Clips
Clash of the titans
For Cal State Northridge senior Christopher Carter it was the lack of academic advisors and mental health counselors — especially Black ones who, he said, might have a better sense of where he was coming from. -- CalMatters
La Joya Community football rebuilding with 81-year-old DC Bob Burt commanding the field
He became the head coach at Cal State-Northridge in 1986, going 8-3 his first season. His quarterback in 1991 was Sherdrick Bonner, a basketball player, volleyball player and a high jumper on the college's track and field team. Bonner ended up having his number 13 raised in the rafters at Footprint Center as one of the all-time greatest Arizona Rattlers, leading them to their first Arena Football League championship in 1994. -- AZ Central
LAFC sign Danny Trejo to MLS contract
LAFC’s top MLS SuperDraft pick in 2021, out of Cal State Northridge, Trejo has been under contract at the black-and-gold’s reserve team, USL Championship outfit Las Vegas Lights FC. He’s played 38 games for Lights FC, scoring 14 goals, including 10 in 22 appearances so far this season. Trejo was USL Championship Player of the Month for March of this season, after a blistering start to the campaign. -- Angels on Parade
John McMullen, standout basketball coach at Santa Monica College, dies at 82
Born Sept. 13, 1939, in Topeka, Kan., McMullen moved to the San Fernando Valley as a high school sophomore. He played basketball at Van Nuys Grant High and Cal State Northridge. He was head coach at Camarillo High, winning a Southern Section Division 3A championship in 1972. -- Los Angeles Times
Rebrand for KCSN
KCSN-FM, the Adult Album Alternative rock station at California State University in Northridge has rebranded to ‘88.5-FM, The SoCal Sound’. The station is simulcast on KSBR-FM at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo and recently was awarded ‘Non-com Station of the Year’ by industry peers. -- Radio Ink
News Bites: Brad Savage, ‘Rockin’ The Rescue,’ ‘88.5 FM – The SoCal Sound,’ WBSR.
California State University-Northridge adult alternative KCSN Los Angeles rebrands from “88.5 FM” to “88.5 FM – The SoCal Sound,” effective Friday, Aug. 19. “We’re excited about ‘The SoCal Sound,’” PD Marc Kaczor said in a release. “The new branding represents our steadfast commitment to music fans and to the artist community. You will continue to hear new music, deep tracks and local music every day of the week. The SoCal Sound will bring you superb video content, exclusive artist interviews, podcasts and unique, members-only events all over Southern California. It’s a new era in public radio.” -- Inside Radio
"We don't want to hear uncomfortable data": Revealing the Black graduation gap at CSU schools
And Carter speaks from experience. The fifth-year senior started as a business major at Cal State Northridge but struggled as one of just a few Black students in his classes. -- CBS News, Bay Area
Matadors, Cal Poly Pomona End in 1-1 Tie
California State University, Northridge, and Cal Poly Pomona played to a 1-1 tie in men’s soccer exhibition Wednesday at Matador Soccer Field. -- SCV News
Summer at The Center welcomes Merle Jagger, David Muskin
Make a night of it and carve some space out for the David Muskin photography exhibition opening that evening in the Granucci Gallery at The Center for the Arts, 5-7 p.m. A friend of the band, Muskin’s photography is a perfect segue to the evening’s musical acts and looks at the work of a voyeur’s voyeur; it’s dark on purpose, just listen. Muskin began his artistic career as a ceramicist when he graduated from California State University, Northridge with a three-dimensional art degree. That lasted only a few years and by 1976 he was shooting the people and places of Los Angeles with a 4×5-speed graphic camera. -- Mountain Democrat
CSUN Prof Finds PTSD Screening & Brief Intervention Can Improve Emotional Well-Being, Academic Success of Underrepresented Students
Alejandra Acuña spent years as a social worker at schools in Los Angeles, providing therapy to students dealing with undetected and untreated symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her efforts gave the students the support and skills they needed to successfully complete their education. -- San Fernando Valley Sun