CSUN HEAD SPEAKS OUT FOR STORE PLAN.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer Building an upscale retail center on the Cal State Northridge campus is the best way to raise money during these tough economic times, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge President Blenda Wilson told students, faculty and staff Wednesday. ``The University MarketCenter is a means of having the college use its unused asset of land in the north end of the campus to create $850,000 to $1 million in revenue,'' Wilson said during CSUN's annual spring forum in the auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. of the university's Student Union Grand Salon Salon, annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. . Wilson's comments came two days after the release of a report on the project's impact on the environment. About 45 people - primarily the university's administrators and staff - attended the forum, one of two held that day. During the hourlong hour·long or hour-long adj. Lasting an hour: an hourlong television episode. Adj. 1. session, Wilson acknowledged the community's concerns about the project, including whether more retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → are necessary in an area already laden with strip malls strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. , and whether CSUN should develop a master plan for the entire 65 acres of available land, rather than just the 20-acre MarketCenter site. Wilson noted, however, that the private/public venture has the support of the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. - and is backed by the bulk of the area's residents and businesses. One concern raised during the forum was whether Cal State Northridge would hold a second public hearing on the environmental impact report, particularly because the scheduled March 27 hearing date falls during spring break. Frank Wein, facilities director for CSUN's North Campus, said after the meeting that under the law, the university must hold the meeting within 45 days of the report's release. ``The reason to put it at roughly the middle of the 45-day period is this gives people four to five weeks to review it and will allow them to come to the hearing to comment,'' said Wein. After the hearing, the public will have an additional two weeks to submit written comments, which are due April 14. ``If you did the public hearing at the very end of the 45 days that's cheating,'' said Wein. ``If you do it too soon, it doesn't give the community enough time to prepare.'' For more information on the University MarketCenter contact Wein at (818) 677-2561 CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) CSUN President Blenda Wilson addresses the annual spring forum. (2) Attendees hear Blenda Wilson laud the proposed CSUN retail complex. (3) Audience member Glenn Bailey speaks to Wilson at the forum. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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