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Game Day: UCLA is only two parts of the college basketball story
It has been an encouraging season for a lot of teams around here. Looking back at expectations in November, of our region’s eight biggest men’s programs that aren’t UCLA and USC, five finished higher in the standings than their conferences’ coaches predicted in preseason polls: Big West co-champion UC Irvine, third-place UC Riverside and fourth-place Cal State Fullerton, as well as Loyola Marymount (an improved fourth in the West Coast Conference) and even CSUN (picked for 11th in the Big West, finished … 10th). -- Los Angeles Daily News
Local student-athletes sign National Letters of Intent
Joshua Martinez, Baseball, Cal State Northridge -- Valley News
Cassy Athena’s NBA photography path: A Nick Young meme, LeBron, the White House and more
During her junior year at Cal State Northridge, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The life-threatening obstacle forced her to reconsider her career aspirations and restart her life. After she recovered, she pursued photography full-time, emerging as one of the best and most well-connected photographers in the NBA world. -- The Athletic
NCAA beach volleyball: Growing pains for Texas; No. 1 TCU plays No. 2 USC
The Longhorns’ inexperienced beach players will take on more of the sport’s top programs Friday and Saturday as one of five teams in an event put on by No. 13 Long Beach State. Others are No. 16 Stetson, CSUN and Utah. -- Volleyball Magazine
Ed Tech Was a Godsend During Pandemic, But It May Have Opened a Pandora’s Box of Data Privacy and Security Issues, Says CSUN Prof
“When the pandemic hit, educators from kindergarten to college were looking for innovative solutions to ensure that students could continue to get access to learning materials, and many of those solutions involved educational technology,” said California State University, Northridge marketing professor Kristen Walker, an expert on technology and data privacy in the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics. “The speed at which those solutions had to occur — the speed at which educators all over began to rely on educational technology — opened a Pandora’s box that could lead to long-term repercussions for students and society.” -- San Fernando Valley Sun
‘We have to keep ... fighting for justice’: Guatemalans in U.S. will help choose next president
Both in Guatemala, a country wracked with violence, corruption and economic inequalities, as well as in expatriate communities in the U.S., the upcoming elections are stirring a host of anxieties. For Alicia Ivonne Estrada, a Guatemala native and professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge, they give rise to fear and mistrust deriving from her experience in 2019, when she went to the local consulate to vote but wasn’t allowed to cast a ballot. -- Los Angeles Times
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, March 16-23
Charles Lloyd 85th Birthday Celebration: The Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio and the Charles Lloyd Chapel Trio perform, 8 p.m. March 18. Tickets $36 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. charleslloyd.com. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3INUex4 -- Los Angeles Daily News
NBC4 Names Annabelle Sedano as News Anchor
Prior to KMEX, she served as a general assignment reporter and anchor at KRCA Canal 62. Sedano, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Cal State Northridge. -- NBC4 Los Angeles
Paradigm Hires Varun Monga, Ups Sanam Sarani & Sheridan March To Agents; Paradigm Media’s Two Twelve Adds Olivia Annacone
Sarani joined the agency as an executive assistant in 2018 before being upped to Brand Partnerships Coordinator last year. The newly minted Brand Partnerships Agent got her undergrad degree from Cal State, Northridge, and is currently completing her graduate studies at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, from which she will receive her MBA this spring. -- Deadline
NBC4 nombra a Annabelle Sedano presentadora de noticias
Antes de trabajar en KMEX, fue reportera de información general y presentadora en KRCA Canal 62. Sedano, originaria del Valle de San Fernando, obtuvo su licenciatura en Periodismo en Cal State Northridge. En 2013, completó la beca "Reporting on Health Collaborative" en conexión con USC Annenberg, destacando el vínculo entre el estatus migratorio y la salud. Le apasiona servir a la comunidad y apoyar temas que empoderan y elevan a las mujeres. -- Telemundo 52