Classes Open to Crowds at Cal State Northridge
It wasn’t so long ago that administrators at Cal State Northridge worried about whether there would be enough students to fill up classes on their quake-ravaged campus.
Enrollment plummeted after the Northridge temblor; many courses had to be held in trailers. But to be at CSUN on Monday, the first day of the semester, was to realize how much things have changed.
Hundreds of students converged on jammed parking lots, and dozens of others endured long lines and the sun’s relentless glare to get their official school identification cards and to speak to advisors.
In no way did the campus resemble the ghost town it was nearly two years ago after the Northridge temblor wreaked its havoc. And students took notice.
“There are way too many people on campus this semester,” said one senior. “We need another earthquake.”
And so it went Monday as classes began at CSUN, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
As of last Friday, 25,838 students had enrolled, keeping the school on track to meet enrollment levels not seen since the year before the quake.
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