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'THIS FEELS RACIST' Balenciaga accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ over $1.2k sweatpants with boxers peaking over the waistband
Marquita Gammage, an associate professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge, said the Balenciaga item concerned her in an email to CNN. -- The U.S. Sun
FASHION DESIGNER CALLED OUT FOR CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OVER ITS $1,190 PANTS
Marquita Gammage, an associate professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge, was also disturbed by the Balenciaga item and what she sees as its exploitation of "Black culture with the hopes of securing major profits," she told CNN by email. -- WLFI
Woes of Capitalism in Armenia Exposed in Markar Melkonian’s Book The Wrong Train
The author received a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1997, and is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge. He has authored a number of books, including Richard Rorty’s Politics: Liberalism at the End of the American Century (Humanities Books, 1999), My Brother’s Road: An American’s Fateful Journey to Armenia, a riveting book about his younger brother Monte Melkonian (2005, 2007), and several college textbooks published in recent years. -- Armenian Mirror Spector
19 Year Old Author Me'Chele Sevanesian Aims to Change the Perception of Disability Narratives
Los Angeles native and rising junior at California State University, Northridge, Me'Chele Sevanesian has meshed her love for literature and disability advocacy in her freshman works, "The Color Orange." -- PRWeb
CSUN aims to get more Latino students in STEM fields with new HSI Global Center
CSUN aims to get more Latino students in STEM fields with new HSI Global Center -- KPCC
CSUN's Keiko Hirata: What does Afghanistan reveal about the Biden doctrine?
LOS ANGELES – Following the chaotic exit of American forces and civilians from Afghanistan, the world is struggling to understand the implications of the humiliating U.S. defeat in the 20-year war. -- Japan Times, Japan
New Piñata Exhibit Is the First of Its Kind in L.A.
Favela is by far the most well-known piñata artist. His pink 1967 Chevy Impala lowrider piñata, a built-to-scale ranfla titled "Gypsy Rose Piñata" debuted at L.A.'s Petersen Automotive Museum in 2017 for the "The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración" exhibit curated by Cal State Northridge Chicana/o Studies professor Denise Sandoval. For this exhibit, the Las Vegas artist, who is half Guatemalan, half Mexican, presents a toned-down piñata piece on board titled "Baño de los Pescaditos," a homage to 19th-century Mexican painter José Maria Velasco who made Mexican geography a symbol of national identity. Favela covered an abandoned Vegas motel in hot pink tissue paper to symbolize people of color visibility in a town that doesn't seem to care for his 2016 "Piñata Motel" installation. -- KCET
CSUN Will Open A New STEM Hub For Latino Students
California State University, Northridge has received $50 million to build a hub focused on bringing Latino students into the science and technology fields. -- LAist
Column: University of California system becoming more Californian, and that's a good thing
Extra money headed to the Cal State system will allow Humboldt State in Arcata to become a polytechnic college, focusing on science, technology, and math, and let Cal State Northridge create a center to guarantee racial and ethnic equity in the same STEM areas, for just two examples. -- Ventura County Star
Column: University of California system becoming more Californian, and that's a good thing
Extra money headed to the Cal State system will allow Humboldt State in Arcata to become a polytechnic college, focusing on science, technology, and math, and let Cal State Northridge create a center to guarantee racial and ethnic equity in the same STEM areas, for just two examples. -- Ventura County Star