EDITORIAL CURB APPEAL SUCCESS OF A CSUN DROPOUT PROVIDES A BOON TO THE VALLEY.MIKE Curb 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. He is a member of the Republican Party. may be a college dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human , but no one can say he doesn't appreciate the value of higher education. The music-industry mogul and onetime California lieutenant governor looks at his success, and says he could have done it all better and faster if only he'd stuck it out when he was a student at California State University, Northridge 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 , then called San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. State College. But Curb's loss turned out to be CSUN's -- and the Valley's -- gain. Grateful for the time he spent on campus, gaining experience that made his career possible, Curb has given his alma mater a generous $10 million gift. Half the funds will support the school's College of Arts and Media Communication. The other half will go to CSUN's planned Imagine the Arts Center, which will provide the Valley with a long-needed first-class venue. With Curb's donation, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge has now raised $15 million of the $50 million it needs to complete the $100 million center, with taxpayers footing the other half. Obviously the university still has a long way to go. But maybe Curb's generosity will remind other potential benefactors how important higher education and the arts are to a community. |
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