From the start of the season, Northridge men’s soccer Coach Terry Davila has said that his team’s No. 1 goal is to get to the postseason. He cares little about accolades and hype or his team’s national ranking – only a chance, as he says, “To get to the big dance,” the NCAA tournament. The way to make that happen? Big West Conference play. The Matadors (6-3-1, Big West 1-0) came within one win or tie on the last game… Read more

Being a social butterfly is a full-time job for Jake Hytken. While hanging out in what is known as “Greek Quad,” everyone passing by stops to say hello. The fact that he’s in a wheelchair is insignificant to others, as he is constantly referred to as the “life of the party.” Hytken, a 20-year-old marketing major and San Diego native, has transferred his positive spirit onto the people he has encountered, despite setbacks in his life. “He has a vibrant… Read more

Audrey Younna walked up to the microphone to a shout from Bobby Tofig, At-large Senator II, and a round of applause from the entire Associated Students (A.S.) senate for her work on the Big Show. Though CSUN Public Safety counted 3,850 attendees at the Big Show entrances, Younna said, that was a drop from last year’s attendance record of 6,219, as previously reported by the Daily Sundial. The difference though was tickets were free for last year’s Big Show, and… Read more

Los Angeles City College’s student-run newspaper, the Collegian, is an award-winning publication that has been in continuous print for 80 years. Its staff of approximately 30 students works tirelessly to publish high-quality content while adhering to rigorous journalistic values. The Collegian is a training ground for writers, reporters, columnists and editors, as are thousands of other student-run publications that hold to the same principles, standards and ethics. But LACC’s president, Jamillah Moore, has made calculated attempts to hinder the students’… Read more

It’s six weeks since the semester started and most of us are anticipating the moment where we’ll have five weeks of freedom. School has been hectic, with overlapping class schedules, high textbook prices, increase in tuition fees and fewer classes. Aside from school, we worry about other aspects of life like financial crises, over-protective parents, what’s for dinner, apartment hunting and love-life problems all at the same time. Mark Stevens, director of University Counseling Services (UCS), calls this free-floating anxiety…. Read more

Joel Garcia is a 24-year-old English graduate student at CSUN, who first completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA where he doubled majored in Spanish and English. His main focus is on creative writing because he wants to eventually teach at a community college. In order to qualify for the creative writing focus, students must submit personal works of writing. He is currently working on short stories and plays for future submission. “I enjoy teaching and students sometimes have difficulty trying… Read more