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As the curtain lifts on the opera “Gianni Schicchi," performed by the California State University, Northridge opera and orchestra, the online audience views not a typical stage, but rather a drawn 14th-century mansion.--Health News Digest

Divonte said his motivation to go to college began with his parents instilling in him the value of education and knowledge. As a kid, one of his hobbies was rock collecting. That interest grew into a career path, which he plans to begin with studying geological sciences this fall at California State University, Northridge. He is looking forward to guidance from his older brother, Damone Williams Jr., who also attends the university. --The Antelope Valley Times

CSUN finished seventh with 50 points, while league newcomers UC San Diego and CSU Bakersfield were tied for eighth with 35 points apiece. Cal State Fullerton with 25 points and UC Riverside with 20 points, round out the 11-team poll. --The Reporter

“Hard Edged” featured an early work by Bey that she produced when she was still a graduate student at Cal State Northridge, where she received her master’s in fine arts in 2014. The piece, “Picky Head,” consisted of a wall covered in images of Black men and women wearing their hair in natural styles. Over this wallpaper, Bey used gallons of relaxer to spell out the words “PICKY HEAD” — Caribbean slang for someone with unkempt hair — in large white capital letters. The project was part of a series Bey did as a graduate student exploring the politics and aesthetics of Black hair and the natural hair movement at a time in which she herself was ditching the relaxers and growing out her natural hair. --The Los Angeles Times