jesse McClure, College of the Canyons; Anthony Keenan, Community College of Philadelphia; Blerina Mimini, Sauk Valley Community College; DaZay Green, National Louis University; and Krystina Cato, Elizabeth City State University. -- Forbes
Deputy pursuit in Huntington Park ends in crash, leaving 4 hospitalized
About two weeks later, on Feb. 16, a 19-year-old Cal State Northridge student was killed when the car he was driving was hit by a vehicle being pursued in connection with a suspected robbery. -- Los Angeles Times
Olympia LePoint Wins The IRWIN Award at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
LePoint's second book, Answers Unleashed, helps readers overcome painful memories and chaotic life situations to unleash the power of the brain for science innovation using a science theory she defines as "The Triabrain Theory of Relativity." The book and its theory are shared in a talk at California State University Northridge, on the TV show "Impact Theory" and on a "Motivation2Study" video with nearly 2 million online views. -- PRWeb
May 3: CSUN 31st Senior Film Showcase
The stories are as diverse as their filmmakers: An ex-gang member struggling to help his mother return home. A son fulfilling his father’s baseball dream. A father struggling to provide for his son. Two lonely people battling solitary confinement. An effort to negotiate peace in the middle of a war. -- SCV News
CALIFORNIA Priced out of a UC dream school, he’s choosing community college instead. He isn’t alone
Emily Gramajo, a senior at West Adams Preparatory High, has a waitlist offer from UC Riverside and acceptances from Cal State campuses at Northridge and Dominguez Hills. But even if she gets off the Riverside waitlist, she’s already decided to attend L.A. City College because the first two years would be free under the California College Promise Grant program. She said she is needed at home to clean, cook, take out the dog and baby-sit for her neighbors. She also said she would feel safer at home, having heard about “scary” dorm experiences. -- Los Angeles Times