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CSUN Freshmen to Unite and Celebrate Convocation
Thousands of freshmen will walk in unison to the Oviatt Library Lawn for the first time as a class of California State University, Northridge to attend Freshman Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 15. -- Noodls Singapore
Longtime community activist Joe Hicks dies
Born in Southern California in July 1941, Hicks got involved in the civil rights movement as a young man during the 1965 Watts riots, initially as a militant leftist in the Black Power movement. Years later, in 1996 at Cal State Northridge, he would debate former Klansman David Duke on the issue of affirmative action. -- Los Angeles Wave
Longtime Community Activist Joe R. Hicks Dead at 75
Born in Southern California in July 1941, Hicks got involved in the civil rights movement as a young man during the 1965 Watts riots, initially as a militant leftist in the Black Power movement. Years later, in 1996 at Cal State Northridge, he would debate former Klansman David Duke on the issue of affirmative action. -- Santa Monica Patch
Community Advocates, Inc.: In Memoriam - Joe R. Hicks: 1941 - 2016
Born in Southern California in July, 1941, Joe began his journey in the civil rights movement as a young man during the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, initially as a militant leftist in the Black Power movement. He famously debated former Klansman David Duke on the issue of affirmative action at California State University, Northridge in 1996. By the mid-1990s, however, Joe began a lengthy re-examination of his political views that resulted in dramatically-altered political positions. Joe's contemporary political views often stood at odds with the beliefs with which he was long associated, and for the past several years, he identified himself as an independent political conservative. -- Review Seeker
Los Angeles civil rights activist Joe Hicks dies at 75
In the early 1990s, Hicks was executive director of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of civil rights group the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Hicks also co-founded the Multi-Cultural Collaborative, intended to improve ethnic relations in the wake of the L.A. Riots. He debated former Klansman David Duke at Cal State Northridge in 1996. -- KPCC Southern California Public Radio-
Entering College? Latino Professors Share Some Great Advice for 2016
I have been teaching freshmen for close to 17 years, and the majority of my students are Chicano/Latino, with many of them first generation college students. I spend the first weeks of my classes challenging my students to set the bar high for themselves, which means they have a rigorous weekly reading and writing load. I want my students to learn from the beginning that College is WORK and that they are building a new skill set as college students. Professors do not want to hear you complain and whine about the workload, something that high school students often do and get away with in the classroom. Denise M. Sandoval is a Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge. -- NBC News
Opinion: Jews no longer prioritize social justice? Look at what they're doing in L.A.
Jennifer Thompson, a professor of Jewish studies at Cal State Northridge, says facts on the ground belie Oppenheimer’s argument: -- Los Angeles Times
Datebook: Towers of clay, the L.A. landscape reconsidered, dance at the Getty Villa
“Karla Klarin: Subdividing the LAndscape,” at CSUN Art Galleries. The San Fernando Valley-raised artist examines some of our city’s more quotidian landscapes in a series of painted works that take sprawl and the suburban as points of inspiration. But don’t expect the cookie cutter: Klarin’s works have a way of capturing grit. Opens Monday and runs through Oct. 8. A reception will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10; an artist talk will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, csun.edu. -- Los Angeles Times
Valley home prices hit highest level in 9 years
That’s according to July market reports from the Van Nuys-based Southland Regional Association of Realtors and the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center at Cal State University, Northridge. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Cal State University looks to boost 4-year graduation rates
Among local CSUs, the Dominguez Hills, Long Beach and Northridge campuses have also joined a new initiative called Re-imagining the First Year of College. That’s an American Association of State Colleges and Universities project involving 44 schools that is more narrowly focused on helping new students connect to campus life and push forward into their second year of school. -- Los Angeles Daily News