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Sting premiered new songs from his forthcoming album, 57th & 9th, at a private KCSN VIP Live Session on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016 at the Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge. Photo courtesy of Luis Luque/Luque Photography -- Los Angeles Daily News

Testimonies were offered by Haigazian graduates Houri Tavitian (Class of 1985) and Serge Kurdian (Class of 2011). Houri remembers the difficult Lebanese war years and credits Haigazian for her life successes. To the audience she gratefully said, “You were there for us.” Graduate Student Kurdian, informed the crowd that he, too, is thankful for the opportunities Haigazian has afforded him. He is presently continuing his studies at California State University, Northridge. -- Armenia Online

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. -- Los Angeles Sentinel

Thus, one of the biggest rock stars in the annals of rock — Sting — materialized Wednesday at Cal State Northridge’s Valley Performing Arts Center, at noon no less (“Good evening!” he said after sauntering on stage, and quickly correcting himself, “Or good morning, I guess”), for a midday preview of new music before a tiny but boisterous crowd of about 300. -- Los Angeles Times