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Centro de CSUN reciben donación de $150,000 para ayudar a jóvenes DACA a renovar sus permisos

Para estudiantes como Jesús V. Martínez la universidad puede ser muy estresante con tareas y proyectos sumado a exámenes parciales y finales. No obstante, en su caso, se añade la preocupación de recordar que cada dos años debe tener en su bolsillo $495 para pagar por su estadía legal temporal bajo el amparo de la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA). -- La Opinion (in Spanish)

20 Mistakes Every California State University of Northridge Freshman Makes

Don’t you wish you had an inside person to help you navigate every new situation? Some students are fortunate enough to have designated mentors in siblings or parents who have attended CSUN whereas others aren’t so fortunate. I understand that leaving home for the first time can force to you feel mixed emotions. Between having your own freedom and finally leaving your parents, you wonder if you’d actually make it on your own in the real world. You arrive to campus on your first day and see that maybe this whole college thing won’t be so bad after all. That is until you realize you aren’t actually prepared, but you aren’t the only freshman who believed this tale. Though every freshman has different battles with major changes (it happens.. especially more than once), relationships and relearning how to transport yourself, because just like you, here are 20 mistakes every CSUN freshman makes, has probably committed, and does not need to ever commit again. -- Society 19

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA, Dec. 2-9

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony – Violins of Hope: Noreen Green conducts the orchestra, with violinist Lindsay Deutsch, 7 p.m. Dec. 12. Tickets $41-$109. The Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge. www.thesoraya.org/calendar/details/lajs-2021 -- Los Angeles Daily News

Cal State Northridge Will Pay To Renew Students' DACA Permits

In July, a federal district judge ruled against Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that grants temporary reprieve from deportation and work permits to a select group of undocumented people who were brought to the U.S. as children. -- LAist

More than 400 toxic sites in California are at risk of flooding from sea level rise

A growing body of research is now investigating how rising water will flood communities built on or near contaminated land. Efforts to study this issue in the San Francisco Bay Area have become increasingly coordinated, and state toxic substances control officials have started their own mapping project. At Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Northridge, a team of researchers recently launched a project to examine which communities in the state could be most harmed by potential flooding of industrial chemicals currently stored underground. -- Los Angeles Times

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