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California universities are required to offer students abortion pills. A lot just don't mention it
In January 2021 — two years before SB 24 would go into effect — Diana Venegas was three semesters away from graduating from Cal State Northridge. Venegas took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. -- Jefferson Public Radio
CSUN Cinematheque: SCRIBES on the SILVER SCREEN: Auteurs & Adaptations
CSUN’s Spring 2024 Cinematheque film series will celebrate authors, playwrights, and poets’ contributions to world of cinema. Enjoy Shakespeare, Homer, Hansberry, Austen, and more as interpreted by auteur filmmakers such as Kurosawa, Cuaron, Coppola, the Coen Brothers and more. Wednesday nights at the Armer Screening Room on the Cal State Northridge campus beginning February 14. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Teacher experience by subject
A report from InsideHigherEd explored a study conducted by the Association of College and University Educators. This study involved over 570 members from 10 institutions who participated in a professional development course on effective teaching practices. These institutions include California State University, Northridge; the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Georgia Southern University, and the University of Houston. -- Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News
LAUSD sees big drop in student attendance Monday amid drenching storm
And many CSUs, from Cal State Northridge to Cal State San Bernardino, switched to remote learning -- Los Angeles Daily News
3 dead as storm pummels California, causing flooding and dozens of mudslides in L.A. area
Cal State Northridge in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley is keeping its campus open, but all classes have been canceled and all events are to be rescheduled, its police chief, Alfredo B. Fernandez, said in a notice to the campus community. Instruction may still be held virtually, on a class-by-class basis, he said. -- NBC News
CSUN Men’s Volleyball Sweeps Big West Awards, Ranked 16th in AVCA/NVA Top-20 Poll
CSUN men's volleyball swept the Big West weekly awards, with Kyle Hobus named Offensive Player of the Week, Donovan Constable as Defensive Player of the Week, and Jalen Phillips as Freshman of the Week after splitting a series at No. 4-ranked Stanford. This is the first time CSUN has swept the three Big West men's volleyball weekly awards. Head coach Theo Edwards attributed the success to the team's dedication to training and the program's direction. -- BVM Sports
Californians Face 'Devastating' Insurance Hikes
"The reason people are having trouble getting insurance in certain markets is that regulators haven't let the premiums keep up," David T. Russell, professor of insurance and finance at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), told Newsweek. -- Newsweek
Why Many Cal State Faculty May Vote Against January Contract Deal
“We’ve been through this before, when a promised raise got taken off the board because of a state funding mechanism,” Antonio Gallo, a Cal State Northridge lecturer and union local chapter official, told Capital & Main late last year. “Our faculty are already barely making it work on their wages. To think you’re getting a raise and then see it erased — that’s difficult on everybody.” -- LA Progressive
Endorsement: Serena Oberstein for Los Angeles City Council District 12
Again and again, he has acted in ways that are counter to a healthy, sustainable and prosperous city. For example: He helped scuttle a Metro plan to build a bus rapid transit lane along Nordhoff Street, one of the main arteries to Cal State Northridge. These types of projects often face localized opposition but are necessary to build a public transit system that people will actually use. -- Los Angeles Times
Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Feb. 3-10
Soup’r Bowl Food Drive for CSUN Food Pantry: The Community Concerns Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills holds a non-perishable food drive to help stock the food pantry at Cal State University, Northridge, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 10 and also, 8:30-11 a.m. Feb. 11. The pantry benefits students who do not have much income for food while school is in session (CSUN Food Pantry, bit.ly/3ch6IRl). Current needs: canned and dry packaged goods, and also, hygiene/personal care products may be donated. No glass containers or expired dates. Drop off items with a drive-thru and a church volunteer will unload your donation. Location, 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831. www.fpcgh.org/outreach -- Los Angeles Daily News