Make the move easy for college-bound students
      At this time of year, many parents are helping their college-bound children pack up and head off to university. Steve Yapp, owner/operator of PODS of Ventura County and Santa Maria, offers some tips to make the move easier.
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Banned books will be displayed at CLU
      Books that people have attempted to ban will be on exhibit Sept. 4 through 28 at California Lutheran University's Pearson Library. "Banned Books: From a Historical Perspective" will be held in observance of Banned Books Week, which the American Library Association created in 1982 to remind people of the freedom to read. The ALA has designated Sept.
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Funds expand and upgrade CSUCI campus
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com
      Jillian Mackey, 18, browsed the new bookstore at California State University Channel Islands with her family during a recent visit from her hometown of Heidelberg, Germany. Mackey, whose father is a teacher for the Department of Defense at Heidelberg's U.S.
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El Camino Real 1978 class plans its 2008 30th reunion
      The El Camino Real High School (Woodland Hills) Class of 1978 will host its 30th year reunion July 25 to 27, 2008, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Air Force One Pavilion in Simi Valley. For more information, e-mail Robin Golden Rojas at ECRClassof1978@yahoo.com.
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Boys & Girls Club members tinker to learn
      Colina Boys & Girls Club members Chris Gonzalez, Bryan Oliva and Juan Lopez know a lot about cars, but a field trip invitation by the Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Foundation to Cal State Northridge's Haas Automation Laboratory on July 30 still provided some memorable lessons for the car enthusiasts and four other club members.
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CLU welcomes its largest freshman class
      California Lutheran University is preparing for the arrival of its largest freshman class ever. The university expects 455 firstyear students, a 4 percent increase over last year. Since 2003, the number of freshmen has increased by 22 percent.
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