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California State University, Northridge Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
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Established	1958
Type	Public university
President	Jolene Koester
Faculty	1,700
Undergraduates	26,854
Postgraduates	6,389
Location	Northridge (in Los Angeles), California, United States
Campus	Suburban, 353 acres
Former names	San Fernando Valley State College (1958-72)
Nickname	Matadors
Mascot	Matty the Matador
Affiliations	California State University system
Website	www.csun.edu

California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge, or "C-Sun") is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of the California State University system, CSUN was founded in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College and adopted its current name in 1972. It has become one of the largest universities in California. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Jan. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Jolene Koester is the president of California State University, Northridge. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links CSU.PNG‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an intensive 6-week training of the fine arts.

Cal State Northridge is home to the National Center on Deafness, and each year the university hosts the International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities.

Envision 2035

California State University trustees on March 15, 2006 voted their unanimous approval of Envision 2035, the Cal State Northridge planning initiative that will help frame the university’s physical development for the next several decades. The vote approved the revised master plan as well as an increase in the campus’ master plan enrollment capacity from 25,000 to 35,000 fulltime equivalent students (FTEs). That growth is equivalent to 1.6 percent annual growth over 30 years. The trustees also certified the final environmental impact report on the plan.

Specifically, the plan defines sites for about 1.9 million square feet of future campus academic and support facilities to accommodate the increased FTE enrollment. Near-term projects will include a 1,700-seat performing arts center; a 163,000 square foot arts, media and communications complex; a parking structure for nearly 2,000 spaces and a centrally located mass transit hub for students, faculty, staff and community members. It also proposes the development of about 600 on-campus faculty/staff housing units, mostly on the North Campus, and allows for student housing, parking and transportation sufficient to handle enrollment growth while maintaining desirable open space.

Academics

Instruction at CSUN is offered through nine colleges:

• Mike Curb College of Arts, Media & Communication
• College of Business & Economics
• Michael D. Eisner College of Education
• College of Engineering & Computer Science
• College of Health & Human Development
• College of Humanities
• College of Science & Mathematics
• College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning

Cal State Northridge faculty have been recognized for their high quality. Eight faculty members have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships for research and creative activity, while 59 have won Fulbright awards to conduct research or teach abroad. Michael Curb (born December 24, 1944 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American musician, record company executive, race car owner (in both NASCAR and IRL), and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979 until 1983. ... Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) has been the head of The Walt Disney Company since 1984. ...

The university draws its freshmen from the top one-third of California high school graduates. CSUN's admissions program is rated as "less selective" in most major fields, but admissions to "impacted" majors, such as accounting, finance, music, computer science and cinema and television are more selective. Nearly eight in 10 CSUN students rate the university's quality of instruction as good or excellent, and the same share say CSUN was their first choice of a university to attend.

Professor Johnie Scott Johnie Scott is rumored to give ONLY A+'s on the 2nd round of Group Presentations. :-)

Rankings

Recent rankings

According to the National Science Foundation's June 2006 Survey, Cal State Northridge ranks second in the nation, only behind Cal State Long Beach, among more than 550 master's-level colleges and universities in graduating students who went on to earn doctoral degrees (according to data of 1995-2004). The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB or LBSU) is the largest campus of the California State University system located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County. ...

In its May 9, 2006 issue, Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education featured CSUN in its list of the nation's top 100 universities for awarding bachelor's degrees. CSUN was in the top 10 with second in the nation for awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanics in Hispanic studies; fourth in psychology and home economics; fifth in social services; sixth in area studies, visual and performing arts and communications; eighth in English literature; and ninth in business and marketing.

U.S. News and World Report's 2005 "America's Best Colleges" list ranked CSUN's College of Engineering and Computer Science among the nation's best undergraduate engineering programs at 39th, tied with seven out-of-state institutions. This is an improvement as the same list ranked the college in 40th place the previous year. Northridge is one of only six California State University programs in the top ranked tier of engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ^[1] U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

In recent times its college of business and economics was ranked a top tier business school ranked 31st between public institutions nationwide in the U.S. NEWS Nov. 2006 edition.

Open Doors 2006, an annual report on international educational exchange, records CSUN’s climb from sixth to second place among U.S. master’s level institutions hosting students from foreign countries. ^[2]

The Music Department is ranked amongst the top 25 accredited university programs in the nation^[3], boasting an array of options beyond the typical "music major", such as music therapy, music industry, music performance, and jazz studies. In June of 2003 the university's acclaimed choral group, the Northridge Singers, took the top prize in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and the title "Choir of the World"^[4]. Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a qualified professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. ...

The Political Science Department's Model United Nations received first-place honors at the National Model United Nations Conference of 2007 in New York.

Past rankings

In 1997,the National Science Foundation ranked Cal State Northridge first in the nation among 529 master's colleges and universities for producing undergraduates who go on to obtain doctoral degrees in science and engineering fields. ^[5] For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The logo of the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. ...

Library

The California State University, Northridge's Oviatt Library provides educational, cultural and information services and resources to the students and faculty. Its primary mission is to support and supplement classroom and independent learning; facilitate student and faculty research; and provide students with lifelong skills in identifying, locating, evaluating and synchronizing information. The Oviatt Library (Delmar T. Oviatt Library) serves the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) campus. ...

All library materials are housed in the Delmar T. Oviatt Library, a 234,712 square foot state-of-the-art facility. There are over 1,600 seats for in-house study. Of note are the Collaboratory with its 170 multipurpose computer workstations, 3 computer equipped library instruction labs, and 200 computer workstations devoted to library information resources. Specially equipped computer workstations are located throughout the Library for individuals with disabilities, including four assistive technology equipped study rooms for students. During Fall and Spring semesters, the building is open 90 hours a week. The Library maintains its own server and web pages providing access to electronic information 24 hours a day. The library also maintains its own AS/RS (Automatic Storage and Retrieval System).

The Oviatt Library has a physical collection containing 1.3 million volumes, of which over one million are books, and over 245,000 bound periodical volumes.^[6] The Library subscribes to 25,000 online journals, 1,779 print journals, 200 online databases and more than 13,000 ebooks. The microform collection contains 3.1 million pieces. There are over 12,500 sound recordings, 10,000 film and video recordings and nearly 60,000 pictures and other graphic materials. The Special Collections & Archives' holdings exceed 4,000 linear feet of materials. The library also has a large collection of materials on Human Sexuality. In addition, the Teacher's Curriculum Center provides a circulating collection of curricular materials for education students and local educators.

The Library is heavily used with 8.2 million uses of its web pages annually, an annual gate count of 1.4 million, and over a half a million interactions per year with Library personnel.

Other campus departments and centers with collections:

• The Aronstam Library, devoted to communication studies research and scholarship for Communication Studies Department undergraduate, graduate, and faculty members
• The National Center on Deafness Library, housed in Chisolm Hall
• The Geography Department's Map Library, housed in Sierra Hall

Groups and Organizations

United Campus Ministries

The United Campus Ministries,UCM, is the governing body over the campus ministries on the CSUN campus. The groups include Campus Crusade for Christ, Intervasity, Hope Fellowship and many other. Every spring the UCM and the other Christian ministries host Jesus Week on the campus. These ministries are on campus to allow for students on campus to come together in fellowship as well as spreading the gospel to the campus. // Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization, focusing on evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countries around the world. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ...

Traditional festivities

Native Americans have used the campus to converge on for ceremonies, on a yearly basis.

The drama department celebrates year-end by staging the local version of Yosemite's Bracebridge Dinner. The artistic events that occur on the campus are often very distinguished and popular. Also, the university has a highly regarded music department with an assortment of acclaimed performance ensembles, among which notably is the jazz band. "Matador Nights" are hosted throughout the school year, during this event there is music, food and games. The Associated Students holds an annual full-scale headlining concert known as the Big Show. The headlining acts have been as follows:

2007 - Neyo 2006 - Common 2005 - Jimmy Eat World 2004 - The Ataris 2003 - Unwritten Law 2002 - 2001 -

CSUN Jazz Studies

As part of its Jazz Studies curriculum, CSUN's Department of Music features a world-class jazz band. The Jazz 'A' Band has garnered a reputation as one of the more prominent university jazz bands in the country. In recent years, the Jazz 'A' Band has made several overseas tours, including appearances in Europe and China, and has built an eclectic international following.

Alex Iles was the jazz and trombone instructor in this department but retired the beginning of the 2007 fall semester. He was replaced with Bob McChesney who also plays trombone and is the author of the most popular exercise book to learn the technique of "doodle tonging." Alex Iles is a trombone and jazz instructor at the California Institute of the Arts and California State University, Northridge. ...

Community services

• KCSN radio
• Daily Sundial - college newspaper

The Daily Sundial is the university's financially independent and student-run newspaper publication. Staff writers and editors of the 8,000-circulation daily publication are typically juniors and seniors in the school's Journalism Department, and the staff is generally around 50 people during the fall and spring semesters. The Sundial competes annually in the Society of Professional Journalists and Hearst journalism award competitions, where it has won several awards. The newspaper is criticized by some members of the campus population, and one of the school's most famous professors once called it the "Scumdial" — and the name stuck. An underground paper, "The Moondial", circulated briefly in 1995. KCSN is an FM radio station broadcasting at 88. ...

• Communicating Common Ground

The Communicating Common Ground project is designed to alleviate tensions between the Latino and Armenian student populations. The community service learning project represents a coordinated effort between CSUN's Communication Studies department and Grant High School. The Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge was selected to participate in a nationally funded educational initiative to address hate speech and racially based violence in our nation’s schools. ...

CSUN Speech & Debate

The CSUN Speech and Debate Society is an intercollegiate forensics program committed to excellence. The team is comprised of both Inter-Collegiate policy debate and individual events and travels throughout the state and country. The word forensic (from Latin: forensis - forum) refers to something of, pertaining to, or used in a court of law. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Policy Debate. ... Individual events is a type of speech competition characterized by individuals competing in a variety of different events. ...

Athletics

CSUN fields 18 sports at the NCAA Division I level. The mascot for CSUN is the Matador, which was suggested in 1958 by student submissions. The Matador was chosen over the other four finalists, the Apollos, Falcons, Rancheros and Titans. The Matador is said to reflect the region's Hispanic heritage. CSUN fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, track and field, and volleyball. CSUN has a men's baseball team, and women's softball, tennis, and water polo teams. Currently, Men's Soccer is the powerhouse of the school, reaching the NCAA 3rd Round in the 2005-2006 season, knocking out Big West Conference rival UC Santa Barbara in the 2nd Round. However, both the men's and women's Track & Field teams won Big West titles in 2007. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Matador Antonio Barrera in the capote de paseo (dress cape) before a bullfight during the 2003 Aste Nagusia festival in Bilbao, Spain A torero (roughly bull handler) is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. ... This article is about the sport. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... This article is about the sport. ... Soccer redirects here. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... This article is about the sport. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Water polo is a team water sport that combines some elements of swimming and football. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team competes at the NCAA Division I level. ...

CSUN was a member of the Big Sky Conference until 2001. The men's basketball team won the Big Sky in its final season. there. CSUN joined the Big West Conference in 2001. It also dropped football in 2001. The football team played at the North Campus Stadium. The Big Sky Conference (or BSC) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA). ... The Cal State Northridge Matadors basketball team is college basketball program representing California State University, Northridge. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ...

The Matadome, which has a capacity of 1,600 seats, is where the men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams play. Matadome is a 1,600-seat multi-purpose arena in Northridge, California. ...

CSUN also has several sports clubs [1] including ice hockey, water skiing, karate, spirit squad and the CSUN Hip Hop Dance Team.

Student Organizations

CSUN is a very multicultural university, which is evident in the multitude of ethnic and cultural student organizations that have formed root nearly a quarter century ago. Some of them are the CSUN Armenian Student Association, founded in 1976; CSUN Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan, founded in 1968; and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance (LGBTA), founded in 1972.

The University is also home to many fraternal organizations including eleven North-American Interfraternity Conference members and six National Panhellenic Conference members. The campus also has seven United Sorority and Fraternity Council members, two Armenian Greek Council members, and seven National Pan-Hellenic Council members. The North-American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC), (formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of collegiate mens fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. ... The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 inter/national womens sororities. ... The United Sorority and Fraternity Council was founded on the campus of San Diego State University in 1997. ... The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. ...

The eleven North-American Interfraternity Conference houses at CSUN are**:

• Alpha Epsilon Pi
• Lambda Chi Alpha
• Phi Delta Theta
• Phi Sigma Kappa
• Pi Kappa Alpha
• Pi Kappa Phi
• Sigma Chi
• Sigma Nu
• Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Zeta Beta Tau

• In addition to the eleven NIC houses, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is planning to begin formal recruitment at CSUN again following a charter revocation in 2002. Kappa Sigma is also trying to recruit members under the name "The Star & Crescent Society"

The six National Panhellenic Conference houses at CSUN are: Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... Lambda Chi Alpha (ΛΧΑ), headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the largest mens general fraternities in North America with more than 250,000 initiated members and chapters at more than 300 universities. ... Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ) is an international fraternity founded in 1848 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣK) is a fraternity devoted to three cardinal principles: the promotion of Brotherhood, the stimulation of Scholarship, and the development of Character. ... Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity (ΠΚΑ) is an international, secret, social, Greek-letter, college fraternity. ... Pi Kappa Phi is a national social fraternity that was founded in the spirit of nu phi, meaning non-fraternity. ... Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male, college, Greek-letter social fraternities. ... ΣΝ (Sigma Nu) is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... ΣΦΕ (Sigma Phi Epsilon), commonly nicknamed SigEp or S-P-E, is a social fraternity for male college students in the United States. ... Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or IPA , as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent (WSC). ... Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. ... Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) is a secret letter, social college fraternity. ... ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma) is an international fraternity with currently 234 chapters and 42 colonies in North America. ...

• Alpha Omicron Pi
• Alpha Phi
• Alpha Xi Delta
• Delta Delta Delta
• Delta Zeta
• Kappa Kappa Gamma

United Sorority & Fraternity Council This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alpha Phi (ΑΦ) is a fraternity for women founded at Syracuse University on October 10, 1872. ... Alpha Xi Delta (ΑΞΔ) was founded in 1893 by ten women at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, who shared a vision of an organization dedicated to the personal growth of women. ... Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ), also known as Tri Delta, is a national collegiate sorority founded on November 27, 1888. ... Delta Zeta (ΔΖ) is a college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ) is a college womens fraternity, founded on October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College, Illinois. ...

• Lambda Theta Nu
• Gamma Alpha Omega
• Sigma Lambda Gamma
• Lambda Sigma Gamma
• Gamma Zeta Alpha
• Nu Alpha Kappa
• Sigma Lambda Beta

// Lambda Theta NU Sorority, Inc. ... Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc. ... // Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Incorporated is the largest Latina-based multicultural sorority in the country. ... Lambda Sigma Gamma multicultural women’s sorority founded on October 24, 1986. ... Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. ... Sigma Lambda Beta (ΣΛΒ) International Fraternity, (also known as Lambda-Betas or Betas) is the largest historically Latino Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity. ...

Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning

A division within the university aimed at addressing the educational needs of mid career professionals. The college develops and offers study opportunities which are designed to ensure that the individuals, communities and organizations served by the university achieve their lifelong learning goals.

Northridge earthquake

This campus was heavily damaged by the 1994 earthquake, including entire sections of the main library, art building, etc., but classes continued in alternative structures. The art courtyard survived. Among the structures that were considered too heavily damaged for repair were the Fine Arts building, which was designed by Richard Neutra, and the South Library, which was the oldest permanent building on campus. The parking structure next to the Matadome was completely destroyed, and is currently a grass field used for kinesiology instruction, though the driveway formerly used to enter the structure is still visible from Zelzah Avenue. As of August 22, 2007, the University has completed the rebuilding project. The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:30:55 am Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, California. ... Parking is the act of stopping a vehicle, exiting it, and leaving the vehicle unoccupied for more than a brief time. ... Look up kinesiology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

CSUN sculpture

The sculpture was designed by John Banks while attending the school in 1976. It was designed so that travelers approaching the campus from the east, (via the San Diego (405) Freeway, for example) will see an abstract sculpture at the edge of the orange grove at the northwest corner of Nordhoff St. and Zelzah Ave, which can be read from several directions as an acronym for the university. This sculpture is an impossible shape, and does not read as CSUN from a northwest view, although that area is covered with trees and is not often walked upon. The San Diego Freeway, close to the interchange with the Ventura Freeway, on one of the rare days when it is not congested. ... An impossible object is an object that cannot exist according to the known laws of nature, but has a description or representation suggesting, at first sight, that it can. ...

Points of interest

• California State University Northridge Botanic Garden
• One of the few remaining orange groves in the San Fernando Valley is found on campus. The large eucalyptus trees at the edge of the campus have survived development attempts by campus designers.
• The Robotics program features a FIRST robot designed by Team 599, the Robot Doctors or RoboDox of nearby Granada Hills High School known as the D.O.C.T.O.R.

The California State University, Northridge Botanic Garden 1. ... For other uses, see first. ... Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. ...

Film and television shoots

Because of its proximity to Hollywood, the campus has been featured in dozens of films and television shows, including Commander in Chief, Van Wilder, Six Feet Under, The Karate Kid, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, McMillan and Wife, Son In Law, Bring It On Again, The Glass Bottom Boat, Legally Blonde 2, The Nick Cannon Show, Quincy, M.E., Georgia Rule, and Sky High (where the Oviatt Library is prominently featured). Recently, the Barry Levinson directed What Just Happened (2008) filmed at the Oviatt Library and featured Robert DeNiro and Sean Penn. It has been suggested that List of characters in Commander in Chief be merged into this article or section. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 2002 films | Comedy films | Teen films ... For the death metal band, see Six Feet Under (band). ... The Karate Kid is a 1984 John G. Avildsen film starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. ... This article is about the 2004 television series. ... The Office is a television show, broadcast by NBC and co-produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio. ... McMillan & Wife was a lighthearted American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 17th, 1971 to April 24th, 1977. ... In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity, is kinship by marriage. ... Bring It On Again (2004) is a cheerleading comedy film starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner, directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Claudia Grazioso, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn. ... The Glass Bottom Boat, also known as The Spy in Lace Panties, is a 1966 romantic comedy film. ... Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001s Legally Blonde. ... The Nick Cannon Show was a spin-off of All That. ... Quincy, M.E. (or simply Quincy) is the name of a United States television series that aired from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983, on NBC (and can be seen in the UK on ITV3 and intermittently on the ITV Network, as well as in syndication on MeTV in... Georgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Garrett Hedlund, Cary Elwes, Dermot Mulroney, and Felicity Huffman. ... Sky High is a superhero film from Walt Disney Pictures that opened in the United States on July 29, 2005. ...

Notable alumni and former students

• Paula Abdul - singer, dancer and American Idol judge
• Richard Alarcon - California state senator
• Todd Baker - Producer
• Mark Balderas - Musician, keyboardist and songwriter with the rock band Human Drama on RCA Records
• Stephen Bollenbach - Co-Chairman & CEO of Hilton Hotels
• Sherdrick Bonner - Quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League
• Lyman Bostock - star outfielder for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels
• Marcus Brady - Quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
• Deanne Bray - Actress
• Taylor Canel- Midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Joan Chen - Actress and filmmaker
• Kevin Corcoran - Actor and producer-director
• Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad - Mayor of Beverly Hills
• John Densmore - Former Drummer of The Doors
• Richard Dreyfuss - Actor
• Jenna Elfman - Actress
• Robert Englund - Actor best known for his role as Freddy Krueger
• Greg Evans - Cartoonist
• Robert Fick - Catcher and first baseman for the Washington Nationals
• Shannon Fill - Ensign Sito Jaxa on Star Trek: The Next Generation
• James Fortune - Gospel singer
• Teri Garr - Actress
• David Gerrold - Science fiction author and screenwriter
• Tod Goldberg - Author and journalist
• Gordon Goodwin - Big band composer, arranger, and saxophonist
• Bill Griffeth, Sue Herera, and Ron Insana - all from the cable TV network CNBC
• Florence Griffith Joyner - Olympic track and field champion
• Gene Haas - President, Haas Automation, Inc. and NASCAR team owner
• D.J. Hackett - Wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
• Bill Handel - KFI morning talk show host, attorney
• Alyson Hannigan - Actress
• Phil Hartman - Actor
• Scott Horowitz - Space shuttle astronaut
• William Hung - Famous (and controversial) American Idol reject, best known for his "She Bangs" performance during his audition in 2004 (currently attending, having transferred from UC Berkeley)
• Helen Hunt - Actress
• Ron Insana - CNBC Analyst
• Kalani - Percussionist
• Adam Kennedy - Second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Ralph Larkin - Sociologist
• Linda Lingle - Governor of Hawaii
• Kameron Loe - Pitcher for the Texas Rangers
• Ken Lubas - Photographer, Photojournalist
• Andy Luckey -- Television Producer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Children's Book Author & Illustrator
• Cheech Marin - Actor (Cheech and Chong)
• Charles Martin Smith - Actor
• Eva Mendes -- actress
• David Mullich - Game designer and producer
• Kevin Murray - former California State Assemblyman and Senator
• Charles Noski - AT&T CFO
• Cubby O'Brien - Drummer, original member ("Mouseketeer") of The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-59)
• Chuck Pfarrer - Screenwriter, Author, former SEAL Team commander
• Eve Plumb - Actress, "Jan" from The Brady Bunch
• Jim Pons - Bass guitarist and singer for The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of Invention
• Erasmo Ramirez - Pitcher for the Florida Marlins
• Daniel Ramos - Graffiti Artist better known as Chaka
• Christopher Reyes, Annual Southern California Classic Steal the Pack champion five years running and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee.
• Colin Rivas - Artist
• Rick Rollens - former Secretary, California State Senate, autism activist
• Kentaro Sato - Composer
• Scott Shaw - Author, actor, filmmaker
• Willie Sims - Forward, New England Revolution
• Leland Sklar - Renowned Session Bassist
• Andy Summers - Musician
• James Taranto - Columnist for the Wall Street Journal
• Jeri Taylor - Co-creator of Star Trek: Voyager
• Brian J. Terwilliger - Producer/Director of One Six Right: The Romance of Flying
• Jason Thompson - star first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates & Montreal Expos
• Tim Toyama - Playwright, producer
• Carol Vaness - Opera singer
• Ron Walker - Noted philanthropist and originator of the "Matadome"
• Frank K. Wheaton - Sports agent and personal manager
• Debra Winger - Actor
• Alex Yemenidjian - Chairman/CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

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External links

• Official site
• University Library Portal
• Daily Sundial campus newspaper
• Official Northridge athletics site
• President's Vision Statement for the University
• Tseng College of Extended Learning

Coordinates: 34°14′30″N 118°31′42″W / 34.24167, -118.52833 The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. ... California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University system. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach) is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California in terms of enrollment. ... Not to be confused with Pacific University. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ... The University of California, Irvine is a public research university primarily situated in suburban Irvine, California, USA. Founded in 1965, it is one of ten University of California campuses and is commonly known as UCI or UC Irvine. ... The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public, coeducational university and one of ten campuses of the University of California. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one out of 10 campuses of the University of California. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...