By PAUL LAVERACK
EL NUEVO SOL

Kara Hill, the architect and lead project designer for the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC), shares insights into the history of large performance spaces, and she details many of the personal and group decisions that influenced the construction of the VPAC, which opened in 2011 on the campus of California State University Northridge.

Por JACQUELINE GUZMÁN-GARCÍA
EL NUEVO SOL
Luis Álvarez, de 28 años de edad, decidío regresar a México en el 2009 después de haber obtenido una licenciatura en Ingenieria Eléctrica de la Universidad del Estado de California, Los Ángeles. Ahora, Luis puede compartir una historia de triunfo en la cual menciona que “El único obstáculo que te detiene de lograr tus sueños eres tú mismo”.

By PAUL LAVERACK
POLITICAL MUSCLE

During this in-depth interview with Arman Hardwick and Jason Ackerman, two undergraduate student activists at Occupy CSUN on October 13, 2011, discussion ranges across the causes of the current economic downturn, FDR and his response to the Great Depression, the excesses of capitalism, solutions offered by socialism, and the need to get corporate money out of politics.

By PAUL LAVERACK
POLITICAL MUSCLE

A tiny contingent of student activists takes up a small patch of grass on the main lawn at Cal State University Northridge for “Occupy CSUN,” on October 13, 2011. The organizers claim peak attendance of 100 students at the encampment, though as the day wears on, the number dwindles to approximately a dozen. Though CSUN is one of the fifty largest universities in the entire country, the Occupy movement is unable to gain traction here, and the encampment vanishes that same night.

Journalist and author Juan González—co-host of “Democracy Now!”—visited California State University Northridge, as part of his book tour to promote News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. The event, hosted by CSUN Latino Journalists and El Nuevo Sol, took place before an overflow crowd of faculty members and students from various departments.

Por: GRECIA FIGUEROA, ZASKYA CÓRDOVA Y RIGO VILLALOBOS
EL NUEVO SOL
Mantener una dieta balanceada es importante para la salud. La carne es una fuente completa de proteína que contiene muchos elementos esenciales para el bienestar del ser humano. Sin embargo, es importante saber la cantidad adecuada que nuestro cuerpo necesita. Un exceso de consumo de carne puede causar daños severos en nuestro organismo, como cáncer, enfermedades cardíacas, la obesidad, entre otros.

On Wednesday, September 7, El Nuevo Sol and CSUN Latino Journalists will co-present their first panel discussion of the 2011-12 school year, featuring filmmaker Tatiana Huezo Sánchez, director of The Tiniest Place. Huezo will conduct a Q-and-A in the Whitsett Room at 9:30 a.m.

By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE

Civil society leader Jesse Jackson, in Sweden on July 4, 2011 for that nation’s annual weeklong festival of politics, speaks about labor under attack, corporate power in ascendancy, and the need for a mass uprising of ordinary people. He also offers encouragement to students of Cal State Northridge, who are reeling from yet another fee hike, as the state budget implosion continues.

By CYNTHIA RENDÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
A church in Bell Gardens, CA, offers help to one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, where more than 25% of the population lives below the poverty line.

By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE

As part of the “Take Class Action” series of protests and events surrounding the ongoing California state budget disaster, a panel convenes at California State University Northridge – made of activists and scholars from the campus and elsewhere – to discuss ideas, strategies, and tactics related to social movements in general, and California’s higher education system in particular.

Brian De Los Santos
EL NUEVO SOL

El programa de Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios que proporciona CalFresh (formalmente conocido como Food Stamps) es un subsidio del gobierno que ayuda a las familias de bajos ingresos en la prestación de los recursos alimentarios. Aunque este programa ha sido de gran ayuda para muchos, el programa de restaurantes de comida, un componente de EBT, que permite a los usuarios a comprar la comida rápida, está perjudicando a la comunidad en lugar de avanzar.

POR: CYNTHIA RENDÓN Y RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ
EL NUEVO SOL

“Todo es rápido en este país. Pasas por el autoservicio y ya te dan la comida lista”, comenta César Gonzalo Aguilar, un residente de Los Ángeles. Y añade: “Y cuando voy hacia mi trabajo o cuando a veces salgo a hacer un mandado y no alcanzo a llevar comida de mi casa, tengo obligatoriamente que comprar algo fuera en la calle”.

Por CYNTHIA RENDÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
María Ester Mejía ayuda en la despensa y Araceli Saravia asiste periódicamente. En 2002, cuando la despensa de alimentos —llamada El Proyecto Nehemias— se inició en la primera Iglesia del Pacto Evangélico, la sede del programa, alrededor de 30 familias venían cada dos semanas para recibir alimentos. No era comida “gourmet” (calabazas, chiles, tomates, y más verduras, arroz, leche, frijoles secos), pero la gente apreciaba la donación y la iglesia podría administrar la distribución con un puñado de voluntarios.

POR: RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ Y CYNTHIA RENDÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
“Tenemos compañías como Monsanto, que producen pesticidas y ahora están involucradas en productos transgénicos. Las compañías de comida rápida como McDonald’s, que controlan la comida globalmente, o Wal-Mart, que hace 15 años no tenía presencia en la venta de comida y ahora es globalmente la mayor tienda de alimentos. Éstas, como otras tantas compañías están detrás de la industria alimentaria”, argumenta Robert Gottlieb, autor del libro Justicia Alimentaria mientras presenta su estudio y comparte con los asistentes al evento The Origins and Future of Farm to School en Riverside, California.

By PAULA DURAN
EL NUEVO SOL
Con el fin de buscar respuestas y aclarar dudas sobre las estadísticas recientes arrojadas por el reciente conteo demográfico nacional, el Departamento de Periodismo en Español de CSUN y el club estudiantil CSUN Latino Journalists realizamos el panel “Censo 2010 y los latinos: ¿Qué significa?”.

By BRIAN DE LOS SANTOS
EL NUEVO SOL
Experts from the Latino community say that Latinos will be seeing many changes in their populace due to the 2010 Census data. El Nuevo Sol, CSUN’s Spanish-Language journalism department’s multimedia project, hosted a panel discussion regarding Census data and the impact on the Latino community.

The Latino representation in the Marines has increased considerably. More young Latinos are attracted by the idea to become part of the military industry. By Cynthia Lemus EL NUEVO SOL The Latino population in the United States has grown in the last decade, because of natural increase and immigration. The US Census Bureau reports that Latinos
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Civil rights pioneer Reverend James Lawson, Jr. – who marched with MLK and Cesar Chavez and who trained nonviolent resistors from the lunch counters of 1960 North Carolina to the college students of today – addresses the crowd at Cal State Northridge, as part of the statewide Day of Action for Higher Education, held on March 2, 2011. In the Governor’s new budget, Jerry Brown has proposed $500 million in cuts from the CSU system alone – public education is under assault! Rev. Lawson discusses the proper role of institutions in the life of a society, and exposes the government’s false claims that “we’re out of money.” He closes by encouraging students to make this day’s protest just one part of a meaningful life, filled with actions aimed at creating a better world.

By PAUL MAVERICK
POLITICAL MUSCLE
Cal State Northridge students, faculty, alumni, and their supporters rally & march for the future of public higher education in California. Governor Jerry Brown has just proposed $500 million in savage cuts to the CSU system alone, and a staggering $1.4 billion in cuts to education overall. The students respond by turning out in force for this Day of Action. They gain support from Reverend James Lawson, a living legend of the civil rights movement, who has spent the year as a lecturer in residency at CSUN, teaching theory and tactics for nonviolent direct action.

By JULISSA REYES
EL NUEVO SOL

The CSUN 6, as the five students and professor are known, have received much support from fellow students, professors, and community organizations such as Todos Somos Arizona (We Are All Arizona). Supporters could be found sitting in the courtroom and rallying outside the courthouse at the group’s court date Friday Jan. 21. Among the supporters sitting in the courtroom was CSUN professor Rudy Acuña. “I’m here because of the injustice,” Acuña said outside the courtroom. “This is racist. Every person arrested is a person of color.”