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‘Re-Imagined’ Glendale Central Library to Open May 1
Shant Sahakian, life-long Glendale resident, graduate of Herbert Hoover High School and a Glendale Community College and Cal State Northridge alumnus, was just elected to the Glendale Unified School Board as District D representative. Sahakian participated in community life from a very young age, and has served on numerous local boards. He is currently serving on the City of Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, which works with the Library, Arts & Culture Department; he is also serving on the Armenian American Museum’s Development Committee and when that museum is built it will be directly next to the Downtown Central Library. -- Asbarez
LA Riots 25 years later: The fallout of Rodney King verdict has given way to fragile peace
By the early 90s, as many as one in four blacks was without a job, said Josh Sides, a professor of history at Cal State Northridge, author of a book and articles about the ‘92 L.A. riots. Drug addiction and alcoholism soared. In 1991 and 1992, the record years for homicide in Los Angeles, 3,200 people were murdered, most of them young black men. -- Los Angeles Daily News
CSUN Professor Creates Free Online Course to Prepare High School Students for College Biology
California State University, Northridge biology professor Cindy Malone is developing a free, online biology course that covers high school biology curriculum to help high school students prepare for college-level biology majors. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
California eyes teacher pay boosts to keep them in state
“If there’s not a whole lot of support and they’re working long hours for low money, they leave the field,” said Wendy Murawski, the executive director and Eisner Endowed Chair of Cal State Northridge’s Center for Teaching and Learning. “Everybody comes in and wants to give 110 percent, but you can’t do that long term.” -- Record-Bee
CSUN to Shine the Spotlight on Hollywood’s Future Filmmakers at Showcase
The stories are as diverse as their filmmakers: A girl trying to get out from under the thumb of an overbearing mother. An American taking an unexpected journey on his way to joining the Israeli military. A teenager getting a new perspective on her grandmother. A dancer fleeing an abusive relationship. A struggling actor going on an imaginative journey with a terminally ill child. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
CSUN Food Scarcity Discussion Aims to Break Stereotypes of Homeless Students
The term homeless is challenged when it strays from its visual stereotype of a person living in the streets, who lacks money, food and domestic resources. College students might not realize that while they focus on taking notes during lectures, others may also be worrying about when their next shower, meal or opportunity to sleep in a bed will be. -- SCV News
Letter to the Editor: Armen Manuk-Khaloyan, master’s candidate in history,Cal State Northridge: ‘The Promise’ Closely Adheres to History
I recently read Rob Eshman’s column “Morgenthau’s Children” (April 21) in the Jewish Journal, where, in describing the exchange between Ambassador Henry Morgenthau and Ottoman Empire Interior Minister Mehmet Talaat in the movie “The Promise,” he wrote, “I don’t know whether the incident happened exactly as it played on screen.” -- Jewish Journal
‘Dazed and Confused,’ ‘School of Rock’ double bill among LA-area movie screenings
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “Tempest” (1982), 7 p.m. May 4. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Los Angeles Daily News
Shows Of The Night: Wednesday, April 26th
Jerome Rose @ Cal State Northridge --SceneStar
‘Dazed and Confused,’ ‘School of Rock’ double bill among LA-area movie screenings
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “Tempest” (1982), 7 p.m. May 4. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Long Beach Press-Telegram