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The Rebirth of Lowriding in California

"Owning a car is the American dream," says Denise Sandoval, a professor of Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge. "Lowriding is a great example, just like hip-hop, of people using culture to tell their stories, to mark space in the United States, to say, 'This is what makes us unique.'" -- Reason Magazine

June 29: Matador Summer Celebration

To all new California State University, Northridge Matadors! Come out to CSUN Thursday, June 29, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., as the university celebrates you and your decision to attend CSUN this fall! Join us for an evening of welcome receptions, resources, campus tours and a free “Top Gun: Maverick” screening. Registration is required to attend the event. -- SCV News

Educators, artists, actors tout Prop. 28 arts funding at Getty Center event

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, who spoke on a panel, alongside California State University, Northridge President Erika D. Beck and UCLA Associate Dean of Public Engagement Annamarie Francois, said guaranteeing arts funding under Prop. 28 is a “significant moment” for California. -- EdSource

L.A. Culture: Doin' The Fringe Binge

As the performance is about to begin, the announcer tells us that this show, despite its French sounding name, is not set in Paris in the 1800s, but in Los Angeles in 2008. The moment is the graduation from California State University Northridge, otherwise known as CSUN, (pronounced Sea-Sun). Our protagonist, obviously a local girl, is oddly enough named Jean Valjean, and is almost immediately met by an evil fellow in a coat who identifies himself as Javert. Thus they have established the protagonist-antagonist relationship of the original musical. -- City Watch

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